Now Accepting Nominations for the “Best Cubs Website Awards” Presented by Cubscast
UPDATE 2/18: Nominations are now closed. We’ll announce the winners on Monday Feb 25th’s episode!
As mentioned in today’s episode, awards season is upon us and we at Cubscast would like to honor those that have operated the best Cubs-related websites in 2007. The aptly named “Best Cubs Website Awards” (or “The Strodes” for short) will be broadcast in a special episode on Monday February 25.
We need to know what you consider to be the best Cubs websites — and we’re taking nominations in each of the following categories:
Best Cubs Blog – Individual Author
Best Cubs Blog – Multiple Author
Best Cubs Site - Overall - Non-Blog
Best Cubs Rumor Site
Best Cubs Player Site
Best Cubs Humor Site
Best Cubs Merchandise/Memorabilia/Clothing Site
Excellence in Diction – Best Original Cubs-Related Word or Phrase
Lifetime Achievement Award
The sort-of-fine print:
Our goal in doing this is to draw attention to the best Cubs websites currently available. Cubscast is not eligible for any awards, please do not nominate this site. All other nominations will be considered by the Cubscast hosts, unless at our discretion a nominated website is deemed inappropriate, non-Cubs related, or deemed to contain or promote illegal or pornographic content. Anyone is eligible to nominate a site. All decisions regarding nominations and awards are final.
To participate, simply nominate your favorite Cubs website(s) today in the comments on this post. Comments will be closed at the end of the day on Monday February 18.
Award winners will be decided upon by the three Cubscast hosts and winners will be announced on Monday February 25, 2008. Good luck!
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Kevin J January 28th at 5:29 pm
Let me nominate Bleed Cubbie Blue, Al Yellon’s definitive site for Cubs fans at http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com, featuring daily recaps, great interest stories, ranking players and events, and conversation and competition with other Cub fans as well as fans of Cub opponents…
This would probably be a good nominee for the following categories, at the very least:
Best Blog - Individual Author
Best Rumor Site
Nathan January 28th at 7:33 pm
I think you should add a category of “future Best Cubs Site - Overall - Non-Blog” as I am planning to launch a new fan site http://www.allthingscubs.com sometime during spring training.
Lou January 28th at 8:04 pm
Hi Nathan,
Interesting thought, and though your comment brings several new category ideas to mind, we won’t be able to award a Strode for Best Future Site. The main reason is that the site you mentioned would be in direct competition with my friend’s idea for a “MySpace for Pets” website.
However, in all seriousness I hope allthingscubs is a front runner next year. Keep us in the loop when you launch!
Lou
Darin January 28th at 9:47 pm
Goat Riders of the Apocalypse for Best blog-Multiple Authors
Eli Yanush January 29th at 12:22 am
I see there’s no award for “Worst Cubs Blog”. I’m not sure if this qualifies, because it’s technically called “Mailbag”, but I would like to nominate Carrie Muskat. Her answers don’t really, ever, answer any questions, she is constantly defensive, and short with her responses. It almost appears that she has disdain for us Cubs fans. It is entirely possible that she is either a White Sox, or Cardinal fan in disguise. I’ve never seen her in real life, and cannot confirm this theory, because I cannot see if she has a mullet from her picture.
eli
neverbesocial January 29th at 10:16 am
BEST PLAYER’S SITE: http://www.jeff-samardzija.com/
Love the intro…cracks me up every time I see it
neverbesocial January 29th at 10:20 am
BEST CUBS RUMOR SITE: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
Its the best rumor site out there. I would say there is a plethora of rumors on that site.
neverbesocial January 29th at 10:29 am
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Doug “Dougie” Decenzo. One of my favorite players growing up as a kid. He was a short guy with a lot of heart. And his most memorable moment was taking the mound when the Cubs had no pitchers left. That deserves the LAA.
Matt January 29th at 12:53 pm
The link for http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com above doesn’t work because the comma after com is included in the link. Otherwise, the site does exist and is good.
Lou January 29th at 1:15 pm
Thanks Matt, the link has been fixed.
TimBarb January 29th at 2:10 pm
I’ll nominate my boys at http://www.TheHeckler.com as the Best Cubs Humor Site.
dave January 29th at 2:32 pm
Best Cubs Blog – Multiple Author: The Cub Reporter
Excellence in Diction – Best Original Cubs-Related Word or Phrase: Godenot - from the Cub Reporter and Cubbery - the act of finding new ways to suck - from the Cub Reporter
Lifetime Achievement Award: The Cub Reporter
Best Cubs Humor Site: The Heckler
The Joe January 29th at 2:34 pm
Best Cubs Blog – Individual Author
Rob G! TCR
Best Cubs Blog – Multiple Author
TCR
Best Cubs Rumor Site
TCR
Best Cubs Humor Site
Cubs.com…Carrie Muskat’s mailbag.
Excellence in Diction – Best Original Cubs-Related Word or Phrase
Cubbery…”To lose a game (or play so poorly) in such a strange manner that only the Cubs could do, that one can only sit in amazement.”
Lifetime Achievement Award
-The Joe…underappreciated poster at TCR.
-And Johann’s mom.
Boomer January 29th at 2:41 pm
The Cub Reporter over at MVN falls into a few of those categories…especially their use of “Cubbery” amongst others….
http://mvn.com/mlb-cubs/2007/08/13/cubbery/
WISCGRAD January 29th at 2:51 pm
The Cub Reporter for Best Cubs Blog - Multiple Author.
Far and away the best out there.
WISCGRAD January 29th at 2:52 pm
Lifetime Achievement Award - Arizona Phil of the Cub Reporter for years of Cubs Spring Training and Minor League coverage you can’t find anywhere else.
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Cubs Fan January 29th at 3:47 pm
Best Humor Site is bleedcubbieblue, but not for intentional humor. Yellon’s delusions of grandeur are far beyond anything Muskat can do.
Chad January 29th at 3:50 pm
Best Cubs blog: The Cub Reporter http://mvn.com/mlb-cubs/
Best new Cubs word: Cubbery:
To play so poorly or to lose in such an outrageous fashion that only the Chicago Cubs seem able to do.
Wow, my team just walked six straight batters then threw a wild pitch to blow a three run lead, then gave up a grand slam to lose. That is some real Cubbery!
or
That team’s Cubbery caused them to not score even though they had the bases loaded an no outs.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cubbery
CAPhil January 29th at 4:03 pm
TCR for multiple authors and “A Hundred Next Years’ for a single author…
Dan January 29th at 4:04 pm
Best Cubs Rumor Site? SSM, hands down. Best rumor site and so much more.
There’s a new category idea for you: “So Much More.”
Lily January 29th at 4:15 pm
Best Multi-Author- A League of Her Own
http://inaleagueofherown.com/
Boomer January 29th at 4:23 pm
Oh and how ’bout Desipio for the Best Cubs Humor Blog??
Nothin but a buncha morans over there…
Corky St. Cub January 29th at 4:52 pm
Hire Jim Essian is the best Cubs website in any category. It’s a Zen thing, like how many babies fit in a tire.
Dan January 29th at 4:52 pm
Best Humor Site: Desipio (www.desipio.com)
Best Cubs Blog – Multiple Author: Hire Jim Essian (www.hirejimessian.com)
Transmission January 29th at 5:21 pm
A League of Her Own is a very, very good multi-author blog. I’ll co-nominate it.
Jace January 29th at 5:23 pm
I nominate TCR for best Cubs Blog - Multiple Authors, and I nominate Arizona Phil of TCR for the lifetime achievement award. His wealth of Cubs knowledge in is unmatched by ANYONE.
Enter the Fukudome January 29th at 5:34 pm
I would like to nominate The Heckler (theheckler.com) for overall Cubs site and Cubs humor site.
daw January 29th at 5:52 pm
rumor site: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com
humor: http://www.theheckler.com
Katt January 29th at 5:56 pm
Did you know that Hendry is to complete the deal for Brian Roberts by 2028? I didn’t either…until I read The Heckler!
Best Humor site, by far.
Irish Yeti January 29th at 11:13 pm
Hire Jim Essian
Best Cubs Blog – Individual Author
Best Cubs Rumor Site
hirejimessian.com
Best Cubs Player Site
hirejimessian.com
Best Cubs Humor Site
hirejimessian.com
Darin January 29th at 11:36 pm
Is there any love for Len & Bob’s WGN Blog. They usually have videos and other content that you can’t get anywhere else. I’m not saying it’s the best, but they do have some interesting things sometimes. http://blogs.trb.com/sports/custom/weblog/wgnsports/
Johnny January 30th at 9:48 am
Best Cubs Humor Site
http://hirejimessian.com
Best Cubs Blog – Individual Author
http://www.desipio.com
JackB January 30th at 11:03 am
http://www.hirejimessian.com HireJimEssian Best Blog by individual (Bad Kermit), Best Humor Site
http://www.goatriders.org Goat Riders of The Apocalypse Best Blog by group of authors
http://thundermatt.com/ Thunder Matt’s Saloon, Best website for Cubs player
Flem January 30th at 1:25 pm
Best Cubs Humor Site would have to be hirejimessian.com , and if anyone isn’t familiar with it, just look through his old “Bottom 126 Cubs of my Lifetime Posts”, which are pretty brilliant.
Da Man January 30th at 2:14 pm
Best site about a Cubs player: http://tedlillyfanclub.blogspot.com/
That’s a well-run site.
steveo January 30th at 2:34 pm
What is SSM? Some of us might want to vote for them if we had an address to see some of these sites…
chris January 30th at 4:01 pm
Best Cubs Blog – http://www.desipio.com
Best Cubs Blog – hirejimessian.com
Best Cubs Rumor Site - http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
Best Cubs Humor Site - hirejimessian.com
HIre Jim Essian is a great site - I especially love Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup. I concur with Flem about the B126. I also enjoy Thunder Matt’s Saloon (thundermatt.com), and to a lesser degree, The Cub Reporter (mvn.com/mlb-cubs/).
Lou January 30th at 4:04 pm
A clarification: this thread is for nominations. Once a site has been nominated in a category, you don’t need to nominate it again. Duplicate nominations may be removed.
See the comments above for more info on which sites have already been nominated in each category. For info on how the awards are decided on, see the original post.
Bad Kermit January 30th at 4:48 pm
Lifetime Achievement Award: Andy Dolan, Desipio.com. He’s been making being a Cubs fan infinitely more tolerable for over 10 years.
Dean Gulbury January 30th at 5:22 pm
I nominate “Bad News Cubs” (http://badnewscubs.wordpress.com/) for best blog - single author.
The proprietor of that site is so smart that even he isn’t sure how intelligent he really is. Almost….but not quite.
John Lowenstein January 30th at 8:04 pm
Orioles Hangout is the best Cubs page on the internet!
George January 30th at 8:13 pm
Some of these may be repeats, so apologies if they are (the comments above are really tough to scan to see what’s already been nominated)
Best Cubs Blog – Individual Author: Agony & Ivy
Best Cubs Blog – Multiple Author: TCR
Best Cubs Site - Overall - Non-Blog: SSM
Best Cubs Rumor Site: SSM
Best Cubs Player Site: TLFC (Ted Lilly Fan Club)
Best Cubs Humor Site: TLFC
Lifetime Achievement Award: Christian Ruzich
bjackson January 30th at 9:09 pm
Best Cubs Humor Blog is Wrigleyville23. http://www.wrigleyville23.com.
not-jacos January 30th at 9:28 pm
excellence in diction-
homer dolphin in parachat
Lou January 30th at 10:54 pm
If you’re making a nomination please include at least the full name of the blog/website, and if you’re feeling even more generous, the URL. These are websites, people. Websites.
neverbesocial February 1st at 4:55 pm
BEST HUMOR SITE: http://justonebadcentury.com/
I wanted to be diffrent on this one. I vote for them only because they found and posted this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO_x7U7n8iU
Dave Peterson February 1st at 8:40 pm
Got to go with the Cub Reporter in most categories (except their moronic “Cubbery”).
Mike Piscitelli February 3rd at 2:57 pm
Hello,
I would like to nominate http://www.EverythingCubs.com for Best Cubs Merchandise/Memorabilia/Clothing Site
If you click around you probably would agree they really have almost every Chicago Cubs item you could think of.
Mike G. February 4th at 10:01 pm
I have to nominate Hire Jim Essian for the best Cubs Player and Humor site…HANDS DOWN!!!!!!
erik February 5th at 6:19 pm
best cubs site - overall - non-blog:
http://www.antimagicnumber.com
Matt Haggard February 6th at 4:52 pm
Best Cubs blog:
Chicago Cubs Online (CCO)
chicagocubsonline.com
Charles February 10th at 8:20 pm
Check out BoysofSpring.com - I nominate it for best cubs site - general nonblog
john johnson February 11th at 1:28 pm
Everythingcubs.com for website store
Jeanne February 15th at 3:39 pm
I would like to submit Tim Sheridan of cubsaz.com for the lifetime achievement award. Not sure how long his website has been going, I think 3 or 4 years, but he writes a great blog, takes really terrific photographs and videos. He’s been doing the Cubs spring PA Announcer for a long time, so I guess it’s a lifetime achievement for his website along with his PA stuff.
For Cubs spring training, there’s nothing more informative than this website. By the way, that was a good interview with Tim on Cubscast! Keep it up guys!
Mark W. February 18th at 9:54 am
Lifetime achievement has to go to Carrie Muskat — each week she answers the dumbest questions on earth, and she does it apparently without an editor. It’s time Cubs.com’s highly-touted prospect was rewarded for answering no less than 100 questions about Matt Murton.
Joe Aiello February 18th at 12:39 pm
Best Cub Site - Multiple Author
http://www.viewfromthebleachers.com
snorky9 February 19th at 9:22 pm
justonebadcentury.com for the best merchandise. They got some great t-shirts and memorabilia.
Cubscast February 23rd at 11:07 am
Accepted Nominations — Winner in Each Category to Be Announced 2/25
Best Cubs Blog – Individual Author
A Hundred Next Years (CAPhil)
Agony & Ivy (George)
Bad News Cubs (Dean G.)
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Kevin J.)
Desipio (Johnny)
Hire Jim Essian (Dan)
Best Cubs Blog – Multiple Author
Chicago Cubs Online Matt H.
The Cub Reporter (Dave)
Goat Riders of the Apocalypse (Darin)
In a League of Her Own (Lily)
View from the Bleachers Joe A.
Best Cubs Site - Overall - Non-Blog
AntiMagicNumber (Erik)
Boys of Spring (Charles)
The Heckler (Enter the Fukudome)
Best Cubs Rumor Site
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Kevin J.)
The Cub Reporter (The Joe)
Hire Jim Essian (Irish Yeti)
MLBTradeRumors (neverbesocial)
Best Cubs Player Site
Jeff Samardzija (Official) (neverbesocial)
Ted Lilly Fan Club (Unofficial) (Da Man)
Thunder Matt’s Saloon (Unofficial) (JackB)
Best Cubs Humor Site
Cubs.com – Carrie Muskat’s Mailbag (The Joe)
Desipio (Boomer)
The Heckler (TimBarb)
Hire Jim Essian (Irish Yeti)
Just One Bad Century (neverbesocial)
Ted Lilly Fan Club (Da Man)
Wrigleyville23 (bjackson)
Best Cubs Merchandise/Memorabilia/Clothing Site
EverythingCubs (Mike P.)
Just One Bad Century (snorky9)
Excellence in Diction – Best Original Cubs-Related Word or Phrase
Cubbery – The Cub Reporter (Dave)
Godenot – The Cub Reporter (Dave)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Arizona Phil – Blogger at The Cub Reporter (WISCGRAD)
Andy Dolan of Desipio.com (Bad Kermit)
Carrie Muskat (Mark W.)
Tim Sheridan of CubsAZ.com (Jeanne)
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