Poor Cubbies - A Tribute


	Poor Cubbies - A Tribute

slappywhyte

10-5-2008 4:01 PM

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chicago cubs, cubbies, bleacher bums, cubs, wrigley field, harry caray, cubs curse, 1908

slappywhyte says:

Pictorial Tribute to the sad fate of the Chicago Cubs. 1908 and counting.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b6ce8411-626a-4be9-98e0-b3d02fa08386/06AAA229-CC07-486A-863D-64AA9224102E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/" href="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/" style="font-size: 11px;">megasizzle.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link: Poor Cubbies :( - A Tribute" rel="bookmark" href="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/">Poor Cubbies :( - A Tribute</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/"><P>Since Lucy and myself are both erstwhile Cubs fans (both of us having lived at one time or another in the balmy weather of Chi-Town), I wanted to mourn the demise of YET ANOTHER season of hopes dashed.  1908 and counting … now that’s a curse.  <IMG class="wp-smiley" alt=":(" src="http://megasizzle.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif" /> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/"><P><STRONG>1929 Wrigley Fans</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/megasizzle.com/img/538AE743-7675-485C-AFBA-C145F6F78798" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/"><STRONG>A Cubs Fan and a Bud Man</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/megasizzle.com/img/450C51EB-8003-47FE-969B-C962727034B8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/"><P><STRONG>Now <A href="http://www.murphysbleachers.com/history.html">Murphy’s Bleachers</A>, Looks The Same</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/megasizzle.com/img/5D6C19F7-CFEE-4EB4-84DC-6371632EFC03" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://megasizzle.com/sports-and-leisure/poor-cubbies/"><STRONG>It’s very hard to find pics of the Original 1960s-1970s Bleacher Bums (who were actually bums, not yuppies like today), but this is the closest I’ve found (Emmett Kelly 1957)</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; 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