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#Post#: 75116--------------------------------------------------
Re: Predictions
DIR By: Jes Beard
Date: May 22, 2012, 5:43 pm
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--- Quote from: Deeg link ---
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> Rather than a bad team performing badly when it was 100%
predictable, people should be worried about the emerging reality
that the Ricketts are a dysfunctional and despicable family
(most of them).
>
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On what do you base your conclusion that the family is
"dysfunctional and despicable?" Sure appears that they have
been functioning reasonably well.
--- Quote from: Deeg link ---
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> And there's growing reason to doubt they will (give the
Theocracy the funds that lead to the Cubs winning the World
Series).
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What is the "growing reason"?
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> BTW, I agree that Joe's proposed superpac campaign sucks.
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The proposal which has been widely reported was not Joe's, but
was instead a proposal which someone else made to him and which
he rejected. Are you saying it sucks that he rejected it? I
would agree with that. Too bad he did.
--- Quote from: Deeg link ---
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> This brewing debacle is a body blow to both, especially if
public financing for Wrigley is a casualty.
>
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"Brewing debacle"? What "brewing debacle"?
And I see it as a plus that the Cubs not get public financing
for Wrigley. There is no reason the government should pay for
or subsidize the Cubs, any other sports franchise, or any other
business.
--- Quote from: Deeg link ---
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> The info that's emerging - that it was Joe calling the shots
in the negotiations,
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Info that is "emerging"? I posted a link to a video of him
making comments a year ago. What is it that is "emerging" now?
--- Quote from: Deeg link ---
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> his bragging (on camera) that it was the fact that the Cubs
could sell out the ballpark with bad teams that attracted him to
the idea of buying the team - is just the tip of the iceberg.
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And the idea that the Cubs sell out even with bad teams is a new
one?
Only the Ricketts were aware of it?
Anyone buying the team was going to buy it in part because of
the loyalty of the fan base. Any owner who would NOT have known
that and taken it into account would have been so stupid he
would have been a disaster as an owner.
--- Quote from: Deeg link ---
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> The problem is, Tom Ricketts can't extract himself from the
stink. It's obvious Joe and Pete are involved intimately in the
financial side, and the growing ill will on the part of the fans
is going to further poison the relationship with the ownership.
>
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What stink? You really think Cub fans give a rat's as* about
Joe's PAC?
--- Quote from: Deeg link ---
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> And if the Ricketts don't get their publicly funded Wrigley
upgrades - which is where they saw the dollar signs flashing -
they aren't going to spend heavily on trivial things like
payroll.
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And you base that on.... what, exactly?
If the fans do not show up because the team stinks and is
showing no sign of improving, that might create a reasonable
incentive for spending to improve the team.
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> It's no wonder Joe sent Laura to the Kerry Wood retirement
festivities...
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And what information do you have leading to the conclusion Joe
ordered his daughter to attend the "festivities"?
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> Whether Tom is able to repair relations with Rahm remains to
be seen.
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Why would relations between the Cubs and Rahm be damaged by
Pappa Ricketts hearing, AND REJECTING, a proposal to fund PAC
adds focusing on Obama's ties to Wright?
--- Quote from: Deeg link ---
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> I base my opinions on the Ricketts Family from growing up with
them as an outsider, going to a high school full of people like
them....
>
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Your post reeks of envy, and for you to have a valid opinion of
the Ricketts family based on "going to a high school full of
people like them," you first need to know how the Ricketts'
family is, and it appears you know squat about them, other than
they have money, and it appears you do not and are jealous about
it.
#Post#: 75118--------------------------------------------------
Re: Predictions
DIR By: davep
Date: May 22, 2012, 5:55 pm
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--- Quote from: Deeg link ---
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> Other than the $10 million SuperPAC fiasco, the SuperPAC set
up to "end government spending" by a man who wants $300 million
is government spending directly to his pocket and Joe Ricketts
saying he bought the Cubs because they sold tickets even when
they sucked, you mean?
>
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What superpac fiasco are you referring to? I have already said
that no public money should be spent on Wrigley Field, but what
does that have to do with a SuperPAC?
#Post#: 75180--------------------------------------------------
Re: Predictions
DIR By: shasson
Date: May 22, 2012, 10:17 pm
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Davep, nice homage to JesBeard. Funny stuff.
#Post#: 82140--------------------------------------------------
Re: Predictions
DIR By: Cactus
Date: July 5, 2012, 12:07 am
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The Cubs have reached the mid-point of the season with a record
of 31-50.
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> Total wins for the 2012 season...
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> 88 - DaveP
> 87 - FITS, AZSteve
> 85 - Ray
> 83 - BR
> 82 - DelMar, Tico
> 81 - Cactus, Jay
> 80 - Dave23
> 79 - JR, Clark
> 76 - Chiman, Santo
> 75 - Craig, Cubsin, PR, Ben
> 74 - Jacey, Jes, Dihard
> 73 - Robb
> 72 - ECF, Deeg
> 71 - grrrrlacher
> 70 - Jiggy
> 69 - Bitter
> 63 - StrikeZone
>
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#Post#: 82141--------------------------------------------------
Re: Predictions
DIR By: davep
Date: July 5, 2012, 12:50 am
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So far, so good.
#Post#: 82146--------------------------------------------------
Re: Predictions
DIR By: JR
Date: July 5, 2012, 8:29 am
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> 63 - StrikeZone
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Damb pessimist.
#Post#: 82147--------------------------------------------------
Re: Predictions
DIR By: CurtOne
Date: July 5, 2012, 8:33 am
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Without my prediction and mO's that list is invalid.
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Re: Predictions
DIR By: papa smurf
Date: July 5, 2012, 6:03 pm
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i had 69
#Post#: 82237--------------------------------------------------
Re: Predictions
DIR By: Deeg
Date: July 5, 2012, 6:51 pm
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Summer nights...
#Post#: 82313--------------------------------------------------
Re: Predictions
DIR By: DelMarFan
Date: July 6, 2012, 11:59 am
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> So far, so good.
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Currently at 31-51, but 7-3 over their last 10 (since the Big
Riz came up). When they keep playing at that clip, 7-3
extrapolates to 57-25 over the second half of the season. 57 +
31 = 88.
Sweet.
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