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A Blog about the Chicago Cubs
Welcome to Wrigley Ramblings
Wrigley Ramblings is a blog dedicated to the 2010 Chicago Cubs, the team that will hopefully finally end the drought!
My plan is to follow the 2010 series, hopefully all the way to a Cubs World Series win! I will be expressing my thoughts on the players and the games and hope that my readers will feel free to share their thoughts through comments on the blog.
My plan is to follow the 2010 series, hopefully all the way to a Cubs World Series win! I will be expressing my thoughts on the players and the games and hope that my readers will feel free to share their thoughts through comments on the blog.
Why the Cubs?
I have been a Cubs fan since I was a kid, since the days of Harry Carey, Mark Grace, Ryne Sandberg, Greg Maddux (the first time) and Andre "The Hawk" Dawson. Those guys were the giants of my childhood.
Growing up in the Mississippi Delta, where the closest professional baseball teams were hours away in St. Louis and Atlanta, I relied on TV to feed my addiction to baseball. At the time, the only two teams that played often enough on national TV were the Cubs on WGN out of Chicago and the Atlanta Braves on TBS. Most of my friends were Braves fans, so I had to be different and root for the Cubs. Ryne Sandberg quickly became my favorite player, followed closely by Mark Grace.
Since those early days, I have avidly watched every season and followed every offseason. I watched with awe the homerun race as Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire seemed larger than life. It saddened me greatly to learn that it was all due to steroids and corked bats.
Like all Cubs fans, I can still picture the foul ball that could have brought us only four outs away from the World Series, only to watch the Marlins rebound and take the series. But then I got to watch Derrek Lee's amazing season the next year, after we got him away from those same Marlins.
Then came sweet Lou and, as always, hope springs eternal. Lets hope that this year is indeed finally THE year!
Growing up in the Mississippi Delta, where the closest professional baseball teams were hours away in St. Louis and Atlanta, I relied on TV to feed my addiction to baseball. At the time, the only two teams that played often enough on national TV were the Cubs on WGN out of Chicago and the Atlanta Braves on TBS. Most of my friends were Braves fans, so I had to be different and root for the Cubs. Ryne Sandberg quickly became my favorite player, followed closely by Mark Grace.
Since those early days, I have avidly watched every season and followed every offseason. I watched with awe the homerun race as Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire seemed larger than life. It saddened me greatly to learn that it was all due to steroids and corked bats.
Like all Cubs fans, I can still picture the foul ball that could have brought us only four outs away from the World Series, only to watch the Marlins rebound and take the series. But then I got to watch Derrek Lee's amazing season the next year, after we got him away from those same Marlins.
Then came sweet Lou and, as always, hope springs eternal. Lets hope that this year is indeed finally THE year!
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About Me
- Chris Kittell
- I am a devoted husband to my wonderful wife Jennifer and father of three - Anna Grace, Ethan and Starnes. I have been practicing law with an emphasis on consumer law since 1999. I have been named a "Rising Star" for the three state area of Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas for 2010, 2011 and 2012 and was named a "Top 40 under 40" trial lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers association in 2012.
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- Theriot's Looking Over His Shoulder
- Riggleman Takes Blame for Overuse of Kerry Wood
- More injury news regarding Angel Guzman
- Randy Wells - Future Star?
- Selig and Diamondbacks endorse Cubs' Stadium Tax I...
- Spring Training Attendance ... So Far
- Cubs Win Arbitration with Theriot
- Good News for Lilly and the Cubs
- Five Questions the Cubs Must Answer
- Guzman and Gray injured
- Diamondbacks open to special tax district to finan...
- The First Images of Spring Training
- Bud Selig siding AGAINST Cubs on stadium deal
- Cubs and Theriot Arbitration Hearing Friday?
- Lilly May Have an Injury in Addition to His Shoulder
- Rich Hill is now in the Cardinals' organization
- Ten Best Cub Draft Picks in History
- Former Cub minor leaguer Jonathan Wyatt sings with...
- First public hearing today regarding proposed deal...
- Mesa may get sued over Cubs' stadium deal
- Additional Possible Bullpen Help
- The Cubs Should At Least Consider John Smoltz
- More on the Cubs Cactus League stadium
- A Good Sign for This Year's Cubs
- Chad Tracy - can he make an impact on the Cubs?
- Videos of five memorable Cubs moments
- More concerts coming to Wrigley
- Tyler Colvin bulks up
- Glavine Follows Maddux's Example
- Hendry says Lilly won't be rushed
- Former Cub Jacque Jones back with the Twins
- Where will the Cubs finish?
- Is the Cubs' Offseason Over?
- Arizona ok with Cactus League surcharge if Arizona...
- Two more Cactus League teams come out against Cubs...
- What do you think of the Cubs' offseason?
- Kevin Millar will bring more to the Cubs than an e...
- Chicago Cubs All Time Starting Rotation
- Cubs Spring Training Schedule
- The Latest on the Gunfight at the Cactus League Co...
- Q&A with Len Kasper
- Mesa Mayor blasting White Sox for opposing tax to ...
- Book Review - When the Cubs Won It All
- The latest on "Big Z"
- Bleacher Report predicts decline in Dempster's per...
- CUBS: "Tax is not our issue"
- White Sox and Diamondbacks trying to block Cubs de...
- Four vie for two openings in Cubs rotation
- Infielder Chad Tracy signs minor league deal with ...
- Top Cubs prospects
- Quote from La Russa
- iPhone App for Cubs fans
- Cubs avoid arbitration with Marmol
- Trade rumor - Luke Gregerson for Angel Guzman?
- Second Base
- Former Cub Kevin Gregg a Blue Jay?
- Backup Firstbaseman - Micah Hoffpauir
- Cubs' statistical projections for 2010
- Cubs in World War II
- Former Cub Aaron Miles headed back to the NL Central
- Reed Johnson ...
- Millar signs minor league deal with Cubs
- Update on Reed Johnson
- Theriot may be first to go through with arbitratio...
- Dodgers close to deal with Reed Johnson
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