The winner of the Obstructed View Unofficially Official 2013 Chicago Cubs Slogan* Contest has been chosen.
There were so many great entries, in a way you are all winners, but in a more accurate way, there was only the one winner. By virtue of a plurality of the popular vote by our readers (and possibly members of their families), the submission by intrepid reader, MO, has been selected as the Obstructed View Unofficially Official 2013 Chicago Cubs Slogan**:
MO, has politely deferred his Grand Prize to Nick, who submitted the runner-up slogan, "Don't Say We Didn't Warn You." So all five finalists will be receiving the Essential Games of the Chicago Cubs DVDs and Nick will be receiving the OV t-shirt as well.
Thank you to everyone who submitted slogans. It was difficult to narrow it down to five finalists, and we're really glad you guys did the voting to choose the eventual winner. Here is the full list of submissions:
- Getting Blindsided Every Day
- The Cubs: An object at rest tends to stay at rest.
- The 105th time's the charm
- the revolution is coming
- If Rebuilds Were Easy, Anyone Could Do It
- Because you can't go over-slot on quixotic optimism.
- You're Still Watching? Awesome!
- Hey, We're Trying
- Uncle Fonsie's Lil' Scrappers
- Northside Youth Movement
- Smaller payroll bigger production
- Under Construction – Will Be Completed by end of 2014
- Caution: Under Construction
- Let Them Transform You
- Let's See What Transforms
- Baseball ad nauseum
- Right town. Right team. Wrong year.
- This is serious
- 2013 Chicago Cubs: Jesus titty fucking Christ!!
- Even shit doesn't smell this bad!!
- Its no way to go through life!
- This isn't our year
- Rebuilding for the future of your grandchildren
- Soriano's almost gone!
- It's got a chance…gone, a lost season!
- 2013 Cubs: Should have been a FanShot
- Chicago Cubs 2013: This is Another Year
- 2013 Chicago Cubs: At least we don't have to hear 'Go, Cubs, Go' very much.
- Into oblivion!
- All aboard the fail boat, next stop: 2013
- 2013: Rebuilding futility
- Fail, Rinse, Rebuild
- This year redemtion will be spelled C-U-B-S!
- Where you come to suppress even worse memories.
- 2013: Year of the Facepalm
- We of little faith
- 2013: wake me when it's over
- Fuck the Mendoza line!
- Hey, at least they aren't the Astros.
- 2013: Because every game has to have a loser
- 2013: Hang It Up And See What Next Year Brings
- 2013: Don't Say We Didn't Warn You
- 2013: The Prospects Strike Back
- Race to the Top Magic #: 163. Piece of cake.
- Wrigley's the new Gitmo.
- Let's see the Astros top this!
- Someone's gotta lose!
- 2013 Chicago Cubs: I'd rather watch old people fuck!!
- 2013: you'll be sorry that the mayan apocalypse was just a bunch of bullshit
- Hey, I think we play the Astros 18 times.
- Would you come if I wore my oversized Harry Caray glasses?
- Goodbye Astros! Hello last place.
- 2013 Cubs: Blame it on Obama
- The Doormat of the Pacific Coast League
- Wrigley Field: Even the Old Style can't help us.
- We just… It's… We're fucking sorry, okay?
- Nowhere and Back Again
- The 2013 Cubs: So Very Tired
- It's either this or the WNBA.
- Who's watching the kids?
- Maybe baseball's not your game. I know, let's have a spelling contest.
- Why are you still here?
- Fuck, the Fucking Fucker's Fucked
- The 2013 Chicago Cubs: Because We Have To
- I paid how much for this?
- It Gets Better (…right?)
- Youth will be served
- They actually play the game in a trough now.
- Pissing excellence into the wind
- Cubs Baseball…We Can't Suck As Bad As Last Year…Right?
- Why not be mediocre?
- Wait til next century!!!
- Is it next year yet?
- Shit's Gonna Happen!
- Our Ace is a 28 year old with a mullet!
- 2013 Chicago Cubs: Who gives a shit?
- Relive the agony
- Facilitating happenings that approximate baseball
- 2013 Cubs: At least the Old Style tastes like piss.
- This WON'T be the year, but maybe soon!
- This Year Will Blindside You
*Slogan contest is not affiliated in any way with the Chicago National League Ballclub or any members of its organization.
** Seriously, the Chicago Cubs want nothing to do with us and would probably prefer it if we just went away with our stupid slogan bullshit.
Raley keeping it under 3 hits per inning so far.
Hilarious.
Thanks for the shirt MO! You didn’t want to be seen wearing it? (dying laughing)
That’ll teach me not to pay attention for 15 minutes. I take it the indomitable Brooks Raley suffered from a few unlucky breaks?
@ WaLi:
He’s too good for this place.
@ josh:
Yeah, let’s go with unlucky breaks. Makes it sound better.
Oops. Another unlucky break. Throwing a fastball down the middle to Ryan Braun. That’s some bad luck.
@ WaLi:
Did you want the facepalm shirt? White? What color?
Braun Sosa’d Raley
You guys have to see that Braun HR. It was a megaton bomb.
They just said on the radio that the lunch at Wildfire would be with Rizzo, Jackson and Vitters. So they make the rookies do it.
@ SK in the office:
Damn.
@ josh:
I’m shocked it’s not Valbuena, Raley and Hinshaw.
I think the Cubs should have petitioned to be the team that went to the AL. Maybe that’s what’s been holding them back. And since there will be an interleague game virtually every day, they could still play the Cards for a few games.
@ mb21:
Oh my gosh I have options!
We don’t have a kid yet, but we are trying. It is a lot harder to steal a baby from the hospital than you would think. I know we’ll be successful soon, so I’d love to get the “Amusing but Wrong” baby onesie in white. If that isn’t an option though then I like the Red/White plain cubbie facepalm.
Cubs sweep!
@ WaLi:
You’re going to raise a smartass, aren’t you? We’ll definitely send that to you. They have a few different sizes. 0-3 months, 3-6, 6-12, 12-18, 18-24. Do you want the 0-3?
@ josh:
mostly obama’s fault.
@ mb21:
Yep that would be great, thanks!
It’s up to you WaLi, but our son only wore 0-3 month clothes for about two weeks. Of course, he was a beanpole. Every baby is different etc.
@ josh:
So you think 3-6 would be better? I want the kid to wear it as long as possible.
re: the 1st round pick. the cubs have 32 games to make up a 9-game “defecit”. most teams wouldn’t have a prayer. but most teams don’t have brooks raley. the cubs have a message for the astros:
@ EnricoPallazzo:
Actually, neither do the Cubs (have Brooks Raley), he’s done for the season after tonight.
@ WaLi:
I just ordered the 0-3 months. I might be able to change it. I might not be.
Infants go through clothes so fast that they don’t really wear any of them that long.
@ mb21:
No biggie either way. I can always purchase one when the time comes (dying laughing). I’ll make it his/her Sunday outfit all through life. I’m going to be a great dad.
@ josh:
Our son outgrew onesies at about 6 weeks and our daughter was probably wearing them until she was 14 weeks old. Like you say, you never know.
I see the Brewers are still better than the Cubs. What’s the season record now, something like 2-14 including today’s inevitable loss?
@ WaLi:
We also added a white L facepalm t-shirt to the order since that’s the size I was given by email. Figured you and your child would look like twins if you were wearing those at the same time.
Regarding the DVD sets, I sent an email a couple hours ago to the person sponsoring the contest. I’ll let you guys know when I hear back.
Oh yeah, Livan Hernandez is still around.
Rice Cube wrote:
@ Rice Cube:
Even more impressively, Manny Parra is still around.
The Cubs are trying to ruin the sweep.
The Cubs are blowing this sweep. Luckily there’s still the rest of the Cubs pen to pitch
@ mb21:
Don’t be a funsucker, Brett Jackson is doing well (dying laughing)
They’ll still probably lose.
These games were a blast in 2008. In 2012 it just prolongs the miserable season.
If the Cubs win this one it would actually be one of the better comebacks I’ve seen this team have.
Cubs are making it interesting. I always enjoy the come from behind games.
@ mb21:
I just try to pretend it’s 2008.
Good thing no one hit a rally-killing homer during that inning
@ josh:
Do you pretend the other team is the Cubs?
Blake Parker ———–> fresh meat
(dying laughing) @ Cubs
I go have a cigarette and come back in and they’re already behind. This team (dying laughing)
Among Cubs hitters who have 80 plate appearances or more, Brett Jackson has the highest wRC+ on the team. Reed Johnson was just a bit better in his time in Chicago, but other than him, no Cub this season has posted a higher wRC+ in 80 or more PA. Of course, 80 PA is an arbitrary cutoff, but it’s still interesting. And funny.
Brett Jackson: best hitter on the team
I hate guest conductors.
This guy sounds fucking hammered
new shit: http://www.obstructedview.net/commentary-and-analysis/cubs-shifting-gears-because-we-have-to.html
(dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing)