One of the few things I can agree with Bernstein on is that Beth Murphy and her fellow rooftop owners are scum bags.

Why are they scumbags?

because they mooched off the cubs for years before the agreement was signed? Capt. Hindsight would tell them they should have sold their buildings when ricketts bought the team because a private owner was more likely to push for stadium improvements than the massive tribune company ever was.

not so sure. from a distance (oot) but as a lifelong fan, the rooftops created some nostalgic feelings but really, wrigley would of survived and done well regardless of them being there or not. obviously, the other way around, not so much.

i think the rooftop owners should of seen the writing on the wall and gotten out. thats the most prudent business decision. contracts can be broken, penalties paid, and both can move on. the rooftop owners have always been not the ones in power here. i think they were shortsighted. this opinion comes to you from a acknowledged completely not in the know viewpoint.

You got a beef with Bombs and Kamikazes?

Love 'em, bro.

not so sure. from a distance (oot) but as a lifelong fan, the rooftops created some nostalgic feelings but really, wrigley would of survived and done well regardless of them being there or not. obviously, the other way around, not so much. .

You don't think well built mulit family residences walking distance from the el stop would have done fine?

The Cubs have been selling Wrigley, fairly independently of baseball for at least two decades. When you think of Wrigley the rooftops are a part of the imagined ambience. Removing the rooftops would be the same as removing the scoreboard