Comments on: No joy in Wrigleyville http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:43:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Harry Pujols http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2445421 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:38:20 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2445421 Joe Torre and Manny Ramirez have years battling the toughest playoff teams in the American League and they have the rings to prove it. The Yankees learned they underestimated Torre by staying at their homes in October, watching the playoffs on TV. So Cub fans, don't be so upset your team got steamrolled. Joe Torre and Manny Ramirez have years battling the toughest playoff teams in the American League and they have the rings to prove it. The Yankees learned they underestimated Torre by staying at their homes in October, watching the playoffs on TV. So Cub fans, don’t be so upset your team got steamrolled.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2431363 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:39:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2431363 Last season, the Beat wrote TUF reviews on another site. I don't know if she is doing it this year or not. Last season, the Beat wrote TUF reviews on another site. I don’t know if she is doing it this year or not.

]]> by: Matt http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2430550 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:04:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2430550 Hey Rich, Oh well. Hey Rich, Oh well.

]]> by: Doug http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2429807 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:02:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2429807 R. Maheras: <i>As one can imagine, it was doubly painful each year because until 2005, neither team had won a World Series since 1908.</i> It's a small point, but prior to 2005, the last Chicago World Series victory was White Sox in 1917. R. Maheras: As one can imagine, it was doubly painful each year because until 2005, neither team had won a World Series since 1908.

It’s a small point, but prior to 2005, the last Chicago World Series victory was White Sox in 1917.

]]> by: Rich http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2429059 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:46:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2429059 Hey Matt -- note the "Posted by Mark Coale" at the bottom. I have to assume he wrote it as well as posted it. Right? Hey Matt — note the “Posted by Mark Coale” at the bottom. I have to assume he wrote it as well as posted it. Right?

]]> by: R. Maheras http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2429028 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:27:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2429028 Yeah, you're right. The Cubs only had the best record in the National league. Still, like you said, having a great regular season hasn't helped either team much. Yeah, you’re right. The Cubs only had the best record in the National league.

Still, like you said, having a great regular season hasn’t helped either team much.

]]> by: ~chris http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2428967 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:12:58 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2428967 "But the Cubs, despite the fact they had the best record in baseball this year, went down with a whimper in the first round." No, the Angels had the best record in baseball this year. Not that it's helping them in the first round either.... “But the Cubs, despite the fact they had the best record in baseball this year, went down with a whimper in the first round.”

No, the Angels had the best record in baseball this year. Not that it’s helping them in the first round either….

]]> by: Matt http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2428963 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:11:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2428963 Wow Heidi, you must read the same MMA blogs and news sites I do. You should start a separate MMA blog. You clearly are well versed in it. But yeah overall that show was pretty solid. I dont know whats going to happen with Kimbo, he was going to get beat down eventually. Someone mentioned Butterbean, but even Butterbean knocked out James Thompsson. Wow Heidi, you must read the same MMA blogs and news sites I do. You should start a separate MMA blog. You clearly are well versed in it.

But yeah overall that show was pretty solid. I dont know whats going to happen with Kimbo, he was going to get beat down eventually. Someone mentioned Butterbean, but even Butterbean knocked out James Thompsson.

]]> by: John Dominguez http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2428902 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:46:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2428902 I like Kimbo Slice, he is charismatic and a great showman. However, he finally got exposed for the overhyped fighter that he really is. He should fight Butterbean next or Zuluzino or another washed up Tomato Can. If he fights a legit MMA fighter he will lose again. He should have lost the James Thompson fight. Thompson had him on the ground and for over 2 minutes, continuously raining blows onto his head with no defense from Slice. In another other organization, the ref would have stopped the fight, but since Kimbo is EliteXC's gravy train, they let it go. Kudos to Seth Petricelli for showing what a real MMA fighter can do to a brawler. I like Kimbo Slice, he is charismatic and a great showman. However, he finally got exposed for the overhyped fighter that he really is. He should fight Butterbean next or Zuluzino or another washed up Tomato Can. If he fights a legit MMA fighter he will lose again.
He should have lost the James Thompson fight. Thompson had him on the ground and for over 2 minutes, continuously raining blows onto his head with no defense from Slice. In another other organization, the ref would have stopped the fight, but since Kimbo is EliteXC’s gravy train, they let it go. Kudos to Seth Petricelli for showing what a real MMA fighter can do to a brawler.

]]> by: Ian Harker http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2428807 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:15:55 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2428807 Too bad for all you Cubs fans, but seriously did we really need the NLCS polluted with all the "lovable losers", billygoats &#38; Bartman nonsense? Last time I checked the city of Chicago won 6 NBA championships in the 90's, as well as a World Series a few years ago. The four Philadelphia sports teams (Eagles, Sixers, Phillies, Flyers) have now gone a combined 100 seasons without a championship, so Chicagoans can spare me their tears. I think the Phils have the advantage over the Dodgers, but naturally I never expect to win. The difference between this time and 30 years ago is is that this time Davey Lopes is on our team! Ha! GO PHILS!!!!! Too bad for all you Cubs fans, but seriously did we really need the NLCS polluted with all the “lovable losers”, billygoats & Bartman nonsense? Last time I checked the city of Chicago won 6 NBA championships in the 90’s, as well as a World Series a few years ago. The four Philadelphia sports teams (Eagles, Sixers, Phillies, Flyers) have now gone a combined 100 seasons without a championship, so Chicagoans can spare me their tears.

I think the Phils have the advantage over the Dodgers, but naturally I never expect to win. The difference between this time and 30 years ago is is that this time Davey Lopes is on our team! Ha!

GO PHILS!!!!!

]]> by: Simon Jones http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2428783 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:08:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2428783 Will--&#62; To be honest, I'd like to see Ken versus Frank, as Mark mentioned. It's wrong, and we all pretty much know what the result would be, but it would just be so... biblical. And those are two guys who know how to hype fights, even if they don't always deliver. It would make commercial sense for EXC. I'm not sure Kimbo would ever be the draw he was, unless he legitimately works his way back from the bottom up. Will–>

To be honest, I’d like to see Ken versus Frank, as Mark mentioned. It’s wrong, and we all pretty much know what the result would be, but it would just be so… biblical. And those are two guys who know how to hype fights, even if they don’t always deliver. It would make commercial sense for EXC.

I’m not sure Kimbo would ever be the draw he was, unless he legitimately works his way back from the bottom up.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426706 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:20:03 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426706 When everyone was talking about the red sox curse, they never mentioned they had been to the series in the 80s. The Cubs... 1946? And then there are clubs which have never been. Like the Rays. My prediction: Cubs Vs. White Sox in 2012, just before the world ends. In the meantime, read Kinsella's The Great Iowa Baseball Confederacy. Or some of his comics. When everyone was talking about the red sox curse, they never mentioned they had been to the series in the 80s. The Cubs… 1946? And then there are clubs which have never been. Like the Rays.
My prediction: Cubs Vs. White Sox in 2012, just before the world ends.
In the meantime, read Kinsella’s The Great Iowa Baseball Confederacy. Or some of his comics.

]]> by: K. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426692 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:17:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426692 My only solace as a Wisconsinite is that the Brewers, despite getting trounced by the Phillies today and losing the series 3-1, lasted one game more than the Cubs. My only solace as a Wisconsinite is that the Brewers, despite getting trounced by the Phillies today and losing the series 3-1, lasted one game more than the Cubs.

]]> by: DRMM http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426691 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:17:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426691 Only if Kimbo will never win another match in next 100 years ... Only if Kimbo will never win another match in next 100 years …

]]> by: Will Emero II http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426364 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:00:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426364 @Mark - True on both accounts. Affliction can market, can't they? And using Sylvia prominently made Fedor look unstoppable. Good stuff. Frank was in business for himself last night, I thought I was the only one who noticed. @Jamie - Agreed. Hope when Tito comes back in '09 they make it a special event. It'll be far enough for fans to have forgotten the negativity surrounding his UFC departure. @Simon - I've heard there's one more Saturday Night Fights left on EXC's contract, so hopefully Ken will be healed by the next airing so we get Slice-Shamrock. @Mark - True on both accounts. Affliction can market, can’t they? And using Sylvia prominently made Fedor look unstoppable. Good stuff. Frank was in business for himself last night, I thought I was the only one who noticed.

@Jamie - Agreed. Hope when Tito comes back in ‘09 they make it a special event. It’ll be far enough for fans to have forgotten the negativity surrounding his UFC departure.

@Simon - I’ve heard there’s one more Saturday Night Fights left on EXC’s contract, so hopefully Ken will be healed by the next airing so we get Slice-Shamrock.

]]> by: Peter Krause http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426363 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:00:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426363 And for you Cubs fans--my team (the Twins) has won the World Series twice in my lifetime. Anything more is just gravy. (I'm not rubbing it in, am I?) And for you Cubs fans–my team (the Twins) has won the World Series twice in my lifetime. Anything more is just gravy.

(I’m not rubbing it in, am I?)

]]> by: Peter Krause http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426352 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:58:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426352 R.Maheras: Since my dad was from Chicago, I know you cannot be both a Cubbies fan AND a White Sox fan. R.Maheras:

Since my dad was from Chicago, I know you cannot be both a Cubbies fan AND a White Sox fan.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426315 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:47:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426315 Speaking of Ken, I like how Frank seemed to be planting the seeds for the expected brother vs brother fight in 2009. Speaking of Ken, I like how Frank seemed to be planting the seeds for the expected brother vs brother fight in 2009.

]]> by: R. Maheras http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426314 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:45:19 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426314 As someone who grew up on the West Side of Chicago, I've been a fan of both the Cubs and the White Sox since the 1960s. As one can imagine, it was doubly painful each year because until 2005, neither team had won a World Series since 1908. This year there were high hopes in Chi-Town when both teams were in the playoffs for the first time since 1906. But the Cubs, despite the fact they had the best record in baseball this year, went down with a whimper in the first round. And while it looked like the White Sox would quickly follow the Cubs into a post-season flop, they managed to win this evening and stay alive to fight another day. As brutal as it has been for Cubs fans in the post season, if the White Sox pull off a miracle, stay alive, and then meet, and beat, the Dodgers in the World Series, it would be the most crushing blow of all for Cubs fans. Afterwards I can almost envisage a mass exodus of Cubs fans from the North Side of Chicago, marching east into Lake Michigan, like lemmings throwing themselves off of a cliff. Ah, to be a baseball fan in Chicago. If that isn't a humbling experience, nothing is. As someone who grew up on the West Side of Chicago, I’ve been a fan of both the Cubs and the White Sox since the 1960s. As one can imagine, it was doubly painful each year because until 2005, neither team had won a World Series since 1908.

This year there were high hopes in Chi-Town when both teams were in the playoffs for the first time since 1906. But the Cubs, despite the fact they had the best record in baseball this year, went down with a whimper in the first round.

And while it looked like the White Sox would quickly follow the Cubs into a post-season flop, they managed to win this evening and stay alive to fight another day.

As brutal as it has been for Cubs fans in the post season, if the White Sox pull off a miracle, stay alive, and then meet, and beat, the Dodgers in the World Series, it would be the most crushing blow of all for Cubs fans.

Afterwards I can almost envisage a mass exodus of Cubs fans from the North Side of Chicago, marching east into Lake Michigan, like lemmings throwing themselves off of a cliff.

Ah, to be a baseball fan in Chicago. If that isn’t a humbling experience, nothing is.

]]> by: R. Maheras http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426313 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:44:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426313 As someone who grew up on the West Side of Chicago, I've been a fan of both the Cubs and the White Sox since the 1960s. As one can imagine, it was doubly painful each year because until 2005, neither team had won a World Series since 1908. This year there were high hopes in Chi-Town when both teams were in the playoffs for the first time since 1906. But the Cubs, despite the fact they had the best record in baseball this year, went down with a whimper in the first round. And while it looked like the White Sox would quickly follow the Cubs into a post-season flop, they managed to win this evening and stay alive to fight another day. As brutal as it has been for Cubs fans in the post season, if the White Sox pull off a miracle, stay alive, and then meet, and beat, the Dodgers in the World Series, it would be the most crushing blow of all for Cubs fans. Afterwards I can almost envisage a mass exodus of Cubs fans from the North Side of Chicago, marching east into Lake Michigan, like lemmings throwing themselves off of a cliff. Ah, to be a baseball fan in Chicago. If that isn't a humbling edxperience, nothing is. As someone who grew up on the West Side of Chicago, I’ve been a fan of both the Cubs and the White Sox since the 1960s. As one can imagine, it was doubly painful each year because until 2005, neither team had won a World Series since 1908.

This year there were high hopes in Chi-Town when both teams were in the playoffs for the first time since 1906. But the Cubs, despite the fact they had the best record in baseball this year, went down with a whimper in the first round.

And while it looked like the White Sox would quickly follow the Cubs into a post-season flop, they managed to win this evening and stay alive to fight another day.

As brutal as it has been for Cubs fans in the post season, if the White Sox pull off a miracle, stay alive, and then meet, and beat, the Dodgers in the World Series, it would be the most crushing blow of all for Cubs fans.

Afterwards I can almost envisage a mass exodus of Cubs fans from the North Side of Chicago, marching east into Lake Michigan, like lemmings throwing themselves off of a cliff.

Ah, to be a baseball fan in Chicago. If that isn’t a humbling edxperience, nothing is.

]]> by: Simon Jones http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426029 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:48:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426029 Ken Shamrock had the worst night more than anyone else. This was probably the old lion's last chance to bask in the sun... Ken Shamrock had the worst night more than anyone else. This was probably the old lion’s last chance to bask in the sun…

]]> by: Jamie Coville http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426025 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:44:05 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2426025 Yeah, if Affliction and EXC combine their top talents (and toss in Tito) and stay on TV, I think they should be good enough to go. Yeah, if Affliction and EXC combine their top talents (and toss in Tito) and stay on TV, I think they should be good enough to go.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2425720 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:52:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2425720 The best looking fighter last night was fedor, thanks to all those affliction commercials. The best looking fighter last night was fedor, thanks to all those affliction commercials.

]]> by: Will Emero II http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2425523 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:35:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2425523 Slice can be rehabbed. Spin the loss as a fluke, build the guy back up as a bad ass with training videos and interviews, as well as a few more tomato cans. Additionally, they'll have to underscore his record as a novice MMA (3-1) fighter. If EXC can survive their cash crunch - through CBS purchase - or 'merge' with Affliction - this could be done, provided they retain the CBS contract. I know, it's a lot 'ifs.' Can't wait to see Carano v. Cyborg. That'll be a helluva fight, provided Carano isn't dehydrated. Slice can be rehabbed. Spin the loss as a fluke, build the guy back up as a bad ass with training videos and interviews, as well as a few more tomato cans. Additionally, they’ll have to underscore his record as a novice MMA (3-1) fighter. If EXC can survive their cash crunch - through CBS purchase - or ‘merge’ with Affliction - this could be done, provided they retain the CBS contract.

I know, it’s a lot ‘ifs.’

Can’t wait to see Carano v. Cyborg. That’ll be a helluva fight, provided Carano isn’t dehydrated.

]]> by: Rich http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2425408 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:47:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/05/no-joy-in-wrigleyville/#comment-2425408 Man, I can't even read comics blogs without being reminded that my Cubbies collapsed AGAIN. Sigh. Man, I can’t even read comics blogs without being reminded that my Cubbies collapsed AGAIN. Sigh.

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