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  1. UMFan83
    I was reading another Chicago development website and their discussion about this proposal and someone mentioned that all of the existing retail tenants have been offered leases in the new space.
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    My guy says that the Roberts to Cubs trade is done, but the Cubs are delaying the announcement because they want to give SoxFest its weekend in the sun.
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    Roberts is already in Mesa getting ready for the season. Boy what a gamer he is.
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    Not surprisingly, so far its become "fans of Wrigley" arguing against Fenway, and Rob Neyer defending the Red Sox park.
  5. UMFan83
    17 hours since the last post? I'm not going to let that happen. Brian Roberts had a horrible game last night.
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    http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7209/newdevof7.jpg Just created that. Looks like it will extend to Goose Island. I can't tell if Mullens will go under either, but definitely wont go past Mullens
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    Holy Crap, its going all the way past Eddy! Then its definitely going to take out Goose Island and probably all the way past Red Ivy (good riddance). That sucks, I love Goose Island to eat before games. I camped out there all day last October for the playoff game where we got eliminated. The outcome sucked but I've always thought they had great food and obviously excellent beer. I didn't look that closely...if it is going to destroy half of Wrigleyville I am opposed. At least the most popular bars are on the other side of the street (Cubby Bear, Sluggers, Barleycorn, Moes). If Goose Island is gone, I will be sad. I love that place. Watched the Super Bowl last season there, also watched the #1/#2 Michigan/OSU game there, ate way too many Stilton Burgers there, etc.
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    I remember a week or so ago he said he was dealing with family things. yeah i remember that too, i guess i was just hopein Or maybe he just doesn't respond to every single request for his presence here. But we activated the Bruce signal and everything... inappropriate use of the signal, imo. I'm going to go old school on this one and Blame CT
  9. UMFan83
    abreu walks a lot more than fukudome, though. i think ray lankford and luis gonzalez in his 30-37 years (minus the one huge year) are good parallels. he'll probably put up billy williams-type numbers, which won't be as impressive as when billy did that, because this is a more offensive era. LuGonz is a pretty good comparison. I think Ray Lankford's OBP is too low but he does seem to have similar BB totals.
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    I'm trying to figure out a good MLB comparison to those numbers. Bobby Abreu is the one that comes to my mind.
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    Oh and the worst part of this proposal. Unless they build a 7-11 into the retail section, where the hell am I supposed to get my Big Gulp to fill with booze before the game?
  12. UMFan83
    Don't worry it won't happen. Or if it does, it will be extremely scaled down. This project would work a block from Wrigley, but across the street it will never happen. Mark my words, too many NIMBYs in Wrigleyville.
  13. UMFan83
    Haven't you been paying attention? It's now about a blockbuster Santana-Lincecum-Cain-Bedard-Roberts-Griffey-Crawford-ARod for Patterson-Murton-Cedeno-Gallagher-Marshall-Lieber-Colvin trade
  14. UMFan83
    Yes, its official, Sabean is the worst GM in the history of baseball. I haven't looked at any stats but wouldn't Cain pretty much be the number 2 if not 1 in Chicago (depending on which Buerhle shows up)? I don't see back of the rotation with the pitchers they have. I could be wrong though.. At this rate, we could get Cain and Lincecum for Aramis. Would anyone do that if Aramis waived his no trade clause? Probably as long as we can get Roberts and move DeRosa to 3B until the trading deadline. Zambrano Lincecum Cain Lilly Hill Roberts Fukudome Lee Soriano DeRosa Soto Pie Theriot
  15. UMFan83
    Here is what Keith Law thinks about the Cubs
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    What's "WRONG" with Colvin that makes so many people cool with throwing him in? I mean... it seems like some here would discard him without a second thought. Looking at his numbers, he looks like a good prospect. I'm not all that excited about trading away strong potential for a minor upgrade at 2nd base. Maybe I'm off base on his potential. Oh know you didn't use the m-word. Here we go again. I like Colvin, but I don't think too highly of him. I think he can be a regular but never a star unless he dramatically learns how to get on base more often. I think he's good trade bait before he gets too far along in his minor league career.
  17. UMFan83
    That area could use some gentrifying up I guess. The area looks too late-80's, early-90s, and doesn't really have the historic atmosphere that you'd want to keep. That said, I don't think this gets approved.
  18. UMFan83
    Yes, its official, Sabean is the worst GM in the history of baseball. Cain for Crede occurs....that's pathetic. How about Murton and Marshall for Cain?
  19. UMFan83
    They go on sale at 10 AM online and over the phone. I believe the box office at Wrigley starts at 8 AM. And the lottery # for what # is the first wristband is at 6 AM. Wristbands are usually given out Mon-Weds of the week tickets go on sale IIRC. Man do I wish I lived in Chicago and could just head to the stadium. JR I try the wristband lottery every year and never have luck. Its about a 1 in 500 chance that your number will be early enough to matter. I hit it lucky (within 500) in 2005. Got my share of Red Sox and White Sox tickets. It's too bad I was in college when that happened so I didn't have the capital to get my full share of tickets.
  20. UMFan83
    Probably because there's nothing else to discuss in here. I think someone convinced me that Rey Sanchez was not going to be able to replace Ryne Sandberg's numbers at 2B somewhere in this thread.
  21. UMFan83
    When 2 of those starters are highly regarded, one being one of the highest regarded prospects in baseball last season, it makes sense. Again, I'm not saying that they can even compete in the Central, I am only saying that they can compete with the Cubs, currently a mediocre team playing in the worst division in the worst league in baseball..
  22. UMFan83
    yep --Even if we go to camp with this team, I bet we'll add one or two new players before the start of the season. Yeah, crappy NRIs if/when someone gets hurt. --No. Hendry will make a trade. Hopefully, it wont be as bad as the Dontrelle Willis trade. Yeah that trade was horrible. Cueto, Jorgenson, and Taverez were awesome also. Matt Clement sucked ass. If Willis doesn't have his 2005 that's a push trade maybe slightly in the Cubs favor. Any trade that brings us Antonio Alfonseca and the 50 games he blew for us in his Cubs career is a bad one. Exactly
  23. UMFan83
    How in the world do they match up with the Cubs? They're better at SS and CF. They have 2 starters, 2 setup men, and a closer for pitchers. They will be fighting the Twins for 3rd place, miles behind the Tigers and Indians. They could easily match up with the Cubs. The main problem is that their "core" (Thome, Konerko, Dye) is aging. If they put up 2006 numbers again, they are easily as good as the Cubs "core" (Lee, Ramirez, Soriano) Then you can compare Swisher and Fukudome, Pierzynski and Soto, Richar and Theriot, Cabrera and DeRosa, etc. Bullpens are a crapshoot, and the Sox was awful last season, but they made some decent acquisitions and it should be enough to give them a decent pen. The rotation is a little thin, but like I said, lots of potential there. Remember that I didn't say that they were going to be better than the Cubs, I said they have the potential to be compare with the Cubs. Like people have pointed out they have pretty bad D, so that might be their big drawback, but they also have a very deep and experienced bench.
  24. UMFan83
    It's not horrible. It all depends on what Buehrle shows up. The Buehlre of 2004,2005 and 2007 is borderline ace material. Vazquez was probably their best pitcher last season and is a very solid number 2. Danks was one of the top prospects in baseball before last season, and I would be really surprised if he DIDN'T make a big leap this year. Floyd was pretty highly regarded too but less of a sure thing. Finally, Contreras is pretty bad, but if the Sox show any signs of life with the first 3 pitchers and the lineup and pen, they will make the necessary moves. They have Crede, Uribe, and any of their OFs as trade bait (I say any of the OFs because they can probably but Carlos Quinten in there). Anyways, like I said they are probably not going to win the Central, but I think Cubs fans, and fans around baseball in general are really underestimating them because of all the scorn that was given to Kenny Williams after he failed to get any FA OFs. Since then he has traded for Swisher, signed Alexi Ramirez, and Octavio Dotel to go along with his other moves of signing Linebrink and trading for Orlando Cabrera and Carlos Quinten. The only major piece they have really lost is Garland (not including the deprevation of their farm system which is another topic).
  25. UMFan83
    I think all these Cubs fans assuming the Sox are going to be terrible this season might be surprised. If a couple of things break right, they could be pretty good. Cabrera, SS Swisher, CF Konerko, 1B Thome, DH Dye, RF Crede, 3B Fields, LF Pierzynski, C Richar, 2B Buehrle Vazquez Danks Contreras Floyd Jenks, CL Dotel, SU Linebrink, SU MacDougal, MR Thornton, MR Logan, MR/LR Quentin, 4th OF Alexi Ramirez, UTIL Owens, OF Uribe, IF Hall, C I mean thats a really solid 25 man roster overall. Probably won't win the Central, but honestly it pains me to say this but it can compare favorably with the Cubs. The only problem might be that they don't have anyone to play the Leadoff Position.
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