2008 Strode Award Winners

As announced on today’s episode, Cubscast is proud to announce the winners of our 2nd Annual Best Cubs Website Awards, or as we affectionately are calling them, “The Strodes.” It was a tight race in several of the categories, and we thank everyone who nominated a site, video, and Cubs personality.

If you’re just finding out about these awards for the first time, see our original post to find out how the nominations were accepted and the reasoning behind us doing this. In short, we simply want to spotlight some of the best Cubs websites on the internet for the benefit of our listeners and the community in general.

Here are your 2008 Strode Award Winners:

Best Cubs Blog – Individual Author – Cubby Blue

Nominated in This Category:

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com (Nominated by: Steve, Jonathan)
http://www.thecubsinhaiku.com (Steve, neverbesocial, Roxan)
http://cubsblog-cubbiefan07.blogspot.com/ (Cubsfan)
http://www.cubby-blue.com/ (Jeff L, Carl, Tim, JulieAnn)
http://www.wrigleyville23.com/ (cubbiejulie)
http://www.boysofspring.com (Terry)

Best Cubs Blog – Multiple Author – The Cub Reporter

Nominated in This Category:

http://www.viewfromthebleachers.com (Steve)
http://chicagocubsrumors.blogspot.com/ (Cubsfan)
http://wastingawayinwrigleyville.blogspot.com/ (Mary)
http://inaleagueofherown.com/ (Jeff L, Ted Lilly Fan Club, JulieAnn)
http://www.bushleaguetimes.com/ (Paul, Santos)
http://www.thecubreporter.com (Joseph)

Best Cubs Site – Overall – Non-Blog – Cub World Live Cam

Nominated in This Category:

http://www.cubworld.com/category/a_cubworld_cam (stewed)
http://cubbiesbaseball.com/ (Carolyn, Brian, Leslie, Mary, Jen, Takido, Ryan, Tim, Todd, Lillian, Jim, Michael)
http://www.everythingcubs.com/ (John)
http://www.miracleonaddison.com/ (Guy B)
http://www.fanthreads.com/ (Matt)

Best Cubs Player Site – Ted Lilly Fan Club

Nominated in This Category:

http://www.jeff-samardzija.com/ (neverbesocial, AlexV, Cubsfan)
http://tedlillyfanclub.blogspot.com/ (Jeff L, cubbiejulie, JulieAnn, Joseph)

Best Former Cubs Player Site – MarkGrace.com

Nominated in This Category:

http://joegirardi.com/imx/girardi_temporary.swf (Andy)
http://www.markgrace.com/ (Roxan)

Best Cubs Humor Site – The Heckler

Nominated in This Category:

http://www.theheckler.com/ (Ed, Eric)
http://www.thecubsbrickyard.com/ (AlexV, MC, VitaminS)
http://www.cubby-blue.com/ (Mary)
http://www.goatriders.org (Steve)

Best Worst Cubs Rival Fan Site – PeeYourPantsfortheBrewers.com

Nominated in This Category:

http://www.red-hot-mama.com/ (Joe)
http://www.peeyourpantsforthebrewers.com/ (neverbesocial, Ed)

Best Original Cubs-Related YouTube Video – Hardball Made Easy

Nominated in This Category:

Monobrow (neverbesocial, Lon)
Joey Gathright Jumps a Car (AlexV)
Buck O’Neill Interview (Terry)
Ryan Dempster Does Harry Caray
Hardball Made Easy

Excellence in Diction – Best Original Cubs-Related Word, Phrase, or Nickname – It Could Happen – Mr. Fun

Nominated in This Category:

Anything ever shouted by Ronnie Woo Woo Wickers. (Steve)
Mr. Fun’s suggestion of “It Could Happen” as the Cubs slogan for 2009 (Ed)

Lifetime Achievement Award – Ron Santo

Nominated in This Category:

Ron Santo (Steve)
Arne Harris (Steve)
Harry Caray (neverbesocial)
Ernie Banks (Roxan)

We want to again thank everyone who nominated a site, and of course to all the people that produce the excellent Cubs websites and videos that were nominated. If your site wasn’t nominated and should have been, or if your site didn’t win and should have won, there’s always next year, friend.