Cubs (Brown) vs Reds (Abbott): 6/8/24, 3:10pm

[Brian707]

13 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

The 2 teams from mighty big market Chicago are collectively looking up at 8 small market teams in their respective divisions. Unreal 

This is what happens when you have ownership who dictate to run their respective teams like they are a small market.  At least the Sox have an excuse to run their teams this way.  Their fans don't show up. Cubs fans show up just about no matter what. Jed is just a company man for these terrible people 

[CubinNY]

28 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

This is what happens when you have ownership who dictate to run their respective teams like they are a small market.  At least the Sox have an excuse to run their teams this way.  Their fans don't show up. Cubs fans show up just about no matter what. Jed is just a company man for these terrible people 

It’s a business model. Jed is the COO of the product line. His job is to make the best product he can within the limits of the profit margin. He’s just not real good at that because he keeps “making” the same players, more or less. Ian Happ is the mold. He came up a middle infielder. There in nothing necessary wrong with that. But it’s hard to make it a winning team. You need good pitching and good defense. They have only part of that. 
 

The Ricketts aren’t going to pay or “amortize” a contract like the Phillies owner will. They almost did that once and it scared the 💩 out of Tommy Boy and his sibs.