The Cub Reporter Presented by Motorola®

I only see one Motorola logo. Plaster away!

NOKIA OWNS MOTOROLA.
There; I said it.
Seriously now, I think this is a huge step towards the enrichment of Evan Brunell-- oh wait. This is a huge step towards the enrichment of Rob G.. I expect to see flawless bandwidth use and full-featured profiles for each and every one of us. They must include post counts and avatars, as well.
Okay, so now I'm really being serious. Congratulations to TCR and a big hug and thank you to Cubnut, who made the sponsorship possible.
Who knows where TCR would be right now if it weren't for the dark period of the bloated association with MVN.

i think i like it better this way.

It's okay about the last name.

And I agree with Cubby -- the site header would look pretty cool with a "powered by Motorola" banner, like Sportsline's "presented by" logo, which can be found here.

Finally, an edit function would be ace :)

HOLY SHIT. THAT WAS QUICK.

Or did we have a little mental connection, Rob?

Yawn.

too much Tequila on the brain Carlos?

I'm a scotch kind of man. But yeah, you can thank Bob Howry for that.

The "presented by" logo looks alright. I'd align it to the right, but it's a wash. Congratulations again...

Re: the edit function; it's pretty weird, but I can edit my next to last post, but not the most recent one -- ever. Odd stuff.

Now am I going to have to stop all my Uni-bomber-like rants? You know how much I hate technology!

so when do we get our free phones? and why the hell couldn't you swing a deal with apple?

:)

I hope you can do better than Stretchmaster Penis Enlargement Reciprocating Machine (SPERM) to sponsor the Game Day ParaChat next year though.

Let's start making the shirts! "Top 10 Ways You Know You Read TCR":

10) You know the starting third baseman for the Lugnuts because of AZ Phil

9) You just bought a Motorola phone

8) You know that MannyTrillo is Hendry's red-headed step-child

help me out here! ;)

7) You know a writer for TCR-PBM has an Asian fetish.
6) You know the name of Chad's wife.
5) You have a strong dislike of silent towels.
4) You know that the thunder rolls every time something inappropiate is typed by certain members at Parachat.
3) You remember John Hill's book-long entries.
2) You know the name of Ruz's new blog and you read it.

and finally... top way you know you read TCR-PBM is:

1) You know "no good shall ever come from this."

I see Crunch's ":)" and I raise it a ":D"

Night everybody.

There has to be a reference to Johan's mom, or is that implied in 7,5, and 4. It's definitely implied in #8.

I think I implied it in #4.

This is a really exciting day for TCR and the culmination of a lot of hard work. Also, this is just the first in a series of announcements we'll be able to make today -- stay tuned for more!

Very cool! Glad to see all your hard work with the new site pay off.

Congrats guys. You all deserve it.

I can't wait for comments on this issue by:

Silent Towel presented by Snuggle Fabric Softener ("Great, TCR is gonna steal money from Motorola now. I hope Motorola's benefits plan covers gynecologist visits. I'd trade a Motorola sponsorship for a case of the Lysol (tm) brand cleanser they use to clean out the showers in the visitors' locker room at Wrigley!")

NO presented by NOkia ("Whatever you like, I hate! Chew on that, losers!")

Graham Funk presented by Honey Maid and George Clinton ("[...]")

Congrats & thanks for slaving away at the site before the corporate behemoth took notice.

Also, let it be known that my signature space is for sale for the right price.

Sheep. You all are sheep.

Congrats TCR Presented by Motorola!

If Motorola is stupid enough to give you money, you should be stupid enough to take it.

Greed is good, greed works, etc.

U-S-A, U-S-A...

Oh, you guys are assholes.

rofl

Hey, is this where I can brag about having the player who scored the most points in the fantasy league yesterday? I got 11 points from Fukudome!

Oh, wait, I better use my new login next time I post today...

What is today's date???

Today is April 1st, so I will assume this is an April Fool's Joke. If it is, it is a good one and well done. I do wish it is true though to take any financial constraints from you guys. Best of luck!!

Oh yeah, I am down for any sponsorship of my rants. I am a sponsorship whore like that...:)

Congrats guys!

When you're ready for audio, keep me in-mind.

I was hoping that a Mobile version would get up and running sometime soon. With my WM6 phone, I can pull up the site, but the scrolling and waiting for all the graphics to load make it somewhat painstaking.

Make it simple and light for the mobile platform, please!

reads the blog religously.

Is this some kind of April Fools thing?

Sidd Finch will be posting shortly...

Hopefully, this deal will enable the Cubs to spend more on players -- it's a win/win.

A few encouraging things from yesterday-

Z, Marmol, K-Fuk, Gagne.

Used infield rake and half empty can of simoniz

Its good both ways. If it is for real you guys could use some extra cash for the work you do, if its an April Fools joke nice jab at Zell.

I didn't like the "be satisfied" message at all. Be satisfied losers!!
Made me queasy.

Jesse Jackson showing up for the photo op made it worse.

Way to go, fellas. You've earned it.

I too was wary of an April Fool's joke (been fooled by a Google Calendar link already today), but for billybucks' reason and because it would be a royal headache to get permission from Motorola to use their name and logo on this site, even for a day, I'm inclined to go with it.

Of course, all the bigger a fool I am for reasoning it out and still being the chump.

Orioles designated hitter Aubrey Huff paid the price for an insulting comment he made regarding the city of Baltimore during an offseason radio appearance, drawing boos before all four of his at-bats during his team's season opener at Camden Yards on Monday. "It's around par for what I figured," said Huff, who finished 1-for-4 in a 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. "Like I said earlier, it was a mistake to go on and say the things that I said, but again, I'm human and I made a mistake. If I was a fan, I'd probably be the same way, have a few beers and boo me too." -- Washington Post

What is he supposed to say? Baltimore is wonderful? What a load of crap.

First of all, Baltimore is a fine town. Secondly, as a player in any city, it's just not smart to badmouth the city. If you don't like it, you don't have to go the opposite way and say it's wonderful. Just shut up.

Baltimore is like a lot of large cities. It has its bad sections, of course. There's a lot to like, starting with the Inner Harbor (though a very high quotient of Baltimorons), Camden Yards, Fells Point and the Johns Hopkins area. I lived in D.C. for six years and made many trips up there, including 17 games at Camden Yards in 1993 when I had a relative living there who had season tickets.

Oh please.

For as much garbage as I get everyday to the effect of "are you
going to post today's game preview? are you? who left the potato salad
out? Here's how you deal with every possible intricacy of our new
website." and you expect me to notice that?

Any problems resulting from my negligence pale in comparson to the problems resulting from the bankruptcy of this idea.

Wow, Trans has riled up the gods enough to even get a post in from Ruz on the subject!

Trans's comments could be a smokescreen for the April Fools joke.

Uh.

I don't know whether to applaud or page Dr. Phil.

According to ESPN 1000 Moises Alou admitted in an interview recently, can't find, that "he could not have caught the foul ball in Game 6 even if Bartman was not there."

It's all about healing, folks.

Wow.

This has gone downhill since my top 10 reasons post. Thread killer!

Jacos: IF you are referring to what I read, an ESPN writer was in an elevator and overheard Alou replying when someone was talking about Bartman - in as long as it took to reach the floor he wanted.

Unless it is something else, I wouldn't call this an "interview".

Was there a link?

Am I the only one that thinks all this is a little too over the top to be real?

If this is real, it's pretty good drama. If it's not, it's still pretty good.

The Bartman/Alou thing was mentioned by the d-bag Mariotti. I think Alou is nuts; seems pretty clear to me that he was going to make that catch.

Not that I want to think about it anymore.

That's funny shit! I support it wholeheartedly, though. Go Los Angeles Cub Reporter of Anaheim!

Ryno Presented by Dixie Cups.

I guess I'm in the minority that at the time, I had no issue with Alou's reaction. I think people like Mariotti have always made far too big of a deal over it. I see no reason why Alou should've just stood there and gone, "Oh well."

In other news, I've been informed by the theological community that Jesus will now be sponsored by AT&T. So there will be fine (payable on damnation) to anyone who does not refer to him as "Jesus presented by AT&T".

Wow, this stuff is catching on!