Wait, wait...We're not done!

To the TCR Community--

Like many of you, I was very saddened to imagine a world without TCR. 

I've been a regular reader, parachatter (the seal!), and sometimes poster since I can't remember when. Living out east has made following the Cubs difficult, but spending time with you all has made it just a tad less difficult. I don't know about you, but when something big happens, I think, "I wonder what Crunch thinks about this?" (Seriously, I do that.)

Upon reading of Rob's plan to ride off into the gloamin', I did what any responsible reader would do: I gave him back the Everlasting Gobstopper that he handed out to us when he took over. The next thing you know, we are walking up the rickety set of stairs from the basement at TCR--the Cubavator is broken--and he is telling me about how I should take over. Having no idea about what to expect or no other social life to speak of, I agreed. I waste an inordinate amount of time on the internet, and I'm proud to announce that I'll be wasting even more of it on TCR.

A little about me--if you're interested. Born in the southern 'burbs of Detroit--full disclosure: the Tigers are my secondary/AL team--I went to grad school in Athens, GA and then spent four years in Chicago finishing up. That's where it happened: A friend of mine took me to Wrigley, and I was hooked. I had always been a casual fan--but now I was hooked on baseball and the Cubs for real. I left Chicago in 2002 and have been teaching in CT (excepting a 3-year stint/mid-life crisis in NYC) since then.

My plan is simple: to keep things humming along as is as well as I can. If you have any suggestions as to how things could improve in the short- or long-term, please send them along. The second part of my plan is to keep my baseball ignorance hidden as much as possible. You all know way more than I do, so I won't pretend to be an expert. A good deal of what I know at all, I learned from this site. That said, if you have any ideas for articles that you'd like to see or contribute, those are certainly welcome.

Again, thanks to Rob for keeping things going through the lean years. Now I know how John Maddon feels in taking over a team on the brink of something great. 

I say we don't go out until we are doused in World Series champagne or till climate change makes Lake Michigan flood Wrigley. 

CTSteve