# The Commerce Comet, Stretch, Mr Cub, etc

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-commerce-comet-stretch-mr-cub-etc/67485>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 4, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-commerce-comet-stretch-mr-cub-etc/67485 "2001-06-04T04:58:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-commerce-comet-stretch-mr-cub-etc/67485/21 "2001-06-05T02:30:13Z")

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I’m going to go ahead and guess you’re from the St. Louis area (or are at least a Cards fan)? Nice collection, it sounds like. My only other autographs are from Kirby Puckett (who was on the cruise ship I was on for my honeymoon), Adam Sandler (on the back of a bank deposit slip, since my friend Keith was a teller at the bank Sandler patronized when he still lived in NH), Rush Limbaugh, and Ace Frehley. What a motley crew.

Good luck finding Teddy Ballgame.

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**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-commerce-comet-stretch-mr-cub-etc/67485/22 "2001-06-05T02:36:24Z")

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Yep, Cards fan in the St Louis area. Acquired these balls in hopes of rounding out the collection. I also have a Fernando Tatis, which I got after he had a great '99 with the Cards. Unfortunately, it’s now looking like that may have been his best year.

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**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-commerce-comet-stretch-mr-cub-etc/67485/23 "2001-06-05T03:49:48Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by hardygrrl \*  
> > **Mock my Cubbies all you want,Crunchy,**
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> May I? Why thank you. I’ll keep this in mind for future threads. 😉
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> Ya hear that **Dyno**? I have permission to mock the Cubs?
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> > but at least one of our players wasn’t attacked by the automatic tarp roller.\*\*
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> I have no recollection of this incident and I will deny that it ever existed, regardless of whatever evidence you may present. You logic has no effect on me.

I hadn’t realized you needed permission to mock the Cubs. Hell, I love the Cubs, and I mock them mercilessly, when appropriate. Usually, this comes under the heading of ‘mocking Don Baylor’, although a 12-game winning streak makes mockery kind of hard…But, they’ll still be in first place come Friday, so, whatever.

And then, I get to go to a Cubs/Cards game at the end of July. First one ever. Sweet. Of course, all the fun’ll go out of it if the Cubs have their typical June…

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