Not good last year....not good this year..not good until 2015...what guarantee about 2016/17/18/19 ....I don't see them doing anything under Theo

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Definitely needed a thread.

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It's kind of funny. Andy MacPhail won championships too at his last gig and came here and nada.
Maybe they need a GM who won 3 World Series.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Need to try and win next year. One year is understandable, two is pushing it, three is too many

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What they need is the opposite. They need a GM who was an epic failure in his last job. Since the Cubs can't do anything w/ winners (MacFail, Dusty, Lou), maybe they'll do something w/ a loser.

This reasonable. You can only only be in the middle of a rebuilding effort for so many years.

3 years in a row of 100 loss seasons is really pushing it.

I don't think that's gonna happen, but I definitely think Theo may have been bait and switched by Ricketts on how much power he was going to have. For example, word is Epstein wanted Darvish a lot and knew exactly what it was going to take to get him and Joe Ricketts wouldn't let him spend the money. So it isn't baseball decisions, it's money decisions. And that isn't what's been sold to Cubs fans. You guys have every right to be angry.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

It could be worse.

They could be like the Royals and lose 90+ games 8 of the last 9 years.

In the other year they lost 87.

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Thanks for your blessing

Attendance is hurting them a lot too. I don't blame them for not predicting it would be this low. Nothing suggested it would.

While I am not making any excuse for this team, a better bullpen would have resulted in some wins this year and that is a function of spending some money. Not even a ton more, but another $10 mill and you have some proven MLB arms, not these guys they are trying to develop.

This I do expect to be totally different this year.

James Russell is the last guy in a decent bullpen, but he is one of our bests! Thats a problem, but in the meantime

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Yeah since he got here I've been saying 2014. I just think with the contracts that expired and two years of cleaning up the major league roster you should have enough pieces to be around .500 (which keeps you in the wide card hunt til mid Sept usually)

I don't think its out of the question either.

Theo: Fuck they just made a rule against spending crazy on the draft. A whole slotting system. THAT was gonna be our fast track back to contending.

Ricketts (suppressing grin) : Ohh no! That's a shame. It really is.

Theo: Well I guess we can apply those funds to foreign players in free agency

Ricketts: Ya....Ya...that's a good idea and I'm gonna reakly think about that! Alright I've got hands to shake and pictures to take. Have fun with your computers! (LOL)

I do feel a little sorry for Cub fans as they were sold this messiah to win. It was in the bag. Made insanely built up by Bernsie and the national media. As Darko said no different than the McF-A-I-L plan is it?

It is baseball nothing is guaranteed.

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Elections have consequences.

They tried Quade.

It would have been pretty silly to lose 100 games on purpose and expect attendance to go up. I don't think you need Really Smart People to figure that out.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

What Ricketts has done has given Epstien an opening for no accountablity of winning. If he doesn't win he gets paid and fans lose...who many guys get do what you want and if you don't achieve your goal its okay.....people are comparing the Cubs to the Nats....how many playoffs have the Nats won????

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

He's been here 1 year and headed 1 draft. Chill broseph.

yeah, I do too...

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

They are following the KC plan. Dump salaries and go young in the draft with high picks. They are still waiting.

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You cannot make me care about the WNBA.

Completely missed my point. I don't think any RSP k we it would DROP this much. Even with 100 losses. Nothing suggested it would. This logic is a big reason poppa Ricketts ok'd the purchase. The stadium was full even during really bad teams.

I'm not a RSP, but common sense would suggest their budget was based off x number of tickets sold, and since they are far below that line, there is less money to spend.

The Boston victims are offended by this thread title.

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I think it may be only a small factor but the economy also has to factor into the drop in Cubs attendance. Sure people are not happy with team right now but I would guess there are less bus trips, personal vacations etc to visit Wrigley these days regardless of play on the field.

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Elections have consequences.

They were set of remotely you ignorant fuck

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

My God,they might be worse than last year. Darwin Barney could not hit in the clutch,just like about 100% of the team. These guys are losers and I can't watch this shit anymore.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I turned on the game in the 9th with the Cubs down 1 with the winning run on 1st, and it looked like there were 500 fans in the park.

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Gavin Floyd is having Tommy John surgery which means he'll sign with the Cubs next year for way too much money hoping he can be flipped for prospects. So you have that to look forward to. Enjoy.

I'd like to again mention what a stupid thread topic this is in many ways. However, I couldn't find a more immediate spot to post this little nugget.

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 2m
When Ryu came up for bid, the Cubs bid about $15m on posting fee, Rangers $18m; Dodgers crushed others with $25.7m -- plus $36m contract.

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But Theo may have wanted to outbid everyone and wasn't allowed to do so. We don't really know, but I think it's become more than clear that Theo isn't the only one making baseball decisions.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Possible. I won't dispute that point. I'd like to think of my Theo and Jed having a set number they won't move off. While wearing tuxedo t-shirts.

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I like to think of it as Tom Ricketts isn't the only one making financial decisions.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.