Archive for the ‘Contests’ Category

Entries are now closed, thanks to everyone that submitted a caption!

As announced on today’s show, first prize this week goes to Linda P., who wins a DVD of ‘This Old Cub,’ the great film that documents Ron Santo’s career and experiences with diabetes. Official Photo Caption Contest Rules.

Contest ended Monday September 18th at 8 p.m. CST. Winner was chosen and announced ‘live’ on Wednesday September 20th’s podcast.

Good luck!

Congratulations to Daver, this week’s winner, who submitted a very clever and funny caption! As announced on today’s show, Daver wins a hardbound edition of “Wrigleyworld” by Kevin Kaduk. Thanks to everyone that posted a caption!

Official Photo Caption Contest Rules.

Contest ended Sunday July 30th at 8 p.m. CST. Winner was chosen and announced ‘live’ on Monday July 31st’s podcast.

UPDATE: The last day to request postcards came and went yesterday. We sent out over 3,000 postcards as a part of this initiative/contest, and we’d like to thanks everyone for participating! Stay tuned for an announcement of the Video iPod winner!

As announced in today’s episode, we at Cubscast are hoping to attract new listeners, and we need your help! We’ve come up with an awesome postcard that you can give to friends, family, co-workers, etc. to help spread the word, and we’ll send you up to 20, anywhere in the world, for free!

But it gets even better. From today until October 1, 2006, e-mail us a photo of the Cubscast postcard(s) you requested taken in your hometown or anywhere in the world, and you’ll be entered into a random drawing to win a brand new iPod with video (retail $300). Just send your photos to photos@cubscast.com and watch this space…we’ll start posting photos as soon as we begin receiving them.

Congratulations to JFCubFan, this week’s winner, who submitted a very clever and funny caption! As announced on today’s show, JFCubFan wins a hardbound edition to “Wrigleyworld” by Kevin Kaduk. This week’s photo was a bit different than usual…this time we asked everyone out there to come up with new ideas for slogans, ads, announcements, birthdays, or anything else that you could envision appearing on the Wrigley Field marquee.

Official Photo Caption Contest Rules.

Contest ended Sunday June 11 at 8 p.m. CST. Thanks to everyone that submitted a caption for participating!

Congratulations to Eli, this week’s winner who submitted a very clever and funny caption! As announced on today’s show, Eli wins a “Voice of Summer” DVD featuring the late great former Cubs Broadcaster Vince Lloyd. Stay tuned to this space for additional Cubscast contests in the upcoming weeks. Official Photo Caption Contest Rules.

Entries for this contest are now closed. Winner was chosen and announced ‘live’ on Monday May 22nd’s podcast. Thanks to everyone that submitted a caption for participating!

Congrats to Tom for submitting the winning caption below (#25). As mentioned on the show, Tom wins a copy of ‘Wrigleyworld’ by Kevin Kaduk. Stay tuned to the show for details on a new contests coming up later this month, and as always thanks to everyone that sent in a caption! Official Photo Caption Contest Rules.

1. “No Mr. T, we pity YOU.” - Steven
2. “The only reason I don’t convert to the south side” - Jeremy
3. “The torch is passed to the first of the next generation of hilarious southside mascots: Former 1-800-COLLECT spokesmen.” - Brock
4. “Former “A-Team” Star with Chicago’s B-Team Mascot” - Chris
5. “All the World Series victories you can count couldn’t class up an organization that needs this thing to excite its fans… Not to mention that weird mascot.” - Phil
6. “‘Hawk’ and ‘DJ’ finally step out of the booth…” - Carmen
7. “Mr. T, left, has got some bling, but so does Mr. S (Southpaw), right, has outdone him.” - Joey
8. “The cover for the aptly titled book: “U.S. Cellular Field: Your Guide to Hell.” - Derek
9. “Ryu could take Mr. T and Southpaw in a street fight.” - Darin
10. “You’ve seen him fight Rocky, now watch him fight any first base coach in the league, The Chicago White Sox would like to introduce their new star free agent: Clubber Lang!” - Tom
11. “Normal looking White Sox fans” - Nate
12. “Mr. T: ‘I pitty this fool!’” - Justin
13. “I pity the fool who is uglier than this guy on my left.” - Joey
14. “Cook County Prison Field Trip Day at the Cell” - Tom
15. “Join us for BiSoxual Day at Comisky! (100 Lucky Fans will receive…)” - Roger
16. “The supporting cast of the AJ Pierzynski Variety Hour come out for Clubhouse Cancer Day at the Cell.” - Nate
17. “‘And I thought I looked foolish on the A-Team…’” - Ben
18. “Ribbie and Rhubarb version 2.0″ - Bob
19. “Getting bling at a southside game $300, watching the southside get beat $500, getting to hug with Mr. T. Priceless” - Kyle
20. “Dusty and Ozzie after the immigrant day march” - Rich
21. “What’s next? T racing the sausages at Miller Park? I can just hear the A-Team music in the background! Go Hotdog!!” - Tami
22. “Sasamee Street still plays big role in keeping the Sox the ‘Good Guys’ - Cody
23. “In an effort to repeat their World Series victory, the White Sox have aquired washed up actor Mr. T and Jason Giambi.” - Alex
24. “Being a Cubs fan? Pain.” - Jack
25. FIRST PRIZE WINNER:“Lance Johnson and Jack McDowell show off the horrible effects of steroids.” - Tom
26. “No caption needed. The picture speeks for itself.” - Adam
27. “(The ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson): ‘Wow, and I thought it was bad when COMISKEY ran things around here!!!’” - John
28. “The Cubs have Carlos Bernard and Joe Montegna. The White Sox have Mr. T. Now aren’t you glad you’re a Cubs fan?” - Sheila
29. “Two things too over the top for even Bill Veeck” - Todd
30. “Mr. T and the new mascot joined Jim Thome to make it 3 large, hairy beasts on steroids to arrive in the South Side since the World Series Title.” - Kevin
31. “Our 15 minutes of fame is over for both of us, fool!” - Cole
32. “MAD BUDS HEAH! GET YA SOX BUDS HEAH!” - Jason
33. “Mr. T standing next to the Phillie Phanatic after the mascot had spent 2 weeks in the South Side.” - Kevin
34. “Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest’s day off from American Idol.” - Kristen
35. “Oh no…, no they did not!” - Tim
36. “The only two people I’d rather not spend time with more than these two are Brad Hawpe and Rafael Furcal” - Dave
37. “The back of the above postcard: Sheps, You were wrong! I can find two people uglier than Sneetch! -Best, Lou” - T-Ron
38. “For the 1st time in his life, Mr. T is actually embarassed to be seen with someone.” - Joe
39. “It was a rough night for Jim Thome, no one could explain how he woke up with this dude.” - Sid
40. “Mr. T comforts Southpaw as he continues his ‘Not Easy Being Green’ tour for his upcoming show ‘I Pity the Fool’. Next stop: 123 Sesame Street.” - David
41. “Where is Jerry Hairston and his foul balls when you need them?” - Darrell
42. “The Chicago White Sox are proud to announce this Fridays special promotion, free Mr. Ts given out to the first 500 green people to show up at US Cellular.” - Dan
43. “Mr. T and Classy McClasserton in full effect.” - Lucas
44. “Right right… your bling is better than mine, but on the other hand, my nose can eat your face, so there…” - Ryan
45. “Mr. T. Joins Oscar this week in a very special episode of Sesame Street: ‘I love Trash’” - Bryan
46. “Steve Dahl has returned and is preparing for an 80’s Demolition.” - Adam
47. “Scott Podsednik’s remaining fanbase.” - Chip
48. “Whach you talkin’ about Southpaw!” - Timothy
49. “I pitty the fool that takes an Aramis and doesn’t wipe his Ramirez” - Andrew
50. “When these two entered U.S. Cellular Field, the level of sophistication actually went up a notch.” - Roger
51. “My forecast for the Cubs and their fans? Pain.” - Chris
52. “Not much I feel like saying after the past week…Is that Mr. T?” - Jeremy

This week’s contest is sponsored by According2Jerry’s Video Podcast.

Entries for this contest are now closed. Winner will be chosen and announced ‘live’ on Monday May 8th’s podcast. Good luck!