SPIEGEL: Guys, it was a saahhd weekend, as Ernie Banks passed away. Your thoughts, boys?

DAN: Talking to my Cubs guy, (sigh)...I...I have to be careful how I word this. (sigh) It's not that Theo and Jed and Tom Ricketts are happy Ernie Banks died, but...there's a sense of...I want to say, almost a sense of relief that the organization can move on from one of its...its trappings, that there was this man walking around the park with "Mr. Cub" on his hat, and it's just that...all these things add up to this atavistic mentality that you can't change Wrigley Field because it's timeless. Well, people aren't timeless, as we're finding out, and so now with the renovations, it'll be easier to...to make that break, I guess is how you could say it. I know they felt the same way when Ron Santo died, and of course, the team is going to be publicly maudlin about what a great player he was -- and he was, the numbers bear that out, for the most part -- but...(sigh) in a lot of ways it's one fewer...Cubs thing to have to explain away all the time as they're trying to run a damn business.

SPIEGEL: Wow, you really still are a jackass!

EVERYONE: hahahahahaha!

TERRY: I mean, look, I watched Ernie Banks, and, ah, I, I talked about it with my guy, and he said the same thing, really, that, I mean, great player, one of the best who ever lived, but the fact that, and I mean, the fact that you had this guy walking around with Mr. Cub on his hat, I mean, this was a great player, and now he's like a cross between Ronnie Woo Woo and Andy the Clown! And, uh, I mean, guys, really, when you think about it, the Ernie Banks that we knew and loved, that Ernie Banks died years ago, and really, when you get down to it, it's another guy from that '69 team that never won anything! They never won anything!

MANNELLY: I exist

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Spot on CH.

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I was having a pretty bad morning until I read this post.

A timeless post.

Bravo.

Nicely done CH.

Pretty great stuff there CH.

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

nice. close to the truth too!

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Almost perfect, CH... The only thing wrong is Seigs will say; "It was a Reeeeeeeeeeelly Sad Weekend..."

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

wow, we are all very jaded WSCR listeners....

this site is the release valve for all the trash we feel towards our shows that then allows us to still listen without suffering cognitive dissonance.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

you guys hear that sappy "goodbye to Ernie Banks" thing big-voice man made? It took me about 5-10 seconds to realize this wasn't some bad bit. maudlin bugle playing "take me out to the ballgame." ugh.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

you really do a great job of capturing the characters Curious

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

sini is somewhere making the jerk off hand gesture at this thread .

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

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Spanish Honor Society 1,2,3,4
Forensics 1,2,3,4

"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

That was Murph playing.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Felt the exact same way when I heard it this morning. In their defense, I was expecting it to be followed by one of their horrible ads, but it was a CBS Sports Minute of Boomer waxing nostalgic about Ernie.

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that was scary good.

There will probably be reference to creepy Cardinal fans when the Banks statue is in Daley Plaza this week.

This opens up another revenue stream. And now, Mr. Cub Kerry Wood sponsored by Beggar's Pizza!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

And touch 'em all, CH. This is right up there with Leery beengo.

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Great stuff, CH. Like Dolphin said, you really capture the essence of the characters.

That is as close to perfect as it gets. Well done.

I wonder if they'll make fun of the idiots who feel sad for someone they didn't even know? And to leave flowers...my God, man! Why do you care?!?!

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Right before a 10-minute digression of Dan begging for OneStep Camp donations.

Now that the Cubs are on WBBM, I think you may see a softer & gentler Bernsie over this subject.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

That reminds me...haven't heard any Cameron Hughes spots lately.

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that was for the holidays. now its time for crotchless PJs.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Wow, that was perfect. For a second I thought I lost track of what time it was and this actually happened.

I will forever stop bashing the Score King if he reads his lines from this thread word for word and blows everyone's mind.

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

That's pretty good CH.

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Good stuff CH.

But I think Godfella is on to something here.

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This is right up there with Leery Bingo. The use of the word "maudlin" was the clincher. Nicely done.

I really hope there are some teddy bears outside the ernie statue. This could be a tough one for Dan.

Is anybody listening to Hub on with Spiegs and Mannelly right now? If so, Hub just claimed to do 900-1000 push ups a day?

WTF?! No way dude is doing 10 sets of 100 full push-ups, must just be bouncing up and down...

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GOB: "My God, what is this feeling?"
Michael: "Could it be love?"
GOB: "I know what an erection feels like, Michael. No, it's the opposite. It's... it's like my heart is getting hard."