The Cubs Sale Thread

[CoolHandLuke]

I have a feeling we are going to really miss the tribune years.

[Jehrico]

I have a feeling we are going to really miss the tribune years.

Yeah, the perennial playoff appearances, the championships, the good ol days...

[erik316wttn]

I have a feeling we are going to really miss the tribune years.

Yeah, the perennial playoff appearances, the championships, the good ol days...

 

Don't forget spending top dollar to retain our best players like Greg Maddux.

[Jehrico]

I have a feeling we are going to really miss the tribune years.

Yeah, the perennial playoff appearances, the championships, the good ol days...

 

Don't forget spending top dollar to retain our best players like Greg Maddux.

Honestly, that's maybe the one thing the Trib did well. Outside of Maddux, did they ever lose another player that they wanted to hold on to? I think he was the only one. The Maddux debacle was all Himes. The money was there, Himes let Maddux walk out of spite because he didn't like Maddux and his agent acting so presumptious by giving him a deadline on when to have their offer in, so he let the deadline pass and sent him the offer the next day to show them who was boss.

 

Himes should have been publicly lynched over that one.

[CoolHandLuke]

The trib was far from ideal, but there are far worse professional sports team owners out there.

[Clem Fandango]

The trib was far from ideal, but there are far worse professional sports team owners out there.

 

*cough* Peter Angelos *cough*

[CUBZ99]

I have a feeling we are going to really miss the tribune years.

Yeah, the perennial playoff appearances, the championships, the good ol days...

 

Don't forget spending top dollar to retain our best players like Greg Maddux.

Honestly, that's maybe the one thing the Trib did well. Outside of Maddux, did they ever lose another player that they wanted to hold on to? I think he was the only one. The Maddux debacle was all Himes. The money was there, Himes let Maddux walk out of spite because he didn't like Maddux and his agent acting so presumptious by giving him a deadline on when to have their offer in, so he let the deadline pass and sent him the offer the next day to show them who was boss.

 

Himes should have been publicly lynched over that one.

 

I think the Trib's record speaks for itself. They owned the team for how many years? And made it to the playoffs 10% or less of the time? Don't see how it could get much worse than that for a major market team.

[NCCubFan]

I think the Trib's record speaks for itself. They owned the team for how many years? And made it to the playoffs 10% or less of the time? Don't see how it could get much worse than that for a major market team.

Counting 2008 the Trib has owned the Cubs for 27 years and made it to the playoffs 6 times (1984, 1989, 1998, 2003, 2007, and 2008). If I'm doing the math correctly that's not even remotely close to "10% or less of the time."

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I think the Trib's record speaks for itself. They owned the team for how many years? And made it to the playoffs 10% or less of the time? Don't see how it could get much worse than that for a major market team.

Counting 2008 the Trib has owned the Cubs for 27 years and made it to the playoffs 6 times (1984, 1989, 1998, 2003, 2007, and 2008). If I'm doing the math correctly that's not even remotely close to "10% or less of the time."

 

I was going to say that you have to win a game in the playoffs for the appearance to count, but they still squeak by even then.

[UMFan83]

As for the sale of the team, Kenney said the Cubs are going over the bids and owner Tribune Co. is expected to complete the sale by spring training, which begins in mid-February and ends on April 4. He indicated Tribune Co. will not keep half the team, as has been reported.

[BigbadB]

Cool. Now we have a time line as to when Hendry can make his next roster move.

[Jehrico]

I have a feeling we are going to really miss the tribune years.

Yeah, the perennial playoff appearances, the championships, the good ol days...

 

Don't forget spending top dollar to retain our best players like Greg Maddux.

Honestly, that's maybe the one thing the Trib did well. Outside of Maddux, did they ever lose another player that they wanted to hold on to? I think he was the only one. The Maddux debacle was all Himes. The money was there, Himes let Maddux walk out of spite because he didn't like Maddux and his agent acting so presumptious by giving him a deadline on when to have their offer in, so he let the deadline pass and sent him the offer the next day to show them who was boss.

 

Himes should have been publicly lynched over that one.

 

I think the Trib's record speaks for itself. They owned the team for how many years? And made it to the playoffs 10% or less of the time? Don't see how it could get much worse than that for a major market team.

I'm not defending the trib...they never had a budget appropriate for what the fans were bringing in until the last couple of years, their first 20 years were horrible. However, outside of Maddux, they retained EVERY good player they ever wanted to keep. On top of that, Maddux wasn't lost because of money either. Their frugality didn't keep us from keeping our good players, where it showed was that we never paid top dollars for any premium FA talent, nor did they ever trade for any. The first big-name, expensive acquisition was Nomar, 24 years into their ownership, and their first big-name FA signing was Soriano, 26 years after. Their record is horrible and there is plenty to complain about. All I was saying was that loosing our best players is maybe the ONE thing about the trib's ownership in the first 20+ years you couldn't complain about.

[8654]

I have a feeling we are going to really miss the tribune years.

Yeah, the perennial playoff appearances, the championships, the good ol days...

 

Don't forget spending top dollar to retain our best players like Greg Maddux.

Honestly, that's maybe the one thing the Trib did well. Outside of Maddux, did they ever lose another player that they wanted to hold on to? I think he was the only one. The Maddux debacle was all Himes. The money was there, Himes let Maddux walk out of spite because he didn't like Maddux and his agent acting so presumptious by giving him a deadline on when to have their offer in, so he let the deadline pass and sent him the offer the next day to show them who was boss.

 

Himes should have been publicly lynched over that one.

 

 

Problem now is Lou won't PLAY the guys he don't (personally) like.

 

My 2 issues w/ new oh-no-ship:

1. Does anybody want a couple NY'ers owning the Cubs?

2. The other 2 bidders I heard of are in, if I remember correctly, the finance and real estate related sectors - I'm not sure that is the way to go these days.

 

I'm scared . . . of the new ownership cutting the payroll in 1/2 & not caring about the success of the team. The Trib may have been inept, but at least it seemed as though they wanted to win.

[CoolHandLuke]

If I'm sitting there eating a McDonald's cheeseburger and someone comes along and says, "hey, you have to eat something different!" I could end up with bacon-wrapped fillet mignon, but a part of me is scared that I will end up with skewered scorpions.

 

That's how I feel. Change doesn't necessarily mean change for the better.

[AlwaysaCub]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_re_us/blagojevich_corruption_probe

 

How does this relate you ask?

 

According to a federal criminal complaint, Blagojevich also was charged with illegally threatening to withhold state assistance to Tribune Co., the owner of the Chicago Tribune, in the sale of Wrigley Field. In return for state assistance, Blagojevich allegedly wanted members of the paper's editorial board who had been critical of him fired.

[Soul]

I think the Trib's record speaks for itself. They owned the team for how many years? And made it to the playoffs 10% or less of the time? Don't see how it could get much worse than that for a major market team.

Counting 2008 the Trib has owned the Cubs for 27 years and made it to the playoffs 6 times (1984, 1989, 1998, 2003, 2007, and 2008). If I'm doing the math correctly that's not even remotely close to "10% or less of the time."

 

I was going to say that you have to win a game in the playoffs for the appearance to count, but they still squeak by even then.

 

I still can't say I'll miss an owner who delivered 0 championships, and 0 championship appearances.