Jesus. Towel off after that one Dan?


The Bernstein Brief: WSCR At Cubs Convention Feels Surreal

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By Dan Bernstein–
CBSChicago.com senior columnist

(CBS) I guess I’ll finally believe it when I’m sitting there Friday afternoon, even after hearing all the on-air promos.

After nearly a quarter-century of being on the outside of Cubs business, 670 The Score is broadcasting live all weekend from the Sheraton in Chicago as part of the 31st annual Cubs Convention, part of assuming the new role of flagship station for the team’s games.

We’ll be right in the middle of it, amid the players, former players, coaches, executives, blue-clad autograph-seekers from Peoria, Ronnie Woo-Woo and some seriously high expectations for this year’s team.

The 97 wins and a year-ahead-of-schedule NLCS trip in 2015 will do that, and the additions of Jason Heyward, John Lackey and Ben Zobrist alongside a strong core provide reasonable hope that there are more busy Octobers to come. This isn’t the typical Cubs January, anymore, either — many of those of the past were more just mawkish sentimentality and self-aware wallowing than anything else, warding off winter with hope of spring.

It’s different now. This may be the best team in baseball and is undoubtedly positioned to be one of the elites for an extended period of time.

And WSCR is there. We have all the games. Unreal.

101 wins counting playoffs

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I'm sure this will end well.

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

JORR is so right on this that he deserves a shoutout thread.

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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!

Its looking that way but the true test will be what happens after Theo


Could still make the case that this is more about a REALLY SMART GUY running a GREAT BUSINESS, more than the actual team

One more SP for depth would be nice but I can't complain.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

So Brick and JORR are going to now climax watching Bernsie climax

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Remember when the Cubs Convention was the ultimate object of their derision? Guess they'll have to move that to the Blackhawks Convention.

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It's like Elmhurst Steve but less racist.

Less racist than Elmhurst Steve still leaves a lot of space to be racist.

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There really is no point to that article. It could have or maybe should have been written by <generic cub fan caller>.

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Elections have consequences.

Tough place to be for Bernsie. Have to shill for new suit, and WCUB.

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I'd just like to point out how much shit ZZ gets for his Bears shilling (more or less deserved I guess) ... however, at least he's publicly known to be a paid Bears employee. So, any time someone wants to 'Thursdays-at-5' Daniel on the matter, please do feel free.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

After all those years of mocking the mouth-breathing, polyester-clad autograph hounds at this thing. dan bernstein, have ye no shame? And who are you crappin'?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Somebody really piss off Bernstein and name their pet "Convention"...

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

For anyone who really thinks bernstein is- or ever was- a Sox fan, remember when the Sox won the World Series (2005!) and then they loaded up with Javy Vazquez and Thome and solidified even the back-ups with guys like Cintron? That team had just moved to the Score and it was clearly much more of a heavy favorite than this Cubs team. Why wasn't Sox Fan dan jizzing his pants like he is now? It's a really strange way for a supposed Sox fan to act, isn't it?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

you're over-thinking this:



Getting the Sox was a big deal for the station. The Cubs are a bigger deal. It's higher ratings and more sales revenue. Bosses are happy, so Bernstein is too.

(well that's what he's hoping for, anyway. The result may not turn out that way.)

I believe you're the one over-thinking it. He's a Cub fan and thrilled he can now jizz all over his heroes without wasting time on the Sox (bad, just... bad).

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Zimmerman was fired because of the Cubs deal.

Actually, this is probably the first time Bernsteinn will see Theo Epstein in person. So, yeah, that's why he's so excited.

At the first site of theo, this will be playing in Bernstein's mind...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oKUTOLSeMM

So he's pleasing the new boss. He wants the Cubs to do well because then the station does well.

Or a Comcast crew following Ozzie with a tv special "On the Road Home" or whatever that POS shit thing they had for Maddon last night was. Just for a little spice for Danny, Maddon from PA.

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Elections have consequences.

Said it well before, during and after.

Dont want Dan Bernstein to have anything to do with the Chicago Cubs...even just as a fan.

Once again, DB OFFICIALLY a Sox fan until further notice,

Sox nation will get 4 chances to rid themselves again of his stank during the Bernstein Cup. Split the 4 and you keep him!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Sorry Pal. He's firmly on your bandwagon now.

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What if the Sox hired a field manager with a law degree? It's a wonder he hates Tony La Russa as much as he does, considering.

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B & B at the Cubs Convention?

#verybadoptics

Someone has to call or text this hypocrisy. It is too large for WYC.

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Elections have consequences.

it's not hypocrisy, it's evolution!

The Bernstein Cup protects Theo's hairy coin purse from 95 mile per hour pitches

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