65 years of service? Big deal. What have you done for us lately?

He's obviously been there long enough. Time to get out and get on with your life.

NightOwl2255: 65 years of service? Big deal. What have you done for us lately?

seriously, fark that guy. the cubs haven't won a world series since he started working there.

Lando Lincoln: He's obviously been there long enough. Time to get out and get on with your life.

Ummm, I think that is his life...

Does he have a whole freezer full of popcicles?

You'd think after the guy with the goat, they'd be more careful about tossing people out.

"No, they don't got my address! I falsified my renewal."

erveek: You'd think after the guy with the goat, they'd be more careful about tossing people out.

Nice.

/not even a baseball fan, but I got it

Cannot believe the guy wasn't tazered. What the hell is WRONG with those security guards!?!?

How shiatty would you feel if you worked for a ball club for 65 years, during which time they failed to win a single World Series, then, the year after you retire, they get the ring?

Too bad the team that plays there isn't too good at tossing out the competition.

/low hanging fruit
//actually like the Cubbies

He could have really farked with the Cubs' fanbase via the media and cursed them for a hundred more years of losing.

Sin_City_Superhero: How shiatty would you feel if you worked for a ball club for 65 years, during which time they failed to win a single World Series, then, the year after you retire, they get the ring?

I'd like to think they'd give him one, like the Colts did for Edgerin James.

erveek: You'd think after the guy with the goat, they'd be more careful about tossing people out.

Why bother? The Red Sox learned the way to overcoming "curses" was to be soulless and efficient. Key emphasis on the latter.

Didn't the Cubs do this once to a man who had a goat? I don't think that incident worked out too well for them.

You would have thought they would kind of figured it out by now.

No wonder the Cubs suck. No one there was smart enough to give him a lifetime all-access pass as part of his retirement package.

They tossed Lou??

Englebert Slaptyback: "No, they don't got my address! I falsified my renewal."

Rannuci: No one there was smart enough to give him a lifetime all-access pass as part of his retirement package.

FTA: "Yosh was a fixture here for 65 years, and we celebrated him with a day in his honor last June 26," Lufrano said. "He has a standing invitation to come to any game here and we've offered to find ways to help him and his family in any way, and we'll be in touch with him to express that again."

Sounds like he's got one to me.

Wrigley Field security tosses out 88-year old man wandering around the clubhouse. Fark: the clubhouse is named for him

Wow, his name is Clubhouse? He must have been teased a lot as a kid.

thomps: NightOwl2255: 65 years of service? Big deal. What have you done for us lately?

seriously, fark that guy. the cubs haven't won a world series since he started working there.

So it's all his fault they have not won.

Will be interested to see if God punishes the Cubs for this, adding to the century-long infliction....

orange storm: So it's all his fault they have not won.

that is my hypothesis, yes.

They should disband the Cubs and dismantle Wrigley Field for all the years of sucking.

That's why the Cubs can't win the World Series. And the goat.

The code red alert security breach outlaw pictured on the left. Thank GOD for Wrigley Field Security Freedom Fighters from the Department of Homefield Security. I'll sleep better tonight knowing their on the job.

gmikes: Will be interested to see if God punishes the Cubs for this, adding to the century-long infliction....

Oh I hope so.

Rannuci: No wonder the Cubs suck. No one there was smart enough to give him a lifetime all-access pass as part of his retirement package.

I think it's pretty obvious that he DOES indeed have this.

'Yosh was a fixture here for 65 years, and we celebrated him with a day in his honor last June 26,' Lufrano said. 'He has a standing invitation to come to any game here and we've offered to find ways to help him and his family in any way, and we'll be in touch with him to express that again.'

But after reading it again...

It says, "any GAME."

Meaning (possibly) that they'd like him to stay out of the ballpark on non-game days.

So he might be like one of those old guys that is bored and lonely at home, so he goes and hangs out at places where people are working, and tries to have endless conversations with the workers, basically reducing productivity.

You were there 65 years, old man. I don't think anyone will mind if you sit there in the stands and watch the guys work, but if you disrupt their work by trying to chat them up then you need to go somewhere else.

bim1154: They should disband the Cubs and dismantle Wrigley Field for all the years of sucking.

Did they dismantle your High School for the very same reason?

orange storm: So it's all his fault they have not won.

It was the hat, to be exact.

If you bend the rules for one guy, next thing you know they'll be forced to allow women and coloreds in there and all sorts of chaos will break out.

Get Off Our Lawn Old Man!!

So Cub's security is as inept as the Cub's? I never would have guessed that a single organization could suck in every way...

/GO SOX!!!

Sin_City_Superhero: How shiatty would you feel if you worked for a ball club for 65 years, during which time they failed to win a single World Series, then, the year after you retire, they get the ring?

Luckily he won't have to worry about that.

/Brewers fan
//Hope the Cards win division because it won't be us and I sure as hell hope it won't be Miller Park South dwellers

Lando Lincoln: bim1154: They should disband the Cubs and dismantle Wrigley Field for all the years of sucking.

Did they dismantle your High School for the very same reason?

No... they knew how to win championships... something you won't see in your lifetime with the Cubs, so get a life

/live in Illinois and still say the Cubs are crap.

Sin_City_Superhero: How shiatty would you feel if you worked for a ball club for 65 years, during which time they failed to win a single World Series, then, the year after you retire, they get the ring?

I dont think Yosh has to worry about The Cubs winning the World Series in his or anyone else's lifetime.

"Wheel of Fearmongering, turn turn turn.
Tell us the object that we should spurn."

/probably obscure for you youngsters out there
//My lawn, off it

"Wheel of Fearmongering, turn turn turn.
Tell us the object that we should spurn."

/probably obscure for you youngsters out there
//My lawn, off it
Capital F, wrong thread.

The1andonlyZack: Sin_City_Superhero: How shiatty would you feel if you worked for a ball club for 65 years, during which time they failed to win a single World Series, then, the year after you retire, they get the ring?

I dont think Yosh has to worry about The Cubs winning the World Series in his or anyone else's lifetime.

No, no. I don't think that he has anything to worry about, either. I meant hypotheticly speaking.

Too bad his name isn't John, because then every team has a room in their clubhouse named after him...

Clubhouse
Players
Dugout

Sin_City_Superhero: How shiatty would you feel if you worked for a ball club for 65 years, during which time they failed to win a single World Series, then, the year after you retire, they get the ring?

Yeah, I'm not too worried about that happening...and I'm a Cubs fan.

seriously, fark that guy. the cubs haven't won a world series since he started working there.

Nice math. 2008 - 1908 = 100 years not 65. Go to the back of the line, rtard.

jaimejaim: seriously, fark that guy. the cubs haven't won a world series since he started working there.

Nice math. 2008 - 1908 = 100 years not 65. Go to the back of the line, rtard.

The Cubs haven't won a world series since I was born.

The Cubs haven't won a world series since my dad was born.

/think about it

Another unemployed Cubs fan. There is a new one everyday.

Too soon?

cubs suck and their fans are just about the lowest form of life, right beside red sox fans.

jaimejaim: seriously, fark that guy. the cubs haven't won a world series since he started working there.

Nice math. 2008 - 1908 = 100 years not 65. Go to the back of the line, rtard.

you might want to map out my statement, maybe draw a chart or something, then get back to me about who the rtard is.

jaimejaim
seriously, fark that guy. the cubs haven't won a world series since he started working there.

Nice math. 2008 - 1908 = 100 years not 65. Go to the back of the line, rtard.


thomps is clearly a White Sux fan with south side math skilz.

I'm not a real baseball fan, but from what I understand the Cubs haven't won a single World Series all year.

Queen Dalek: thomps is clearly a White Sux fan with south side math skilz.

seriuosly? i know this is the sports tab, but i still have to hope for a minimal amount of reading comprehension

bim1154: No... they knew how to win championships... something you won't see in your lifetime with the Cubs, so get a life

/live in Illinois and still say the Cubs are crap.

I was speaking more of your education.

Kawano ? Sounds like a terrorist name. kick him out!

elvisbloom: Another unemployed Cubs fan. There is a new one everyday.

Too soon?

I'd say yes, but Yosh is technically not unemployed since he retired. Maybe there is an opening as a clubhouse attendant.

Lando Lincoln: bim1154: No... they knew how to win championships... something you won't see in your lifetime with the Cubs, so get a life

/live in Illinois and still say the Cubs are crap.

I was speaking more of your education.

I made it to the 7th grade... a grade or two higher than you apparently.

thomps: jaimejaim: seriously, fark that guy. the cubs haven't won a world series since he started working there.

Nice math. 2008 - 1908 = 100 years not 65. Go to the back of the line, rtard.

you might want to map out my statement, maybe draw a chart or something, then get back to me about who the rtard is.

How's this for a roadmap to your "comment". I guess it makes sense that a Cubs fan is going to look to the equipment manager to win a world series. I guess you're right in that the fault lies with those peripheral "players" as to why they haven't won a WS in a 100 years. Must be that just about everything about Chicago Cubs sucks...should have had Yosh working for the White Sox. Maybe then the Cubs would have won a WS...or three.

jaimejaim: How's this for a roadmap to your "comment". I guess it makes sense that a Cubs fan is going to look to the equipment manager to win a world series. I guess you're right in that the fault lies with those peripheral "players" as to why they haven't won a WS in a 100 years. Must be that just about everything about Chicago Cubs sucks...should have had Yosh working for the White Sox. Maybe then the Cubs would have won a WS...or three.

i think you're right. i'm glad we can come to an agreement after a frank discussion about this very serious theory.

bim1154: I made it to the 7th grade... a grade or two higher than you apparently.

So you're from the St. Louis area then.

Lando Lincoln: bim1154: I made it to the 7th grade... a grade or two higher than you apparently.

So you're from the St. Louis area then.

No, not even close. Thanks for the banter.

thomps: jaimejaim: How's this for a roadmap to your "comment". I guess it makes sense that a Cubs fan is going to look to the equipment manager to win a world series. I guess you're right in that the fault lies with those peripheral "players" as to why they haven't won a WS in a 100 years. Must be that just about everything about Chicago Cubs sucks...should have had Yosh working for the White Sox. Maybe then the Cubs would have won a WS...or three.

i think you're right. i'm glad we can come to an agreement after a frank discussion about this very serious theory.

Don't give up so easy. You were really on to something.

What exactly does an Equipment Manager do?

Kawano?? We thought he said Blago

you_idiot: What exactly does an Equipment Manager do?

Keeps the balls in order?

/there's a better snappy retort, but it's not mine

FeeltheIllinoise: cubs suck and their fans are just about the lowest form of life, right beside red sox fans.

Well it's not like there is another major league baseball team in the Chicago area worth rooting for, unless you count the Brewers.

/I don't

realbigfun: That's why the Cubs can't win the World Series. And the goat.

I know, that's the worst thing about the Cubs, they'll never win the goat, evar.

LarryDan43: FeeltheIllinoise: cubs suck and their fans are just about the lowest form of life, right beside red sox fans.

Well it's not like there is another major league baseball team in the Chicago area worth rooting for, unless you count the Brewers.

/I don't

There is actually one that has one a world series in the last decade, but I guess being a Cubs fan, you would have no interest in a team that actually wins.

FeeltheIllinoise:
cubs suck and their fans are just about the lowest form of life, right beside red sox and Yankee fans.

Can't let you leave out the most douchey (douchiest?)fans of all.

That's a hell of a way to tempt fate.

you_idiot: What exactly does an Equipment Manager do?

They used to be called "clubhouse boys" before the outbreak of the current epidemic of pretentious job titles.

Joe Garagiola, who played for the Cubs in 1953 and 1954 before moving on to his career as an announcer, and who knew Mr. Kawano, called clubhouse boys "combination valet, equipment expert, loan company, [and] buffer."

Lando Lincoln:
So he might be like one of those old guys that is bored and lonely at home, so he goes and hangs out at places where people are working, and tries to have endless conversations with the workers, basically reducing productivity.

Or, you know...he could have made some pretty good friends that he'd like to visit. If he worked there for 65 years, I'm sure he knows when work needs to get done and when he needs to get going.

elvisbloom: LarryDan43: FeeltheIllinoise: cubs suck and their fans are just about the lowest form of life, right beside red sox fans.

Well it's not like there is another major league baseball team in the Chicago area worth rooting for, unless you count the Brewers.

/I don't

There is actually one that has one a world series in the last decade, but I guess being a Cubs fan, you would have no interest in a team that actually wins.

I can only assume you are referring to the White Sox, but everyone knows they don't play real baseball in the American League. In baseball, everyone that plays the field swings a bat.

I can just imagine the reaction of the head of security upon hearing just who they threw out...

"You did WHAT? C'mere... now, read to me the name on the huge friggin' banner near the office. C'mere... that's the same name as on the clubhouse, right? Now, read the name you wrote down in your report...

Yeah, you're fired. You're fired, your two buddies are fired, hell, I'm probably fired once I file my report. No, you can't have a reference. Get the hell out of my office, pack up your gear, and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out."

ill_83: Or, you know...he could have made some pretty good friends that he'd like to visit. If he worked there for 65 years, I'm sure he knows when work needs to get done and when he needs to get going.

Yeah, I'm not so sure about that one. Some of these old guys are so desperate for human interaction they just completely ignore the fact that they're at a place of business.

There's not enough information to draw any solid conclusion. Personally, I'd side with the old guy and just eat the loss in productivity. But I'm a pushover.

elvisbloom: There is actually one that has one a world series in the last decade, but I guess being a Cubs fan, you would have no interest in a team that actually wins.

You've convinced me. I guess I'll root for the Yankees now.

Cheer up Cubs. Anyone can have a bad century.

Being well on the way to two in a row takes some work. Nice to see you already got started.

you_idiot: What exactly does an Equipment Manager do?

Clean up after Carlos Zambrano and Milton Bradley.

Well, it's nice to know that it's not just the people in the stands who are completely oblivious to the Cubs' heritage and past. Even people who work for them seem to be there just to hang out and not have a clue as to what's actually going on with the team.

Should have tazed his wrinkled ass. That'll learn him.

Came for the goat reference.

This has less to do with him and far more to do with pompous, self-righteous security guards with Napoleon complexes.

//Life truth #44: Give someone a badge, even a fake badge, and they act like a douchebag.

Lando Lincoln: elvisbloom: There is actually one that has one a world series in the last decade, but I guess being a Cubs fan, you would have no interest in a team that actually wins.

You've convinced me. I guess I'll root for the Yankees now.

If you look at what I was responding to or read the whole thread, you would see he I was answering this statement:

Well it's not like there is another major league baseball team in the Chicago area worth rooting for, unless you count the Brewers.


So no, I was not saying root for a winning team because they win. Get it?

Man, you guys are really harsh. (Welcome to Fark, I know.)

Yosh is a good man and a friend of mine.

FDR Jones: Man, you guys are really harsh. (Welcome to Fark, I know.)

Yosh is a good man and a friend of mine.

Yeah. You look real close. That looks like a scene out of Weekend at Bernies.