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I think things worked out quite nicely for Carlos. 9 year career, all star, over $23 million earned, I'd say most minor league prospects would take that career in a heartbeat And all that after washing out as a position player after signing in '99.

I know who Butkus, Sayers, etc. are and I don't really give a [expletive] about them. I'd give you a blank stare too if you started talking about Bears players from 40 years ago for some reason. Greg Lloyd played throughout the 90s. He's not talking about dudes from 40 years ago.

I think things worked out quite nicely for Carlos.

immigrant?

The takeaway is not signing free agents is bad.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/101721304/chicago-cubs-theo-epstein-mlb-offseason-starlin-castro Kasper calls this dumb "don't sign anybody and keep plugging in mediocrity" article smart but it is actually just more if the same dumb conservative nonsense that always pushes off the time to spend beyond the present.

I assume the fist only travelled half a foot and did very little damage.

CapGeek ‏@capgeek 21s22 seconds ago #Blackhawks moves today got them within ~$30K of cap before putting van Riemsdyk on LTIR. This maximizes their LTIR cap space going forward.

I don't think that is really all that true. Fair weather fans take off when things aren't going well, but actual hardcore fans will abandon a perennial dumpster fire eventually. Still, plenty of Blackhawks fans actually stuck around during the worst of the worst.

I think of bandwagon fans for perennial champs as different from fairweather fans. Fairweather fans are fans that support a specific team, but only do so when times are well. They are people with better [expletive] to do with their lives than sit through pathetic play.

I can understand someone being a fair weather fan to Packers/Pats/Ravens/Colts/Steelers and then just jump ship right before they start sucking. Bears in the past 14 years don't have that kind of track record. Fair weather fans also aren't gonna go to the Jags/Raiders/Bucs/Lions/Bills either. Like you said, they been consistently close to .500 for a lot of those years. They're not bad enough for fair weather fans to abandon them because their worst was 7-9 (which isn't even that bad) in the past 10 year and not consistently good enough to attract them. 2005/2006 was the last time they won 9 or more games in back to back seasons then you have to go back to 94/95 for the next time they did that. One way I can see it is if you're not really a fan of NFL so you don't watch it much and you're from around Chicago or your family are Bears fan so you'll watch them when they're good and don't care when they're bad because you're not a fan of pro football anyway. Maybe it's just where I'm at. I don't hear things like "Oh I'm a Bears fan this year because they're good! or Bears suck so I'm a ____ fan now". Then all the Colts fans around here didn't jump ship when they went 2-14 in 2011 or went with Peyton and became Broncos fans. I don't think anybody admits to being a fair weather fan, or says the things you say you haven't heard said. The fact is the Bears have been good at times over the past several years, which will draw in "casual" fans, but they have also disappointed quite a bit, which will drive those fans away. Either way, this started when people talked about fans not showing up to games and I have no idea why somebody would be surprised about empty seats at Soldier Field. Fans hold onto season tickets because they want to be there when they are good, and some don't show up when things look bleak. Life happens.

Chris Kuc ‏@ChrisKuc 19s20 seconds ago Keep this in mind about #Blackhawks' moves: Some likely procedural as they manage salary cap. More moves to come in next day or so. Chris Kuc ‏@ChrisKuc 30s31 seconds ago #Blackhawks recall Stephen Johns and Antti Raanta from Rockford of AHL. Reassign Joakim Nordstrom and Scott Darling to Rockford.

volatile real estate market and the difference in upgrades to the buildings, plus the potential that other properties not related to Wrigley Field are involved? Those are all obvious reasons that still seem like a stretch to account for $12M difference per building (a 200% markup). Height of the market in 2008 until now might make for what 50% difference generously if all else was the same? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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volatile real estate market and the difference in upgrades to the buildings, plus the potential that other properties not related to Wrigley Field are involved?

I don't get what that means. It would seemingly be very easy to be a fair weather Bears fans. I think he means, that how is he still a fan if he's just fairweather? The Bears have had more bad seasons than they've had good seasons. AKA where is the "fair" weather part that makes him a fan to begin with. They haven't had many great seasons, but they've won more than most over the past decade. They've been in a Super Bowl, another conference championship and despite only one other playoff appearance, they were in playoff contention very late almost every season. They haven't finished more than 1 game under .500 since 2004. That seems like an opportunity to have lots of fans get excited about things looking good and then abandoning them at their worst.

Probably doesn't help that he mostly hit 6th and 7th and the Cubs 8 hole spot had the 2nd lowest production while their 7 spot production was better but due largely to Castillo's own 900 OPS hitting there. Most of the time he had really bad hitters coming up behind him.

you can but i think that's silly turn that humor rating down to 75 please TARS Mr. Noodle = TARS, David is more of a CASE man.

Well, case closed then. I have no problem deferring to the likes of the FO's who value this. Especially when they have much better and much more information available to them than we do. Why did Theo and Jed stick with Castillo for three years? Weren't you of the opinion that they were intentionally losing? Even if they were trying to have a puncher's chance, it was worth seeing if he could get any good and become a long term cheap piece. Yes I was. But I was also of the belief that they were trying to flip undervalued pitchers. It seems to be foolish to try and turnaround a pitcher's front page stats by having him throw to a catcher that will make his job more difficult.

Well, case closed then. I have no problem deferring to the likes of the FO's who value this. Especially when they have much better and much more information available to them than we do. Why did Theo and Jed stick with Castillo for three years?

6-4 with those two huge losses would have us excited about making the playoffs but scared to death of potential matchups.

Is that 1,000 grundles?

Plus he's from Toronto. Pretty nice homecoming for him. I didn't know he was Canadian, now I am glad.

I don't get what that means. It would seemingly be very easy to be a fair weather Bears fans.