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haha, i did love me some randall simon i waffle on this. some combination of greg maddux, sammy sosa, and kerry wood with fits of aramis ramirez

haha, i did love me some randall simon i waffle on this. some combination of greg maddux, sammy sosa, and kerry wood

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. #realcities 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. i think maybe you're making it sound like it's a lot worse than what it is, but i recognize that is entirely subjective and own my reading of that. and of course, it's difficult to overstate horrible things like violent crime so i'll just leave that where it is 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 [expletive] 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]? that was more in response to the post that you were responding to, which i failed to indicate whatsoever

i would argue chicago is still the most segregated city in america i would also argue that your bitching about wrigleyville crime is horribly myopic; real, tremble-inducing violence happens in parts of the city. wrigleyville is not one of those places and all of this ignores that the decades-long trend of violence in chicago is in the direction it should be: down

lol be serious

I don't know about that. I think it's mostly Theo's strategy and the owners are going along with it. Why would any FO willfully cut themselves off like that? That makes absolutely no sense. He's been saying for a while that Theo is baseball moguling it as an ego thing Listen to what Theo has said and done repeatedly since he left Boston. He said they got burned in Boston chasing big money guys and paying a premium for past performance. He said you have to think like a small market team. He said you are never one player away. He talked about emulating the Rays. Every single thing that has come out of his mouth and all of his actions, including hiring his staff screams it. I think the Ricketts family are smart enough to know they don't know how to build a baseball franchise. They hired Theo because he sold them a business model that they believe will maximize returns. I guess it's ok to make the family out to be the bad guys if you want. I think Theo and his guys are doing it their way with little meddling by ownership. It's an ego thing but also I think they think it's the best strategy for long term success. I have no doubt that the Cubs are flush with cash but are choosing to invest in more cost effective things and are waiting to see what happens with the renovations. Edit: they always seem to find the money when they have a target in sight. The just haven't always closed the deal. If they get Tanaka it will be fantastic and expensive. http://museofodin.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/groundhogday6.jpeg

either way, mr. side is always welcome here

Not really fair to just peg N&G for this...David is pretty aggressive about hating the Blackhawks/hockey as well. And TT all equally as lousy imo

were you adding those numbers up or am i missing something?

intent? what on earth does that have to do with anything? and how the [expletive] do you miss a guy running into another guy anyway? i don't think you really understand how this works

lol nice

[expletive], now that I consider motivation behind this, it's totally to allow Reinsdorf a low enough number to still acquire NPB players isn't it ding ding ding

at least 83 wins

Red numbers under the blue BS on the front? That's going to be hideous. i'm not understanding this point. the cubs used to do this on the road jerseys and it looked just fine. hell, the dodgers do this now and it looks great used to? don't they still? lol i'm stupid

Red numbers under the blue BS on the front? That's going to be hideous. i'm not understanding this point. the cubs used to do this on the road jerseys and it looked just fine. hell, the dodgers do this now and it looks great

i will not do that it is not fantastic. it is dull, lifeless, and ugly and dull that sounds like a description of my [expletive]. that you will eat when these uniforms come out looking hot fire wait what. were you directing that at mojo, cause i said i like the new ones. don't be hatin (silent 't')

i will not do that it is not fantastic. it is dull, lifeless, and ugly and dull

i dunno, sounds alright to me. kind of hard to get worse than the current road and alternate

it worked in blazing saddles

the hell is a goober

Well, personally, I'm not a big fan of trying to measure $/WAR linearly like that. It really doesn't seem to work for really good or really bad players, no matter what David Cameron says. But if someone offered me Mike Trout on a 1/$50m deal, I'd probably take it. This is my biggest problems with these discussions. I mean, the average value of 1 WAR may be $5MM or whatever on the FA market, but those first 2 WAR a guy provides are typically much easier to come by than numbers 3, 4, and 5. I'd think it would need to be looked at (in this hypothetical case) as something more like 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 million for WAR 1-5. yeah, that's a good point

do not want http://vimeo.com/33982663

can we just call them this from now on?

hahaha, awesome

Don't want to spoil it for you, but it's going to be the white guys. correction: out of shape white guys