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  1. UMFan83
    If the Cubs have their own channel, I wonder what a team with such a history of futility can show in terms of classic games. Sure, post-1984 there are plenty of games to show, but what do you have between 1945 and 1983? Umm...1969..Banks 500th HR...Monday saves flag...Schmidt game...is that it? What other memorable games are there during that time period of almost 40 years when TV was making its way into the mainstream?
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    That's pretty ridiculous. What's so ridiculous about it? We are talking about profit not investment. You can't just decide that the money invested doesn't matter. It only matters from the standpoint of rate of return and not money in the bank. Well it's not like you are not investing the other $80 million. Hypothetically its costing you $40 million to make the first $20 million in profit and then $80 million to make the next $20 million. That's diminishing returns. I think what you are saying is that we can't be certain that investing your $80 million elsewhere is going to get you more than $20 million in profit, and that I can't answer because that's about as far as I can coherently use my economic knowledge in developing my argument. Maybe someone else either way can go further.
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    They're getting a new stadium too. I think its retractable roof. Those pansys can't stand playing outdoors in the winter.
  4. UMFan83
    I was just looking over their team the other day and thinking the same thing. Like you said, a lot of things have to go right, but they could contend for the division. I don't really think any team in the Central is all that great besides Cleveland.
  5. UMFan83
    Sadly, gaining or losing draft picks because of a Type A FA doesn't seem to be much of a concern for Hendry.
  6. UMFan83
    Can someone summarize what it says? I can't watch the video here at work.
  7. UMFan83
    that's not true at all. you cant just assume that you'll make profit on the 80m that you're investing elsewhere. There is a definite value to the money not spent. I'm no finance or economics guru, but I'm pretty sure spending $40 million to make $60 million is much better than spending $120 million to make $80 million.
  8. UMFan83
    Yay early season competitiveness + very thin draft = useless 8-12 pick to be used on another Joakim Noah. FYI, NBAdraft.net has the Bulls picking Greg Monroe from Georgetown in the draft, who is described as "Chris Webber (late career version)" Yay?
  9. UMFan83
    But as someone pointed out before, it's better to make $60 million profit on a $40 million payroll, than to make $80 million on a $120 million payroll because there is a value to having that $80 million difference in payroll to invest elsewhere. Ricketts may be a Cubs fan, but he's also a businessman. I have no doubt he wants the Cubs to win, but no one would risk $900 million just to try to break even.
  10. UMFan83
    I think they own part of NESN, sorta like how the Cubs own part of CSN, but I think the Sox own a lot more of it. Edit: Looked it up, Red Sox own 80% of NESN, Bruins own 20%
  11. UMFan83
    Hinrich has by far the best trade value out of any Bull besides Rose at this moment. Remember, no teams consider any of the Bulls players besides Rose to be current or future stars, so it's about finding teams that need a Hinrich like player to fill a role, possibly starting PG, but also possibly a 6th or 7th man. Gone are the days where we can packages 2-3 of our core players and pick up a superstar. That won't happen, other teams don't see any potential stars anymore. No one trades a star for 3 role players. So all a trade can do is trade role players for different role players. The only way a trade like that makes sense is if you can get someone who has low post scoring/defense, someone who is an especially great defender, or most importantly, someone whose contract comes off the books before 2010 (especially important with regards to Hinrich, Nocioni and Deng whose contracts all go past 2010)
  12. UMFan83
    I hear the Indians have this super utility player. Apparently he has a pretty good bat too. Maybe we should look into that.
  13. UMFan83
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-24-cubs-changes-chicagojan24,0,5693918.story Sounds like speculation by Sullivan, but he seems to be reporting as fact.
  14. UMFan83
    From Buster Olney. I haven't read the last page or so, so apologies if it's been posted http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3854411&name=olney_buster
  15. UMFan83
    nobody follows the NIT closely. except perhaps michigan fans. You have your glitzy tournament, we'll have ours. I'm especially excited about this year's tournament as we've already had experience playing on the MSG floor.
  16. UMFan83
    Anyone see the program prestige rankings on ESPN.com? Here is their list: 1. Oklahoma Sooners 2. USC Trojans 3. Ohio State Buckeyes 4. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 5. Nebraska Cornhuskers 6. Alabama Crimson Tide 7. Texas Longhorns 8. Michigan Wolverines 9. Florida State Seminoles 10. Miami Hurricanes 11. Penn State Nittany Lions 12. Tennessee Volunteers 13. LSU Tigers 14. Georgia Bulldogs 15. Florida Tebows 16. UCLA Bruins 17. Washington Huskies 18. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 19. Arkansas Razorbacks 20. Texas A&M Aggies 21. Auburn Tigers T-22. Clemson Tigers T-22. Colorado Buffaloes 24. Ole Miss Rebels 25. BYU Cougars By conference: Big 12: 5 Pac 10: 3 Big 10: 3 Independent: 1 SEC: 8 ACC: 4 MWC: 1 http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3849468
  17. UMFan83
    How can you assume it was more watched because of the HFA thing? You did catch me there. I only have anecdotal evidence to back that up. I know many people including myself who have admitted they wouldn't have stayed up until 1:30 in the morning to watch an All-Star game without the allure of seeing which league won HFA. The interest on this site's game thread was incredible to the point where that is still the longest game thread on file even beating all the Cubs playoff games and Opening days (the site's archives go back 4 years). There was even a hatred of Dan Uggla that came out of the game that shows how many people were emotionally invested in the game, and that is something that was not happening for the most part in the 90's. Yeah, but you're talking about one game. They've been doing this for years, how is increased interest in last year's game indicative of HFA being the difference maker? For us there was a lot more interest because we had the best record in the NL at the ASB, and many people thought this was our best shot to win a World Series. IIRC, we were hovering around .500 at 2007s ASB. In 2004, we had interest but Clemens gave up like 5 runs in the first inning. 2003 we were also around .500. For the general public, I am not sure, I guess because it was a very close back and forth game and it was showcasing historic Yankee Stadium for one of the last times.
  18. UMFan83
    Typical NSBB poster entry Adam Dunn went 1-4 with a HR, BB and 3K in the Nationals 4-3 win over the Pirates. OMG! Adammmm Dunnnn *drooooool* Dunn has solidified himself as the greatest player in baseball history by consistently having games like this. He is now hitting .234/.368/.500 for the season.I want have have his children.
  19. UMFan83
    Except the AL has had HFA for like the last 7 years. Strangely enough, the AL is only 4-3 in World Series in those 7 years (Angels, Red Sox, White Sox, Red Sox vs. Marlins, Cardinals, Phillies). Just weird that the last time the NL has had HFA in the World Series was the Diamondbacks in 2001.
  20. UMFan83
    This is disapointing. I am going to have to lower my impression of the Blackhawks. I thought they were the 3rd best team in the West, but now I'm leaning towards 5th or 6th. I could be overreacting to a down stretch though. Just 1-1-2 against the Blues this year, with that one win being a 2-1 win. They just have our number this year.
  21. UMFan83
    If they are going to keep doing this HF advantage thing, please lift the rule that says that every team needs to be represented. It was horrible to see Christian Guzman getting 3-4 ABs in last years game.
  22. UMFan83
    Not that anyone cares, but all my inseason teams are going on a massive tank. Blackhawks, Bulls, Michigan, DePaul. Frustrating.
  23. UMFan83
    Haha, this forum got torn to shreds by that author. I guess I didn't read closely enough to consider whether it was satire. After all the zany marketing ideas the Cubs have introduced over the years, I guess it just seemed like this was yet another one. If that blog is really the home of intelligent thought like he seems to imply it is, I guess we can live without his uninformed input on this board.
  24. UMFan83
    Well DePaul lost to South Florida for the second time this year, meaning their odds of going 0-18 in the Big East go up big time.
  25. UMFan83
    Seriously, why would that even matter? The grading scale between a good beat writer and a bad one has absolutely nothing to do with who can break a story first. cause i constantly see the "bruce what do you know about this" or "bruce has hendry said this" type of posts. when in reality, there's nothing to suggest that hendry tells him anything. i just dont get it. If you've followed Hendry's career as a GM, you'll see that Hendry doesn't really share the kind of information most of us are looking for (offseason moves, for example) with anyone. And if he were to share some of his inner most secrets, he would probably share them with Chicago Tribune writers, since the organization is/was owned by the Tribune. exactly my point. hence the not understanding of "bruce tell me what you know" that i see everywhere. He's more of an insider than anyone else here, and the only inside source that can directly answer our questions if he so chooses, so if people want to ask him questions, and he chooses to answer them, what does it hurt?
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