Sammy Sofa

I love guessing the score based on the tone of the game thread. I honestly thought the Cubs were losing something like 4-0 or 5-1 instead of 1-0 in the bottom of the 3rd during a rain delay.

i would argue chicago is still the most segregated city in america Apparently it was supplanted by Milwaukee and St. Louis in the last decade or so, but still comes in in the top 3. What? It's a thread about the development in and around Wrigley, hence why I've posted stories to go along with how the neighborhood has really been going to [expletive] lately. Nowhere did I assert it was worst area in the city, or that its problems were more important than violence or crime in other parts of the city; the point is that due to a very real shortage of law enforcement resources in the area, the blocks between Belmont and Wrigley have seen skyrocketing numbers of assaults and robberies, and now we're unfortunately seeing that shifting over into people being killed and sexually assaulted as well. I focused on that because, shockingly, it's relevant to the Cubs and this is a Cubs message board. It's mostly not covered and, quite frankly, largely ignored by the city thanks to Rahm's shell game nonsense of playing with the crime figures, something he and the city are rightfully starting to get called out for on the national level. That's true nationwide as well; does that mean we shouldn't discuss or debate specific issues of crime when they arise? Next time there's a mass shooting we should just point out how national homicides have been steadily trending down and gun ownership has also been trending down; that's surely the last word on the subject, right? Plus, again, Chicago's crime statistics are not what they seem. Rahm is desperate to propagate his "we are winning the war on crime" mantra by any means necessary (I'm not denying the overall decline, but a good chunk of it are crimes and deaths that are very conveniently classified so as to not mess up the narrative). http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2014/Chicago-crime-rates/ http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-2014/Chicago-crime-statistics/ The bottom line is that the police have little money and are losing officers left and right and that directly impacts Wrigleyville; the precinct there was merged with another and there are now 118 fewer officers to cover the area. Combine that with the laissez-faire, "come and get fucked up 24/7, who cares, it's not your neighborhood"-approach the city takes with Wrigleyville and the nearby clubs and shelters that are woefully understaffed and underfunded and basically forced to kick out kids left and right onto the streets and it's a recipe for long term and escalating problems. No, it's not the worst area in the city, not even close, but it's getting worse and why tolerate watching it go to [expletive]?

AND THERE WAS STILL SO MUCH NEWS WE WERE WAITING FOR. Will the PTBNL be terrible or a pile of money? Oh, God, the agony.

Fewer cops, no money, crappy economy, too many guns, outdated public transit that doesn't service enough of the city, the lasting effect of having what was for the longest time the most segregated city in America. Take your pick.

Didn't you know that Hendry and Henry Blanco were best bros? I thought Hendry and Koyie Hill were best buds. Everyone knows Soto was the catcher with the best buds. *Shoots self*

Didn't you know that Hendry and Henry Blanco were best bros? Truly we are still feeling the brutal effects of the bro-ish contract Bob Howry got.

Who is rubbing anyone's noses in anything? It was just flat out wrong, talking about the Cubs being tied up by contracts that Hendry was giving out to his "buddies." It was practically gibberish.

COME ON, LIKE THAT'S NOT A TERRIBLE POST OF NONSENSE.

In the same link you've got a guy being shot and killed down the street from Rahm's house. Take your pick.

Not particularly. For some reason I always imagine them in road games. You were supposed to picture them hitting bombs off their own face on the new left field vide board.nn Somewhere Ricketts just woke up screaming from a terrible nightmare of a broken Jumbotron. I was imagining something like the propaganda mural of Ivan Drago in Rocky 4. Yesssss. And when I say Ricketts woke up screaming, I, of course, mean that he did it in the Y.

The odds of them actually getting a return valuable enough to justify moving Valbuena are pretty damn slim.

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Not particularly. For some reason I always imagine them in road games. You were supposed to picture them hitting bombs off their own face on the new left field vide board.nn Somewhere Ricketts just woke up screaming from a terrible nightmare of a broken Jumbotron.

It's your thread; you call it.

I can wait an extra three weeks to keep him an extra year. That extra year can eat all of the balls. It'll mitigate things if Al Contra and, I hope, Soler show up this year and succeed, but if they have another slow/unlucky/whatever start next year...there will be rage.

Yeah, I voted for Sale. Stupid that he wasn't already voted in.

Done and done.

[expletive] that. I'm Len-ing that [expletive], you big fat baby. http://24.media.tumblr.com/e54582367fc88263931aa113ef6c9cb3/tumblr_mlb4pyloqB1snp3d3o1_400.gif

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Stabbing outside of Wrigley just after midnight this morning: http://crimeinboystown.blogspot.com/2014/07/violent-night-2-shot-near-belmont.html It's getting worse.

safaris count towards the payroll now Ricketts' ringtone:

Rose is probably the creepiest guy to be around. Probably smells bad, too.

Jackson won for ree; he can do it again if you don't suck too much, tangled.

Excellent. Sexy first start and win for him.