CubinNY
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This is the part that keeps gnawing at me. "and the way the rest of us might soon either be in bed with Sinclair or out altogether." I'm mostly leaning out altogether. I can't get behind the creeps who own the team and it's killing whatever is left of my childhood self.
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Good, stay away from those trust fund hippie stoners in SD. You must have never been to San Diego.
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This is something I have found people with terrible, thoughtless, baseless, and immature opinions like to say. That last bit about spending being against the rules is not even an opinion and is factually incorrect. Same is true of the Harper/Yelich OBP takes Merry Christmas! No clue what you are talking about but that’s ok. If you feel the franchise that blows the most money wins, keep telling yourself that. You’d be wrong and miserable like the yankee fanbase that rarely wins anymore and is never happy although always blows the most money. Listening to wfan this morning and all their blowhards could talk about was adding harper or machado or both as a last piece of the puzzle. It never ends. It guarantees nothing and rarely results in anything but a bigger financial hole Do you live in the early 90s?
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The rules that the richer guys make so they don’t have to pay the merely rich guys who are the reason the richer guys stay richer. Makes sense.
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The Ricketts do not have to move salary to get Bryce, they are choosing to use it as an excuse. The shine is off Theo and his group of geniuses. The Ricketts are liars. Maybe if the Cubs get back to sucking again the universe will realign itself from the tilt caused by 2016 and we can get back to normal Republicans who don't say the quiet parts loud.
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Hayward's counting stats will die a quick death in that park, or faster than they did with his time with the Cubs.
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They are making it hard to like this team.
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Lee Smith, Harold Baines elected to HOF
CubinNY replied to cl smooth's topic in General Baseball Talk
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PTR is betting the field. Those immigrant kids don’t lock themselves up.
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Rule 5/Rule V/Rule Five or whatever you weirdos want to call it
CubinNY replied to Cubswin11's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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He would likely bankrupt them. Even if he doesn't, they won't be able to put enough talent around him to win.
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This article should be really interesting to IMB. Joe was coming after him.
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I agree mostly with TT. If the Cubs don't make an offer to Harper or the offer is significantly less than what he signs for, this is mostly on the front office. It seems like Theo and Co have changed their operating assumptions that pitching is a premium and value is in the offense. Maybe Chatwood burned them, but given his track record, it shouldn't have. I think picking up Hammels option was short-term thinking that is going to hurt long-term success. Players like Harper who hit free agency in their 20s are pretty rare. Having said all that, I don't think the Ricketts are living up to their statements when they bought the Cubs. By-and-large they are despicable. Anyone who supports a regime that separates children from their families as a means of deterrence doesn't get the benefit of the doubt on anything.
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Obviously, no one except Theo and his team, Boras and his team, and Harper know what's really happening. But I don't get the, "if Harper wants to come to the Cubs, he will." He will not come if the Cubs make a substandard offer. This is giving me PTSD to the Hendry/Tribune Cubs when they were happy they made a "competitive" offer. Carlos Beltran could have been a difference maker on the Cubs, but Hendry was happy with the offer the Cubs made even though it was significantly less than what he signed for. I hope they get Harper, so whatever, obviously.
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The Cubs are a cash cow for the Ricketts family or they wouldn't own them and spend money on improving Wrigley and the entire blocks around Wrigley. They are bending to the will of the other owners (and themselves) to not spend money to keep contracts down. Someday after Trump burns down the world and anthropologists from a distant planet discover the remains, they will find private communications between the owners showing collusion. Everyone knows it, but it seems impossible to do anything about it. If collusion helps the Cubs sign Harper than more collusion please and thank you. Poor Bryce Harper may only get $380 million instead of $400. Maybe playing for the Cubs will get him more endorsement money and it will even out. It's about not spending past the Luxury Tax. It's a self-imposed salary cap. Meanwhile, the owners are able to hide profits and do shady accounting and claim they aren't making money.
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The Cubs are a cash cow for the Ricketts family or they wouldn't own them and spend money on improving Wrigley and the entire blocks around Wrigley. They are bending to the will of the other owners (and themselves) to not spend money to keep contracts down. Someday after Trump burns down the world and anthropologists from a distant planet discover the remains, they will find private communications between the owners showing collusion. Everyone knows it, but it seems impossible to do anything about it.
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Day 1 of the Winter Meetings in Vegas: Harper calls a press conference. Sits at a table with hats of the Phillies, Nats, Dodgers, Yankees in front of him. Says he has decided. Then, Anthony Rizzo appears, flips the table. Kris Bryant walks out, hands Bryce a Cubs hat, he puts it on, everyone rejoices. Edwards appears from off camera doing the worm across the floor and Theo casually hands Hoyer a towel. All that's left is the feedback from when the mic dropped.
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I always wanted the Cubs to get him back. I had him on the Cubs team in all my MLB games. So sad.
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The above sort of begs the question, why would Bryce want to sign with these stiffs?
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i don't think it definitely confirms anything other than that is the message being sent publicly, which we pretty much already knew. that said, i do think they want to move some salary to allow for flexibility with a harper signing. whether they would ultimately do it regardless of being able to move guys, i'm not sure. Why the F did they pick up Hammels option if they need to move money around to get the best player on the market? The window isn’t opening it’s closing.
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Seriously though, would the Cubs having or not having interest in Harper change anything in terms of other teams pursuit?
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I just received an email from the Cubs alerting me to a concert on June 14 and 15 of Dead and Company. I wonder how much the Ricketts are pocketing for these concerts and I wonder if the money is going to the Cubs or if the Rickets are "renting" the field and putting the profits elsewhere? Same with all the development around Wrigley. Is that going to the Cubs or the Ricketts Family Trust? I find it so hard to believe that they are strapped for cash.
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Machado will really be a fan favorite
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Who is going to take Chattwood when he walks 8.2/9 and only strikes out 7.4/9 (-.11 K/BB) and making $12.5M? He's practically untouchable for all the wrong reasons.
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We need a non-pizza update sign on the title.