Ricketts Family Annoyance Thread

[Chuck to Chuck]

Matt Murton, Eric Patterson, Brandon Sing, Sean Gallagher, Ronny Cedeno, Ricky Nolasco and others.

There's a lot of shit in that pile.

[Saul Goodman]

The feud dragged on until a truce was called so that all the members of the major Cubs' messageboards could attend a ceremony to give Eric Patterson an award for achievement in the field of minor league excellence.

And $100!

"Congrats, Eric!"

Strong consideration was given to Matt Murton, who edged out Patterson in the user vote. However, the NSBB minor league writers for the site were unanimous in nominating Patterson for their 50% of the vote, giving him the overall edge in the award. Others receiving support included Brandon Sing, Sean Gallagher, Ronny Cedeno, Ricky Nolasco and others.

Reminds me of the time Al gave Derrek Lee a shirt. Patterson looks slightly more enthused than D-Lee did.

[Brownie]

The feud dragged on until a truce was called so that all the members of the major Cubs' messageboards could attend a ceremony to give Eric Patterson an award for achievement in the field of minor league excellence.

And $100!

"Congrats, Eric!"

Strong consideration was given to Matt Murton, who edged out Patterson in the user vote. However, the NSBB minor league writers for the site were unanimous in nominating Patterson for their 50% of the vote, giving him the overall edge in the award. Others receiving support included Brandon Sing, Sean Gallagher, Ronny Cedeno, Ricky Nolasco and others.

The writers' vote outweighed the readers. They must have watched them play 100 times.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

The feud dragged on until a truce was called so that all the members of the major Cubs' messageboards could attend a ceremony to give Eric Patterson an award for achievement in the field of minor league excellence.

And $100!

"Congrats, Eric!"

Strong consideration was given to Matt Murton, who edged out Patterson in the user vote. However, the NSBB minor league writers for the site were unanimous in nominating Patterson for their 50% of the vote, giving him the overall edge in the award. Others receiving support included Brandon Sing, Sean Gallagher, Ronny Cedeno, Ricky Nolasco and others.

Reminds me of the time Al gave Derrek Lee a shirt. Patterson looks slightly more enthused than D-Lee did.

Stoked.

[Quality Start Machine]

[Tonker]

Ace gets it.

So in the Sbox we just now (god, what the hell) remembered this and that Brett Taylor posted a bunch of gay porn on this here message board during the Great CubsTalk War.

Holy shit

That sure was a lot of words to say Ricketts = businessman. Tell me more about this Great CubsTalk War, please.

It was a lot of fighting about which Cubs site was better. It was weird. In retaliation, some people from CubsTalk started posting tranny porn on the board here and, I believe, TJ Brown had to call Andy at work to remove it. And we were all like, "You have Andy Dolan's phone number?!"

Great days in Desipio History.

ETA: I think I was still in college at that point. Holy crap.

I was enjoying that tranny porn, and then TJ had to go blab to teacher.  Thanks a bunch, TJ.

[thehawk]

SHHHHHHH! Theres a game on.

[flannj]

SHHHHHHH! Theres a game on.

Where the fuck are the cookies?

THEY SAID THERE WOULD BE COOKIES!

[morpheus]

[Quality Start Machine]

It's hard to imagine a time before BC was in every photoshop. I prefer not to.

[Saul Goodman]

Emperor Tunney issues his "demands" from on high:

Wrigleyville’s alderman sent a letter to the Cubs on Wednesday saying that if the organization wants his support for the plan, it will need to cut by one-third the size of a left field video scoreboard and greatly reduce the size of a requested right field advertising sign.

The 44th Ward alderman said he spoke to Mayor Rahm Emanuel about those and three other specific changes he wants to the Cubs plan before sending the letter to team officials.

These changes are based on ... what?  Tunney's aesthetic taste?

[BH]

Emperor Tunney issues his "demands" from on high:

Wrigleyville's alderman sent a letter to the Cubs on Wednesday saying that if the organization wants his support for the plan, it will need to cut by one-third the size of a left field video scoreboard and greatly reduce the size of a requested right field advertising sign.

The 44th Ward alderman said he spoke to Mayor Rahm Emanuel about those and three other specific changes he wants to the Cubs plan before sending the letter to team officials.

These changes are based on ... what?  Tunney's aesthetic taste?

Makes perfect sense for the alderman to tell a team what to do in their own building. This goes in front of review by Emanuel appointed folks right? Hopefully they tell the alderman to cram it.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Emperor Tunney issues his "demands" from on high:

Wrigleyville's alderman sent a letter to the Cubs on Wednesday saying that if the organization wants his support for the plan, it will need to cut by one-third the size of a left field video scoreboard and greatly reduce the size of a requested right field advertising sign.

The 44th Ward alderman said he spoke to Mayor Rahm Emanuel about those and three other specific changes he wants to the Cubs plan before sending the letter to team officials.

These changes are based on ... what?  Tunney's aesthetic taste?

Makes perfect sense for the alderman to tell a team what to do in their own building. This goes in front of review by Emanuel appointed folks right? Hopefully they tell the alderman to cram it.

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[Yeti]

GET WYSOCKI ON THE CASE!

[Saul Goodman]

Emperor Tunney issues his "demands" from on high:

Wrigleyville's alderman sent a letter to the Cubs on Wednesday saying that if the organization wants his support for the plan, it will need to cut by one-third the size of a left field video scoreboard and greatly reduce the size of a requested right field advertising sign.

The 44th Ward alderman said he spoke to Mayor Rahm Emanuel about those and three other specific changes he wants to the Cubs plan before sending the letter to team officials.

These changes are based on ... what?  Tunney's aesthetic taste?

Makes perfect sense for the alderman to tell a team what to do in their own building. This goes in front of review by Emanuel appointed folks right? Hopefully they tell the alderman to cram it.

Specifics:

In addition to reducing the left field Jumbotron from 6,000 square feet to 4,000 square feet and the right field ad board from 1,000 square feet to 650 square feet, Tunney told the Cubs they will need to get rid of a request for a pedestrian bridge over Clark Street that team CEO Tom Ricketts want to connect the ballpark to the hotel.

"I don't think there's a functional reason to put a bridge over Clark Street," Tunney said. "To transport 175 hotel guests?"

In addition, Tunney said he wants the entrance to the hotel moved from Patterson Avenue, a residential street west of Wrigley Field, to either Clark Street or Addison Street. And the alderman said he can't support a plan for an outdoor patio in the hotel above Patterson where hotel guests could hang out. "Come on, people live 50 feet away from there," he said.

The Cubs are like .... nah.

In response to Tunney's letter, Cubs spokesman Julian Green reiterated the team's position that if the Ricketts family is to invest $300 million in the restoration and modernization of Wrigley Field, plus another $200 million for a hotel across the street, "all elements" of the sprawling plan must be in place.

"Anything less significantly hampers our ability to make a $500 million investment," Green said.

Tunney said his voice has been heard in the negotiations, but his letter expresses frustration with the amount of communication he has been getting from the team as he tries to assuage the concerns of residents in the already congested neighborhood full of bars and restaurants.

"I will expect a greater level of responsiveness and consideration from you and the Cubs organization as we finalize the Planned Development documents," Tunney's letter reads. "By your own admission, the proposed plans pose serious disruptions to my residents and will dramatically affect their quality of life. We must work together to minimize those disruptions and compose operations plans to manage the additional activity and proposed new uses."

Aww.  Poor Tom wants a seat at the table.  Aldermanning is hard.