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11th most difficult. The Patriots have the easiest schedule. Chargers have the second easiest.

Nope. The Cubs are actually charging under market value. They want the "common fan" to be able to come to the game. But hey, like everyone in america, they want to make a buck too. And so do a lot of other folks. So scalpers come and buy these tickets and then go out and charge what the market will bear. Or season ticket holders, who have the money to make an "investment" in season tickets, will buy them and take their chances on the value of them down the road. What happens if some budget crazy mizer buys the Cubs and trades away all the high priced talent for low priced junk, and you end up with a bargain basement team? Now the demand is down and all those season ticket holders are sitting on a pile of worthless tickets. It's an investment (one that's likely to pay off, admittedly), but it's still an investment. What you're implying is only true if the Cubs were charging rich people and corporate people less, and the "common fan" more...or if they were charging both the same, but giving the rich/corporate better seating. That's not the case. This is a case of if you have more money, you get a better product. How is that different from anything else in life?

Couldn't somebody who is willing to spend a lot of money for good seats be considered die-hard? I don't see why camping out overnight gives somebody more right to seats. Everybody likes to pick on the "the suits" and "corporate seats", but my experience has been that most of the people getting these seats are very big fans. Whether they are the CEO, or a receptionist who got the unused tickets at 6:15, the people who end up going are typically very much interested in the game. Go on stubhub.com and see how many of those guys with ties are selling their tickets well above face value. It would be fairer if they were available for anyone to buy at face value. How many of those guys in t shirts are selling their tickets above face value? You've got people on this site every year in the ticket thread talking about buying tickets so they can sell them. Mizzou was doing it with playoff tickets last year for God's sake. And that justifies it because.... The system is wrong. I don't blame any one individual who is simply doing what the system allows, like everyone else. It's frustrating when you have to pay hundreds for the better tickets through a scapler just because you a) can't afford season tickets, or b) haven't been on the waiting list long enough to get them, or c) don't have the corporate contacts. That's just life. People have opportunites to get jobs I can't get because they know someone. People have better investment opportunities because they know someone. People get better cars or get to go to events or get to visit places I don't get to visit because they have money, or they know people. This is just supply vs demand. There's a finite number of Cubs tickets, and a large demand. Therefore scalpers are just getting what the market will bear. That's just economics. There's nothing unfair about that. If the Cubs were less popular, it wouldn't be an issue, but then you wouldn't want to go. Look at the Pirates the last couple of nights. Not too many people making a lot of money scalping those tickets.

That was the one that jumped to mind for me too.

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He's throwing bullpen sessions. He's in that "early rehab" mode that he's been in through a large part of his career. http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080406&content_id=2497928&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd

Man...the draft is sneaking up on me.

This is in the Trib. It's nothing to be concerned about, it's just that negotiations with players that are still under contract can take time. Sounds like he's gonna make some serious cash.

Almost more amazing is that the Cubs are being beat in both categories by Dusty Baker's Reds...he of "clogging the bases" disdain. I'd venture to say the Reds don't finish the season that well, at least not in drawing walks.

Obama>>>>>>Clinton>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>McCain

The 1920's want their slang back. :cool:

I rarely see that as NWS...that's usually NSFW when I see it.

What is a "situation favorable to Pie?" Teeball. amirite?

Doh...that should have been obvious.

Durham wasn't traded for Eckersley:

Why are we even mentioning situational badness with Soriano right now? He's bad in all situations right now. If he was batting really good without men on base, or early in games with nothing on the line, it'd be worth the argument...but since he's in a universal slump right now, it seems a little strange to pick on his "clutchiness".

Leon Durham was my favorite cub growing up.... It took me a long time to forgive Mark Grace for taking Leon's place.

I'm not sure Theriot got in that time either.

Which means they're the ones that will score.

DP and lets move along.

Give up the run for the DP please.

Yeah...I think Tim is still hunting out that bug.

For a lot of players. But given Cedeno's makeup and skills, they probably aren't the best indicator for him. I addressed this a few pages ago. I would argue 500 AAA ABs in 2007 are a better indicator than 70 MLB ABs. I also addressed this a few pages ago. That's a funny way to skew the stats. Saying more AB's is a better representation than a few?

The point is that non of us are "Cedeno fans"...we just think that he's better than Theriot as a SS option. That's all. And it seemed a strange day to call him unfit for an MLB roster, when he'd hit a bases loaded double earlier.

Cedno's poor defense + Cedeno's good bat > Theriot's average defense + Theriot's terrible bat. Calling Cedeno's bat good is a stretch. Read my last post before yours.