September was a lively month for Sox fans and the Trib. The team won their first seven games, then stumbled a bit while a super hot Cleveland Indians team that had been 15 games back on August 1st suddenly couldn't lose and started gaining ground. At one point, they closed the gap to 1.5 games during a gut-wrenching September series between them. The first two games were two of the most exciting games ever played on the south side, and if the teams involved had been the Red Sox and Yankees, we'd...

By the way, I need to mention that Hitmen77 was my personal favorite "Cubune Headline" poster. Some of his headlines were not only laugh-out-loud funny, but very prescient. He wrote a few headlines that were eeriely close to headlines that appeared in the real Tribune a couple of days later. When I complimented him on it, he modestly deflected the praise by saying it was like "shooting fish in a barrel." I always liked to see a new post by him in that thread.

8/24/05:...

This may seem unusual or seem like I am patting myself on the back, but believe me, I am not.

I fondly remember back in July 2005 when Dr. Crawdad started a thread called "You write tomorrow's Cubune headline." It was a response to Scott Podsednik defeating Derek Jeter in the fan's vote for the final All-Star representative. Craw asked WSIers how the Tribune would spin it. (Note: I HATE the word "Cubune" but I would be dishonest if I didn't use it, because that...

Today Kirk Gibson-former outfielder/manager/psycho/whacko/nutjob-offered his thoughts on the death of Sparky Anderson, the manager for whom he played in Detroit. They were both a part of the 1984 Tigers team that went wire-to-wire in winning the World Series that year. He....


Ricky the whiny sportswriter here. I interrupt this obit to whine once again. You mentioned 1984. That was the year my Cubbies lost 3 games to 2 to the Padres. If they had won Game 5, there never would...

And in the interest of equal time, I present "Alternate Super Bowls" featuring the losers of the Championship Games:

I: Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills
II: Dallas Cowboys vs. Houston Oilers
III: Cleveland Browns vs. Oakland Raiders
IV: Cleveland Browns vs. Oakland Raiders
V: San Francisco 49ers vs. Oakland Raiders
VI: San Francisco 49ers vs. Baltimore Colts
VII: Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
VIII: Dallas Cowboys vs. Oakland...