J.R.
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banhammer if we're banning people, FNdomination, j.r., controversy and chuckywang have to go before this guy. any statements about that being awesome or being indecisive about who they'd like to win should be met with an immediate holiday from nsbb. Really? If you love baseball, you love that game.
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That was awesome.
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We are so badass.
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http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/23/fish-unlikely-to-trade-for-big-z-might-try-james-shields?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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I believe I helped myself to some crow in the main Theo thread, but I will gladly have some more in here. I am riding shotgun on the next Ricketts family safari.
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No, but the old fans are still out there. WOR-TV and WTBS no longer contribute to their team's national fanbases, but the country is still peppered with Mets and Braves fans as a result of their respective forays into early cable TV. Once WGN stops airing the Cubs, the results of national Cubs telecasts will still echo far into the future.
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Seems much more like a load of 1980s fanwank than a scenario to be actually pursued by Theo.
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They're barely in the top half of road attendance. Yes, and in 2011 Cincinnati was #2 and San Diego was #5. The road totals in aggregate can be wildly influenced by factors like weather and scheduling, factors that hinder an accurate determination of how well a team's fanbase "travels." When the Cardinals are good, you will see lots of red in parks across the country. Their relevance nationally - established ~70 years ago - is certainly graying, and they haven't showed an ability in modern times to really "take over" a park other than Wrigley and KC, but then I didn't put them into the top tier anyway.
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Get it done Theo.
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This entire postseason has actually been pretty darn good. really? outside of the phils/cards series i don't think this has been a very good postseason to watch. We had three Game 5 LDS matchups - all three were great games - and both LCS went six games. Both of the WS games thus far have been great. It has been a fantastic postseason by any measure.
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There actually is a national interest in the Cardinals. KMOX minted generations of St. Louis fans, and it shows up whenever they go on the road. Best "national" fanbase not centered in NY, Boston, Philly, Chicago or Atlanta. DFW is a monster market (#5 DMA), and a player like Pujols on an established team like St. Louis should be able to drive Series ratings by himself. MLB marketing was just awful for a long time. They allowed the Postseason - once appointment viewing for even the most casual sports fans - to be diminished, and that more than anything else has led to the "regionalization" of the game that is talked to death right now. The realignment of the postseason schedule is a good start. The next step is to set the parameters for the next TV contract with the viewers in mind - earlier start times, the occasional daytime WS game, and most importantly, shorter commercial breaks in the postseason. I'm not holding my breath.
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I like it.
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http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/BBN-CUBS-SELIG_6351100/BBN-CUBS-SELIG_6351100/
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-1020-gm-cubs-chicago--20111020,0,4726418.story
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Theo is already operating as if he had already changed the drapes in MacPhail's old haunt. Awesome.
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I still miss USA Today's Baseball Weekly. I wrote them a letter that likely peeled the paint off the newsroom walls when they started putting the football crap in it.
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Cubs team sources: Likely Sandberg reconciliation
J.R. replied to Hollandsworths mug's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
http://mlbbuzz.yardbarker.com/blog/mlbbuzz/another_battle_looming_between_cubs_red_sox/7435789?new_post=true -
Really, they are just washing away the last ~15 years as the lay of the land is nothing like it was before the 1994 realignment. Thanks to the unbalanced schedule, all of the Cubs' old NL East rivalries are essentially dead, and similarly no one in Houston gives a flip about the Dodgers or Giants anymore. Selig has to take this shot. Houston fans who hate this were for all intents screwed when their ballclub came up for sale at this particular point in history.
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Didn't the White Sox announce the Robin Ventura hiring during the playoffs? I honestly don't think MLB cares when it's announced. It is a longstanding custom in all major sports that you don't purposefully step on your marquee events. No one ever accused the White Sox of being a model franchise. Never mind that a White Sox event doesn't even register outside of Chicago. MLB is closely monitoring these negotiations and has no doubt expressed its desire to see any announcement made at a time that is advantageous to the league as a whole.
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MLB doesn't want this to step on the LCS, so Tuesday is the day for an announcement. They have the luxury of dragging this out until then.
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As has been said, WE WILL HAVE A REAL ORGANIZATION. Thank you Mr. Ricketts. What safari?
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With this, Selig remedies the unbalanced divisions and nearly completes his wish list. Get me weekend day games in the World Series and I'll help pay for the statue.
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My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Epstein pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
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Buck says it was the first walk-off GS in postseason play - technically, I suppose he's right in that Cruz was actually allowed to walk off. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_Single
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Crushing loss for Detroit - you just have to cash in a pitching performance like that.