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  1. CubinNY
    The South Bend Cubs cost a lot too. But the Montgomery Biscuits sell seats for as low as $6.
  2. CubinNY
    They aren’t afraid, Tommy Boy is not going to go over an imaginary line he pushed to create. I know they did it before. The past is the past.
  3. CubinNY
    Could anyone imagine your father buying a baseball franchise for you and your siblings to play with?
  4. CubinNY
    Big leaguers can handle velocity. That sort of the first hurdle to making it. They have a hard time with movement and location. Obviously, you can be throwing 82 MPH fastballs down the middle, but command is king.
  5. CubinNY
    The top 7-8 are remarkably consistent across people. I can't rate Wiggins in the top 20 based on pedigree alone. He hasn't pitched yet.
  6. CubinNY
    When I was a little kid the Cubs had a catcher for a while named Barry Foote who fit that description.
  7. CubinNY
    I'm thinking of Matthew Stafford in Detroit. I don't think the Bears are that inept.
  8. CubinNY
    holy horsefeathers. Lawn tickets for the March 14th game against Oakland(!!!!!!) are $20. Great seats are $100. It looks like it's sold out for the most part.
  9. CubinNY
    For the Cubs it's a big business. Last year their average crowd size was 13K and the place only holds 15K. And they aren't paying salaries. It's not that way for every team though. When we lived in Florida, I used to watch the Orioles play for $10 in Fort Lauderdale. That was 20 years ago though.
  10. CubinNY
    Cade HortonPete Crow-ArmstrongMatt ShawJordan WicksMichael BuschBen BrownOwen CaissieKevin AlcantaraAlexander CanarioLuis VazquezMoises BallesterosJames TriantosJefferson RojasHaydn McGearyJosh RiveraDrew GrayChristian FranklinDerniche ValdezBJ Murray Jr
  11. CubinNY
    Ballesteros is one I want to see pictures of in ST. If he can drop 20 pounds, look out
  12. CubinNY
    Moving forward, the Ricketts way of doing business is going to be the predominant model if it isn't already. The Red Sox are taking the same approach. Truth be told, it's not a bad model if you have the right people in place to make it work. What could be better than a winning team that makes a ton of money for ownership? I don't know that Jed is the right guy, but if the consensus about the farm is accurate, he may be. I don't know that the Ricketts are smart enough to know though. I don't think they much care about winning as long as the money is flowing. I suppose if they go another year or two hovering around .500 he may get some heat, but I doubt it.
  13. CubinNY
    Is Chicago sports radio as crazy as social media?
  14. CubinNY
    I know they are asking for a huge contract, but it almost does not make sense that no other team is interested in Bellinger. I suppose maybe the Cubs are the only team interested in getting near the demands or something. But it seems like a lot of teams would be interested in a shorter contract.
  15. CubinNY
    It will be glorious
  16. CubinNY
    Let us please argue about important stuff like Nick Madrigal's noodle arm and wiffle ball bat. Or the wisdom of handing Michael Busch the starting 1B job out of ST, if that is going to happen. Let us not argue about unimportant stuff. But I must say, I forgot to mention that the Ricketts own a sports betting bar across the street from Wrigley in addition to all the other stuff. Owning any one of those properties around Wrigley would make someone wealthy beyond what almost any person (except, SSR) on this site could imagine. ---- But seriously, I think Nick Madrigal gets a lot of flack and would be the perfect table-setter for a team like the Yankees. He might score 100 runs in that lineup every day. He doesn't fit the Cubs needs.
  17. CubinNY
    Yes. Theo left money on the table to get away from the issue. He helped create it, granted.
  18. CubinNY
    Don't you put that evil on me, Rickey Bobby.
  19. CubinNY
    So... how about that slogan? That's really something.
  20. CubinNY
    I'm not that much of a hockey fan. I loved going to games in college though. But I really hope they can surround Bedard with some talent before long. He looks like a special player.
  21. CubinNY
    Jed is betting on his development team to produce the next good Cubs team. He will tinker around with some stuff. They got their big acquisition for the next few years in Swanson, but the team is going to rise or fall based on the farm products.
  22. CubinNY
    I don't know. I don't know many teams that own city blocks from which to derive revenue. I suppose the Red Sox and I'm not sure maybe St. Louis. But the network stuff seems fishy to me as well. They are basically paying themselves to broadcast games. So I guess if we want to do accounting tricks with the money.
  23. CubinNY
    We don't know how much revenue they bring in through advertisements all over Wrigley, their concerts, the Winter Festival, the bars, apartments, and hotels, and the list goes on. I suppose one could say that those are not Cubs related, one would be obtuse in saying that, but it could be said.
  24. CubinNY
    Yes!!!!
  25. CubinNY
    These are deals made every year for washed-up vets to give them a venue to get in shape and take up some innings playing in the ST, because they need the warm bodies. At cut time, they will be cut and released in all likelihood and try to catch on with someone else. They are not keeping a 38-year-old David Peralta on a team with designs for winning the division.
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