Random Cubs Musings

[Clem Fandango]

Well that's just impressive.

[treebird]

Random musing: Jim Abbott had two hits and three RBI in his life, all against the Cubs and off Jon Lieber.

 

also note the glory that is sosa in cf, thus indicating this is likely one of those all-mash/no-defense lineups with henry rodriguez, sosa, and glenallen hill across the outfield.

[rocket]

Random musing: Jim Abbott had two hits and three RBI in his life, all against the Cubs and off Jon Lieber.

 

 

that second hit should be an e6

[jersey cubs fan]

http://thegamechicago.com/

 

David Haugh ‏@DavidHaugh 6m

Tom Ricketts coming up 87.7 FM on @kapman @gamechicago http://TheGameChicago.com

 

Tread cautiously, this is Haugh and Kaplan.

[jersey cubs fan]

"We'll be fine, we'll have a good summer."

[jersey cubs fan]

Haugh asking a question that Ricketts cannot ask honestly:

 

"Why is it important for Baez, regardless of having a great spring, to go to AAA." He also mentioned "the clock". Tom just said Theo and Jed decide those things.

[SouthSideRyan]

"We'll be fine, we'll have a good summer."

 

Must be going on another safari

[jersey cubs fan]

Kaplan:

 

"How do you handle the pitchfork and torches crowd."

 

Ricketts

 

"You manage your roster to have a short turd, short-term, success."

[jersey cubs fan]

talking wrigley, where does it stand?

 

"Right now we continue to keep talking, looking for something that works for everybody goal is to get something to gets us to move forward with the least amount of incremental drama. Right now we are just trying to work it out."

[jersey cubs fan]

Kaplan

 

why don't you threaten to move?

 

"Like I said on first day of spring training, we don't want to treat Wrigley just like any other park that does not have value to the fans. Others are just parking lots in the suburbs."

 

"we're moving forward"

[jersey cubs fan]

if that goes on forever we do have to work on other locations (said dismissively) but we aren't treating wrigley just like any other stadium. We've handled it by being respectful of what Wrigley is.

[SouthSideRyan]

Lol, they're not gonna get anything done on renovations next year either are they

[jersey cubs fan]

Talking about Dominican facility.

 

Ricketts talking about how CBA changed rules and how they think the facility will be the difference with contract offers being very similar.

[jersey cubs fan]

"We've never been anything but direct about our direction."

 

 

This simply is not true.

[Guest]

Yeah, I remember being pissed about the new rules after they had just invested in that new facility, but I guess it makes more sense that it becomes a tie-breaker if anything. It's not like IFA's were gonna turn down millions more before because of a nice facility.

[Guest]

I just want this to all be over so we can have an awesome young MLB team with a high payroll and a nice ass Wrigley and surrounding area and a sweet Cubs network with Cubs stuff on all the time. Can we just do that [expletive] now?

[Sammys Boombox]

if that goes on forever we do have to work on other locations (said dismissively) but we aren't treating wrigley just like any other stadium. We've handled it by being respectful of what Wrigley is.

 

The question he was answering was along the lines of :What do you say to those who think you are being too nice? Why didn't you just come in telling Rahm and the rooftops what you wanted, why it was more than fair what you were offering and to either get out of the way or you were going to be having meetings with these mayors in the suburbs tomorrow?

 

I thought a great follow up would have been, "Knowing now that four years after buying the team you still not have begun renovations, would you be more forceful at the beginning if you could go back? If not, why? Where do you think you would be if you had been more forceful from the beginning?"

[imb]

Kaplan:

 

"How do you handle the pitchfork and torches crowd."

 

Ricketts

 

"You manage your roster to have a short turd"

 

[expletive], get torreyes back

[davell]

Talking about Dominican facility.

 

Ricketts talking about how CBA changed rules and how they think the facility will be the difference with contract offers being very similar.

That's great and all until there's a draft in a couple of years.

[Guest]

JIM BOWDEN ‏@JimBowdenESPNxm 4m

Jed Hoyer #Cubs made it clear to us that their preference is to sign Jeff Samardzija rather than trade him as they keep working on it XM89

 

FWIW

[Guest]

Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 1m

Tom Ricketts wants to see Sammy Sosa return to the #Cubs - http://bit.ly/1dsLNTZ

 

yay

[jersey cubs fan]

Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 1m

Tom Ricketts wants to see Sammy Sosa return to the #Cubs - http://bit.ly/1dsLNTZ

 

yay

 

Weird choice in title.

 

That was not my interpretation of his answer to the question while listening live. He did mention how it was weird that we basically don't acknowledge these people, but that was balanced both before and after with words and body language that indicated to me he's got very little interest in doing that. He basically said he doesn't see it happened and blamed it on not wanting to offend tight asses.

[Guest]

Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 1m

Tom Ricketts wants to see Sammy Sosa return to the #Cubs - http://bit.ly/1dsLNTZ

 

yay

 

Weird choice in title.

 

That was not my interpretation of his answer to the question while listening live. He did mention how it was weird that we basically don't acknowledge these people, but that was balanced both before and after with words and body language that indicated to me he's got very little interest in doing that. He basically said he doesn't see it happened and blamed it on not wanting to offend tight asses.

well, damn. that's what i get for not clicking links.

[SouthSideRyan]

I bet sosas appearance fee is too high.

[Guest]

I bet sosas appearance fee is too high.

 

#ptr