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I'm going off the fact that officials are saying hamstring issue for right now, which are technically connected to your knee.
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Edwin has a .949 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE over the last 15 games. loving dingers.
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MassaShowtime posted:Edwin has a .949 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE over the last 15 games. He started out slow but I definitely had "Faith" that he'd heat up  Sorry, I'll stop with the fake George Michael song posts, that one was most definitely Limp Bizkit.
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He's not even the guy with Careless Whisper as his walkup song 
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BasicFunk posted:Carlos Gomez and a couple guys from the Braves visit the boy hit with the foul ball. I'm kind of surprised they haven't extended the nets further down the base lines. I get people would bitch about it being impossible to see or obstruct the view but whatever. I'm just shocked it doesnt' happen more often. And yeah, eventually a kid will die ala that hockey game where the little girl died.
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It's really easy to see through the nets, you never hear anyone sitting behind home plate complaining about the view. I agree, it's going to take some poor person dying 
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Last night, Michael Wacha had a ball lined back at his head. He caught it. The next inning, when sitting in the dugout, Matt Adams lined a foul ball into the Cards' dugout, hitting Wacha in the elbow. Wacha was removed from the game. Not sure if he'll miss time or not. No elbow is safe.
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FairGame posted:Last night, Michael Wacha had a ball lined back at his head. He caught it. Wacha was supposed to be hit with the first one. The observers had to make a correction.
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tadashi posted:Wacha was supposed to be hit with the first one. The observers had to make a correction. Someone with photoshop talent needs to put Wacha into a Final Destination poster.
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Groucho Marxist posted:Jeter is retiring so Lawrie is going for the unnecessary jump throw crown He has a hard time seeing over all that rear end.
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Cubs are going forward with the Wrigley renovations because gently caress the rooftop owners: http://m.mlb.com/video/v33045675/ricketts-discusses-need-to-expand-and-restore-wrigley/?partnerId=as_mlb_20140522_24439044 Lowering plywood to protect the TV. Wrigley loving Field, baby!
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Deathlove posted:Cubs are going forward with the Wrigley renovations because gently caress the rooftop owners: http://m.mlb.com/video/v33045675/ricketts-discusses-need-to-expand-and-restore-wrigley/?partnerId=as_mlb_20140522_24439044 The parasites will perish as they should.
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Deathlove posted:Lowering plywood to protect the TV. Wrigley loving Field, baby!  holy poo poo I knew Wrigley was bad, but I didn't know it was that bad.
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Sexual Lorax posted:
I don't think I agree that it's the worst facility in MLB - I mean, it's no O.Co, but the stories are pretty hilarious. I also love how this video is just straight up, literally "gently caress the rooftop owners." Not even hedging it a bit.
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As much as I don't care for the Ricketts and don't care about the Cubs in general, gently caress the rooftops.
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Deathlove posted:Cubs are going forward with the Wrigley renovations because gently caress the rooftop owners: http://m.mlb.com/video/v33045675/ricketts-discusses-need-to-expand-and-restore-wrigley/?partnerId=as_mlb_20140522_24439044 There's a ton of info, including that video, at http://www.wrigleyfield.com/ that explains the plan in detail.  The thing I'm looking forward to most is no more men's room troughs.
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Pander posted:As much as I don't care for the Ricketts and don't care about the Cubs in general, gently caress the rooftops. This entire delay is just the Ricketts trying to avoid getting stuck in arbitration with the rooftop owners. It's all absurd.
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Deathlove posted:I don't think I agree that it's the worst facility in MLB - I mean, it's no O.Co, but the stories are pretty hilarious. The Cubs clubhouse/training facilities are pretty horrid by MLB standards but the heart of the deal is still signage-development-revenue, which is why everything ended up on hold until the rooftop were dealt with. I'm not sure what's happened in the last couple of weeks to make the Ricketts say gently caress It, but it lends credence to the talk that it's just a couple of the rooftop owners completely unwilling to cut any sort of deal. I'm guessing the rooftop owners will end up getting some sort of payoff until the end of that incredibly stupid contract the Tribune signed with them in the end, then most of the buildings will end up getting converted back into condos. I'd love to see how much the rooftops ended up spending to buy the buildings and more or less turn them into sports bars with seats on the roof, and with court proceedings upcoming I'll probably get that chance!
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GoatSeeGuy posted:The Cubs clubhouse/training facilities are pretty horrid by MLB standards but the heart of the deal is still signage-development-revenue, which is why everything ended up on hold until the rooftop were dealt with. I'm not sure what's happened in the last couple of weeks to make the Ricketts say gently caress It, but it lends credence to the talk that it's just a couple of the rooftop owners completely unwilling to cut any sort of deal. I'm guessing the rooftop owners will end up getting some sort of payoff until the end of that incredibly stupid contract the Tribune signed with them in the end, then most of the buildings will end up getting converted back into condos. I'd love to see how much the rooftops ended up spending to buy the buildings and more or less turn them into sports bars with seats on the roof, and with court proceedings upcoming I'll probably get that chance! https://twitter.com/dan_bernstein/status/469475822512791553 quote:Source: #Cubs hardball move due largely to one roofie who is "Too dumb to understand any negotiation. He's just a total a--hole." That feels about right, yep.
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The Cubs toned down their original design for expansion a ton because of the rooftop owners and jumped through a lot of hoops to try to appease them as much as possible. You can tell from the video that Tom Ricketts is just sick of dealing with their poo poo. I hope they go back to the original plan with the bigger video board. Getting approval from the city will be easy, since Rahm really wants the renovations to happen.
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The cool part is since they're adding seats, it might be able to be deemed an expansion and get around at least some of the horrible rooftop agreement.
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The Ricketts will also be able to get some enormous tax breaks from the renovation, since it counts as restoring a historical monument.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:There's a ton of info, including that video, at http://www.wrigleyfield.com/ that explains the plan in detail. At eight years old, standing in a baseball stadium shoulder-to-shoulder (or shoulder-to-waist, more accurately) with full-grown men, all peeing in a trough together was a magical experience.
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Harlock posted:Arencibia got completely outrighted and no team claimed him. He's off Texas' 40 man now. RIP. Good riddance.
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DoctaFun posted:He started out slow but I definitely had "Faith" that he'd heat up bro you are trying way too hard
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As someone who doesn't know much of the history behind Wrigley Field, I don't understand: How do the rooftop owners legally have any sway over the owners of Wrigley at all? What's the legalese stopping them putting a giant Safeco Field style video-board right in front of their sight-line out of spite?
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Krigen posted:As someone who doesn't know much of the history behind Wrigley Field, I don't understand: How do the rooftop owners legally have any sway over the owners of Wrigley at all? What's the legalese stopping them putting a giant Safeco Field style video-board right in front of their sight-line out of spite? The Tribune Company, owners of the Cubs before the Ricketts, decided they wanted some of the money rooftop owners made off letting people watch the games from across the street. So they made an agreement with the owners, "give us a small % of the revenue you guys make and we're cool and won't gently caress you over". This actually followed attempts by the trib to just put a screen to block the view of the owners, which pissed people off without any actual revenue-generation for the trib. The Trib were terrible, terrible owners. Turns out getting the loose change from the owners was peanuts compared to actually getting signage revenue, so the Ricketts want to get out of that contract.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:The thing I'm looking forward to most is no more men's room troughs. Booooo, piss troughs rule. Holy hell that plywood covering the TV is hilarious.
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There's a clause in the Cub's contract with the RTOs that basically says that any changes approved by the landmark commission after like year 8 in the deal allow the Cubs to do whatever they want without paying back any money to the rooftops. I think that's what the Cubs are working off of, too. The problem with Wrigley is that there is no revenue generating signage at the moment and the Cubs have sort of a below-market tv deal (becuase their previous owner, Sam Zell, owned WGN by way of the Tribune and got some sort of ownership stake in CSN when he signed that deal). To some extent, Zell treated the Cubs like a corporate raider treats a company they take over. He didn't break the Cubs down into useless parts but he straddled them with a lot of debt in order to drive up ticket revenue and made deals that benefited other entities he could make money from. tadashi fucked around with this message at 16:21 on May 22, 2014 |
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Pander posted:
That contract runs until like 2023, though, so there's no way this doesn't wind up in court.
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Pander posted:The Tribune Company, owners of the Cubs before the Ricketts, decided they wanted some of the money rooftop owners made off letting people watch the games from across the street. So basically they shot a viable long-term plan in the foot, that would have ultimately generated far more profit, for short term pennies in the present. Sounds like standard stadium management practices alright. tadashi posted:The problem with Wrigley is that there is no revenue generating signage at the moment. Wow I almost didn't believe you but there really isn't. Kind of charming that a stadium isn't plastered in signage in 2014 but I think I'd rather trade aesthetics for a better funded team. Gina like vagina fucked around with this message at 16:26 on May 22, 2014 |
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Krigen posted:So basically they shot a viable long-term plan in the foot, that would have ultimately generated far more profit, for short term pennies in the present. Sounds like standard stadium management practices alright. Not gonna argue that they lose out on a lot of nickel and dime stuff, like the lack of parking sales for games due to their neighborhood, but I cannot accept the concept that they're hurting and that getting signage revenue would actually let them invest in the team vs. lining the Rickett's pockets.
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Tom Ricketts is still sort of a goober, but that video is gangster as gently caress. Go Cubs!
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Tom Ricketts is loving terrible gently caress him
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Pander posted:Not gonna argue that they lose out on a lot of nickel and dime stuff, like the lack of parking sales for games due to their neighborhood, but I cannot accept the concept that they're hurting and that getting signage revenue would actually let them invest in the team vs. lining the Rickett's pockets. Pretty much this, I want the renovations to happen, but only because I want to go see my favorite baseball team in a place that I'm reasonably sure won't outright try to murder me, not because I think this is How The Cubs Will Finally Afford A Good Team.
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