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  1. They only outweighed them because the talent was able to overcome the terrible decisions. He should not apologize because it's stupid to apologize. His managing was so out of character for him I do not except it will happen again. I have no idea what happened. Chapman was asked a question and he answered it truthfully.i don't think he was disparaging Joe. He said it's not his decision to make and he needs to be ready to go. Move on.
  2. The Ricketts are not losing money by kicking me off the season ticket list and giving my seats to another guy. That makes this stunt even more hilarious -- they knew that I and other season ticket holders were doing this for years and didn't cancel. Why not? Because nobody was going to those games then. It's hilarious but sad that you guys think they care about you. They returned 108 years of loyalty and years of overpriced baseball the only way they know how: By raising ticket prices by 20% on you season ticket holders. You really do not get it. Nobody thinks the Cubs are thinking about them. This is about your behavior and your expectation of the consequences of your behavior. Buying Cubs tickets is not an investment opportunity.
  3. Right, because season ticket holders are not entitled to receive anything favorable for investing thousands of dollars for years, including during bad seasons. They should just give the tickets at face value to you -- the guy who was sitting on his couch eating pork rinds -- rather than putting them on a marketplace that millions of people have access to and can decide what the value of the ticket is worth to them. Seems fair. I prefer bbq chips. Nobody cares how much you spent. You are not supposed to buy season tickets so you can go to the games you want for free or to make money. You are delusional. If you are giving them to me at face value they are not for free. Scalpers are among the lowest forms of humanity.
  4. Don't agree at all. 2013-14 sucked. Those of us that had them those years did so for the payoff of having them when they were good. It was money lit on fire. When you buy season tickets you are not supposed to be making an investment for a financial return. You are buying a product. You shouldn't expect to break even or make money. If that's your expectation, I hope you lose your seats too.
  5. You just answered your own question. There are about 25,000 seats sold through season tickets meaning there are, what, maybe 10,000 season ticket holders (though probably fewer because last I recall, season ticket holders could have up to 10 tickets per account)? So you do the math. The Cubs can easily afford to get rid of 500-1,000 accounts who they deem to be "scalping" when their list is 100,000 deep. Remember, you have your season tickets in their "absolute discretion." They can boot you at any time on their own terms. If their true goal is to maintain season tickets holders who they deem to be "loyal" then I don't think they will have a problem finding 1,000 more people who will not sell more than, say 20 games, on Stubhub. Do you? I don't think selling tickets every once in awhile on stub-hub is the problem. I don't really like what they are doing, but if I were the Cubs I wouldn't like people buying tickets for the purpose of making money off them, which by your on admission you've done to a great extent. It doesn't matter to them or to me that you've sunk a lot of money in tickets that you can't use or don't want. Don't buy season tickets if your intent is to go to a handful of games per year and sell the rest.
  6. I've forgotten how great that movie is.
  7. Wasn't it called, Your mother is a whore? Maybe not, I can't remember.
  8. When are they going to get their penalty for the hacking?
  9. those neon lights scream vegas stip club
  10. cue Yankees.
  11. Now Western Michigan's coach will have 2 Big 10 teams wanting his services.
  12. It's not that old, but the Cubbie Swagger Western medicine rants were pretty good. Also and related, the you don't get as bad a hang over from "top shelf" liquor.
  13. I don't want anything to do with Sale.
  14. [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo]But seriously, it seems like sort of a no-brainer as long as he doesn't get a NTC.
  15. Game Day in Kalamazoo this week. I never thought I'd ever write that sentence. As a matter of fact, I never thought I'd never thought I'd write that sentence.
  16. 1. Trust Theo/Jed 2. ? 3. Profit
  17. I don't really care if baseball is ever played again.
  18. My favorite thread was the augiedoggy melt down thread about Todd Walker. The photoshop in that thread was the inspiration for the Soriano thread. Tree and IMB at their best.
  19. I trust him with my life.
  20. Also, Joe Maddon is the luckiest man alive today. If they would have lost he'd never be forgiven.What a horsefeathers up. I can't believe he would manage these games so differently than the rest of the season, when all he does is preach about not letting the moment take you out of your game.
  21. It's just now sinking in. I've been a wreck all morning. Not crying, but tears welling up when I think about something related to my childhood and the Cubs. I thought about Santo this morning and started tearing up. Then I thought about Ernie, then my dad (still living), and on and on. It's just now sinking in.
  22. I have to get up for work in 4.5 hours and I'm not sure how I'm going to get to sleep
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