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Re: Cubs in '21
By: CurtOne Date: October 16, 2020, 6:26 pm
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what position does he play when he's not umping?
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Re: Cubs in '21
By: JeffH Date: October 16, 2020, 6:31 pm
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[quote author=CurtOne link=topic=566.msg417596#msg417596
date=1602890788]
what position does he play when he's not umping?
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He's a left handed peckerwood.
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Re: Cubs in '21
By: CurtOne Date: October 16, 2020, 6:46 pm
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Is he left-handed? I knew he was a peckerwood.
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Re: Cubs in '21
By: brjones Date: October 16, 2020, 9:14 pm
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This seems like a nice honor for Darvish:
Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago @JpnCons_Chicago
Congratulations to @Cubs pitcher @faridyu, who met with
Consul-General Okada and received the “Consul-General’s
Commendation” as the first Japanese pitcher to lead the MLB in
wins. We're delighted that he represents Japanese people here in
the US, and are proud of his efforts!
HTML https://twitter.com/JpnCons_Chicago/status/1317137923679133698
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Re: Cubs in '21
By: davep Date: October 17, 2020, 8:22 pm
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He has got to be a better pitcher than an umpire.
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Re: Cubs in '21
By: craig Date: October 21, 2020, 10:17 am
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After winning the World Series, the Cubs generously commissioned
1,908 championship rings and pins for players, coaches,
ownership, executives, associates, ballpark staff, corporate
partners and Hall of Fame alumni.
HTML https://theathletic.com/2150818/2020/10/21/the-cubs-are-a-decimated-organization-after-laying-off-100-plus-employees/?source=dailyemail
Not sure how many of those were HOF alumni and corporate
partners. But I was surprised there were *that* many personnel
in the organization. Probably speaks to the cost of operation,
well beyond the ~35-40 Cubs players in a typical season.
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Re: Cubs in '21
By: craig Date: October 21, 2020, 10:26 am
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"The Cubs are claiming $140 million in revenue losses this year
and projecting $120 million in lost revenue next year"
I thought earlier the number $200M in losses had been mentioned.
*IF* they actually only lost $140, that's probably good for the
franchise.
Projecting $120M for next year is curious. Projections in a
covid world are obviously imprecise. But it's curious that
Mooney and Sharma's number projects next year's lost revenue to
be >80% what they list for this year's lost revenue. I might
have hoped that next year's baseball economics might not be
almost as bad as for this season.
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Re: Cubs in '21
By: Cletus Date: October 21, 2020, 10:39 am
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Would be instructive to see what the costs were. I doubt their
net loss, whatever it was, was not that much.
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Re: Cubs in '21
By: method Date: October 21, 2020, 11:05 am
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Its easy to show a loss when you separate each portion of the
business. Does the MLB media company revenue count towards the
club? or is that a separate venture and those revenues don't
count?
Owners love to seek sympathy for their losses, yet refuse to
open their books. I know this is hard for a lot of folks to
believe, but the US tax code is setup to be gamed... you just
have to earn past a certain amount to game it.
And 98% of people never get there and have no idea what it
really means.
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Re: Cubs in '21
By: CUBluejays Date: October 21, 2020, 11:25 am
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[quote author=craig link=topic=566.msg418016#msg418016
date=1603293993]
"The Cubs are claiming $140 million in revenue losses this year
and projecting $120 million in lost revenue next year"
I thought earlier the number $200M in losses had been mentioned.
*IF* they actually only lost $140, that's probably good for the
franchise.
Projecting $120M for next year is curious. Projections in a
covid world are obviously imprecise. But it's curious that
Mooney and Sharma's number projects next year's lost revenue to
be >80% what they list for this year's lost revenue. I might
have hoped that next year's baseball economics might not be
almost as bad as for this season.
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No one knows when fans will be allowed back into the parks and
what the capacity will be.
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