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  1. CubinNY
    I’d rather a normal billionaire who’s looking to win and not build an amusement park to siphon every last nickel from his/her/their fans.
  2. CubinNY
    When the last kid dies and they have to split by however many grandkids they will sell. Poppa Joe bought the team.
  3. CubinNY
    https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-statement-on-house-passage-of-h-r-4371 https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-12-18/trump-administration-moves-to-block-criminalize-gender-affirming-care-for-minors https://www.ibanet.org/US-presidency-weaponised-Department-of-Justice-investigations-prompt-concerns-over-independence https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/leaked-memo-bondi-doj-list-target-anti-trump-activists-domestic-terrorists/ I can literally do this all day.
  4. CubinNY
    I would imagine if they lose the bidding, they will have to turn to a trade for a pitcher, which (IMO) isn't the worst outcome.
  5. CubinNY
    Different political views? Riiiight. Saying I'm for a smaller, more efficient government that taxes at the lowest rate possible is a political view. I don't agree with it, but I'm not going to get bent out of shape about it. Going to a speaking engagement at a White Supremacist rally and morning a grifter who did more damage to this country in his short and miserable life isn't about politics. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but they have consequences.
  6. CubinNY
    Because who wants to root for an as$hole?
  7. CubinNY
    I'm horrible with financial stuff, but why can't the state issue a bond that the team pays back in, like, 50 years or something?
  8. CubinNY
    Behavior has consequences. He will be a role model for others. I'm with Goony, let everyone know so we can identify them. Having a little pushback may get him to question his beliefs, but that's not generally something those folks do.
  9. CubinNY
    Kind of picked the wrong picture.
  10. CubinNY
    It was more bad translation than anything else.
  11. CubinNY
    The point is that they can't get a fair value in a trade for Nico because the things he does well are more valuable to the Cubs than they will be for most other teams. What kind of a return are they going to get for a singles hitter who plays Gold Glove 2nd base? Maybe if some team sees him as an SS. It would be hard to line up a trade. The 3rd base stuff is extrinsic to trading Nico. They don't need to trade him.
  12. CubinNY
    assuming a lot.
  13. CubinNY
    Imagine the smell of the air for the Gary Bears. It might be an environmental hazard to play there.
  14. CubinNY
    Nico is worth more to the Cubs than he will fetch in a trade. Jed's built this team on pitching and defense.
  15. CubinNY
    Because he was.
  16. CubinNY
    The Cubs and the Yankees are the same team to an extent. The owners have the same outlook, so I'd say the Cubs have a 50/50 chance if it's just the two teams left standing. However, I'd bet that Cashman is much more likely than Hoyer to talk his owner into something uncomfortable.
  17. CubinNY
    They are waiting for the Imari. If he doesn't sign they will go after King or make a trade for a pticher.
  18. CubinNY
    I'd say somewhere in the middle, just like him.
  19. CubinNY
    Don't be obtuse. And it remains to be seen what kind of a pitcher Horton is or even if he can pitch a full season, seeing as how he's never done,... since high school.
  20. CubinNY
    Every year it's the same thing. The media ties them to a top teir free agent and then they end up signing whoever will sign for X dollars for X years. That's how they got Swanson. Going into that year's offseason, Dansby was the fourth SS by a large margin. He would have been hitting 8th or 9th in the batting order in Atlanta. They paid a price for Tucker and then teased at an extension, knowing full well it wouldn't happen unless a lot of other things happened first. And every year we have the same conversations that go something like this: "I'm glad the Cubs didn't sign him to that contract." "He must have wanted to go to team X, because the Cubs offer was similar." "This guy they just signed kind of sucks, but it at least they didn't overpay." "I wouldn't sign player X to that fourth year either." God forbid they pay one penny more or one year more than "good value".
  21. CubinNY
    They share the same philosophical underpinnings for operating an MLB team. Tom has said multiple times he doesn't want to pay for past performance, and the best way to build a sustainable winner is to build from within. Jed is his sock puppet. The only problem is that they are both mediocre white guys who produce mediocre outcomes. Look at the guys he drafts in the top rounds- they are all a different version of Ian Happ.,
  22. CubinNY
    The rickets are pocketing tens of millions of dollars every single year maybe even hundreds of millions of dollars we don’t know
  23. CubinNY
    They are only competitive because they’re in a division with a bunch of small market teams who are getting advantages that they don’t get. And they refuse to use the one advantage that they have. It’s like the Ricketts have morphed into the Wrigley family and have their lackey Jed to make sure that they appear competitive so they can get the blue hairs to come into Wrigley and spend their money.
  24. CubinNY
    So much horsefeathers. Every horsefeathers team makes a lot of moves every year.
  25. CubinNY
    He never gets his horsefeathers man he settles for whoever will take the least amount of money
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