Mark Cuban, outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavs, has been charged with insider trading ESPN reports. Cuban who has in recent years been trying to buy the Cubs, has been a headache for David Stern and NBA officials since he became the owner of the Mavs in 2000, after selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo.
Showing posts with label Chicago Cubs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago Cubs. Show all posts
Monday, November 17
Mark Cuban Charged With insider Trading
Thursday, September 11
No Love Lost
As a baseball fan, you have to be able to relate to this sentiment. Beautiful. Just beautiful. I cried more than once and I'm not even a Cubs fan. Click here.
Please check out the link above. Take some time and read through the profiles and watch the short accompanying videos. Any baseball fan will be able to relate to what these people feel. Billy Corgan's testimonial is one of my favorites. I think that if I had been born in Chicago, I'd feel the same way he does.
No one should have to wait 100 years. It's just not natural. Everyone should feel the thrill, the joy, the accomplishment in their hearts of their favorite team winning a championship at some point in their lifetime. It saddens me that some people, including Ill Orange's grandfather, lived their whole lives without ever witnessing the Cubs win it all.
I've said it since April, and I'll say it again. If this isn't the year for my Mets, then please God, let it be the Cubs. Let it be the Cubs.
Sigh.
-boogie
Friday, August 29
The Race Is On!
I wonder if ER waiting rooms are filled with men and women in MLB gear every September because you know as well as I do that as comes September, so goes my mental and physical health. Just 2 days shy of the dreaded 9th month of the year, I have already succumbed to a variety of panic attacks, a few rageful tantrums and at least one hyperventilation. It only gets worse from here. So since everyone else thrown their 2 cents in on what they think the pennant outcomes will be, I figured I would deliver unto all my worthless opinion as well.
Before I begin, let me remind you of the picks Boogie, Ill Orange, and I made a little over a month ago. Please keep in mind these were all reasonable choices back in July.
| Regular Season | Stars | Boogie | Ill Orange |
| NL East | NY Mets | NY Mets | NY Mets |
| NL Central | Cubs | Cubs | Cubs |
| NL West | LA Dodgers | Diamondbacks | LA Dodgers |
| NL Wildcard | Brewers | Cardinals | Brewers |
| AL East | Red Sox | Red Sox | Red Sox |
| AL West | LA Angels | LA Angels | LA Angels |
| AL Central | Twins | White Sox | White Sox |
| AL Wildcard | White Sox | TB Rays | Yankees |
| Postseason | Stars* | Boogie | Ill Orange |
| NL Champ | NY Mets | Cubs | NY Mets |
| AL Champ | LA Angels | Boston Red Sox | LA Angels |
| World Series Champ | NY Mets | Cubs | LA Angels** |
AL East
Now this has been a fascinating turn of events. We all took the Red Sox and now it's looking like neither the Yanks or the Sox can be sure of October play. If neither of them make it, it will be the first time since the Wild Card was instilled that both teams watched the playoffs from the comfort of their couches. The BoSox still lead in the Wild Card race, but with that Twins team and the White Sox team looking strong, I am gonna say that both teams will be able to take a nice long nap when September ends. According to CoolStandings, based on the remaining schedule the Yanks have a 3 percent chance of making the playoffs (hold while I stifle a giggle.) The Sox look better at 86%, but I don't listen to everything CoolStandings says. I'm saying Rays for the NL East now. (And congrats to Boogie who was the only one to include them in her picks. But for the Wild Card, so she is still about to lose.) But this could be one of the most miraculous turnarounds in baseball histories if the Rays keep up at this break-neck pace. I can't wait to see what happens.
AL Central
Now part of me wants the White Sox to take this division as their hasn't been a Chicago-Chicago series since 1906 (2 years before... something.) And the lead in the division has been flip-flopping between the Twins and the Sox for quite some time, so this is gonna be another one I can't wait to see the outcome of. So I defer once more to CoolStandings and it tells me Chicago has the edge. I choose not to listen, for the love of Joe Mauer, and am keeping my original prediction of Twins for the division and White Sox for the WC.
AL West
With the Angels 16 games ahead of their division, I frankly don't give a flying rat's rear end what happens there anymore. The Angels could send out the Nationals in their place for the rest of the year and it wouldn't make a bit of difference. But I personally feel like I am seeing their dominance slide and despite the epic record they currently have, I would be shocked to see rings on these boys' fingers at season's end.
NL West
Now this is an intense division split. And I thought only us NL East-ers had it bad! Since the Dodgers' acquisition of Manny (which yes, I know, I was opposed to), they have marked their territory as serious contenders for the division title. The showdown between the D Backs and the Dodgers commences tonight, and I would bet is going to be awfully telling of the final outcome. The D Backs are looking good to take it, though, and the chances of the Wild Card coming from this division are slim to none. A meteor would have to take out the rest of the National League for us to see both these guys in the playoffs.
NL Central
No one surprised us there... at least not yet. Let's go Cubbies!
NL East
Oh, heart attack of my life, this division is. The story remains nearly the same as it did a month ago, with one important difference. The Bums from Florida with their lead A-hole Dan Uggla seem to already be packing for their winter break. They're not out yet, but I believe in a God that wouldn't let them join the race. You've been lapped, boys.
And as for Philly and the Amazins... with 28 games remaining and the Mets only a game up on the Phillies, it's anyone's game at this point. But while most of the blogs seem to be predicting a Philadelphia turnaround, I, shockingly, am disagreeing. Yes, Mets bullpen is nothing short of crap. And yes, the Mets don't seem to score runs after the 3rd inning. But 74 wins and it ain't even August yet? The boys in blue and orange are doing something right. Phillies, take a seat. You got nothing.
- stars
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Wednesday, August 27
Someday We’ll Go All The Way
So there are couple things that are different about me from Boogie and Stars who you normally hear from on LLR. The first and most obvious is I, in fact, do have balls. However that is of no importance in a sports blog. The difference that is more important is the fact that I am not an NL East guy. More specifically, I am not a New York Mets fan. I am a Chicago Cubs fan.
I am one of the bigger Chicago Cubs fans you will meet. I don’t really know the stats and remember every play of every game the way some of my brethren (and sisters) do. I, however, am one who allows the emotions of the game get to him. I actually do this for all of my teams (Chi Town stand up!). It changes my day when my teams lose. If my teams lose, its hard for me to watch Sportscenter that night. This has been very difficult over the past 27 years of being a Chicago Cubs fan...you miss a lot of ESPN.
While I have been struggling with this difficult task of being a supporter of the Loveable Losers for my whole life, my dad and his generation have in fact doubled my sentence. While my biggest heart wrenching moment has been 2003 (they year it was blamed on pour Steve Bartman), my dad has been old enough to sit through 1969 (Mets comeback), 1984 (“Go Cubs Go” singer Steve Goodman dies, Cubs win 2 then lose 3 in a row to SD), 1989 (Will Clark leads the Giants into Chicago) and 2003. Now, the Cubs have been competitive a few other times, but these were special teams that seemed like they could be the one. They seemed that they could be the one, but 1908 is still forever tattooed on all of our minds.
1908. William Taft was elected. It was the first time a ball was dropped for the New Year in Time Square. The first oil was discovered in the Middle East. Jack Johnson knocked out Tommy Burns to be the first African- American Heavyweight Champion. You get the picture. The things like “avoid Time Square on New Years Eve,” “lets go to war to get oil from the Arab nations” and “always bet on black” weren’t even ideas yet!
We are not accustomed to seeing a lot of success on the North Side of Chicago. At the same time in the past few seasons, we have watched the two other longest streaks in the Boston Red Sox and cross town rivals Chicago White Sox each win. We also saw our biggest rival the St. Louis Cardinals win as well. Now I don’t believe in curses or any of that, however it should be noted that we blew it in 2003, the Red Sox won in 2004 and the White Sox won in 2005. The two teams that were our suffering partners got invited to the dance right after we got our hearts broken.
The most dangerous thing a Chicago Cubs fan can do is get comfortable with success. I was taught at an early age by my dad to never say things that may come back to haunt you. It scares me when they show the people in the stands at Wrigley with signs that say, “This Is Our Year,” “This Year Is Next Year” or “Its Gonna Happen.” That is asking for trouble. Eddie Vedder, a big Cubs fan, and performs a song this summer that he wrote called “Someday We’ll Go All The Way.” The song is about Wrigley and us fans waiting but still having the Cubs backs 100 years later.
I simply prefer to take it one game at a time… bottle my excitement and hope… hope like you have to idea. All you can do is cheer and wait… and hope that our hearts aren’t ripped out again.
I just want them to win so our dads can see what many of our grandfathers didn’t. But, if they don’t win… There’s always next year.
Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go!
Hey Chicago What Do You Say?
The Cubs Are Gonna Win Today!
-ill orange
Wednesday, July 23
Stars and Boogie's MLB 2008 Picks - Special guest picks by Ill Orange!
| Regular Season | Stars | Boogie | Ill Orange |
| NL East | NY Mets | NY Mets | NY Mets |
| NL Central | Cubs | Cubs | Cubs |
| NL West | LA Dodgers | Diamondbacks | LA Dodgers |
| NL Wildcard | Brewers | Cardinals | Brewers |
| AL East | Red Sox | Red Sox | Red Sox |
| AL West | LA Angels | LA Angels | LA Angels |
| AL Central | Twins | White Sox | White Sox |
| AL Wildcard | White Sox | TB Rays | Yankees |
| Postseason | Stars* | Boogie | Ill Orange |
| NL Champ | NY Mets | Cubs | NY Mets |
| AL Champ | LA Angels | Boston Red Sox | LA Angels |
| World Series Champ | NY Mets | Cubs | LA Angels** |
*You're going DOWN, Stars!!
**Ben is from Chicago. His father will disown him if he picks the Cubs to win, thereby jinxing the entire endeavor.
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