Coming up for Air!

Yes...I'm fully aware that I went dark for
a week or so.

Thanks for making the blog an important day
in your life.

I've got a lot of catching up to do.
Updates on Sutcliffe, Podsednik,
Cubs tickets, and more.
Wednesday....read Sherm's rant and
raves in the meantime.

Give yourself a hug for your loyalty.
I miss you too!!

Bu the way it's only 2 weeks to
BASEBALL SEASON BABY!

Kudos to Greg Porter - New Yawk Yankees.

My buddy Greg Porter was signed by the
Yankees AAA for 2008.
His 2nd major league at bat and....well you read it.
REDS 12, YANKEES 8
at Sarasota, Fla.
Thursday, March 6
Yankees at the plate: Johnny Damon went 2-for-3 with two doubles against Reds starter Aaron Harang. Bobby Abreu's homer to left-center field off Matt Maloney put New York on the scoreboard in the seventh inning. Greg Porter hit a grand slam off Alexander Smit in the eighth inning.

MY MAN! He's a Rock Star.

Tournament Update!

Your Killing ME!

We went from a full roster to losing
two and with three Tentative on board.
CHOKE!

I'll put out the broadcast to fill the roster
on Monday, March 10th.

When it comes to the $$...that will separate the men
from the boys.

GET WOOD! Before it's too LATE!

Ricky Henderson sends a High Five to
the Cubs Bash Brothers!

I don't know how he can see us to High Five us....
Thanks Ricky!

Without singling out a Bash Brother, it is NOT
Ricky Henderson that organizes Fantasy Camps.The Real Happy Henderson is DAVE HENDERSON!
The Purveyor of the A's and Marlins Fantasy Camps along
with the October Wood Bat Tournament.

I/We did it!
There is a roster of 13 plus players that want
in on the Wood Bat Tournament in October 2008.
And a waiting list growing!

The Cubs Bash Brothers totals NINE players that have
committed to playing with FOUR that are Tentative and
checking schedules.
Final Date for confirmation is Monday, March 10th

If you don't confirm...we will have to pick someone else
from the list. NO EXCUSES!Now the fun part...actually the part that separates the
men from the boyzz....
players from the bricklayers
guys who play to the boyzz who stay
the commiters vs the shitters......

It's about the Dough!
Not Play Doh!
The $$$!
Keep in mind- I make nothing, nada, no ding
not a thing....
This is not Smitty's Wood Bat Fantasy Camp.
I profit not a dime and I have no Lori
to assist me.

So we are in this together!I'm here to facilitate the October tournament as
your interim General Manager for the World Famous
Cubs Bash Brothers.
I'm doing it for the Brotherhood!

More info to follow....
Deposit will be $100 per player to be completed
by April 15th, 2008.
Use some of your tax return $ for the deposit.

Final Payment by June 30th!

And make it so I only have to push this button
for the tournament operations!
Thanks for your support and help!

How Sherm got his start!

When you read Sherm's blog...all he brags
about is how hard he works and what time he wakes
up in the morning!

I respect hard work and an entrepreneurial spirit.
It was impressive to see a picture of Sherm when
he was younger! He's got the idea, all he needs
to do is learn how to spewl Entrepreneur!
Smile for the Camera Shermy!

Read all about Sherm's work exploits at
http://shermrants.blogspot.com/

Welcome to our New Segment...Ask Dr Heart!

Dear Dr Heart....
What is Wrong with Mark DeRosa's Heart?
Re-entrant tacchycardias
There is an extra pathway, or "wire" if you will, for electricity to take
in some people's heart. Now and then the normal wire and the extra
wire can form a circuit that perpetuates itself more rapidly than normal.
A radio frequency ablation fries that extra "wire" so the abnormal rapid
conduction can't take place. It's one of those heart things
that can be completely cured about 95% of the time.
Seldom had any long term consequences.

Stay tuned for more Cubs Health Q & A with Dr. Heart!

2008 Camp Champions!

2008 Randy Hundley Cubs Camp
CHAMPIONS!

The Todd Hundley - Willie Wilson Team

Here's Looking at You!

Camp Report! Better late than never!
More LATE Breaking news to come!

My turn to rant....
This year I was having a hard time visually
picking up the ball while batting.
I was hitting the world's shortest single or
juusssst making it over the infielder's head.
I got on base alot...Singles...and had a couple solid
shots...not like 2007...except the one shot was a shot
and almost made it out. Yes Badmojo...ALMOST
is the key word! LEGS WORKED! Running Macheen!
Turns out...my Eye Doctor had changed my
Contact prescription to Monovision...which in turn
screws up depth perception. The main resaon I was swinging
a half second early. Never Struck out though!
My contacts now have a depth perception lens.
And now we will be looking at my hits going out and not up!
Where was Dr Raker when I needed him!
Obviously looking up!

Cheerleader Sherm!

Click on the Right side on Sherm's Blog.
Turn's out the Fish are going to add cheerleaders!

Except they will be male!
Isn't that Special!What's wrong with this picture??
The only thing that I can see is that it's
not Sherm and theirs NO Cubs tattoo on this jamoke!
My next survey....Should Sherm be the FIRST CUBS cheerleader!
Go Sherm! Go Sherm! It's your Birthday! Go Sherm!

Hey Groovy Guys and Crazy Chics!

God Bless Sherm and Hollywood Mark!
You could spend $8000 and play with Slash
at the Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp
- OR -

Join us at the Fantasy Camp Wood Bat Tournament
Gotta get the word Bat in there...
for $730 dollars!!

Ten on the Roster with THREE - Count em -
THREE spots left.
All by word of mouth!
Your going to miss out!!!And Finally - Looks like Mr Family Jewels
may have gotten himself in a little hot water
with his lovely lady, Shannon Tweed.
Is this a Kodak moment!?
http://www.genessecret.com
All I can say is nice T-shirt. Kinda looks like Sherm!

Single Game tickets on Sale Friday!

2008 Cubs Bash Brothers
7-3 - Third Place Finish
Who's your Daddy?!?

Single game tickets for the 2008 regular season
will go on sale on Friday, February 22, at 10:00 a.m. CT.
Nows the time to get your tickets and to see how close you can sit next to the Murnyak strain.

Viva Las Vegas and Viva Spring Training!

Viva Las Vegas!
Let's see...I have been
to Sacramento, Ohio, LA, Grand Rapids and
now the land of Lost Wage$!
And Full squad Spring Training is this week.
Rumor on the strip is that Elvis
has been invited to try for a pitching spot!
You go Elvis! Can you say "Jelly Doughnut"The Boyzz in Blue will be playing
in Vegas on March 28 and 29th
against Seattle.

Single tickets go on sale Friday, February 22nd!

Cubs Tournament Camp news will be updated
this week. We have Five spots open and expect
to fill the spots in the next few weeks.

High Five me Baby!! Spring Training is ALMOST here! By a day or Two!

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil!

The word is out....Smitty's blog is getting
BIGGER, BADDER and more well known every day!
I received an email today that the blog is circulating
thru the Cubs organization due to the wit, creative
pictures and humor.

Riding my coattails, Sherm's banter has been
recognized as interesting and creating
conversation in the clubhouse.
Somebody is smoking something!
There is someone reading Sherm's Blog!?!
Now is the time to sign up for the Fantasy Tournament in October~!
Read the earlier blog entries below. I expect a full roster by
the end of February if not sooner. Sooner if the husbands
can schmooze the wives!

It looks like I will have to attend the camp instead
of buying my mid life crisis car!

http://www.flixxy.com/bugatti-veyron-test-drive.htm

October Camp!

Lot's of interest!

We have 13 spots open and EIGHT already filled!
If your interested - Get you name on the list
PRONTO!

Hollywood Mark, Dr Raker, Dr Broken Heart,
Johnny B, Southsider and even SHERM have committed.
All the famous Cubs Bash Brothers that you have read
about on my blog.

All for $730!
The price is right especially if we end up with sponsorship!

• Hotel and Transportation NOT included!
  Hotel group rates will be available in the future
• Wood Bats
• You must be over 40 and have played on a Fantasy
  Camp team in the last 10 years
  

Included Services!!

Clubhouse Access for the Tournament: Access to your own locker, the shower room and uniform laundry services each day after the games. Laundry delivered back to your locker for the next day’s games.

Training Room Access for the Tournament: Includes Clubhouse access described above and access to our professional training staff. These trainers will assist in getting you ready to play each day, be available to assist you during games and provide ice and treatment following games so you will be at your peak performance all week

Be there or be Square!

Steve Trout Update!

Read all about it!

http://www.texarkanaprobaseball.com/news/index.html?article_id=9

Rainbow will be the Manager of the
New Texarkana Ball Club
in the Continental League
vs Cubs Alumni and my personal friend
Curtis Wilkerson of the
Tarrant County Blue Thunder
Tarrant County is in my back yard in Fort Worth,TX

The question of the day is will....
Rainbow have a better record in Texarkana
than at the Cubs camp in 2008 with a 1-9 record!
But then again...their only Win was
one of the three losses for the Brotherhood!
Wah! Wah Wah! Wah! Waaaaaaaah!

We are Famous - In our own Minds!

The Cubs Bash Brothers have been invited
to play in the Dave Henderson's Old School
Wood Bat Baseball Tournament
October 18-22, 2008 in Tucson, AZ

http://hendersonbaseball.com/osb/2007TournamentTeams.html

If there is interest....we would need to field a team of
Thirteen(13) and players must be 40 and over.
Eligibility is by playing in a Fantasy Camp in the last 10 years.
Old School Wood! and Live Pitching!
We would need pitching and NO we can't bring the
machine and put a jersey on it.
If we could find a sponsor...costs would be LOW!
I wonder if Les Lancaster is available?!?
Estimated cost to play would be $730 per player. This fee
does NOT include Hotel and Airfare to Tucson.
Fee would include the expenses for a Cubs coach.
So....Who's In? Badmojo? U In? Cost is in your budget!
Wad about the DeCarlo boyzz.....?
Johnny Southsider pitching? Yowsah!
And it would be real bats with real pitching.
Time to put up or shut up!
Leave a message in the comments if you are interested!

Camp news one of these days.....

Wine! Whine! Whine! Wine!

I appreciate the love for my blog. There is no doubt
I need to update the camp news.
Plus I have sped up the download since some
technology whizzes out there still use dial up modems.

Plans changed and I made it into LAX....and I'm sitting in
the American Airlines club updating the blog and working
on the camp news. Better late than never!

Word is buzzing on the blog...and I don't want to lose the
fandom and interest.
Single Game Cubs tickets go on sale Feb 22nd! It's getting close boys and girls. And the 2008 season will give Sherm something to rant and rave about.Actually watched the movie Fever Pitch on the way to
LA LA Land. Good baseball and chick flick.
Interesting thing is that the Red Sox won the
World Series the year the movie was filmed.
Maybe it's time to film a movie about the
Cubs and Wrigley.
It's 100 hundred years this year.
Time to squish the past.....
Something for Sherm to banter about.
Bartman did get in the way!
I stand corrected.
The torch is passed to Sherm.....

Been all over

Phoenix, Sacramento, Columbus, Ohio,
Los Angeles.....

plus Internet challenges!
Cubs blew a great chance to sign Scott Podsednik!
Off to the Rockies he goes!!

02/05/2008 5:18 PM ET

Rockies sign Podsednik, Zambrano

Pair signed to Minor League deals; club finalizes list of invitees

http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080205&content_id=2365228&vkey=news_col&fext=.jsp&c_id=col Podsednik will make $700,000 if he makes the club and $13,000 a month in Triple-A.
But adductor and rib cage muscle injuries limited him to 62 games for the White Sox last season.

Check out the Dynamic Barbell Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Colorado Rockies have a great deal and opportunity.
DBC has put "Pod" back in the mix.
http://www.dynamicbarbell.com/

Life!

World of updates coming up....

Too much on my plate ...too soon too quick.

Check out Carmen Fanzone's wife on her site and
My Space.

Sue Raney!

Sue is a step away from a Grammy!
Check out My Space thru her web link to
hear her great voice and Carmen's Horn!