That's interesting, I always thought he was one of these Chicago transplants that turn into diehard Cubs fans. That's a phenomenon I've witnessed many times that has always somewhat baffled me. If you're a baseball fan and you move to another city in your 20's, you would think you've already got your fandom set. I can see going to the occasional Cubs game because you're living close to Wrigley Field, but discarding your former team to embrace a franchise like the Cubs seems odd.

It was stipulated in all XRT's contract offers that you had to.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

So that's how they fired Jason Thomas.

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today i learned this person was a dude. I always thought it was a female

It's time to retire this clueless nonsense fake personality.

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I dunno. Sounds like he became a Cub fan at a very opportune time (1984):

"I was born in Queens and I was a Yankees fan. My best friend had moved to Queens from Oak Park, so when we’d play stickball, we’d take turns being the Cubs and Yankees. We even had the Cleo James fan club. With guys like Fergie Jenkins, Ron Santo, and Ernie Banks, the Cubs were one of the coolest teams in the 1960s. No matter where you lived, you knew the Cubs.

"In 1984, I was promised tickets to see the Cubs in the World Series if I came to work at WXRT. My first night out on Rush Street was the night that the Cubs clinched the pennant. My first apartment was on Wayne between Grace and Waveland. Living in Wrigleyville messed me up bad because that was way too close to Wrigley Field. I averaged about 50 games a year sitting in the right center bleachers with Marty Lennartz, Wendy Rice, Johnny Mars, and other assorted people without real jobs."

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We have to go through the fake poster eras. Hawaii, Long Time Guy etc etc.

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That's okay. I used to make the inverse mistake with Lin Bolen.

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yes i never heard of him other than a few quips here and there. always thought 'lin' was a woman. But they had some tribute at Wrigley yesterday where they showed him to be a guy.

Not a problem. It seems to me Lin is Chicago Famous for being on the road to dying and then dying. But who am I to say. I didn't know the guy either other than the name. I also knew the name Sky Daniels.

Lets get HawaiiYou on this road. Ill chip in for gas money.

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How much?

My Lord, what a sentence. There's so much crazy there.

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And all of the children of Johnny Redd Kerr, who will be buried on Thursday.

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Very impressive.

If you asked ChatGPT to create a memory of being a Cubs fan, it would read something like this.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

The guy who created Hamilton is also not a girl...but he is petite and has long hair so you can pretend he is from behind

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

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Bernstein says that his weekend was highlighted by the Lin Brehmer tribute concert.

"Crane Kenney gave a speech. Spiegel killed it. The Cubs won."

I now retroactively hate Lin Brehmer.

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How could you not? If HY needs a Cub hat, go see the groundskeeper at Lin's cemetery.