8/03/2007 08:59:00 PM by Rob

The Underground Cubs Bunker - V1.1

Version 1.1 of the Bunker does not include HD. Right now, I am "making do" with a 36" Sony Trinitron SD flat screen tube. HD will arrive in V2.0.



V2.0 will also include the bricking of the fireplace wall, the installation of ivy and the construction of a "basket" to catch the home runs.



The 360 Degree tour starts in the southwest corner of the room. The highlight here is probably the 1976 team photo, with the massive Jose Cardenal and Davey Rosello afros.



The west wall features the 1990 "Grace Under Pressure" Nike poster that Wendy got for me - I have no idea where she found it.



Further along on the west wall - someone Wendy works with is an in-law to Milt Pappas. He signed for me, and he looked at me funny, so I just said four words to him: "It Was A Strike". It was all good from there....



The northwest corner of the room features "The Boys of Zimmer" poster, signed by 19 of the 1989 Cubs, including Grace, Dawson, Dunston...and also Rick Wrona, Steve Wilson and, yes, Domingo Ramos!!!



The north wall features an actual blueprint from the 1996 scoreboard renovation. Mark Prior autograph picture was actually 'in residence' in the bathroom (aka the Sosa Room for Losers) but Wendy shamed me to moving it back into the main hall.



This portion of the north wall features my favorite piece, the 1985 Nike Ryne Sandberg "Cornerstone" poster. This is actually my second copy, some bitch slut whore ex-wife of mine threw my first one away. Hope she fucking chokes on her rosary beads.



An embarrassment of richers here on the northeast corner - the neon, the scoreboard, but the best - the Goatriders.org version of Che Zambrano - "Hasta la Victoria Siempre!!"



Starting on the east wall - the wool 1908 banner, the picture of me and Kid K. God bless him, and let him finish out the year.



More on the east wall - the (now) poignant Shooter Beck autograph, Mr. Cub's autograph from the drunken 1977 Cubs Caravan tour through Goose Lake, IL ("That's the way to hit the books"), and a nice magazine ad from 1970 where Bill Hands and Jim Hickman are showing off their new International Harvester tractors.



Southeast corner - Santo's autograph, Wood's autograph, and the Old Style clock I stuck under my coat in that bar in Oglesby ;)



South wall - probably the barest in the room. Still got Ryno's autograph HOF bat; a 1948 Wheaties ad with Phil Cavaretta, and Marla Collins' autograph (Love, Marla!!!)



More south wall - a shitload of autographs - Z, Maddux, Fergie, Kessinger, Jody! Jody! but the Cubs sign with the old-time uniforms on it is still my favorite.



Stairwell corner now, a better picture of Z, along with Burt Hooton's autograph (Kenny Holtzman is on the North wall, so I have the last four no-hitters. I need Don Cardwell, I guess...is there a Toothpick Sam Jones out there?)



Admission is free, for now, so come out to lovely Corn Hole and lick a piece of Cubs History! Flash photography permitted!!

Anyway, I see the Duggars just popped out Number 17, so I will get the newsclipping off of AP and post it out here soon. Enjoy!

Labels: Sloth Cubs Room

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1/30/2007 08:49:00 AM by Rob

...in which the guilty stupidly return to the scene of the crime

Thanks to the overwhelming clamor of my loyal fans (ok, it was just Kurt and Chuck) and especially to one amazing idea from Chuck, I have successfully resurrected what I had previously destroyed.

This is NOT NOT NOT a return to solo blogging for me. At least not during work hours, and certainly not in the near future at all, due to my lack of connectivity at home, which actually is a very sore subject at the Sloth Fortified Compound. Don't ask, it involves a porn addiction, which isn't even mine...

I just want to be able to go back into the past, back when I was really angry, upset, psychotic...and at times, funny. I wish I could write with such passion again, but then again, I sleep better at night now, and for the most part, life is better without such sharp edges, bumping into things, marking up furniture and occassionally drawing blood.

Saw a new documentary last night on TLC...The Duggars Go on Vacation!! Eighteen holy rollers in an RV, taking six days to drive from Deliverance, Arkansas to Disneyland...priceless. The matching shirts every day...they were working extra shifts at Lands' End to keep them all in primary colored polos. Sears stock more than doubled!! I thought for a minute Michelle was carting around #17 in there, but I guess the ol' convection oven must just be all stretched out, and no amount of crunches and sit-ups ain't gonna flatten out them abs. Anyway, feel free to enjoy the text of the article about them, and all my old stuff.

This is Tha Hog With Tha Biggest Nutts...signing off!!

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