I don't completely disagree, but if they won a WS, would you be willing to go back and take that chance for a few years of being decent?

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this thread is falling off the rails

In modern times,not in History.

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

I can sense your anxiety.

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Can a thread comprised entirely of horrible thoughts still be good? Even when it's wrong, it's right!

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Not even a few years. If they were .500ish this year that would be reasonable I think

How did you decide that they make more money than any other team.

http://www.forbes.com/mlb-valuations/li ... esc_search:

Forbes has them eighth in operating income.

Wait...is this now one of those threads that has you making up a bunch of financial shit like you did with Facebook?

I opt out.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I love that jimmypasta and IMU both think the plan is a failure if they win one WS, but for hugely different reasons.


Was RPB trying to apply to Team Cocaine with his work in this thread? Gotta think hes a lock if so.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Of all the statements in this thread, this caught my eye.

If the Cubs win the World Series and as a fan you feel it's diminished because the Cubs added a video board or a few signs that end up disrupting the view of the rooftop bleachers, then I assert that you are not really a Cubs fan. Instead you are a Wrigley Field fan or Wrigleyville fan.

I couldn't care less if the Cubs won the World Series in Wrigley, Rosemont or the Cell. If the Cubs win the World Series at Wrigley with a video board replaying the last out, are you really going to think "Yeah they won, but look at the replay!"

When the Cubs win and they are showing the replay on the video board, I will be crying and jumping around like a maniac. Literally my last thought would be about Wrigley Field or Wrigleyville.

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But when you say dumb shit like this, can't I just flip it and say you're not a Cubs fan, you're a fan of Chicago-based National League baseball? Because it's all about the gestalt with the Cubs: the park, the neighborhood, the losing legacy, WGN, the dopey fans, all of it. It's a package deal. If I didn't give a shit about all the stuff that makes the Cubs the Cubs, I'd just be an Oakland A's fan because they don't suck like the Cubs do and I like their GM and their hat. "I wouldn't care if they won it in Rosemont," fuuuuuuck you.

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So, hypothetically, if Wrigley got hit by a freak weather event and was destroyed, you would cease to be a Cub fan?

Or do I have that wrong?

And you dont have to cling to negatives to stay a Cub fan. You could just stay a Cub fan because generally in our culture, we like to be loyal in those situations.

Awesome.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

22-7 so far in favor of Theo. Sort of surprised by this, I thought it would be closer.

What is awesome about that?

Im not a Tear down Wrigley guy but CH is clearly waaaaay more into the Wrigley experience than the baseball team


He's literally saying he'd be unhappy with a Cubs World Series if it happened in another park


Far more deserving of the fuuuuuuuck you, imo

Im sure the generations of dead people who never saw them win would have my back on that.

Advocating a relocation to Rosemont just checks off all my asshole boxes. People who think baseball owners should be accountable to no one but themselves by dint of their sheer wealth? People who want to take things away from Chicago and add them to the suburbs? The idea that you should go to a baseball game to watch TV? More traffic and parking lots blighting the earth? These Cubs fans sound like Braves fans.

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Personally, I dont trust those results.

I believe some non Cub fans may have voted.

Judging by the responses Id say its about 50-50 for

But this started with a definition that included believing "that the losing was necessary and the right way to rebuild."

I agree on all that but I just feel like, being 106 years and all, the Cubs and Cub fans are the last ones to be making specific demands about how and where they want to finally win one

bump

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

Wrigley Field basically defines the Cubs though. I can't blame a guy for not being happy that is going away.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Get 'em CH

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

All this Team Cocaine talk apparently has me jonesing for a bump.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

So you think the non-Cubs fans are voting FOR Theo?

I am. Now maybe we can replace the current definition of the Cubs with "perennial winner."

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Yes. This started with JORR trying to say that all Cub fans are being conned by Theo

I said that there is a significant portion of fans who dont worhip Theo. This thread was his response.

A YES vote means that you think Theo is a genius and that losing on purpose is the right way and furthermore, the only way to build a contender. Also you think they are all but guaranteed of success

If that fails though you gave up a lot.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!