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Huh huh, no idea why they are holding him, huh huh.

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Just because it's kind of fun to bitch & moan about your teams. There's no real point. It's more fun to enjoy a 2-time recent champ without getting annoyed at meaningless points missed.

And only 4 non-shootout victories. Call me crazy but I find it difficult to get annoyed at the Blackhawks just yet.

Except for the whole impossibility of it.

I know a lot of us feel like we could quit on the team sometimes, but I think most know that they never actually could. Short of it being revealed that the Cubs were facilitating some kind of heinous human trafficking/exploitation operation or affiliating themselves with a hate group or some such thing, I don't see any way I could just stop being a Cubs fan. I wouldn't be so sure of that. People's life situations change all the time. And especially as people age they tend to care less about a pro sports team. On the whole you aren't going to see a mass exodus of fans. But I could easily see people just stop caring/paying attention. It happens every season on a smaller scale, why couldn't it happen over a longer term? And I wouldn't just assume somebody "wasn't much of a fan" if they ever did stop caring.

I can't see the city helping the Cubs move from one part of the city to another part of the city (because that would hurt a larger amount of people than it helps) and I can't imagine Reinsdorf ignoring the Cubs moving 2 miles away.

he also can't hit lefties or rights

He's got no personality.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area. Just west of Soldier Field I'm guessing.

he's got the worst [expletive] attorneys

You're a Cubs lifer just like everyone else on this board. You aren't going anywhere. Also, this likely won't happen. He could be like Kyle and at least try.

Oh my god, are you kidding with this nonsense?

Whoever is the manager if/when this team wins is going to become a legend. He's not going to be the one to determine if they do win.

The type of college hitter he was combined with his start to his professional career suggests he could very easily see major league action prior to 2015.

What original deal? I have always heard it described as a partnership with comcast and the four teams splitting ownership five ways.

No, we need to start signing all the really boring players because we will get them cheaper. That is a good point.

So the question then follows, is the new market inefficiency that charisma is currently being underpaid, and the Cubs will be going after a lot of outgoing players?

If you are paying top dollar for a player, you want more charisma than baseball playing ability. That's just a fact.

He got that contract because he played on the Yankees during their championship run. Not because of charisma. MLB teams don't make money off charisma, they make money off television ratings and attendance, and that is correlated to winning. A superstar helps you win, which pays for itself. A charismatic personality does very little for the bottom line.

This isn't serious is it? Doesn't seem too far off to me if Trout continues his pace (which would make him one of the greatest players of all-time at the age of 26). It seems extremely far off to me. 15 years for a guy who depends on speed? Don't think so. "Depends on speed"? .400 OBP and 30 HR. Doesn't really depend on speed.

this is something i've wondered about as well. this doesn't make sense at all. i mean, obviously this would have happened by now if it was possible, but why the hell can't we just give csn and wgn some huge pile of cash tomorrow in exchange for letting us go get 100 million a season or whatever from what the new deal would be? even if ricketts really is rubbing nickels together to heat up his ramen while living in the visitors' clubhouse, this seems like the easiest investment ever for some other rando to wander into. give tom the buyout upfront, get all the money back plus whatever you want in a month when the cubs sign a new tv deal. The biggest problem is that the organization most likely to parter with the team to form a Cubs only network is Comcast, which is already their partner in CSN Chicago. Plus, Reinsdorf is a partner in that deal (accounting for 2/5 entities in the Cubs/Sox/Hawks/Bulls/Comcast partnership). There just isn't enough motivation for the parties to agree to a deal, without a huge payoff, and Ricketts can't afford a huge payoff. FWIW, Ricketts also owns 25% of CSN Chicago. Not exactly. Ricketts owns 1/5th, 20%. Reinsdorf owns 2/5th, 40%. There are 5 entities, the 4 teams plus Comcast. Reinsdorf owns 2 of the 5 entities. The point is that Ricketts' counterparties do not have motivation to help him make a bigger deal with another company. Also, I already noted Ricketts was part of that