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It is fundamental in the NSBB Constitution that nothing said in the Game Thread counts. I know, I almost left that out just to [expletive] with you. :)

You're gonna have to find it. I have no problem admitting when I'm wrong, which is often, but I really don't remember saying anything of the sort. Maybe I did, but I genuinely don't remember it. Nothing Lake does well that I can think of stablizes around 400 PAs. All he does well is get an absurd BABIP (which can easily take over 1,000 PAs to stabilize) and show surprising power for a guy who swings and misses an absurd amount of the time. I'm not gonna bother searching, it was in a game thread after he smoked a ball. You're already off the hook lol.

Daytona lost on a two out pop up on the infield that dropped, allowing the tying and winning runs to score lol.

no it isn't I'm fairly certain you said recently things start to sustain around that number and that if he had kept it up, he'd be an interesting case. I am 100% positive that I didn't say "things" start to sustain around that number. That's way too vague. Different things sustain at different rates. I'm sure it was something about Lake, his current productivity, and 400 at bats. Could definitely be off on the sustaining part.

http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-80278930/ Favorite current Bear.

that seems a little inappropriate Parks will have him his overall 1 now.

CJ is playing catch, Cubs targeting near ASB return. Wittenmyer just mentioned to me.

I think Betts would be off limits and not just to us. I'd take Owens, 2 of Barnes/Webster/De La Rosa and JBJ though. Again, doubt they'd do it, but I can see us getting that type of package if no team gives up an A guy.

Still want a hitter, of course. And.....I'm still on the island alone......

Nola is sitting 93-94 in the 8th.

Yeah, I kind of doubt Lucchino allows a big trade with us.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jeff-samardzija-in-the-name-of-efficiency/ Great breakdown on Shark. Jeff Sullivan is pretty excellent.

At the risk of sounding stupid, who is that?

Just homework. Nick Faleris mentioned Nola to us at 4 with a 750-1M discount seems appealing. As the last to get on neverdraftpitchersearlyville, I like it too. -750K is roughly 5th pick money. -1M is roughly 6th pick money. I was expecting a bigger discount. I wonder what kind of underslot they're looking at with Pentecost. If its mid 1st type money, that's what I'd be looking for. But Kiley seems to think there's becoming a legit chance he goes top 10. Personally, I'd go Nola, if its him at a mill savings versus Pentecost at, say 1.5 or so. I've got to think Schwarber and Conforto are in this type of conversation too.

no it isn't I'm fairly certain you said recently things start to sustain around that number and that if he had kept it up, he'd be an interesting case.

Some of it is due diligence but teams at the top clearly aren't very comfortable with any of the top prospects besides Aiken. Yeah, I'm really thinking Kolek could drop out if the top 5. Rodon's shoulder/excessive workload could easily scare teams too. Astros-Aiken Marlins-Jackson White Sox-Freeland That'd be some [expletive].

Just homework. Nick Faleris mentioned Nola to us at 4 with a 750-1M discount seems appealing. As the last to get on neverdraftpitchersearlyville, I like it too.

Pierce to DL with a strained right calf.

my immediate reaction was that his new stance looked like Omar Infante's, who's one of the hardest players to K i wonder if Brett Jackson is experimenting with a Alberto Callaspo stance Brett is emulating Ron Herbel.....6-206 with 125K in the majors.

There are very few teams that laugh at our current revenue. While true, the vast majority don't have hundreds of millions worth of work to do on their stadium either. The last list I looked at, the Cubs WERE 3rd or 4th, which I remembered surprised me a bit. But there were a decent amount of teams bunched in within a decent range there too. How much of that hundreds of millions are going towards needed infrastructure vs constructing money-making ventures like jumbotrons, gift shops, parking lots, and hotels? Good question. Did I see 300 mill towards keeping the ballpark afloat at one point? I'm asking, I thought I did, but this has gone on so long, I'm not sure at all.

Sneaky, is that an indictment on Javy, being super high on Alcantara, or both?

It'll take a longer period than this for me to change mine up. Nothing against KB either, I think Javy is going to be truly elite. Struggling at AAA sucks, but he's 21 and in the long run, it could help him. It may not and he may not wind up elite. But it'll take longer than this for me to change my mind.

There are very few teams that laugh at our current revenue. While true, the vast majority don't have hundreds of millions worth of work to do on their stadium either. The last list I looked at, the Cubs WERE 3rd or 4th, which I remembered surprised me a bit. But there were a decent amount of teams bunched in within a decent range there too.

Goony, it's a good point about seating capacity, but we're really low there. I think we're in the 20's. But Boston is too. So yes, we CAN charge more per person and that helps. But we're never going to set attendance records or even be close in generated income there. By the way, not positive here, but I'm pretty sure that any ticket price survey does NOT include luxury seating. Which takes us full circle back to the rooftops taking advantage of a situation we can't basically.

Okay then that will work out great when it is determined your building is unsafe for occupancy and you can no longer conduct business there. Of course you're going to do the other stuff. My point is I totally get why an owner refuses to start anything until he makes a decision on the revenue streams. In no way am I applauding him here-the decision to go this direction should have happened a long time ago, in my mind. But in no way am I going to sink a couple hundred mill into a place when my future revenue generators are in limbo. The future revenue streams aren't in that much limbo. If the contract ends in 8 years or whatever the Cubs will be able to do whatever they want with OF signage really. It's the near term that it's limbo, but taking the long view the future doesn't appear that uncertain. But if they need the immediate revenue to fund the 300m reno then they can't really just wait out the contract for 8 more years. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The issue is that things can change over an 8-10 year period. What if they were forced to sell during that time? I know it's not likely, but this is real money. And in our case, the owners aren't well enough off that a very slight possibility of a 200 mill loss wouldn't keep them from moving forward until they had a full on plan. However, until they're breaking ground, all this is, is a "look at us, we're not getting pushed around anymore". Until the next time, when court rulings have put a halt on things and we get a "hey, it's not our fault, we're trying" which we've heard many times already. Just next time, it'll have a joint villain, in the court system to blame.