Bryce Levanti

I’m still standing

[Chief Cub @ChiefCub]

Miguel Montero #WeAreGood

[Bryce Levanti @blevanti]

The Cubs are good. It will all depend on pitching. I think it will be interesting this year. There is a winning attitude to this team. Counsell has proved me wrong with his bench decisions and pulling an extended bullpen together to make the Cubs into one of the best teams in the league at the beginning of May. The proof is in the pudding. The sample size is substantial enough to declare: the Cubs are good.

Will injury derail the Cubs? Maybe. It has happened in past seasons. The Cubs were the best baseball team in the world in 2003 and 2004 and have nothing to show for it. In 2003, it was due to the team’s failure to keep composure after the Alou play (He WAS going to catch the ball. Oh, what if!!)

In 2004, it was injuries. When the 2004 staff was whole and healthy, it was ridiculous. Maddux the #5 guy winning 15 + games. Kerry Wood, Mark Prior, Carlos Zambrano, Matt Clement. An offense with Sammy Sosa, Moises Alou, Derek Lee, Aramis Ramerez, Michael Barrett, Nomar Garciaparra. Maybe the best team ever to miss the playoffs. What a shame.

But this year will be different. I’m all in on this team. If the Cubs get healthy and stay healthy, they will win the NL Central and will be in a position to win the National League pennant! The National League is really good this year. The NL Central is really good this year. But I like the 2026 Chicago Cubs. They have the potential to do something special. Go Cubs go!!!

@Cubs @lenandjd @Taylor_McGregor @PatandRon1043

[Daily Random Cub @DailyRandomCub]

The last time the Cubs had a seven game winning streak

[Andy Shelby @shelby_andy]

One day only the Bruise Brothers AKA 5-Peat Natty Champs taking the field for your recruiting enjoyment with a matinee at 3PM on Cinco De Mayo! Then a free fine dining experience and a showcase following with special appearances such as @EDGYTIM and @BOOMfootball It's 106 miles to Chicago, you got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and you are wearing sunglasses, hit it

[Connor Shelby @connorshelby05]

After a great phone conversation with @CoachEaton94 I am blessed to say that I have received a D2 scholarship offer from Oklahoma Baptist University!!

@Dupage_Football
@FBCoach_Rahn
@coachjbeard1
@JordanWesty1
@CoachFurco7
@OLMafia

[Chris Castellani @Castellani2014]

The Peyton Manning United Way sketch is far and away the best sketch from an athlete in SNL history

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

That time Glenallen Hill hit a ball completely out of Wrigley Field and onto the roof across the street 👀

[Knights of Columbus @KofC]

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

🙏 Lord, deepen our faith and trust in Your saving love.

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

BEST YOGI BERRA QUOTES:

1. “It ain’t over till it’s over.”
2. “It’s deja vu all over again.”
3. “I usually take a two-hour nap from 1 to 4.”
4. “Never answer an anonymous letter.”
5. “We made too many wrong mistakes.”
6. “You can observe a lot by watching.”
7. “The future ain’t what it used to be.”
8. “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”
9. “It gets late early out here.”
10. “If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.”
11. “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”
12. “Pair up in threes.”
13. “Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.”
14. “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”
15. “All pitchers are liars or crybabies.”
16. “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”
17. “Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.”
18. “He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”
19. “I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.”
20. “I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won 25 games. What I don’t understand is how he lost five.”
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Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra in 1955.
21. “I don’t know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.”
22. “I’m a lucky guy and I’m happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.”
23. “I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.”
24. “In baseball, you don’t know nothing.”
25. “I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?”
26. “I never said most of the things I said.”
27. “It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.”
28. “I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.”
29. “I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I’d never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field.”
30. “So I’m ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face.”
31. “Take it with a grin of salt.”
32. (On the 1973 Mets) “We were overwhelming underdogs.”
33. “The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.”
34. “You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”
35. “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

(Sources: Los Angeles Times, Baseball Almanac, Baseball Digest, Catcher in the Wry (Bob Uecker), Sports Illustrated)

[Knights of Columbus @KofC]

Today we celebrate the feast of Blessed Michael McGivney, humble parish priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus, who was beatified in 2020.

Known for his tireless service to his parishioners and his defense of the faith, he reminds us that holiness is found in the simple, faithful living of our daily vocations.

Please join us in praying for his canonization:

God, our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your priest, Blessed Michael McGivney, to be an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the young to the generous service of their neighbor. Through the example of his life and virtue, may we follow your Son, Jesus Christ, more closely, fulfilling his commandment of charity and building up his Body which is the Church. Let the inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we may continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast. We humbly ask that you glorify Blessed Michael McGivney on earth according to the design of your holy will. Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present (here make your request). Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Learn more at https://t.co/rbq5oZfVBG

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

In 1964, The Beatles played for the first time in the United States.

Here’s the complete concert. Enjoy this masterpiece.

[Bryce Levanti @blevanti]

@kschwarb12 Should have been a Cub for life! Thank you @kschwarb12 for the wonderful memories! Always rooting for you no matter what uniform you wear!

[Bad Chad @CubWin]

I’m this old.

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

That time Glenallen Hill hit a ball completely out of Wrigley Field and onto the roof across the street 👀

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Some of the best MTV Unplugged performances.

I open thread 🧵

1. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (1968)

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (1965)

[Tones Of Music @TonesOfMusic]

Nirvana '92 SNL

[Ryan Adams @TheRyanAdams]

Or better still, be my winding wheel...

💔 Heartbreaker '25 tour dates & tickets: https://t.co/jaXjKTCwJb