Orioles (Sugano) vs Cubs (Boyd): 8/2/25, 1:20pm

[CubinNY]

17 hours ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I'll give it up to the Bears, they might be totally inept and as poorly run as the Cubs, but they seem to be the one team in this city that actually cares about winning

what?

[PeanutPunch33]

1 hour ago, CubinNY said:

what?

The Bears (McCaskey family) are the only ownership in this city that cares about winning.  Ricketts, Reinsdorf x2, Wirtz - they don't give a damn about winning.  

[Rcal10]

3 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

The Bears (McCaskey family) are the only ownership in this city that cares about winning.  Ricketts, Reinsdorf x2, Wirtz - they don't give a damn about winning.  

Crazy talk. Fact is, like it or not, Ricketts is the best owner in Chicago. This is not saying much. I honestly hope the white Sox get an ownership that spends. Put some pressure on the Cubs to be good. Honestly all the owners in Chicago suck. TR just sucks the least. Not a high bar. 

Edited August 3, 2025 by Rcal10

[PeanutPunch33]

2 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Crazy talk. Fact is, line it or not, Eicketts is the best owner in Chicago. This is but saying much. I honestly hope the white Sox get an ownership that spends. Put some pressure on the Cubs to be good. Honestly all the owners in Chicago suck. TR just sucks the least. Not a high bar. 

The Bears might be super incompetent, but I've never questioned their *desire* to win.  Ricketts - he has gotten us a WS and I'll always be grateful for that, but he also chased out of town the same guy that built that team - Epstein was tired of being hamstrung by cheap ownership.  They had a juggernaut team and never made another significant move after 2017 to improve it. 

Ricketts has done a lot for Wrigley Field and the community, and he has won a WS so I guess by default he's the best.  Essentially, he's the fastest snail.  I am constantly questioning his desire to win and to spend money to build a championship team.   

[javy knows my name]

27 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

The Bears might be super incompetent, but I've never questioned their *desire* to win.  Ricketts - he has gotten us a WS and I'll always be grateful for that, but he also chased out of town the same guy that built that team - Epstein was tired of being hamstrung by cheap ownership.  They had a juggernaut team and never made another significant move after 2017 to improve it. 

Ricketts has done a lot for Wrigley Field and the community, and he has won a WS so I guess by default he's the best.  Essentially, he's the fastest snail.  I am constantly questioning his desire to win and to spend money to build a championship team.   

So you no longer agree with the point you re-iterated 20 mins ago?

[Rcal10]

27 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

The Bears might be super incompetent, but I've never questioned their *desire* to win.  Ricketts - he has gotten us a WS and I'll always be grateful for that, but he also chased out of town the same guy that built that team - Epstein was tired of being hamstrung by cheap ownership.  They had a juggernaut team and never made another significant move after 2017 to improve it. 

Ricketts has done a lot for Wrigley Field and the community, and he has won a WS so I guess by default he's the best.  Essentially, he's the fastest snail.  I am constantly questioning his desire to win and to spend money to build a championship team.   

Yep, fastest snail. Well said. Nothing to brag about, for sure. 

[PeanutPunch33]

21 minutes ago, javy knows my name said:

So you no longer agree with the point you re-iterated 20 mins ago?

My original point was:  the Bears are the only team that cares about winning in this city.  I never said they necessarily have the best ownership group.  Unfortunately, desire to win doesn't translate to success.  My next comments only re-summarized that point lol.  

 

[javy knows my name]

2 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

My original point was:  the Bears are the only team that cares about winning in this city.  I never said they necessarily have the best ownership group.  Unfortunately, desire to win doesn't translate to success.  My next comments only re-summarized that point lol.  

 

Well then I almost agreed with you 

[Backtobanks]

3 hours ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

The Bears (McCaskey family) are the only ownership in this city that cares about winning.  Ricketts, Reinsdorf x2, Wirtz - they don't give a damn about winning.  

Back in the day, Ditka said "Halas throws nickels around like manhole covers"  LOL

[PeanutPunch33]

5 hours ago, Backtobanks said:

Back in the day, Ditka said "Halas throws nickels around like manhole covers"  LOL

There's no doubt that they used to be cheap AF back in the day.  But the last 5-10 years or so, they've shown me that they do care about winning... they are just hilariously incompetent and not football people at all, so they always hire the John Fox's, Matt Nagy's and Eberflus's of the world.  I feel like they finally got it right though.  And they spent a TON of money this past off season.  

If Ricketts pays Tuck this off-season and keeps him in Chicago... I'll give him his flowers.  That's the standard for me.  They can't make a move like that and not keep him