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[SouthSideRyan]

Because [expletive] Jesse Rogers I'm more trustworthy

[SouthSideRyan]

Rally this just allows me to keep my thoughts in writing and not clutter up @poortomricketts

[SouthSideRyan]

-greatest fans pandering has begun

-Sosa in video package early

-soler bryant and Almora all in minute package

[SouthSideRyan]

CRANE has arrived!!! Not wearing his jersey but there are a lot of weirdos here who are. Getting that last use of the samardZija jersey while they can I guess

[SouthSideRyan]

Len!! will be making an appearance

[SouthSideRyan]

-Hurricane in Dominican, Chicago politics and rooftop mentioned as obstacles faced

-calls 2013 painful

-first Baez mention

-cubs way

-first renteria mention

-closer now to World Series than 4 years ago

-ricketts placing big bets for big returns...(big bets??? [expletive] you)

[SouthSideRyan]

Cubs history video narrated by sinise

[SouthSideRyan]

Ricketts on vid package says most important thing he can do is hire the right people, Mesa complex focused ok briefly, Dominican facility As well

[SouthSideRyan]

-Analytical system showed breaking down videos in conjunction with a pitch f/x like tool

-cubs charities

-more fan pandering

-Darwin Barney hit a walk off hr last year???

[SouthSideRyan]

-cubs weight room is really pathetic

-really happy to see Castro featured as much as he has been May mean nothing but I'd worry a dump incoming if he was barely seen

-Dominican facility looks pretty damn sweet

-65000 square feet training facility in Mesa

-lol like 95% of the clips have been Castro and rizzo, and I could've sworn I've seen the same Castro clip 3 times in that vid

[SouthSideRyan]

Good lord! They were shipping weights from Chicago to Arizona and back because they didn't have weights in Arizona, this is one of the new developments that they are getting weights for both facilities unbelievable

[SouthSideRyan]

Claims cubs start every season 40m in the hole due to various factors/math I don't believe.

[treebird]

Claims cubs start every season 40m in the hole due to various factors/math I don't believe.

 

shipping costs. the cardinals own the railroad, so they charge whatever they like to move our weights back and forth. now that we have two sets, now we'll be making the real money.

[SouthSideRyan]

Wrigley renovations vid package from Len

 

Only thing that was new to me was a patio under the scoreboard, not sure if they would be expanded back or what because there's no room there

 

-new entry gate on Clark

-still hyping plaza west of stadium with office tower and hotel

-two story merchandise store connects to office with big video boards on outside

[SouthSideRyan]

Shockingly took over a half hour to mention wrigley 100 yr anniversary

 

Wrigleyfield100.com to launched in December. Sounds like omc will love it, bunch of history stuff

 

Each home stand will be tied to a decade

 

Every Sunday will be throwbacks??

 

Didn't quite understand what he said about road unis sound like they may be new?

 

Bobble head Fridays

 

Levy will have food from each decade as well, not sure what this means

 

I'm getting an ugly Wrigley 100 hat that I'll never wear for being here!

[Guest]

Could the played out Poor Tom Ricketts jokes at least make sense if we're going to make them?

 

 

More seriously, did they give any specifics on the "40 million in the hole" bit? I'm skeptical too, but I'm curious if they made it a "this is our burden forever" problem or "this will be fixed when we get renovations/TV money/casino on the moon finished" situation.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Could the played out Poor Tom Ricketts jokes at least make sense if we're going to make them?

 

 

More seriously, did they give any specifics on the "40 million in the hole" bit? I'm skeptical too, but I'm curious if they made it a "this is our burden forever" problem or "this will be fixed when we get renovations/TV money/casino on the moon finished" situation.

 

My guess is that it's referring to the maintenance on Wrigley Field? I've heard that's pretty significant.

[SouthSideRyan]

Theo is here id still go down on him so fast

 

Courage to be patient line

-thinks of fans with this line

-guilt tripping us talking about how great it is to see a packed house in September against the brewers

 

Best baseball fans In town??? That's not how to pander theo.

 

35 out of 50 line

 

Swore an oath to hate the cardinals, and it's been really easy so far

 

Young players are loyal, on the upswing etc.

 

Peak age is 27

 

Avg free agent is 32

 

References bell curve to a bunch of people who probably don't know what it is

 

Red six built with youth - only way to do it

 

No fa market for young players

 

Only way to acquire impact talent is thru drafts intl and trades

 

Last in ml production from 02-11 drafts

 

Had to fix scouting, developmental programs

 

Scouting

-new system established

-currency is information

 

Individualize player plans

 

Strengths and weaknesses

Guideline for player to develop how they want

Review plan withy player accordingly throughout the year

[SouthSideRyan]

Met with all coaches and scouts when they came in to put all on the same page. Cub way booklet is 350 pages Edited November 9, 2013 by SouthSideRyan

[SouthSideRyan]

Could the played out Poor Tom Ricketts jokes at least make sense if we're going to make them?

 

 

More seriously, did they give any specifics on the "40 million in the hole" bit? I'm skeptical too, but I'm curious if they made it a "this is our burden forever" problem or "this will be fixed when we get renovations/TV money/casino on the moon finished" situation.

 

Highest taxes in baseball

Not getting full money from rooftops

Not getting enough money from advertising in stadium

Media deals bein below average- biggest concern with this was that the footnote mentioned hat all deals expire in 2019 rather then mention anything about a bump from the wgn deal I guess they're trying to sell he issues but It caught my eye

[SouthSideRyan]

4 years for 78 years mention

Not an accomplishment in and of itself

It better work

 

Becomes difficult for fans

Don't take commitment for granted

References how miserable the last 2 aug/seps were

 

Happy to report progress of farm system almost ahead of schedule (blech)

Applause from mention of being a top 3 system by all rankings

 

Says we have 3 of the top 15 prospects in basebakl

[SouthSideRyan]

Prospect vid

 

BaeZ- sheffie comparison from theo Baez bomb montage

Almora - a winner transcendent qualities tremendous feel for game birn to play ball

Cj - is apparently black? 95 tremendous cut disappearing fastball

Soler - has chance to scare a lot of pitchers bombtage Great idea what he's doing at plate

Bryant - born to hit home runs simple approach good athlete for his size can play 3rd or corner of

 

Knows it's frustrating that the big league team sucks. The process!!

 

Pandering

 

Prospects talk about cubs way, playerspeak

 

No such thing as linear development

 

Baseball and business should come together at same time

[SouthSideRyan]

No panacea nothing is guaranteed

 

Will get rizzo and Castro back in track

 

One hour in first mentions of shark and welington

 

Theo talks about getting extremely aggressive when it all lines up, interpreting that as more before 2016 season

 

Hasn't done as good a job as he should have at ml level

 

Needed a manger who supports players give hem love and tough love

 

Very confident they found right guy. Wanted somebody who's already made an impact on ml team

 

Renteria vod

[Clem Fandango]

Cj - is apparently black?

 

It's weird, but it's always a bit of a shock to me to see a player who I've always thought was white be black, based only on name. C.J. Edwards, Donald Veal, Chris Archer, etc. There's so few African American players out there that it's always a "Oh wow" moment when you finally see a picture of a player who you've only tracked the numbers of.

[SouthSideRyan]

Dave Roberts gushing

 

Positive energy loves his players guys wanna play hard for him

 

Weird funeral-ish music playing in background

 

Renteria on vid

 

Hold guys accountable don't bury kids, if you bury then they're focusing on that rather than fixing the issue at hand

 

Advance their. Confidence level

 

Mostly fluff,, some more pandering

 

Executes, hustles, etc.

 

Stop calling us cubs nation rick