But the park has become special due to circumstances, i.e. all the other old parks except Fenway are gone, many teams have moved out of the inner cities. And that fact has made the team special. At least for a time. These things cycle. The Cub fanbase wasn't always bigger than anyone else's and it probably won't always be.

They may have ridden that old park as hard as they could. I get the feeling Ricketts came in with the idea not to change anything, just sit back and enjoy Good 'Ol Woody gettin' his brains beat in and let the cash roll in. He loved it. But then attendance began dropping. And he had his old man up his ass saying "I thought you said this motherfucker was foolproof!" So now, Wrigley isn't the sacred cow anymore. Ricketts probably still likes it just the way it is but economic realities and Big Daddy are going to make that impossible.

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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

And yet, you're the only Cub fan I know not buying into it.

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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

The ballpark WILL be changing. Part of an agreement between Rahm Emanuel and Ricketts that will help supply the team with needed funds to update and improve the ballpark is the relaxing of the landmark designation. It will allow among other things, for the Cubs to employ more in-park advertising. They already have plans for multiple signage locations in the Bleacher section of the ballpark. In addition a Jumbotron location has been selected as well. While some people may see it as a horrible mistake to allow these things, I think most people will enjoy the Jumbotron, with all the replays and additional information it will provide fans. I believe the additional signage will be an unfortunate addition that will detract from the appearance of the park, but in time I think most people will come to accept the fact IT'S THEIR BALLPARK, and they should be able to make money as they see fit with it.

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Go Cubs!!!!

That Rizzo guy just hit his 6th hr of the season and drove in his 14th and 15th runs along with it in the first inning.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Not impressed yet?? Rizzo took a pitch in his 2nd ab over the wall for HR #7.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Hitting minor league HR's do not impress me. It does however earn a trip to the majors.

LaHair did play 14 games in the OF last year, also played about 35% of the time in the minors in OF.

The Problem? Soriano owed $18M this year...then the McDonough Years kick in.
2013 $18M
2014 $18 M

$54 Mill is a ton to eat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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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.’”

Ya, Brandon Wood proved minor league hr's don't mean shit but I would rather see him rake down there than do little to nothing and he at least has a .4OO average to go with it.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

As this thread started, sometimes I am not sure this great minor league success is good for them.

It is just not going to happen at the ML level and I question how guys handle such a huge drop off in production.

Bring him up

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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.’”

Lunacy to bring him up before the service time date.

More important,can we send Byrd & Soto down?

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

I wouldn't bring him up yet BUT didn't his clock already start with Padres last year?

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe