SouthSideRyan

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While Steve Nash won two. Go figure Not to mention Derrick Rose.

Sandberg wouldn't have let Marmol blow the save!!!

He should've said "these guys suck"

Yes

Your 200 bucks is a drop in the bucket. Most people who travel from out-of-town for Cubs games(be they transplants or Iowa bluehairs) aren't going to be deterred by a 10-15 dollar difference on their tickets.

Congratulations on an outstanding username.

From walking?

It is gorgeous, but that's not the point. Alaska is gorgeous too, but I don't want to go there. Not that I wouldn't go to a summer game at Target, but that's about the only time you'd see me in the Twin Cities. Minnesota weather absolutely sucks for 70% of the year. Average high temp of 57 in April, 58 in October. Very little precipitation as well.

They'd also make a hell of a lot less on their advance sales, which is where the majority of tickets are being bought.

It would absolutely lose a lot. There are no good domed stadiums, so you'd have to figure out a way to build one that isn't lame. You'd also have to figure out a way to pay for all those rebuilds when the rare instances where weather is a problem doesn't come close to justifying the investments. The Yankees and Red Sox play in just as much crap as the Cubs do every April and most Octobers and their fans find a way to actually enjoy being there regardless. Crappy 45 degree games in April suck when your team sucks, they suck a lot less when your team is good. Cold games suck regardless. I imagine they also affect walk up ticket sales pretty significantly as well. I don't care if the team looks like a contender or not, I plan my trips to Wrigley in the summer, regardless of the price/availability of tickets. Cold, gray April baseball sucks any way you slice it. How they put an open air stadium in a place like Minneapolis still boggles my mind. And there are good enclosed stadiums. Enclosed =/= domed. There aren't/weren't any good domes, but they are a becoming a relic of the past. Safeco is a nice place to see a game, not every enclosed stadium has to be Tropicana Field or Rogers Centre. I think down the road we'll see architectural innovations that make enclosed stadiums even better and more common. Target Field is gorgeous, my 2nd favorite behind PNC.

Yeah, because implementing one aspect of it is like cloning it. You're cloning the worst part of it.

I don't think the Nationals are trading Bryce Harper He said one of the best, not the best. what does mike trout have to do with this BAN HIM TT

Imitating Milwaukee's stadium is about the worst idea I've ever heard. What an abomination.

You're arguing that the team was in better shape. The franchise was not.

Even if they were, that doesn't inherently comprise "serious trouble" anyway. But he said they would only be in serious trouble if they keep making stupid mistakes. They have been making stupid mistakes and do continue to make them, there is no sign that the mistakes will end in the short term. There really is no assumption to make other than the same mistakes will continue until the front office is overhauled. You think if we continue to sputter along and lose 90 games this year there won't be changes?

Who's paying for this stadium? Who's going to this stadium?

They've kept making stupid mistakes for a long time now. And yet the franchise isn't in serious trouble. They are in worse shape than they were a decade ago. No, they absolutely are not. I don't even know how one argues that.

Hell yes it is. I went to 3 games this past week, and may be doing a lot of walkup games for 3 bucks if we keep sucking.

They've kept making stupid mistakes for a long time now. And yet the franchise isn't in serious trouble.

If the power doesn't come back, Ramirez won't get 1Y/6M. He's looking at 2 consecutive seasons of below average offensive production with below average defense.

The franchise is located in one of the top 3 media markets in the country, and nobody cares about our competition in the market. The franchise is in serious trouble only if they keep making stupid mistakes.

The Diamondbacks do not have a "chance to win." Were they a properly rebuilt team when they were 17-23 two weeks ago?

Wells being a converted catcher is a point in his favor. Less miles on his arm. You're acting like the conversion happened last spring. He started full-time pitching in '04, throwing ~107 innings between starting and pen per year in '04 and '05. '06 he amped up to ~130. '07-'08 his development was slowed by moving to the pen, and being drafted in Rule 5. (Threw ~125 in '08) '09 he jumps to 190 without incident. '10 he throws 195. Please show me how this makes him liable to be injured (anymore than the average pitcher.)

Why would the Cubs pick up Aramis's option rather than declining it and re-signing him for about 10M less?