rico Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: None of the 4 prospects the Cubs got for Darvish have ever played an inning above rookie ball... 🙄 Sounds like a great deal.......for the Pads. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Here ya go Cub fans... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/12/rays-trade-rumors-kevin-kiermaier.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 8 hours ago, rico said: Here ya go Cub fans... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/12/rays-trade-rumors-kevin-kiermaier.html Unless he'll take $2.85 an hour plus tips, the McRicketts won't go for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 22 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Unless he'll take $2.85 an hour plus tips, the McRicketts won't go for it... How bad you want a CFer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 2 hours ago, rico said: How bad you want a CFer? The fans or Rickets? Fans are clamoring for some solid additions. Rickets is crying poor, while in private... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 I read where Yu was pretty upset with the Cubs for dealing him.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 On 12/29/2020 at 8:15 AM, IUFLA said: The birds flying over the McRicketts' house this morning... Late to the party. Salary dump and obvious decision because of the cost overruns the Ricketts family has taken on in Wrigleyville....just dump salaries. Theo knew what was coming and left $10M on the table to get out of there. Tough couple years coming. At this point I'd say dump them all and reload for 2022 or 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 5 hours ago, Seeking6 said: Late to the party. Salary dump and obvious decision because of the cost overruns the Ricketts family has taken on in Wrigleyville....just dump salaries. Theo knew what was coming and left $10M on the table to get out of there. Tough couple years coming. At this point I'd say dump them all and reload for 2022 or 2023. Is this what Ross signed up for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Saw where the Padres are in it to sign Baurer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 9 hours ago, IU Scott said: Saw where the Padres are in it to sign Baurer Saw where he was talking with the Blue Jays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 10 hours ago, rico said: Is this what Ross signed up for? First time manager sadly doesn't have much say in it. In a strange way it helps alleviate the pressure off of him. Venom in Cub world is directed at ownership for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 46 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: First time manager sadly doesn't have much say in it. In a strange way it helps alleviate the pressure off of him. Venom in Cub world is directed at ownership for the future. That's the thing about Chicago sports teams (at least the ones I root for)...large market teams that want to act like they have small market money... For years the Cardinals (small market) and the Packers (small market)have been handing the Cubs and Bears their collective asses when it comes to team ownership/management. The Cubs have to start acting like the Dodgers and the Yankees. Spend some dough and always contend. The Bears needed new ownership the day Muggs Halas died. It's the McCaskey's main income source, and they want to take in as much profit as possible every year. I wish both franchises would sell to owners who are more driven by success than money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 8 minutes ago, IUFLA said: That's the thing about Chicago sports teams (at least the ones I root for)...large market teams that want to act like they have small market money... For years the Cardinals (small market) and the Packers (small market)have been handing the Cubs and Bears their collective asses when it comes to team ownership/management. The Cubs have to start acting like the Dodgers and the Yankees. Spend some dough and always contend. The Bears needed new ownership the day Muggs Halas died. It's the McCaskey's main income source, and they want to take in as much profit as possible every year. I wish both franchises would sell to owners who are more driven by success than money. All day long. The Cubs moves this past week and what the tea leaves are saying screams small market and just doesn't have to be that way. Bears ownership has always been a joke but I thought the Ricketts/Cubs turned the corner 10 years ago. Guess not...or at least not for a year or two. I know 70% of Cubs revenue comes from gameday sales. I know $3M bodies didn't get into Wrigley last year. But when you buy a team for $900M or so and that asset has appreciated to $3.5 B or inside of 10 years....$ and penny pinching moves never should happen. Ever. This was a Tampa move...or some of the other smaller market NL teams.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: That's the thing about Chicago sports teams (at least the ones I root for)...large market teams that want to act like they have small market money... For years the Cardinals (small market) and the Packers (small market)have been handing the Cubs and Bears their collective asses when it comes to team ownership/management. The Cubs have to start acting like the Dodgers and the Yankees. Spend some dough and always contend. The Bears needed new ownership the day Muggs Halas died. It's the McCaskey's main income source, and they want to take in as much profit as possible every year. I wish both franchises would sell to owners who are more driven by success than money. Like a lot of Bears fans...I have been hoping the Bears sell the team for most of my life. I don't know what Rickets deal is...he claims he is a fan and wants to win, but apparently not as much as maximizing profits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 12/30/2020 at 3:25 PM, Stlboiler23 said: You can always join the dark side and cheer for the redbirds if you’d like. Always room on the bandwagon. You have a better chance of catching me rooting for Purdue basketball (if playing UK, B10/ACC Challenge) than you have of me rooting for St. Louis. I would root for the Russian National team if they were playing the Cardinals in an exhibition game.   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlboiler23 Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 2 hours ago, 5fouls said: You have a better chance of catching me rooting for Purdue basketball (if playing UK, B10/ACC Challenge) than you have of me rooting for St. Louis. I would root for the Russian National team if they were playing the Cardinals in an exhibition game.   Why such the hatred for the Cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 11 hours ago, Stlboiler23 said: Why such the hatred for the Cards? Human nature? I actully was a big Card fan on the 70's believe it or not. Loved me some Roy Green and Neil Lomax.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Dodgers... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/01/dodgers-interested-in-dj-lemahieu.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, rico said: Dodgers... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/01/dodgers-interested-in-dj-lemahieu.html The Dodgers The Cubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: The Dodgers The Cubs Exactly. I haven't been this disappointed in the Cubs in years given the resources, talent that we have/had on the field....maybe some of the turn of the century teams ticked me off more but this is telling us fans to take it while the Ricketts recover losses. This is a Pirates or Rays or shoot even Reds move pure and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Exactly. I haven't been this disappointed in the Cubs in years given the resources, talent that we have/had on the field....maybe some of the turn of the century teams ticked me off more but this is telling us fans to take it while the Ricketts recover losses. This is a Pirates or Rays or shoot even Reds move pure and simple. Rickets are going to use the success of 2016 for years I fear to justify their cheapness...."We brought a world series to the North Side so you should not question our cheapness...blah blah blah" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 I am jumping on the White Sox band wagon. I have been a fan of theirs since the movie "Eight Men Out."  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 43 minutes ago, rico said: I am jumping on the White Sox band wagon. I have been a fan of theirs since the movie "Eight Men Out."  Tom Gamboa and disco records say hello... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 minute ago, IUFLA said: Tom Gamboa and disco records say hello... ...showers in the stands....ahhhhh, the good ole days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsoniu Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 22 hours ago, IUFLA said: Tom Gamboa and disco records say hello... To be fair, disco DID suck. If we had to forfeit a game to prove a point, so be it  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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