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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Oooooooo, I didn't hear about Sammy attacking an employee. When was this? Eh, I said "like". Just the "public apology for any previous transgressions, come back and be adored by fans" bit. F THE PUBLIC APOLOGY, it is an unnecessary made up requirement. Manny apologizing for assaulting an elderly man has nothing to do with Sammy.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Oooooooo, I didn't hear about Sammy attacking an employee. When was this?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    And how much revenue could they possibly generate? Fans generally get excited about a kid the first week, but if the team is still out of contention then I don't think more than a tiny fraction of the fan base will actually watch/attend more games because these guys are around.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    #prayfortheo trending on twitter right now, good sign or bad?
  5. jersey cubs fan
    this is your happy place?
  6. jersey cubs fan
    I don't see why it would be hard. They haven't cared about attendance in August and September for several years now, why would it make a difference this year?
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I was at a game for a corporate event, and it pretty much is a rooftop bar as is. There are about 35-40 seats/places to stand where you can actually see the game, and the rest of the crowd gets to watch on tv and listen to the crowd in the actual ballpark. I realize all the rooftops are not uniform in seats with views, but my experience is more bar than ball game. That was my experience when I went for a bachelor party, but it also snowed that day, so everyone was inside. With better weather the views were good at this one. If the team gets good, the rooftops want the lure of a some view to get fans outside the corp events and bachelor parties. If you knew going in there would be zero view, you'd be hesitant to book your event there, at least at the price you do now. Maybe you, specifically would. But I've been 2-3 times, all in good weather, and nobody paid a lick of attention to the game across the street. This would be even more true if it actually is a large group. And it is one of few options for a large group if that is the type of thing you want to do.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Yes because boos at a pr event are meaningless. Pr only matters in very very very few instances. Not made up anniversary parties. People who prioritize PR image are generally the worst humans in the world. They don't matter.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    F turner and his bland college offense
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Q as harsh on versteeg as I've ever been
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Castro and Rizzo are fine. Sip the kool aid much? This team sucks, but what is wrong with those guys?
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  13. jersey cubs fan
    Gonzalez is getting antsy.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    AA?
  15. jersey cubs fan
    By Jove I think he's got it.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Jim Hendry doppelganger siting.
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  18. jersey cubs fan
    Not when you realize he's striking out on purpose every once in a while just to keep pitchers thinking they can challenge him.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    That's a terrible comparison/analogy. It's sarcasm. Fear of boos is a stupid reason to do anything, and if that has anything to do with the Ricketts' reasoning, it's ridiculous. Not wanting boos at a PR event is ridiculous and stupid? Not really. If TT is right, it actually makes sense at least. A lot moreso than what we've been told. Uh, yeah it is ridiculous and stupid. That does not make any sense whatsoever, nor does it justify the stupid decision.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Can't move forward with any more renovations until we get some of the revenue from the extra couple dozen seats down there. I know you're making a joke, but while that may have been in mind at some point in the future, I'm pretty sure there's nothing in the plans yet about any seating expansion there. Really? That must be an oversight. That's prime seating area.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    I'll take a wild guess and assume this is a good cop bad cop thing he has to say to make it look like he's not strong arming the commission. Of course the Cubs have work to do before the meeting.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I think it's pretty clear that the Cubs keeping this an issue is playing a part of keeping fans on the "no Sammy" side. They are playing up to the meatballs and thus feeding them more red meat, and making things worse. Talking about Sammy needing to do stuff to get back into the good graces of Ricketts & Co is just ridiculous and not the least bit helpful. They aren't handling this flawlessly, but it is a bit of a no-win situation. The media is going to ask, the contingent who want Sammy around will make some noise too, and "we want our nice PR events not to be marred by morons who will boo Sammy" is a hard sentiment to sanitize. It is not a no-win at all. The boos at the 100-year thing would have been negligible at best. The media is going to ask more the longer they keep this nonsense up. It really wasn't an issue until the Cubs went out of their way to make it an issue and decline that Sammy had work to do. This is on them, not on moron fans or the media. I'm not sure what the last phrase means but letting things like the fear of boos at a PR event dictate corporate policy is pretty stupid.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    I think it's pretty clear that the Cubs keeping this an issue is playing a part of keeping fans on the "no Sammy" side. They are playing up to the meatballs and thus feeding them more red meat, and making things worse. Talking about Sammy needing to do stuff to get back into the good graces of Ricketts & Co is just ridiculous and not the least bit helpful.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Exactly this. I have been to a couple rooftop parties and very few people are there to sit and watch the game. Even the unobstructed views leave a lot to be desired. Assuming the signs lead to additional revenue which helps the Cubs field a consistently competitive team, the rooftop owners will benefit from the excitement around the team more than they will be harmed by any obstructions. Out of the maybe 10 times I've done a rooftop, I think only 2 of those times were people including myself watching the game. The other times were networking events, company outings, and a couple of bachelor parties. That said, those events happen because you CAN see the game, even if no one watches. The appeal for a corporate event goes down when you can only see the right half of the infield and half of home plate because a giant scoreboard is blocking the rest. I'm not taking the rooftops side, I still say [expletive] them, but I believe it will make a huge difference for the rooftops. But there already are rooftops with blocked views that still do business. And if you want to get 20-50 people at an event centered around a sports team in Chicago during the summer, it's an option regardless of the view.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Really? That was like pretty much standard message board talk the first 6-8 years I spent doing this nonsense.
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