CubinNY

well, no, no it isn't. because, see, when you step into Wrigley, it's still actually 2007, not 1933. It's not a museum. The truth is, the Cubs have been extremely great about not simply tearing it down and building a luxury-suit riddled throwback park in Naperville, as that would actually keep them up with the other teams (as far as park revenue). let's not act like the cubs are doing us any big favors. these ads are embarrassing. our pristine ballpark is becoming a parody of its former self, and people like you are stepping up and telling others the cubs are being nice to us. as soon as the cubs figure out a way to swing it so that people won't get mad and they won't lose money, they'll start working on a new ballpark. I guess you haven't noticed how just about every other team in baseball has built a new ballpark, including the recently announced plans for a new yankee stadium. The Cubs are indeed doing us a favor by only putting Under Armor logos on the doors and not building Tribune Park out in Batavia As soon as they figure out how to move without losing the Lincoln Park beergarden crowd and pissing off half their fanbase , they will. These ads are just little steps towards that day. That's going to be pretty tough to figure out. They've already laid the groundwork with their contentious relationship with the neighborhood. The city isn't helping much either by declaring Wrigley a land mark, making any renovations more burdensome.

I don't think there was any overreaction at all. I think people were logically debating what should be done, but that is just me.

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I envy Bruce in every way possible. he can spell correctly he gets to go to Arizona in Feb. he gets to cover the cubs. This goes on and on.

I think that has more to do with his reputation than his ability.

You have got to be kidding me. And Stone is the arrogant one? Stone didn't just predict pitches anyway. He would warn about pitches. Stone would advise, "He's probably looking for a fastball outer half here. If Trout misses with his pitch, it may be a long day." Next thing you know, Bob Dernier is looking up over the ivy. Stone is simply the best color man in baseball. He did a fantastic job with the Cubs, and that carried over to his ESPN work. I agree with JC. Stone may have showed a thin skin with the Merker dibacle, but rightly so in my opinion. Nice to see you around JC. Snow day?

AGREED! I would not want it by the lake though. Summer is summer, but in April and May I could use a few extra degrees. I always thought a ballpark off I-90 right before the O'Hare turnoff. Then you are right on the Jefferson Park-O'Hare Train, near the tollway as well. And you would actually have room for parking. Make it happen Trib! Let's not get crazy. Yea, I'm not a huge fan of stadiums in isolated locations with highways and huge airports nearby. Personally, I'd love a new stadium right on the lake shore, as long as the park was designed tastefully. I know it's not realistically feasible and it'll likely never happen, but I think the Chicago lakefront would be one of the coolest locations ever for a ballpark. It would suck a little more in April and (dare I say) October, though. They could referbish the Navy Pier area. again? And put a new baseball park in.

He sure as hell would beat Mark Grace in the booth.

AGREED! I would not want it by the lake though. Summer is summer, but in April and May I could use a few extra degrees. I always thought a ballpark off I-90 right before the O'Hare turnoff. Then you are right on the Jefferson Park-O'Hare Train, near the tollway as well. And you would actually have room for parking. Make it happen Trib! Let's not get crazy. Yea, I'm not a huge fan of stadiums in isolated locations with highways and huge airports nearby. Personally, I'd love a new stadium right on the lake shore, as long as the park was designed tastefully. I know it's not realistically feasible and it'll likely never happen, but I think the Chicago lakefront would be one of the coolest locations ever for a ballpark. It would suck a little more in April and (dare I say) October, though. They could referbish the Navy Pier area.

At least Lou is intionally funny. He's growing on me. From Bruce Miles http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/cubs.asp “I don’t think so,” Piniella said. “It’s business. I’m sure he’ll be in here tonight. In fact, he called and said he was going to be in about 8 o’clock. I was wondering if I was supposed to pick him up at the airport.

They're fugly

No only the 2nd or 3rd. To me ruining is not an all or nothing thing. I like baseball in the sunshine, I like seeing the brick behind home plate, and I like seeing the ivy and nothing else. They lessen the experience by doing this type of thing.

They both bat left handed. My guess is that Floyd and Murton wil share LF until Floyd goes on the down low.

Zambrano in a deal for ARod would be a no-brainer to me. Zambrano helps every 5th game. ARod helps every day. But overall I'd prefer to keep Big Z. That's what Banedon thinks. CubinNY agrees. He also thinks the Cubs will resign Big Z or feel the heat of endless Maddux comparisons. Hendry almost always gets his man.

I agree, this is where stats people need to leave because Carlos's emotions and the ability for them to pump up a team and fans is worth 4.8 million alone And Izturis drives in runs with his glove.Stupid stat heads. I thunk I struck a nerve??? No you didn't strike a nerve, If you weren't being sarcastic your post was pointless. Z should be payed a lot of money becuase he's a good pitcher not becuase he can fire up a crowd with his fist pump. I think the Cubs will get a deal done. Hendry hasn't put out anything to the press to lead me to believe otherwise.

I agree. However, the pythagorean record is simply a standard, by that I mean that a team's pythagorean record says what they "should have" won given their run differential. Should have is the key phrase here, it's a projection and not predicitive of anything. That being said, teams that generally score more runs then they give up win more than teams that don't. Yet a team could have four aces and one tomato can pitching. For simplicity let's take out bullpens and assume every pitcher pitches 9 innings. They could have a run differntial of 4 with the aces and lose the game with tomato can pitching by 10 runs. In this case their run differential would be -6 and they could still be 4-1. This could play out for an entire season and the team would have a .750 winning %, win 121 games and have a pythagorrean record of 76-86. A better method would be looking at the Standard Deviation Score. By that I mean looking at how far from the mean (all MLB teams) the team's run scored and runs allowed were.

That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Seconded. Well, maybe not the most ridiculous, but it's up there. The Indians finished in fourth place and 18 games out of first, yet they were the best team in the division. Good stuff. Based on run differential they were much better than their record indicates. Maybe not the best, but definitely better than a 4th place team. They were real unlucky. That is a convetional assumption in sabermetric circles, but not necessarily true. Over the course of 162 games luck plays very little roll in the overall outcome of a season.

I agree, this is where stats people need to leave because Carlos's emotions and the ability for them to pump up a team and fans is worth 4.8 million alone And Izturis drives in runs with his glove.Stupid stat heads.

Just as he should have been. No he shouldn't have been. He was making fun of sammy like some dumb ass drunk fan. He's supposed to be a professional.

I lov3 it when a plan comes togther :x

If Hendry wants Z long term he will get him signed. Hendry has only lost one player that he went hard after (Furcal). Z is in a can't lose situation and he knows it. The Cubs have some hard choices to make.

When you get no money from consessions and parking, have to pay rent in your own ballpark, and only get about 8k fans per game every dollar is important. The Marlins need to move more than any other organization in baseball. Loria is an idiot but he has good people running the team.

Well: Willis for Clement and 6 fingers. Big winner: Marlins Lee for Choi. Big winner: Cubs Renting Pierre for Nolasco, Mitre, Pinto. Winner: Marlins Time to even up the score? I heard on XM that Cabrera is only asking for 7 Million. I didn't realize the Marlins were so cheap!!! I don't know what a club would have to give up to get Cabrera, but he's a great player for sure. 7 million is about half of what the entire payroll of the team was last year if I'm not mistaken.

According to this, Liberty Media is getting everything... I think they are trying to get Liberty Media out of Time Warner by giving them the braves and Muscle Car Magazine. This deal will reduce the amount of Time Warner Shares Liberty owns. I don't fully understand what is going on, but it sounds like a boardroom bet was lost or something?

Always good to have you come around and spin everything out of Albert's favor. Are you jealous, or just a demented prick? You would think that "The Voice of Reason" and "RationalSoxFan" would get along better than this. isn't it ironic, don't you think? http://dynimg.rte.ie/0000bebc10dr.jpg That picture looks like Jeff Samardjiza.