• retired baseball players
    Erik brought up a good point of that there is no ongoing list of retired baseball players. I posted a comment on the
  • croquet craze
    Where is croquet popular? Check out this map of where official croquet clubs are located.
  • Croquet’s cage of death
    If your ball lands inside a warp zone or even touches the string of a warp zone, then your ball is warped into the CAGE OF DEATH and your turn is immediately terminated.
  • this weekend hobby lobby
    Went to Hobby Lobby with Lisa to order a custom mat for Lisa’s tiny todd marrone drawing. Something thick like 8-ply. I found a new yellow color burlap. Also looked at interesting boxes for under my bathroom sink, but none…
  • croquet trophies?
    Went up to the Milwaukee for their art museum, and we (dad, sis, bro, me) went to a german restaurant. Before that we were killing time, so erik and i went into a trophy shop. We asked if they had…
  • Chicago Cubs’ New “Rally Monkey”
    The Anaheim Angels have the rally monkey / thundersticks.Atlanta Braves have the stupid chopThe Minnesota Twins have the homer hanky.The Chicago Cubs should have… Paper Towels. You can swing them in the air like stick. But then you could also…
  • Groundhog croquet characters
    I’ve been thinking about the development of the two groundhogs in my comic strip Groundhog Croquet. The current book i’m reading from the harold washington library, 20 Master Plots mentioned two types of plots: action plots and plots of the…
  • heros and heroines
    For the Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk’s game reports, I’m going to do alot more character development to make the stories much more interesting. I even took out some how to write short story books and character books from the…
  • extreme croquet mallet
    I ordered a new “extreme mallet” from the same company who supplies equipment to the official Croquet Canada team.
  • historic ball game
    I went to the night ballgame at Wrigley Field yesterday that marked the first time that four players with 400+ career homeruns played in the same game. Also Rafael Palmeiro came back to Wrigley for the first time since 1988.…
  • favorite place in wrigley field
    In the outfield in that small strip of a section where there are only three rows. Either the first row (dive into the baskets) or the third row is great. The third row, you get to stand up and stretch…
  • smooth croquet
    Today was the opening day for the Chicago Croquet Club. This is official professional USCA croquet on super smooth courts, real heavy mallets, heavy balls, skinny strong wickets. And wearing all white. Well… Laura and I weren’t in all white.…
  • learn croquet from a master
    This Saturday, June 15, I wanna go learn some croquet from the croquet master Bob Kroeger. He’s gonna be teaching at the Chicago Croquet Club’s opening day. Their press release welcomes anyone to come. Who wants to come? It’s right…
  • fun stuff
    I just ordered a bunch of stuff off http://www.orientaltrading.com to promote my site. Here’s what i got:* 36 plastic leis (gonna put a little spudart tag on it)* 12 beach balls (with spudart.org written on it)* 96 tiny plastic lizards…
  • the negative chip caray
    Chip Caray, tv announcer for the Chicago Cubs since 1998, has been growing more and more irratiable as the baseball season goes on. Why? Is it the Cubs awful play this season? No, I don’t think that’s the main reason.…
  • extreme mini-croquet
    It looks like the Squirearchy will be published as the creators of extreme mini-croquet in the next issue of the National Croquet Calendar. Take a sneak peek at what i submitted: article #1 and article #2. This photo might make…
  • the win stat for pitchers is a farce
    juan cruz of the cubs is 0-5 with a 2.33 era. Big whoop i really dislike the win loss record for a pitcher. It’s more moronic than the save statistic. I hate it when announcers talk about how great a…
  • Croquet Coincedence
    The official croquet of the Squirearchy is now made under the brand names of Wilson and Sportcraft. Amazing. Here’s the story no-point story: hey! i found the croquet set for lisa. I went over to sportmart during work. There’s one…
  • Cubs Opener
    It’s neat living in Wrigleyville. Today is the Chicago Cubs home opener.* They painted the Addison red line L a couple days ago* The street sweeping truck thingy is out* The Tribune Company put up stupid new wind blockers in…
  • new groundhog croquet
    The new Groundhog Croquet strip is up now!
  • No more Bloodmatch belt for me
    I lost my croquet Bloodmatch championship belt to the Punisher at Punishment today. SUMMARY OF PUNISHMENT 2002 Five hungry contenders fought for the universal belt in the first match of the day for Punishment 2002. After the first match Erik…
  • croquet punishment
    tomorrow is the first big croquet event of 2002! Punishment at Kreten Kourt. Check it out our club at: https://www.spudart.org/chicagocroquet.
  • I want to run for office in Chicago
    My campaign would include:* Bringing a white castle downtown* Building more croquet courts* Instituting 2-hour lunches, and 2-month vacation minimums* Making Macintosh the official computer platform* Eliminating the stupid wrigley bleacher expansion plans* Metra Station at Addison* Little Debbies on…
  • Bobble head doll for the ladies (Kyle Farnsworth)
    This year, the Cubs are offering bobbin head doll giveaways of Ryne Sandberg, Sammy Sosa, and Kyle Farnsworth. Kyle who?
  • Wrigley Field expansion plans
    I live in Wrigleyville the neighborhood that is home to Wrigley Field of the Chicago Cubs. Personally, i hate when the community puts up such a b*** about how bad the traffic is around Wrigley Field during game days. Like…
  • update on 20:02, 20/02, 2002
    There will be another palendromic time in 110 years! It will occur on 21:12 21/12 2112. (Dec 21, 2112 at 9:12pm). Damm, science better extend my like so i can be alive at a young age of 137 years old!…
  • Funny Cubs Preview for 2002
    http://www.desipio.com/features/cubs/2002/021302-cubspreseason.htm
  • I’m #13 on the worldwide croquet rankings!
    Hey lookit! I”m #13 worldwide! And my evil twin brother is ranked #8.http://croquet.dauphinois.free.fr/CM/CM.php3?date=2001-10-29
  • South side of Chicago has a new star
    did you know that the Cubs new pitching coach, Larry Rothschild, grew up on the south side of Chicago? “Rothschild, 47, who grew up in Beverly on Chicago’s South Side”http://www.chicagosports.com/cubs/content/story/0,1984,165661,00.html
  • Croquet School on hold until 2002
    Looks like I’m going to have to wait until next year for my croquet classes. It looks like it took a bit longer to build the new monster USCA headquarters in Florida. Originally the croquet america website said that there…
  • Find sports partners
    Find sports partners!Form or join teams!Find coaces or venues!http://www.sportingboard.com I just set up the Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk on this site.