Are you ready for...

[Guest]

...spring/summer...?!


Baseball players are reporting to training camp. Spring Training is just around the bend. The Arizona Cactus and Florida Grapefruit Leagues are about to start. And ... spring is in the air.

Well, maybe not yet. But...hope springs eternal.... Time to share five "truths...learned the hard way" from _The Cubs Fan's Little Book Of Wisdom_ by Jim Langford....

Don't count your chickens...
or, as Ernie Banks puts it, reflecting on 1969, "Sometimes you think you have something in the bag, but the bag breaks."

If you're in a job where the people you work with are driving you insane, think about quitting.
Herman Franks said he had enough of Barry Foote, Ted Sizemore, and, later, Bill Buckner...so he quit. (Of course, Herman also had a personal fortune in the millions to go home to.)

Be careful what you predict.
Leo Durocher never lived down his famous, "This is not an 8th place ballclub," as his Cubs finished 10th in 1966. A year later, he said only, "We will not win the pennant in 1967."

Don't let a bad day discourage you.
Billy Williams went 0-for-4 in his first game as a Cub.

"I have never known a stranger -- only friends I haven't met yet."
Jack Brickhouse

And, for good measure, a "winter sport" quote from the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team win in Lake Placid:

"Do you believe in miracles?!"
Al Michaels

So ... while the soon-to-be-here spring reminds me that I haven't completed much of what I wanted to this winter (anyone else in the same boat?) ... who else is looking forward to spring/summer sports (i.e. baseball, softball, etc.) and events (i.e. car shows, friends/family gatherings, etc.)?



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"Baseball time is here again" ... Steve Goodman ... 'Go Cubs Go'

 

[netmiff]

...spring/summer...?!


Baseball players are reporting to training camp. Spring Training is just around the bend. The Arizona Cactus and Florida Grapefruit Leagues are about to start. And ... spring is in the air.



WOOOOO HOOOOOO !!!!!!!! IT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH FOR ME - WE HAVE A TON OF SNOW STILL ON THE GROUND HERE.

 

[Guest]

WOOOOO HOOOOOO !!!!!!!! IT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH FOR ME - WE HAVE A TON OF SNOW STILL ON THE GROUND HERE.

We don't have as much snow on the ground anymore, given today's rains ... BUT ... I agree ... can't come soon enough for me, either .



Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker
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"The rhythm of the rails is all they feel" ... Steve Goodman ... 'City Of New Orleans'

 

[netmiff]

well, we got the rain all day yesterday, and as far as I know, it's supposed to be overcast and 2C today ... yeah, the snow is going, going, but not fast enough !

 

[MikeHeim]

As I was driving in to work today, I heard that today is the 20th day we have woken up to sub-zero temperatures in the Twin Cities this summer. Tomorrow will be the 21st.

 

[Debster]

Hey Cort! My brother and his wife won a trip to Arizona and they are going to see the Cubs play there next month. Being we are originally from the Windy City-he is in Cub heaven. Wish I was going too.... Deb

 

[Guest]

MH ... I don't think I could handle that many subzero temp mornings....yikes.

Hey Cort! My brother and his wife won a trip to Arizona and they are going to see the Cubs play there next month. Being we are originally from the Windy City-he is in Cub heaven. Wish I was going too.... Deb

Ahhhhh....tell your brother and his wife how absolutely LUCKY they are ... AND, that I EXPECT a Cubs win when they are at the game . he he

*sighs*

One of these days, I'll get to AZ to see Spring Training....someday.......



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