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  1. CubinNY
    Lol
  2. CubinNY
    They do it all the time, lol. Why would they put a deadline on a process that already has a deadline and the seat doesn’t start until April?
  3. CubinNY
    Track meet.
  4. CubinNY
    lol, I go to brush my teeth and bam, Bears up 7.
  5. CubinNY
    In just a few days it will be 2026 and it boring AF around here. Let’s talk about the state of the farm system. I’m no expert or even a novice, just an interested amateur, but the farm seems to me to be bereft of talent. If you exclude OWNKC, Mo, and Alcantara who will graduate or possibly be traded there is not a lot going on. Wiggins, maybe Jefferson Rojas and John Long are about it. Hernandez did well in his 2nd go around in low A, but at 22 and a professional since forever it seems he’s likely to be just a name. For pitchers? is the outlook better than I think or is this a bad farm system?
  6. CubinNY
    lol. Say it bigger it might make it true.
  7. CubinNY
    The Cubs make a nice foil for whomever Boras is negotiating with.
  8. CubinNY
    Thank you. But I don't think we know the whole story. I am also not sure if those Forbes numbers are accurate, but even if they are off by a lot, it doesn't matter. They don't want to pay for "past performance" (TM, PTR, 2017). They want to build a franchise by underpaying pre-arbitration and arbitration players and supplement them with veterans. But they won't pay a player one penny more than they think he should make, even if he's the best fit for the team. I also think they are greedy mother horsefeathers and don't want to share profits with the other owners. So they have bought up the real estate around Wrigley and are heavily in debt (right now). They are using the Cubs to leverage their real estate speculation and finance their debt. It's probably all perfectly legal, but it means their "profit" is going into other things besides the Cubs. Again, probably perfectly legal. A cynic might even call it smart. So their overall goal is to create a destination and have Cub fans pay them the moment they get off the El until they get back on it or back to the bus. And their prices make Bob Igor blush. So when PTR says they are trying to just break even, he's probably not lying, but he's not telling the whole truth either.
  9. CubinNY
    You are entitled to your opinion. How much is enough profit? How much should a family pay to see the team? Anything the owners decide? Do they have a responsibility that goes beyond owning a simple business, like, say, a furniture factory? If a furniture business made close to a 70% profit, how long would it stay in business without anti-trust protection, as baseball owners have? If the answers to these questions don't bother you, you are part of the problem.
  10. CubinNY
    Lololol. He’s like Ron Santo doing pbp for the Cubs. He gets excited and forgets down and distance. I love listening to him, but he’s so bad it’s good.
  11. CubinNY
    Barkley looks like he went a little overboard on the Botox and dermal abrasion.
  12. CubinNY
    The flavor is black licorice.
  13. CubinNY
    Yes, my guess is that Hoyer gave them his best offer and they are shopping it or a better offer from another team. Boras will wait until the last minute to see what happens.
  14. CubinNY
    Jed was always getting an extension. He'd the Ricketts alter-ego.
  15. CubinNY
    I think that was more wish casting by the fans than anything else.
  16. CubinNY
    What’s to stop him from staying in Japan and trying again in a year (if there is baseball next year).
  17. CubinNY
    I don't know what the conditions are for minority owners. The only one I know for sure is the guy who owns the SB Cubs. I don't know that they've publicly stated how many there are and what percentage of the team they own. My general understanding is that minority owners don't have a say in how the team is run, but they may receive a guaranteed rate of return. If I were the owner, I'd have a contract that each annual payment would reduce their ownership stake by a percentage until I owned the club again. Edit: After doing some reading, the minority owners aren't owning the Cubs; they own 5% of the LLC's shares, the Ricketts set up as a holding company.
  18. CubinNY
    Yes, I don't know if the rumor is true, but if it is, Tom and the sibs must be up to their eyes in real estate debt around Wrigley. It may be time for some more minority owner shares to be sold, hopefully not to PE, because, like the mob, they want their money back with interest on a timeline.
  19. CubinNY
    lolololol
  20. CubinNY
    If he has a good first half, he could be a good trade candidate if the Cubs are buyers.
  21. CubinNY
    It was a successful season, but now the bar is raised (at least by me). I also don't believe the ownership group is serious about winning a WS unless it fits their model of team construction. I think that their overall model as a franchise is to build a destination for baseball fans to go to so they can drain their wallets, not to go all Tom on everyone, but let's call it the "Disney model". So their main goal is to make a team capable of winning 82 games. The data are clear that they've perfected the model under Jed.
  22. CubinNY
    Which cities were burned down and who held a rally?
  23. CubinNY
    lol. WTF are you talking about?
  24. CubinNY
    What a game. I fell asleep with my earbuds in listening in bed and woke up to the announcers screaming when the touchdown happened. Saw the replay this morning in the duck blind. What a throw and what a catch.
  25. CubinNY
    Hot start
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