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Ivy Envy

The inbox is getting full, so here goes:

The point of Ivy Envy is to provide readers with a variety of opinions and observations regarding Chicago Cubs baseball. Our writers are from different generations and locations, which adds to the uniqueness of each blogger. Our current writers are Andy, Manstrength, adeadcat, cubfan1452 and Corey.

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I've been over to Ivy Envy a few times since they first emailed me in early June. They're a solid blog that's updated pretty regularly. The writing is solid, the design is interesting, and they're Matt Murton fans. What more could you want?

Matt Murton shows off his arm in a game against the Giants.
Image courtesy of The Cubdom Photo Gallery

Cubs Trivia Widget now available

Are you interested in placing a Cubs Trivia widget on your site? Go ahead and check it out. To place the widget on your site, click the 'get this widget' button and copy the code into your page where you want the widget to show up. As easy as pie, my friends.

Geovany Soto autograph session

Got a tip from reader Steve Banigan:

Geovany Soto will be signing autographs at Legends of the Field (inside Gurnee Mills mall next to Circuit City)

June 23rd- 6-7:30pm (next monday night!!)

Call for tickets.... they have about 100 left!!

Price is very reasonable

847 855 2000

Go Geo!!

Call Your Shot at the State Farm Home Run Derby

There's an exciting opportunity to win 2009 Cubs season tickets at the All-Star Game home run derby this year. Here's the promotion as it was explained to me by a State Farm marketing specialist. I've already signed up and am hoping to win. The Chevy Tahoe would be nice, but the season tickets would be unbelievable.

Here's how the promotion works: Fans can enter the promotion daily through June 24 at www.sfCallYourShot.com/2008. The grand prize winner of Call Your Shot will win:

* All-expense paid trip for four to the All-Star Game and State Farm Home Run Derby
* First class hotel accommodations in New York
* Tickets to a Broadway show
* $1,000 MasterCard gift card

The grand prize winner will also get the chance to pick a spot to which two of the Home Run Derby players must compete to try to hit a ball. If the first player hits the ball to the called spot, the promotion ends. If either player succeeds, the fan receives a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid vehicle and a 2009 season-ticket package for any team.

Additionally, 10 fans will win first place prizes consisting of a $300 MLB.com gift card and 25 second place prize winners will receive $100 MLB.com gift cards.

Bush League Times

Got an email a few weeks back from Jay, the sole writer at Bush League Times, who kindly requested admission to the CBA. I've been giving his Cubs blog a look-see every once in a while and it's definitely up to the task. Go see for yourself.

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Here's what he has to say for himself:

I guess the reason that I’m starting this site is because I just got fed up with the coverage of the Cubs in the newspapers and local radio. I’m convinced that Jay Mariotti only writes with the intention to annoy his readers. Barry Rozner has also recently started to piss me off with all of his Soriano bashing. Mike Murphy, for being the self-proclaimed “biggest Cubs fan,” is one of the most annoying people on the radio. This is pretty much my forum to call B.S. on the craptastic coverage that lands on my doorstep every day.

Jay has a fairly well developed sense of humor. I think my favorite part of his site is the following graphic he's worked up in response to Paul Sullivan's picks from earlier.

Alrighty then... Tonight, the Cubs return from a west coast road trip to play tonight. Yeah. I'll be at the game... in a skybox. :^)