Showing posts with label Derrek Lee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Derrek Lee. Show all posts

Ticket Time Capsule

Sometimes I think 1945 wasn't that dern long ago. And I remember '69 like it was yesterday. '84 and '89 now that is recent history. '98 and '03 . . . painfully close.

Having the good times in Cub history on my mind, one might reckon that I'd recall '07 and '08 - the last seasons spent in the playoffs - well, I suppose you'd reckon I'd remember them like nobody's business. But, I'll tell ya, after this year - after this long and painful year . . . it seems like a lifetime ago since we were good at baseball.

Now please oblige me on this one. Take a gander at this here ticket stub my grandson found while he was fiddlin' through my dresser drawers - no doubt looking for some spending money.
Take a gander at those boys high five-in on that stub. Makes you kind of miss them boys, don't it? It sure as heck makes me miss the winning days. That date there - September 20th - just two short years ago . . . that's when we clinched our division, on our way to a near one hundred win season. Seems like it has been forever and a day, and I sure hope it ain't forever until the winning ways return.

Go Cubs!

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Derrek The Domino

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Well sir, it looks like the end of another era at Wrigley Field. Derrek Lee was traded away Wednesday to the Atlanta Braves.

These days, being on the same team for more than a season or two seems like a lifetime - ol' D.Lee has been a constant in our lineup for the last seven.

I tell you what - the way things have been going for the Cubs this season - I would not be surprised if he isn't the only veteran to be shown the door. Only Ramirez, Zambrano and Dempster have been with this club for as long.

So long Mr. Lee.