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Can't wait until we get our very own Cotton eyed joe. what do you guys think the song will be?
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Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
I can't get past thinking that Hester is trade bait. It really doesn't make sense that he's strictly a returner, and that they will pay him to be a returner only. I have to think they are trying to dangle him in all draft trade scenarios where they wind up with multiple picks between their current 1 and 4. -
I want to see replays of good plays. I don't really care about replays of controversial plays because showing them on the big screen wouldn't alter the outcome at all...it'd just incite stupid behavior. Yeah well, you won't. After a good play you'll look up at the scoreboard, and it will be flashing something about the play, then go into an advertisement.
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It means that a team should almost always be able to go to the replacement level player store and find a guy for around $400k and/or negligible trade value that is projected to put up around 0.0 WAR. His actual performance will fluctuate, but there's not much defense for taking a guy whose most likely outcome is below it. In November/December/January that is correct. But guys who can be counted on to do that are generally already on rosters. The ones that are available have been released early in the season, because they suck.
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At least not on April 16.
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I'm pretty sure he's on the roster, although he's "not available tonight" so maybe he isn't technically on the roster yet. Cubs.com roster has 24 names right now, not Ransom's. But the press release says what number he will wear, so I assume he will be on it when he shows up. Or if he shows up.
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I'm pretty sure he's on the roster, although he's "not available tonight" so maybe he isn't technically on the roster yet.
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Bruce Miles @BruceMiles2112 3m Hoyer says #Cubs have underperformed
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Bruce Miles @BruceMiles2112 5m #Cubs will have roster moves today. Hoyer to discuss with media at 3:30 p.m.
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Bruce Miles @BruceMiles2112 5m #Cubs will have roster moves today. Hoyer to discuss with media at 3:30 p.m.
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They needed his spot on the 40-man for Kevin Gregg. Kameron Loe. Gregg isn't on the 40
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Because by and large the history of baseball is about the history of the world series.
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That's kind of hard to come up with the proper list. The Yankees, sure. The Dodgers? They've been on opposite ends of the country and a complete non-entity for extremely long periods of time. The Giants? Without Bonds that team has had less personality than just about anybody out there? Phillies? Boooooorrrrinnngggggggg. Athletics? 3 different locations, the Bash Brothers and Moneyball. The White Sox have disco demolition. Nobody even realizes Baltimore still exists, plus two different locations. Cincy? They haven't been relevant since Vietnam. Pittsburgh? Cocaine and acid was fun. St. Louis, quality slice of white bread if there ever was one. Prior to the 2000s Boston had no more meaningful history than the Cubs. Their most meaningful play took place in Shea stadium. As lackluster as it has been, I think the Cubs stack up well with just about any non-Yankees organization out there. They'd lose the argument with a couple but they aren't at the bottom of the list.
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Ryno was great and boring, and really only had 1 signature moment in Wrigley. But Wood, Prior, Sosa and the bulk of the 60's guys were entertaining enough. The level of meaningful history is certainly not what it should be for a team that has played in the same stadium in a major market that long. But it's hardly non-existent.
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any replay you are dying to see will not be shown on the jumbotron. Do you people think it's like some giant personalized RedZone channel or something? Have you ever actually seen a jumbotron in use at a stadium?
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That is just as absurd a statement as the vehement anti-jumbotron crowd. It ads nothing. Oh, jersey; you and your clever puns. Oops.
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That is just as absurd a statement as the vehement anti-jumbotron crowd. It ads nothing.
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2013 Draft Discussion
jersey cubs fan replied to seattlecub's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Isn't that over/under simply the bet on whether he goes 1,2,3? You really think Boras/Appel will accept less than slot if he goes #1? -
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Well this is [expletive] pathetic. I wouldn't argue that at all. I'm just tired of people putting the blame on Theo, when its extremely likely he's not had a true choice in spending more. To me, the fact I honestly think we've got a realistic shot at contention next year, speaks very highly of our FO, given what I think is a [expletive] payroll cap, that Theo didn't see coming immediately, when he got here. Theo has made it clear the past several months that he does not want to spend money right now.
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The 2012 Offseason Thread
jersey cubs fan replied to ctcf's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I was actually thinking that very thing yesterday. They could use it as leverage when negotiating a potential extension, but I doubt they want to give him one at all. So they might as well just make the offer and hold onto him for another year. -
probably a whole hell of a lot of money. Like a lot more than the jumbotron would generate over any prolonged period of time. I wouldn't be shocked if they bought out one or two, to try and break up the alliance. All it takes is one owner to realize the potential of a dying business. If they could get air rights to cross Clark street to the hotel, they could conceivably get air rights to have a crosswalk to one or two of the rooftops, which would really open up the possibilities for new revenue streams. Then you'd be left with a couple independent rooftops on the periphery, but the Cubs would have their location to market to bachelor parties and work groups that don't want to rent a suite or buy scattered seats. I don't see that happening though.
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The Cubs are not going to move. They know this. That is why they aren't negotiating from the standpoint of worrying about what would happen if the Cubs left.
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Not necessarily. But the clubhouse is a huge project. So is the hotel. Two projects that size taking place simultaneously will take up a lot of their time and space in the area. Lots of workers, lots of fenced off sites. Lots of paperwork and inspectors and deadlines, etc. But also they may want to wait on the jumbotron to delay the legal issues. If the rooftops plan to sue the day they start on the jumbotron, it could put other projects in play at the same time at risk. I just think that a combination of many things will mean the jumbotron won't go up in year 1. Just a complete guess though.
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Ha. I wonder if the screen will be in the first phase. They've done larger projects in one offseason, so I could see it being possible, if not likely. Seems like, aside from the clubhouse, they'd want to prioritize any work that could produce more revenue ahead of structural work (I know they'll be replacing sections of concrete every offseason... just think they might be doing less of that now and more of it later). The way those photos showed the new clubhouse layout, I think that's a ginormous project involving the gutting of everything under the main grandstand. I think they could conceivably do that and the board at the same time. However, the hotel project has to be expected to bring in just as much revenue as anything else, so wouldn't that have to start right away? If I had to guess I'd say the board will wait one more year. They are expecting lawsuits and don't want to have to scale back after already starting the project.
