ConstableRabbit

She was riding on the back of his ATV while he drove and talking about his well fitting jeans lol.

Don't compare regular jobs with MLB. I generally agree; it was an exercise to make the numbers more real. In actuality, the closest analogy to MLB salaries is probably executive compensation. Large numbers and public pay packages make the pay more of a measuring stick against peers (“If he’s getting *that*, I’m definitely worth at least as much”) vs. absolute “I need this much money to live”

Well then he’s a horsefeathering idiot for leaving $100-200 million guaranteed on the table by taking a 4/5 year deal, since the long term deal will allow him to hit FA again with opt outs as already mentioned. The discussion is all hypothetical about what he would receive (long term or short term). Since we being hypothetical, if his best offer was $300/10 yrs (with opt outs) I could see him accepting accepting $200 million/5 yrs (with opt outs) and hitting FA again at 28/29 years old when salaries have increased with new money floating around (i.e. Cubs network). I get that the millions make it harder to understand, but without knowing your income, if your boss guaranteed you that you’d make $100k per year pretty much no matter what for 10 years, and then another company offered you $133k per year for 4 years, would you really consider the second offer if the jobs were the same?

because money is only mostly tight. The fiscal year has almost ended and if they don't spend it now it won't be made available next year The Cubs operate on a Jan-Dec fiscal year?

I don't know if it's a rule but there were B1G teams that only played 9 this year. Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota come to mind.

what is rule v The Rule 5 Draft. It's tomorrow.

Yeah I love going this route and that structure. I would put some sort of condition though that the G5 team has to be in the top 20 or something to get a bid, otherwise its a 3rd at large team. I realize that this could make it so that the committee can artificially rank a G5 team lower to keep them out of the playoff, but I think top 20 is enough of a cushion where if an undefeated UCF wasn't in the top 20 it would cause significant uproar. Also doing so ensures that the G5 teams are still incentivized to seek out non-conference games against P5 teams. I would also seed the P5 champs and G5 team 1-6 and the wild cards automatically 7-8. If you don't want to play Bama in the first round, win your conference. Also, ND doesn't want to be seeded 7th or 8th or thinks its unfair that they have less of a chance of making it to the playoff? Join a conference fully. Also your scenario didn't include a Pac-12 team. My scenario would look like this: 8 Georgia vs. 1 Alabama 7 Notre Dame vs. 2 Clemson 6 UCF vs. 3 Oklahoma 5 Washington vs. 4 Ohio State For the horsefeathering life of me I don't understand the 'let's screw over ND for no reason to make them join a conference' attitude that permeates everybody. ND played 10 Power 5 teams this year, which is at least as many as the vast majority of any other Power 5 teams played (Clemson played 11 and I think Ohio State did too, but rarely does anyone play more than 10). Why does it matter if ND's 10 happen to be in 4 or 5 different conferences rather than a maximum of 2? Why does that justify seeding horsefeathering Washington, they of the 8-3 record against Power 5 teams, over an ND team that went 10-0 against them? Here's a looney-tunes idea: If you're going to have 8, seed them in order of how good they are, not based on some stupid arbitrary distinction like 'they won their TV cartel's championship'. Of course, the only reason we're even going to get 8 is because some conferences are pissed off they're not getting enough preferential treatment, so I expect your idea will take hold somehow. Teams should play at least 10 P5 games or expect to be penalized. Not to OMC this and make it all about my team but Northwestern played 11 Power 5 (+ND) teams in the regular season this year and has played at least 10 every season since 2012 (also played 11 that year).

This tweet is so out of touch I can hardly believe it was posted on Twitter in the first place.

2019 will already be Bryce's 8th season. Just sayin'.

me too. but to be fair he gave us no choice He allowed an .862 OPS over his last 6 appearances during a must win stretch, including 2 blown saves (9 on the season). I'm sure he's a nice guy but that sucked.

They're making money off of the team. horsefeathers their profit margin. When it costs so damn much to go to the games and the entire area is essentially being turned into a bro and yuppie Disney World for alcoholics, they better pay out when opportunities like this come along. I'll bite: much do you think the Cubs make each year?

The guy who voluntarily chose a high floor over a high ceiling did not get fucked over.

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. I don't want to live in a world where this scenario doesn't involve Strop high stepping.

Petition to change this to the banner slogan of NSBB.

Also, lmao at the NYT. "Never a star, he contributed mostly off the bench. He hit 25 home runs for the Astros in 2015, and his best batting average was .260 the next year." I demand a correction noting his 3.2 fWAR campaign in 2014.

I'm pretty sure everyone here knows this but I absolutely loved Valbuena. He was one of the bright spots during the rebuild. RIP.

Zero sympathy for any Chicago alderman.

I'm glad I got you to take a deep dive into Ole Miss' horrific season. You can spin it how you want, but my statement wasn't a false one. It's just a subpar way to say that Ole Miss had a good offense, which they did this year. S+P would have sufficed -- they're 12th. Anyway, this thread is for bowl games. Why are we still talking about Ole Miss? :D

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They would literally be THE most profitable Fortune 500 company. Not to mention the biggest bargain ever since the team was sold for ~$850m. Why stop at Bryce Harper? Now that ewiggs has uncovered the fact that the Cubs are an international corporate behemoth, perhaps they can diversify and buy some other Chicago Fortune 500 companies. Is Abbott Labs for sale? Maybe ConAgra? Imagine being rich because of your dad’s business, then buying a business at a 1.25x EBITDA multiplier that still brings in 60% of what your dad’s company does.

They would literally be THE most profitable Fortune 500 company. Not to mention the biggest bargain ever since the team was sold for ~$850m. what? Forbes says that the Cubs brought in around $500m last year, so yes, a 100% profit margin would top the Fortunw 500.

If they're making $500 million in profit per year, they're a Fortune 500 company and one of the most profitable companies in the US. They would literally be THE most profitable Fortune 500 company. Not to mention the biggest bargain ever since the team was sold for ~$850m.

No, this interim coach is Jim Boylen, different from the Jim Boylan that was interim head coach 10 years ago. Is this the worst run organization in pro sports? It's definitely on the short list, but I think the Bulls are safe from the top spot as long as the Oakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Sacramento Kings, Miami Marlins, and probably a couple others I'm forgetting are still around. How about the other team that Reinsdorf owns? The one that has never made the playoffs in back-to-back seasons.

There’s practically one of these on every block in your hotel’s neighborhood.

Wait, who said this?