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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Wrigley's lighting is terrible. And enjoying a baseball game in the sunshine is more enjoyable.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Maybe Fox will get involved. They could put Cubs games on WPWR or even split them between WFLD and WPWR. It's so weird to even think of a local OTA station other than WGN (and WCIU - I guess) airing games. Do other teams even have local OTA deals anymore or are most teams 100% cable? The Mets and Yankees occasionally play games on 9 and 11, owned by Fox and Tribune, respectively.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Grossly overrated Cubs slugger?
  4. jersey cubs fan
    He also needs to fix that pinkeye
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Not sure I buy that when the TV contract money is virtually guaranteed to be coming in and we're not spending a dime of it. I still worry about how much we're actually going to get given that it's less than half their games that will be available and that it's almost two years away. If MLB changes the TV rules in that time frame, we're screwed. The Dodgers didn't wait until March 30th, 2014 to sign their TV deal. ETA: The Rangers, whose new deal begins the same year ours would signed their deal in 2010. Good point. I wonder if we'll be hearing something about something relatively soon, then. I'd guess they will wait until the stadium stuff is more concrete, so they can keep crying poor.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    It's just there to show you where the ads are going to be. That isn't going to be a cursive Wrigley, it's going to sake Coke or Budweiser or United or something.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I think it's pretty clear they are concerned about various entities throwing a wrench into the process. They wouldn't be going through this deliberate and time consuming of an effort if they were as supremely confident as they are attempting to project. The talk of moving, and then backing off, is something that is completely purposeful and coordinated, or at least should be by the head of an entity such as the Cubs. It was a threat. Probably empty, but he knows that others probably view it as empty, which is why he couldn't just say, "do it or we'll move." He has to keep playing the friendly neighbor routine with the threat being as innocuous as possible, while still seeming theoretically conceivable.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Small sample size alert: Last 7 days- .360/.448 /.760/ Huge trend and definitive answer. I wouldn't be so sure about that. Many of these new stats have to have a large sample size to be accurate. They are based on average data from major league games. The more data you accumulate, the closer to your norm you will be.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I'm no engineer, but the work they need to do underneath there seems incredibly intricate and would probably both take much longer and require much more lead time in the process than something like the Bears redoing Halas Hall. It's probably going to require temporary structural support, brand new permanent support and a whole hell of a lot of gutting, not completely unlike building new subway stations. I don't doubt that. I just doubt that the wheels aren't already in motion to the point that a few weeks in April would keep the project from starting in October. It has been hard to read where things actually stand since this not yet agreed upon "agreement" was reached, but it seemed like they committed to starting the clubhouse and other phase 1 stuff this October. But wheels being in motion would require money being spent and it doesn't make any sense for Ricketts to commit money to the project without knowing the status of the project. Basically, his negotiating stance would be nil if he foolishly paid for some of that stuff already.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I can. Unless they were telling him he'd go number 1, he pretty much went when he should have gone.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    I'm no engineer, but the work they need to do underneath there seems incredibly intricate and would probably both take much longer and require much more lead time in the process than something like the Bears redoing Halas Hall. It's probably going to require temporary structural support, brand new permanent support and a whole hell of a lot of gutting, not completely unlike building new subway stations.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    RGIII joining the group of tightrope walking anti-political correctness athletes on twitter. Something he views as the tyranny of PC is bothering him, but he won't be specific.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Has it been determined what happened to Backstrom? Is he out for the duration?
  14. jersey cubs fan
    It might as well be a blank card. He can play it if he wants, but it doesn't mean anything because it's as empty a threat as there could possibly be. It's not unfathomable that moving could make more sense financially, sunk costs and all, if they don't get the concessions on the things they're asking for. It's almost unfathomable that they would end up moving, which is why opponents should view the threat as nearly empty. They would literally have to get nothing they want to justify such a move. A top rate stadium is going to start at $1B, and construction would not be able to begin for at least a year, lasting another 1-2 (at least). This would require essentially spending zero dollars on Wrigley Field for the next 3 seasons, while still playing in it. You can't justify a clubhouse upgrade, any sort of expansion or new signage. You would have to remove the city from negotiations for the new land, which reduces the competition by the suburbs that want in. If they get 50-60% of what they want, they probably can't come close to justifying a move to a new location.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    That's an absurd complaint.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    what's so strange about it?
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Well, they got their 'greater than 4 run difference' final score
  18. jersey cubs fan
    I wasn't nervous at all. No, not at all
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Wow, is he even 30 yet? Did he just create a twitter account to announce this retirement? Or is it a fake? https://twitter.com/rdwells36 Tweets Randy Wells ‏@rdwells36 4m @Schmutzie_ 4.08era in 530ip is bad? View conversation Randy Wells ‏@rdwells36 24m A kid drafted in the 38th round as a Catcher makes it to the bigs as a Starting Pitcher. Grateful for my opportunities, still love the game. Expand Randy Wells ‏@rdwells36 28m @WayneShafer1 Thanks View conversation Brian Wolf ‏@WolfCubsfan 34m @rdwells36 What are ur plans next Randy? U planning on staying around the game? Retweeted by Randy Wells View conversation Randy Wells ‏@rdwells36 1h Grateful for the Chicago fans that stuck with me throughout the years. Expand Randy Wells ‏@rdwells36 1h It's true I have retired. I would like to thank everyone in my life for supporting me for so long. It's been a great ride. On to the next... Expand
  20. jersey cubs fan
    4 first round QBs in a year in which the Bears could conceivably be looking to draft QB. And if they would be doing so, presumably would be drafting in the upper half of the first round.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Related to the old Saints RB with the same name? Wikipedia says that Dalton Hilliard had a kid who went to HS in Louisiana. This one is different:
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Everytime this comes up I keep going back to Wilkin's draft day description of Jackson's only flaw being a struggle to make contact or something like that. I would think that is one thing you can't teach by the time a guy has already played college baseball.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/4/30/4285808/tim-brando-chris-broussard-jason-collins-out
  24. jersey cubs fan
    I seem to be seeing a lot of people picking them to lose in the finals.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Brent Sopel led that effort, and I believe was the only participant. Although Kaner probably stumbled by drunk at some point. Hockey has been big into the gay rights story ever since Brendon Burke died.
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