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Blackout Cubbetry: What Cubs Fans Wish Tom Ricketts Had Said

By Brett on June 21, 2011

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Brett Taylor is the lead writer at Bleacher Nation, and can also be found as Bleacher Nation on Twitter and on Facebook.

20 responses to “Blackout Cubbetry: What Cubs Fans Wish Tom Ricketts Had Said”

  1. TWC
    TWC
    June 21, 2011 at 2:10 pm |

    All hail the return of Blackout Cubbetry!

    1. Ace
      Ace
      June 21, 2011 at 2:34 pm |

      Back from the depths of other “clever” features that have come and gone including Garfield Minus Garfield Plus and Movie Poster Fun (both of which, I still maintain, are awesome).

      1. Michigan Goat
        Michigan Goat
        June 21, 2011 at 7:29 pm |

        I think it’s time for “Garfield – Garfield + Quade”

        1. Ace
          Ace
          June 21, 2011 at 9:01 pm |

          Good call. Will have to come up with something…

  2. Caleb
    Caleb
    June 21, 2011 at 2:40 pm |

    Can’t say that I wish he’d said that, but it’s still pretty awesome. I’m thinking it’s time to “blackout” most everything I read and write in life. Good call.

    1. TWC
      TWC
      June 21, 2011 at 2:47 pm |

      Jeez, when I was in college, I did PLENTY of blacking out. Step it up, Caleb!

      1. miggy80
        miggy80
        June 21, 2011 at 3:03 pm |

        I’ve done PLENTY of blacking out since college. All of 2004 October 07′ & 08′ and the spring of 09′

  3. Fishin Phil
    Fishin Phil
    June 21, 2011 at 2:45 pm |

    All Hail the King of Redactions! LMAO!

  4. CUB5
    CUB5
    June 21, 2011 at 3:10 pm |

    Great return of Blackout Cubbetry. Best release I’ve seen from Ricketts! Maybe he can copy it for his next one.

  5. Serio
    Serio
    June 21, 2011 at 9:23 pm |

    Can anyone stand “Hawk” Harrelson?

  6. Ramy16
    Ramy16
    June 22, 2011 at 2:22 am |

    Yes Serio..you can put it on the board..yes..yes.. “he gone”..lol. We need harry Carey back

  7. oso
    oso
    June 22, 2011 at 6:03 pm |

    Damn funny. Note to tom: we all need a baseball guy. Period.

    1. Ace
      Ace
      June 22, 2011 at 6:24 pm |

      Thanks, oso.

  8. Jeff
    Jeff
    June 22, 2011 at 7:24 pm |

    Just got done reading an excellent article from Gene Wojciechowski, it pretty much sums up all the things I’ve been thinking about Ricketts this year. I have a feeling a lot of people will agree.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=6689555

    1. Ace
      Ace
      June 22, 2011 at 8:31 pm |

      Thanks. I had that one in the can for tomorrow. Was still mulling what I wanted to say.

      1. Jeff
        Jeff
        June 22, 2011 at 10:28 pm |

        I’m still interested in what you have to say on it. You’ve been pretty supportive and patient with Ricketts, which is just about opposite of my attitude towards him. Looking forward to the write up.

        1. Ace
          Ace
          June 22, 2011 at 10:47 pm |

          It probably won’t be a huge long thing. I actually agree with a lot of what he says. I just think he makes a lot of assumption about Ricketts that I’m not willing to make (yet).

          1. Michigan Goat
            Michigan Goat
            June 22, 2011 at 10:55 pm |

            I see it as headline grabbing, this is Ricketts first full year give him until the end of the year before making wild accusations that he doesn’t have what it takes.

            1. Toosh
              Toosh
              June 22, 2011 at 10:58 pm |

              So far Ricketts has done nothing to impress me. He’ll be the owner for the foreseeable future and I’ll continue to be a Cub fan, so my opinion doesn’t matter.

  9. Toosh
    Toosh
    June 22, 2011 at 8:23 pm |

    You’re right. Good article. Thank you for the link.