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  1. J.R.
    Sammy Sosa drove more money into Wrigley Field than Banks, Williams, Sandberg, Brickhouse and Caray combined. He was obnoxious, but his performance on the field backed up the overblown personality. He came ready to put on a show for the fans day in and day out, home or road, 10 games up or 20 games out. He is the greatest Cub.
  2. J.R.
    Very worthwhile. Even if it has gone up to $25, it's still a bargain if you love the park.
  3. J.R.
    The division is going to be turned upside down this winter. Big Jim is just keeping his options open.
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    No, but if the Indians are getting Kouske pretty much for free we should have gotten something better. I'm not saying their top prospect or anything but something better than the return we're getting now. The Indians are paying for $4 million of Kosuke's remaining $4.5 million. WHAAAAAAAA??? http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/trade-central/2011/2612158.html (Link also has a review of the prospects the Cubs are getting.) Well now, that's altogether something else. Real good job Jimbo.
  5. J.R.
    Good job Jimbo. We really couldn't expect anything more IMHO.
  6. J.R.
    Gonna have to side with the meatheads here - Aramis should show up. This is a chance to represent the team, his home country, and if nothing else remedy the abomination that is All-Star Scott Rolen.
  7. J.R.
    Okay, I'm on board with this winning business.
  8. J.R.
    I'll take your word for it, even if I don't believe it.
  9. J.R.
    http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/5347/could-soriano-ramirez-be-fits-for-yankees Why are you seemingly so desperate to trade the best third baseman in the NL? He will not be here when our window reopens. I say grab what we can and move on.
  10. J.R.
    Take 'em all. Please. http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/5347/could-soriano-ramirez-be-fits-for-yankees
  11. J.R.
    I haven't picked up a Tribune in a while, but I think you're right. He does show up in RedEye.
  12. J.R.
    The footprint is entirely adequate when you consider the underutilized corners, the implementation of more efficient internal layouts and the potential for a basement level from foul pole to foul pole, as well as facilities under the playing field.
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    Think Yankee Stadium's "great hall." The park facade stretches to the street, but it's a false wall. The Cubs' design could take that concept and improve on it. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/yankee-great-hall.jpg All plans up to now show the Triangle Building as an add-on with piecemeal access from the main stands. A new grandstand could integrate the features with optimal ingress/egress.
  14. J.R.
    I don't believe any move is viable. The neighborhood and the team are inexorably linked.
  15. J.R.
    I think they would play all 81 at the Cell. The park is owned by the ISFA, and Rahm will insist that something be worked out. They could make the carrying over of season tickets in "new" Wrigley contingent on maintaining the accounts through the gypsy period. Ricketts can maintain the draw of Wrigley by closing it for a bit, or lose it entirely by going elsewhere. Really, 1060 W. Addison is the only option. He owns the land, the draw of the neighborhood is undeniable and the team has already put lots of cash into the bleachers, which should be viable for decades to come. The Triangle Building makes a lot more sense if built into a new grandstand rather than via the duct tape approach we've been sold so far.
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    Gammons' comments came thanks to leaks from the Ricketts camp. I always thought it was a given that the grandstands would have to be dismantled to pull off any kind of substantial renovation. Close the park for a year or two, tear up everything in foul territory, and set the park up for another 100 years. What's so hard about this? Edit for link: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&page=rumblings110621
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    Bartman is still a douche.
  18. J.R.
    If miserly old P.K. could cough up the cash to do this much in the early 1970s, then surely Ricketts can pull off something more substantial now. People talk about a renovation like it's a moon landing or somesuch, and it's just not that difficult. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y225/southfork76/renovationsjpg.jpg
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    I recall Gammons shilling for the Yawkey Trust in the early '00s - he had several columns banging the drums for a new park, saying the Red Sox could never be successful in Fenway. His Wrigley comments seem quite complimentary relative to that stuff. Edit: found one. http://espn.go.com/gammons/s/0523.html
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    Can't be any worse than this.
  21. J.R.
    That's awesome.
  22. J.R.
    So they want the backroom guys to get some press? How about bringing them to Secaucus instead of these washed up former stars?
  23. J.R.
    What the hell is going on
  24. J.R.
    Most people don't realize that the Cubs had the smallest front office in MLB, the smallest scouting department in MLB and a general lack of bodies almost everywhere you looked. Tribune picked up where the Wrigleys left off.
  25. J.R.
    Sullivan says this may lead to the end of Zambrano's tenure here. He's probably right, since Z is the only one making any damn sense.
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