Bothanspy
You can plant bulbs until the ground freezes which should be at least two months away. But don’t forget the chicken wire, squirrels love tulip bulbs.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 8:24 am:
Here’s a new rule: no Illinoisan more that 5 miles away from the Missouri border may be a Cardinals or Blues fan. Thank you.
Only one tulip came up and flowered this spring from the dozen bulbs we planted by the driveway last fall. I swear every time our resident squirrels ran past it they were thinking “dayum, missed one of them bulbs.”
Grandson of Man
Respectfully, I need to disagree. I grew up listening to Jack Buck call all the games on KMOX radio.
In addition, there’s a whole other world south of Chicago in Illinois that doesn’t particularly care for the sports teams of the Windy City. It’s a big state, big variety of likes and dislikes.
Eh when I grew up long ago, the Charleston/Mattoon area was mixed territory, about 1/2 cubs and 1/2 cards fans. It made sense St. Louis was a closer drive to them than Chicago.
Sorry Grandson of Man, but depending on where one lives in southern Illinois, St. Louis, Nashville, Memphis, even Indianapolis, is closer than Chicago.
I was in Chicago Loop early yesterday morning before sunrise. Dozens of parked police cars/vans with the blue lights flashing full blast. Painted concret barriers placed blocking certain streets. The person I coming in to see informed me that this is the scene every night for weeks.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 9:02 am:
“I grew up listening to Jack Buck call all the games on KMOX radio.”
Harry Caray too. He was a great announcer later on, for the Cubs. The Cardinals have had success lately, winning two World Series. I remember the Rangers were one strike away from winning the WS in 2011, but they didn’t get it done.
Okay I will amend my rule: Illinoisans living more than 5 miles away from the Missouri border may be Cardinals fans, except for when they play the Cubs or White Sox.
- Joe Bidenopolous - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 9:09 am:
= the Charleston/Mattoon area was mixed territory, about 1/2 cubs and 1/2 cards fans.=
And if you’d grown up a few hours south of there, you would’ve found a really weird Reds-Cards-Cubs split. As someone else said, it’s a pretty big state.
Grandson of Man is full of rules today. This downstater roots for the Cubs except when they play the Cards. If I thought about it, I might root for the Sox when they play other American League teams, but that’s it.
“Rangers were one strike away from winning the WS in 2011″ Twice.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 9:34 am:
La Russa was great. I remember the ‘83 Sox and the goofy pennant format, the 2-3, where the first two games were played in one stadium and the other three in the other. The Sox split with the Orioles in Baltimore and got swept at Comiskey. The Cubs swept at home in ‘84 and got swept in San Diego. Wish the last game was at Wrigley, as the Cubs had the better record.
- FormerParatrooper - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 9:53 am:
I grew up in KC, Royals and Chiefs. When we got cable TV, and had WGN, I became a Cubs fan largely due to Harry Caray. His personality drew me in. Having two teams to root for was good.
Was born and have lived most of my life in Southern Illinois and it certainly appears to me the the vast majority of baseball fans here are for the Cardinals.
- Give Me A Break - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 10:01 am:
Tip for those planting bulbs in areas the squirrels might get them, as you plant them take a bar of soap with your, after you plant the bulb throw a couple shavings from the soap bar on top the bulb before you bury it.
The smell and taste of the soap will keep the critters from eating or moving the bulbs.
Grandson of Man - Ahhh, ‘84 was a great year. But my view may be biased. I have a hat in the closet with an old English “D” on it.
My dad would agree with cermak_rd on the driving distance concept. There seem to be split of Bears and Lions fan where I grew up.
tulips: You’re planting them a good 4-6 inches deep, so a frost at 30 degrees isn’t going to hurt them. Plant away!
I’m a Cards/Blues fan (formerly Gridbird and Rams). I grew up in central Illinois, 2 hours from St. Louis; 4 hours from Chicago. Repeating what others said, it is a big state.
- thisjustinagain - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 10:21 am:
Will there be snow by the Fall Classic? And I totally get people far enough away from Chicago not being Chicago team fans when their “local” team is so much closer. I live pretty close to all the Chicago teams, but not a big sports fan generally. Meanwhile, an election draws nearer with each day…and I’ll be glad when it’s over.
Beautiful morning in southern IL for opening day of fall deer and turkey archery season. Also apparently a beautiful morning for a stand off between USACE and Alexander county residents. Still chasing down some facts on what’s happening there, but current intel says ugly.
Yesterday was the perfect day to catch and release a State record size largemouth bass…with a jig fished on bottom eight feet deep on a (midlake) funnel point with a nearby (deeper) creek channel…between two and four…A.M…leave light tackle at home.
Have never seen a baseball team afraid to play a playoff baseball game until today… Look at the weather radar and tell me microscopic scattered showers should cancel a game.
==And if you’d grown up a few hours south of there, you would’ve found a really weird Reds-Cards-Cubs split. ==
Lawrenceville and other parts of far southeastern Illinios are closer to Cincy than Chicago.
But I wonder how much the Reds’ glory years of the “Big Red Machine” of the 70s (Rose, Bench, Griffey, Manager Sparky Anderson, etc.) led to a lot more Reds fans in central and eastern Illinois? With some still Reds fans since. Especially with the Cards and Cubs mostly lackluster in the 70s compared to the “Big Red Machine.”
I wonder how many Cardinals fans downstate in the 70s also became White Sox fans? During Harry Caray’s announcing days for the Sox plus only a few years removed from his abrupt dismissal by Gussie Busch after the 1969 season.
- very old soil - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 4:22 am:
Predicting frost on our pumpkins tomorrow morning. Time to cover up your delicates.
- Bothanspy - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 6:21 am:
-Predicting frost-
So frustrated. The family wanted to plant tulips this year and were told to plant before the first frost. The bulbs arrive in three weeks.
- D - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 7:01 am:
Chicagoland lost nascar race for this upcoming year… too bad and a lose economically
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 7:42 am:
Chicago baseball was depressing yesterday. Big games today, “win or go home”, it doesn’t get any bigger.
It appears the Bears will be wearing their orange jerseys this week, maybe a welcoming to October too? I go back and forth on the look.
Yes. (Sigh) The Cardinals won too.
- Cardinal Fan - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 7:48 am:
The Cardinals win . . . The Cubs lose . . . one day closer to the election being over . . . all positives in my world.
- very old soil - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 8:17 am:
Bothanspy
You can plant bulbs until the ground freezes which should be at least two months away. But don’t forget the chicken wire, squirrels love tulip bulbs.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 8:24 am:
Here’s a new rule: no Illinoisan more that 5 miles away from the Missouri border may be a Cardinals or Blues fan. Thank you.
- Responsa - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 8:30 am:
==squirrels love tulip bulbs.==
Only one tulip came up and flowered this spring from the dozen bulbs we planted by the driveway last fall. I swear every time our resident squirrels ran past it they were thinking “dayum, missed one of them bulbs.”
- Cardinal Fan - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 8:30 am:
Grandson of Man
Respectfully, I need to disagree. I grew up listening to Jack Buck call all the games on KMOX radio.
In addition, there’s a whole other world south of Chicago in Illinois that doesn’t particularly care for the sports teams of the Windy City. It’s a big state, big variety of likes and dislikes.
- cermak_rd - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 8:32 am:
Eh when I grew up long ago, the Charleston/Mattoon area was mixed territory, about 1/2 cubs and 1/2 cards fans. It made sense St. Louis was a closer drive to them than Chicago.
- Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 8:47 am:
Sorry Grandson of Man, but depending on where one lives in southern Illinois, St. Louis, Nashville, Memphis, even Indianapolis, is closer than Chicago.
- Nummy yummy - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 8:54 am:
I was in Chicago Loop early yesterday morning before sunrise. Dozens of parked police cars/vans with the blue lights flashing full blast. Painted concret barriers placed blocking certain streets. The person I coming in to see informed me that this is the scene every night for weeks.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 9:02 am:
“I grew up listening to Jack Buck call all the games on KMOX radio.”
Harry Caray too. He was a great announcer later on, for the Cubs. The Cardinals have had success lately, winning two World Series. I remember the Rangers were one strike away from winning the WS in 2011, but they didn’t get it done.
Okay I will amend my rule: Illinoisans living more than 5 miles away from the Missouri border may be Cardinals fans, except for when they play the Cubs or White Sox.
- Joe Bidenopolous - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 9:09 am:
= the Charleston/Mattoon area was mixed territory, about 1/2 cubs and 1/2 cards fans.=
And if you’d grown up a few hours south of there, you would’ve found a really weird Reds-Cards-Cubs split. As someone else said, it’s a pretty big state.
- Jibba - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 9:13 am:
Grandson of Man is full of rules today. This downstater roots for the Cubs except when they play the Cards. If I thought about it, I might root for the Sox when they play other American League teams, but that’s it.
- Skeptic - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 9:15 am:
“Rangers were one strike away from winning the WS in 2011″ Twice.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 9:34 am:
La Russa was great. I remember the ‘83 Sox and the goofy pennant format, the 2-3, where the first two games were played in one stadium and the other three in the other. The Sox split with the Orioles in Baltimore and got swept at Comiskey. The Cubs swept at home in ‘84 and got swept in San Diego. Wish the last game was at Wrigley, as the Cubs had the better record.
- FormerParatrooper - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 9:53 am:
I grew up in KC, Royals and Chiefs. When we got cable TV, and had WGN, I became a Cubs fan largely due to Harry Caray. His personality drew me in. Having two teams to root for was good.
- Rabble - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 9:53 am:
Was born and have lived most of my life in Southern Illinois and it certainly appears to me the the vast majority of baseball fans here are for the Cardinals.
- Give Me A Break - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 10:01 am:
Tip for those planting bulbs in areas the squirrels might get them, as you plant them take a bar of soap with your, after you plant the bulb throw a couple shavings from the soap bar on top the bulb before you bury it.
The smell and taste of the soap will keep the critters from eating or moving the bulbs.
- From DaZoo - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 10:01 am:
Grandson of Man - Ahhh, ‘84 was a great year. But my view may be biased. I have a hat in the closet with an old English “D” on it.
My dad would agree with cermak_rd on the driving distance concept. There seem to be split of Bears and Lions fan where I grew up.
- Steve Rogers - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 10:18 am:
tulips: You’re planting them a good 4-6 inches deep, so a frost at 30 degrees isn’t going to hurt them. Plant away!
I’m a Cards/Blues fan (formerly Gridbird and Rams). I grew up in central Illinois, 2 hours from St. Louis; 4 hours from Chicago. Repeating what others said, it is a big state.
- thisjustinagain - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 10:21 am:
Will there be snow by the Fall Classic? And I totally get people far enough away from Chicago not being Chicago team fans when their “local” team is so much closer. I live pretty close to all the Chicago teams, but not a big sports fan generally. Meanwhile, an election draws nearer with each day…and I’ll be glad when it’s over.
- DownSouth - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 10:49 am:
Beautiful morning in southern IL for opening day of fall deer and turkey archery season. Also apparently a beautiful morning for a stand off between USACE and Alexander county residents. Still chasing down some facts on what’s happening there, but current intel says ugly.
- Dotnonymous - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 12:06 pm:
Yesterday was the perfect day to catch and release a State record size largemouth bass…with a jig fished on bottom eight feet deep on a (midlake) funnel point with a nearby (deeper) creek channel…between two and four…A.M…leave light tackle at home.
- Cubs - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 12:24 pm:
Have never seen a baseball team afraid to play a playoff baseball game until today… Look at the weather radar and tell me microscopic scattered showers should cancel a game.
- very old soil - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 12:52 pm:
Give Me A Break
Thanks for the tip. Plus you will now have clean dirt.
- Chatham Resident - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 1:48 pm:
Cubs game rained out and postponed to tomorrow due to rain. Lots of spotty showers in the northern half of Illinois this afternoon.
Their season lasts one more day, at least. Marlins clinch series with another win tomorrow.
- Chatham Resident - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 1:53 pm:
==And if you’d grown up a few hours south of there, you would’ve found a really weird Reds-Cards-Cubs split. ==
Lawrenceville and other parts of far southeastern Illinios are closer to Cincy than Chicago.
But I wonder how much the Reds’ glory years of the “Big Red Machine” of the 70s (Rose, Bench, Griffey, Manager Sparky Anderson, etc.) led to a lot more Reds fans in central and eastern Illinois? With some still Reds fans since. Especially with the Cards and Cubs mostly lackluster in the 70s compared to the “Big Red Machine.”
- Chatham Resident - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 2:00 pm:
==“Rangers were one strike away from winning the WS in 2011″==
So were the Red Sox in the infamous Game 6 in ‘86.
- Chatham Resident - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 2:06 pm:
I wonder how many Cardinals fans downstate in the 70s also became White Sox fans? During Harry Caray’s announcing days for the Sox plus only a few years removed from his abrupt dismissal by Gussie Busch after the 1969 season.
- Skeptic - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 2:30 pm:
“I have a hat in the closet with an old English “D” on it.
” I have a signed copy of “Bless You Boys” around here somewhere.
- West Side the Best Side - Thursday, Oct 1, 20 @ 6:21 pm:
So much for Subway Series.