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Today we’re introducing a new Plug Us feature on our website, and to kick it off we’ve created a brand new contest that we encourage everybody out there to participate in. First prize is an iPod nano and we also have additional prizes including an iPod shuffle!

Interested? Here’s how to enter:

1. Add any of the new banners from our new Plug Us page to your website, blog, or public MySpace profile page and send an e-mail to hosts (at) cubscast.com to let us know when it’s up.
2. Leave the Cubscast banner and link up for at least 10 consecutive days in September 2007 and you’ll be entered into a random drawing for a brand new iPod nano.

That’s it! Winner will be announced on Monday October 15, 2007. To sweeten the deal, we’ll mention sites that enter the contest on the show during the month of September. In addition, the site that drives the most traffic our way in September will win an iPod shuffle and a special mention on the show, and the site that drives the least traffic also wins a special mention on Cubscast.

Be sure to check out the Official Plug Us Contest Rules. We hope this is a fun way to show your support of our show and also have a chance to win some great prizes in the process. Good luck to everyone that participates!

UPDATE: We’re all looking forward to meeting you and talking some Cubs this Saturday. If you haven’t RSVP’ed, please do so by commenting on the original post below. See you at the Black Rock at 9:00! — Sheps, Lou, and Sneetch

As announced towards the end of Friday’s episode, Cubscast is throwing a listener party on Saturday August 18, and you’re invited!

Details:

Black Rock Bar
3614 N. Damen (Damen & Addison – a mile west of Wrigley field)
9:00 p.m. – ?
21+

We’ve got the entire back room to ourselves with a separate bar. There’s no cover charge to get in. We can guarantee that the first 50+ people who show up at the party will receive free drink tickets. Possibly more than that. As well as meeting the hosts and other listeners we’ll also have some fun stuff set up and some giveaways.

This is going to be a blast so we encourage everybody that can make it, whether you’re from Chicago or you’re from Texas, to come out! Shane from Australia is gonna be there. We think.

Please RSVP in the comments below. Should we call it the “One Night in August” Listener Party? Hmmm.

Just a quick note for everyone out there. We know that more people are listening to Cubscast now than ever have before, and because we don’t usually mention it on the show I thought I’d post a reminder that it’s easy to sign up to be notified whenever a new episode of Cubscast is released:

We release new episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during the regular season (and the postseason!). Thanks to the good folks over at Feedburner for managing our e-mail notification service, and thanks to you for your continued support of the show. Go Cubs!

Tune in to WGN Radio 720 on Saturday night at around 6:30 P.M. CST as Zach Baliva (Sneetch) from the Chicago Sportscast Network and CSN’s Cubscast will be interviewed by Alex Goldfayn on the Technology Tailor show.

The founders of CSN are planning on making a big announcement on the show, so please do tune in if you have a chance. We’re undertaking a huge new project and we need your help! For those out of the range of 720 AM, or for those with headphones on at work, we invite you to listen over the Internet for free.

UPDATE:

We didn’t have enough time to make our big announcement during the interview, but if you’re looking for more details on that please visit the Chicago Sportscast Network website.

We’re happy to announce that coming up this weekend, the Cubscast crew will be broadcasting from Mesa, Arizona on Friday March 23rd – Monday March 26th.

Please stay tuned for some very special podcasts right from the heart of the action. Who will slip and fall in their hot tub while we’re in town? Who will make an “official” minor league start? Right now it’s anyone’s guess, but here’s hoping Sneetch’s name makes either of these dubious lists.

And if you’re planning to be in the Mesa area over the dates mentioned above and are interested in meeting Lou, Sneetch, and Sheps, just send an e-mail to hosts@cubscast.com and we’ll send you more information on that. It’s your opportunity to punch one or all of us in the face!

We’ve kept you waiting long enough, and are proud to finally announce that our first ever “designer” t-shirts are available for purchase for the low price of $15 each, or three for $40, which includes shipping costs to anywhere in the U.S.

The shirts turned out to be more popular than we thought at the 22nd Annual Cubs Convention, and each shirt is a limited edition, so pick yours up today at the CSN Store.

Here’s what one proud owner of a brand new Cubscast t-shirt had to say:

I rocked the COMPLETELY AWESOME Lester Strode shirt to work yesterday. In my 9am meeting with my boss he said:

“What’s Strode? Is Strode work appropriate?”

“Well, it’s Lester Strode.”

*long pause*

“Ok, then.”

Stay tuned in the next few weeks for announcements on additional exclusive shirts brought to you by Cubscast along with our affiliate podcasts such as Bearscast and Bullscast.

Many thanks for everyone that dropped by our booth and entered our free drawing at this past weekend’s Cubs Convention in Chicago. Listed below are the winners. Congrats!

Video iPod: Lisa V.
iPod Shuffle: Gary A.
iPod Shuffle: Mel C.
iTunes Gift Card: Sarah F.
iTunes Gift Card: Jennifer S.
iTunes Gift Card: Kevin H.

Autographed “Cubs Nation” Book: Richard W.
“Wrigleyworld” Book: Brian M.
“Boys of Spring” DVD: Bill H.

Cubscast “Excuses” Shirt: Kathy A.
Cubscast “Piniella” Shirt: Matt B.
Cubscast “Strode” Shirt: Ryan L.
Moonlight Graham Prize Pack: Zack W.
Moonlight Graham Prize Pack: Jessica O.
Moonlight Graham Prize Pack: Kate L.
Moonlight Graham Prize Pack: George V.
Moonlight Graham Prize Pack: Elizabeth H.
Moonlight Graham Prize Pack: Laura B.
Moonlight Graham Prize Pack: David N.
Moonlight Graham Prize Pack: Brian B.

Stay tuned to Cubscast in the upcoming weeks for a brand new contest announcement as well as plenty of opportunities to win cool prizes like those above.

Thanks again to everyone that participated at this year’s convention!