ZipDog

That is why I quit buying Cubs Calendars! Add Zambrano and probably Garza....

Quade sucks. Fire him now!

Mike Quade is the worst Cubs manager I have seen since 1955, in my first Cubs- Cards game at Wrigley. He sucks!

Direct quote of Quade: Quade said he's already had some healthy disagreements with Hendry, Bush and others, and that's OK. "I'm not of the mentality that I have to win," Quade said. "I'm not an ego guy. I want to do the right thing." 'Nuff said. We'll about this Quade guy; so far, I am not impressed.

I don't believe Dusty Baker. I don't believe that happened.

Did he retire, leave, or what? I saw and heard about the posting for the P.A. announcer job at Wrigley (Pat and Keith talked about it on WGN today). Anyone know what the deal is?

Mrs. Zip and I were in Mesa for an ST game and we met Ronnie Santo on his way up to the "booth" at HoHoKam. He said he was glad to meet us; but, did we have a napkin for his hotdog, as he had forgotten his. Yes, we did have several extras...and, he was very gracious in welcoming us Texans to Arizona and to Cubs baseball. We thanked him and smiled as we listened to the radio bantor between him and Pat Hughes during the game. Just a average Joe.

You are taking 16 home games away from everybody. You are taking numerous "high value games" away from many teams. Boston/NYY go from playing 18 games to 6, Tampa hosts the Yankees 3 times instead of 9. This is all just incredibly unrealistic and impossible to make work. You can't force San Fran to play Washington as often as they play the Dodgers. Baseball is a business built on getting butts in seats for 6 months. This plan would kill the business model. Well, as much as I admire your thoughts and postings, jersey (and, your great knowledge), I think Buck Showalter's plan for realignment makes more sense than anything I have read or heard. See it at: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4418385 This is basically what these people are saying. And, your assertion that butts won't fill the seats unless the Red Sox and Yanks play 18 times is just wrong, I think. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4418385

Joe Moron is gone! Hallelujah! Hersheiser and Valentine....an upgrade? Maybe, Oral....but, not Valentine.

I met Ronnie Santo several times over the 20 straight years I went to Spring Training. He was always nice and gracious to us fans. I miss him already!

Sooner or later they will modify the infield stands and get the room they need. There is too much money to be made to stop with tonight. Why did the game anger you so? If you would bother to read the thread, you'll see that Northwestern personnel approached the Cubs about the game in the days immediately following the Winter Classic. Throwing Randy Bush into this makes you look like a buffoon. O.K....so, I am a "buffoon" to you. So what? Crane Kenney? There is the buffoon. I don't know about J.R. You seem more adedpt at throwing the buffoon lingo than actually understanding it.

You want to make an annual event of the "one-way" game at Wrigley? Well....have at it. What was this farce, anyway? Crane Kenney or Randy Bush or who was it? Whomever, it was bad.

Chicagoland doesn't need (or want) another JerryWorld...as you know. Stop making fun of me...it is not good for the moderator "image." \:D/

Heh-heh-heh.... Hey, sully.... Heck, I don't know what I think, sometimes, about the Cubs. I love 'em, I know that. But, man, this carp with Ricketts, Hendry, and this new marketing guy just turns me off. And, this Allstate Wrigley "Classic" is just another example of that carp. What a bunch of BS! I'll calm down, now, that I have it off my chest.

My opinion, based solely on TV (DVR recording viewed just now): I think the entire "experience" sucked. Bob Davies spent as much time apologizing for Wrigley, Allstate, Chicago, Big Ten, the two schools, and ESPN that I felt like throwing the remote at the TV screen. What a crappy game! And, the football teams weren't much better. And, Wrigley..... Good gawd....... What a dump! It reminds me of old Texas Stadium, which had become a dump, also. Memories of my first Cubs-Cardinals game in 1955 at Wrigley have clouded my mind. Time to go somewhere else....