Sammy Sofa
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Everything posted by Sammy Sofa
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I think the "sour" part is more suggested than being a necessity.
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Very cool win and I love the Heat being pissed, but man, I wish LeBron had cold-cocked that idiot.
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Why? Because he's Soul.
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Well, yeah, I know scoreboards/JumboTron's as big or bigger than the proposed sizse exist; the point is that a JumboTron the size of the scoreboard at Wrigley would look really weird vs. stadiums that were built to have such things. I am in no way opposed to one at all; the size just doesn't seem very practical.
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Wait, what? They wanted a JumboTron bigger than the scoreboard? That seems...excessive. Is this like negotiating for a new salary, where you ask for a number higher than what you'd really be fine with?
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Linguo was apparently from the [expletive] 12th season, when they crossed the line to having more bad episodes than good a season.
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Maybe just a 5-year-deal? I can't imagine WGN is any hurry to lose them and might just be desperate enough to agree to such a thing.
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Why? It's not like increasing your number of wins automatically projects to continued improvement, especially if you have them "selling-off at the deadline."
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No, it would still suck.
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No.
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FWIW, those Davenport projections have the Astros winning 73 games... so.... bahahaha... yea. *Stares wearily at season ticket box* It's an investment, it's an investment, it's an investment....
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REACH FOR THE STARS. Blech.
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Cubs having trouble selling Opening Day tickets
Sammy Sofa replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
The last game I actually went to was Opening Day 2010. Time for my epic return. -
Because I bring more relevant baseball content to this site in a day than you do in a year. We can't all be comic relief. Only bc good posters sometimes respond to you STOP TALKING TO HIM.
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Why do you keep engaging him?
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, Cespedes would have changed everything. EVERYTHING. ... I need a moment.
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Fair enough.
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Hey, look: anti-CLOWN KENNEY comments.
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Yeah, why is that "unsavory" at all? Oh no, a bunch of LLC's have to sell off their parasitic businesses to the organization they're leeching off of...HOW UNSEEMLY.
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How could the TV deal be on a quicker pace? And I really think nobody was getting city money.
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No [expletive]. But wasn't that group specifically put together to buy the Dodgers? Was there a Cubs-equivalent? That's the point. It really wouldn't appear so, would it? No idea; such a group not winning the initial bid doesn't mean they wouldn't have had the money to spend more on the MLB team than the Ricketts seem to be able or willing to right now. A big part of this is that the Cubs kinda set the market for a sale coming afterwards like the Dodgers', so it's hard to say.
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No [expletive]. But wasn't that group specifically put together to buy the Dodgers? Was there a Cubs-equivalent?
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Well, yeah; if there had been a group like the one that bought the Dodgers trying to get in on it with [expletive] you-money I'd be all for that...but was there?
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Sure, I'd prefer someone like Cuban, but that wasn't a realistic option so I don't really see the point pining for someone like that. I don't really see someone else getting money out of the city any quicker than the Ricketts have; honestly, the whole "waaaaaauuuugh, I'm Rahm and I hate Old Man Ricketts" just reeks of one of the excuses he was looking for to not have to look like he was just giving money from his broke-ass city to the Cubs. Nobody was getting city money. The Cubs have been most fucked financially of the timing of the economy and their terrible, terrible TV deals and now the stupid local issues. It's a shitty, shitty situation, but I actually like how they've found a way out; Tunney is making a stink, but ultimately this benefits both the Cubs and the city as a whole too much for him to be much of an impediment.
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I'd love to hear a more plausible rival hypothesis. Anyway, there's plenty of evidence. Well, one such hypothesis is that the Cubs' superior drawing power is due to a variety of factors, not all of which are tangible. In short, the Cubs just have a more appealing brand than someone like the Mets. Part of that is Wrigley field, but I certainly don't think it's reasonable to ascribe all of the extra pull as being due to Wrigley alone. This should be something we can test at least a little bit, although I don't know who might compile this kind of data. Do concerts at Wrigley draw more? Has another team over played "home" games at Wrigley against someone other than the Cubs? How were those numbers compared to their usual? You claim there's plenty of evidence, and I'm generally curious to see what evidence you're thinking of that supports Wrigley Field as the sole factor. The Cubs' drawing ability around the country is based on something pretty tangible; the proliferation of WGN around the country for decades. You couple that with the team coming from a big market that has a lot of expats and retirees to other states and you have most of your answer.
