2015 Cubs Positivity Thread

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http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/13731221/chicago-cubs-back-postseason-perhaps-thanks-new-ownership-ricketts-family

 

Todd sure comes off as creepy.

 

isn't that the guy who looked even more embarrassingly incompetent than most undercover bosses already do?

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IS IT REDIVYCUB?

 

Meanwhile, the family brought a business school mentality that some longtime staffers felt failed to appreciate their institutional knowledge. Says one former employee: "We had a line around the office that went something like, 'We used to be run by a large corporation that felt like a family; now we're run by a family that feels like a large corporation.' "

[jersey cubs fan]

IS IT REDIVYCUB?

 

Meanwhile, the family brought a business school mentality that some longtime staffers felt failed to appreciate their institutional knowledge. Says one former employee: "We had a line around the office that went something like, 'We used to be run by a large corporation that felt like a family; now we're run by a family that feels like a large corporation.' "

 

It's nice to be incorporated but it's incorporate to be nice.

[SouthSideRyan]

IS IT REDIVYCUB?

 

Meanwhile, the family brought a business school mentality that some longtime staffers felt failed to appreciate their institutional knowledge. Says one former employee: "We had a line around the office that went something like, 'We used to be run by a large corporation that felt like a family; now we're run by a family that feels like a large corporation.' "

 

It's nice to be incorporated but it's incorporate to be nice.

 

Burst out laughing on a conference call.

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http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/13731221/chicago-cubs-back-postseason-perhaps-thanks-new-ownership-ricketts-family

 

Todd sure comes off as creepy.

 

i posted that link before i read too far

 

at first i was wondering what you were talking about

 

then i read some more and im like "ok, that's kinda creepy..."

 

and then, BOOM

 

"I do all sorts of manscaping," Todd responds.

 

 

but wait...no...

 

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Baker, the political aide and protector of the Ricketts brand, steps in to try to shut him up. "All right, all right, all right!" he says. "That's what we don't need."

 

But Todd isn't finished. He has a vision for this article, one he brings up more than once. He's even written his own headline: "Cubs owner Todd Ricketts and his good friend Kate in the Owners' Body Issue." He says to Upton: "Will you do that with me?"

 

"Sure!" she says. "100 percent!" They high-five.

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check out the sun times trying to go all pro-cubs

 

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Wittenmyer: The Cubs aren't afraid of curses, but will that haunt them come October?

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[jersey cubs fan]

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we are v good at not giving up exit velocity

 

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[snoodmonger]

IS IT REDIVYCUB?

 

Meanwhile, the family brought a business school mentality that some longtime staffers felt failed to appreciate their institutional knowledge. Says one former employee: "We had a line around the office that went something like, 'We used to be run by a large corporation that felt like a family; now we're run by a family that feels like a large corporation.' "

 

It's nice to be incorporated but it's incorporate to be nice.

 

holy [expletive] jersey. amazing.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

we are v good at not giving up exit velocity

 

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Nice. I wonder how many of them are against Arrieta?

[North]

Wittenmyer: The Cubs aren't afraid of curses, but will that haunt them come October?

 

Haha, really, that's a headline? Wittenmyer is the [expletive] that's on the bottom of your shoe. He's annoying and irritating, and you just can't get rid of it. I still can't believe he had the balls to ask Castro whether 1) he knew what ADHD was and 2) whether he thought he had it.

[jersey cubs fan]

Wittenmyer: The Cubs aren't afraid of curses, but will that haunt them come October?

 

Haha, really, that's a headline? Wittenmyer is the [expletive] that's on the bottom of your shoe. He's annoying and irritating, and you just can't get rid of it. I still can't believe he had the balls to ask Castro whether 1) he knew what ADHD was and 2) whether he thought he had it.

That was TT's satirical wittenmeyer headline.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-theo-epstein-cubs-playoffs-sullivan-spt-1004-20151003-story.html

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-theo-epstein-cubs-playoffs-sullivan-spt-1004-20151003-story.html

 

^ BTW, I know we hate Sullivan, but that was a solid read, IMO.

 

a lot of stuff we already knew, but some stuff some might not have known too

[Banedon]

It was a good article because Sullivan managed to not interject his own snarky opinion. He just told a story. And he can do that well.

[Gmoney08]

I dont know if this is the best spot to post this but..

 

The ESPN 1000 Radio shows at Chicago Cut today have been awesome.

 

Even Kaplans midday show has been pretty decent. Arrieta did 1 hour with Carmen & Jurko.. it was phenomenal. Talked about his nutrition, working out, 2012 Orioles, Maddon, the young talent, all the pitches he throws & variations of it. Great Interview.

 

Castro, Bryant and Hendricks have been on today as well with some nice insights.

 

Silvy had a nice zing on Kaplan a couple seconds ago.

 

Kaplan keeps yelling at everyone to take one pitch, one at bat, one inning at a time and never be nervous. Silvy started making fun of him, you're not the Coach Kaplan... you and your computer saying means nothing. LOL

 

He does keep trying to force this one pitch quote of his on every show of his.

 

Waddle said Kaplan brought it up like 5 times in an interview with Ryan Dempster recently..

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Yeessssssssss Jake. God damn we are [expletive] awesome.

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until i just saw on the tribune's photo gallery that this was herrera, i was perplexed by wtf was going on in that pic. i saw it on twitter and i couldn't get far enough past my astonishment at how bizarre it was to figure out what was going on.

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http://www.trbimg.com/img-5612ffc3/turbine/ct-cubs-travel-pittsburgh-photos-20151005-019/1300/1300x731

is that ricky renteria getting autographs?

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also CJ was on the plane to pittsburgh, not that it means anything

http://www.trbimg.com/img-5612ffc3/turbine/ct-cubs-travel-pittsburgh-photos-20151005-018/1300/1300x731

 

i bet addy has no lenses in those

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I still hate him, but...

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-joe-buck-cubs-sherman-sports-media-spt-1007-20151006-column.html

 

Joe Buck has called 17 World Series, 17 All-Star Games and four Super Bowls for Fox Sports. Throw in numerous big national games as Fox's lead voice for Major League Baseball and the NFL, plus his first U.S. Open this year, and it is a robust resume for any announcer.

 

Yet Buck says there still is one huge item on his wish list.

 

"If I could call Cubs games in the World Series, it would be the highlight of my career," Buck said.

 

When pressed if he wasn't being a bit hyperbolic given all that he's done at Fox, which includes being on the call for four World Series in his hometown of St. Louis, Buck reiterated his statement.

 

"When people say, 'What's the one thing you want to do?' that's my answer: Cubs in the World Series," Buck said. "I don't want to do an NBA Finals or a Kentucky Derby or moderate a presidential debate, as if that would happen. I want to sit at Wrigley Field, look out and know that a World Series game is about to start. It would be the cherry on top."

 

If Buck does call the Cubs during the 2015 postseason, it will be in the World Series. TBS will televise Wednesday's Cubs-Pirates wild-card game and the National League division and championship series. Buck, though, will be keeping a close eye on the Cubs while he concentrates on the American League playoffs for Fox.

 

"This was 2003, and somebody had this crappy TV," Buck said. "We're watching the game wind down, the Cubs are leading, and they show this shot of the crowd on Waveland outside the ballpark. I wish I had a picture of the faces of everyone in that car. It was like, 'Oh, my God, we're going to do a World Series at Wrigley. It's going to be insane.'"

 

Obviously, the dream was derailed with the epic Game 6 meltdown by the Cubs. However, the memory of that near-miss remains vivid for Buck.

 

"I've been salivating for that moment ever since," Buck said.