Chicago Cubs' Ryan Dempster could miss month with broken toe

[marktheplumber]

CheezeburgerCheezeburger wrote:

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I feel great. This is not news here in Chicago. This has been an ongoing story since the Tribune bought the Cubs and were able to put the games on WGN, serving all farm lands across the midwest.
You are late getting the story. Sox fans could care less about the team from the northside..
That being said, what we don't like is for delusional fans with no knowledge, mush less history on the game talking trash about baseball. Only Cub fans would like to ignore 2005 and their own history of choking while chalking up a WS win (near sweep, mind you) as a fluke... Yeah, right.
We just laugh and laugh at you all. It's quite comical to see the trainwreck that is Cub Nation.
EEE-Yes!!! HELL, YEAH!!!

The Cubs have been on WGN since the '50s and the trib bought them in the early '80s. A knowelagable s.side fan such as yourself doesn't know that?

[Henry Hill]

Steve wrote:

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Of course, not to trash the Sox and thier fans though. I follow both teams.

Puleeasse!!! Steve; you're all over the Sox boards talking up the cubs.

Cubs Tradition... Blame the cat... 1969

[Fukudome]

marktheplumber wrote:

<quoted text>The Cubs have been on WGN since the '50s and the trib bought them in the early '80s. A knowelagable s.side fan such as yourself doesn't know that?

WGN became a "Superstation" around 1978 when they began broadcasting via satellite many Cub games to every hick in the midwest and then expanding around the country to millions of cable and satellite viewers, mostly watched by children and unemployed adults (the Cubs core viewers). Convenient that it coincided with the sale of the Cubs to the Tribune a couple years later. But you're a Cubs fan so I wouldn't expect you to know that.

The Chicago Cubs, under .500 since 1908.

[Steve]

Henry Hill wrote:

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Puleeasse!!! Steve; you're all over the Sox boards talking up the cubs.
Cubs Tradition... Blame the cat... 1969

Find one post where I said anything negative about the sox. You will not. The only time I have been on Sox boards is to talk baseball.

[marktheplumber]

Fukudome wrote:

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WGN became a "Superstation" around 1978 when they began broadcasting via satellite many Cub games to every hick in the midwest and then expanding around the country to millions of cable and satellite viewers, mostly watched by children and unemployed adults (the Cubs core viewers). Convenient that it coincided with the sale of the Cubs to the Tribune a couple years later. But you're a Cubs fan so I wouldn't expect you to know that.
The Chicago Cubs, under .500 since 1908.

They bought the Cubs to avoid having to pay for the rights to broadcast the games. The only thing cable did was bring the tourists. The sox were for sale in roughly the same time frame. Why didn't the tribune buy the sox to fill their programming schedule? The cubs were and are a better product to market.

[jim in arizona]

the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS are coming to town. if they
even take 2 of 3 games, the CUBS ARE in trouble. there are at least 4 teams BETTER THAN THE CUBS!
I will be VERY SURPRISED if this CUBS team o0f "UNDER" achievers gets into the playoffs! TOO MANY
injuries & "lackluster" offense spells DISASTER!
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ARE YOU READY FOR FOOTBALL?
I am! i can hear the marching band in the distance.
LETS GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!at least they WONT be
boring this year! and that you can take to the bank
my fellow CUBBIE fans!

[Eddie Cicotte]

Steve wrote:

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point taken. But its not about popularity , it is an essential element to running a business, which is what the team is. Clearly, for him to make the comments he did Kenny is seeing this as a potential roadblock for the way he wants to do business. Im just saying, the team is in contention, there is no reason why the fan base isnt getting out there to support the squad.

Because I'd rather support them in the comforts of my home(I watch EVERY game) instead of dropping $100 on tickets, parking, food, traffic, etc. I go to 8-10 games a year, but I don't have $4,000 in disposable income for season tickets and extra for parking. Does that make me less of a fan? I don't think so. I am a die hard Sox fan, always have been. I even follow Kannapolis, Winston-Salem, Birmingham, and Charlotte.

But I'm not a Cub hater, my wife is a Cub fan. I wouldn't be surprised if this is just a ruse for Dempster to spend time with his wife and daughter. The DL is a perfect way to get time off, and also the club can call someone up to take his place(instead of just "personal leave")

[Henry Hill]

Hey; hey; whatdya say? Looks like the cubs lost again today...
Score - ATL 4 cubs 1
Bradley - 0 for 4
Gregg - 2 earned runs in the 9th
Soto - gettin' high in the hot tub
Record - cubs at .500; on July 9th.
But when Dempster gets back; it will all come together.
Cubs Tradition... Its Gonna Happen!!... 101 and Counting

[Henry Hill]

Steve wrote:

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Find one post where I said anything negative about the sox. You will not. The only time I have been on Sox boards is to talk baseball.

Didn't say you were negative; but you do go on Sox boards and talk up / defend the cubs; do you not?

[Steve]

Henry Hill wrote:

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Didn't say you were negative; but you do go on Sox boards and talk up / defend the cubs; do you not?

He asked me if I went on Sox boards and I said yes? I wasnt denying that. I think you may have misread because I said Of course, not...

[pud selig]

Steve wrote:

Maybe the Sox fans on this thread should get off here and go buy some tickets. Your own GM is calling out the fans for not supporting the team. Jeez. Ive been to the cell this year, have you? He said the Dodgers series was a real "eye opener". Thats embarassing...

maybe you should take a look on the SOX threads and see how many of your butt buddies are over there.

[Nada Surf]

Steve wrote:

Maybe the Sox fans on this thread should get off here and go buy some tickets. Your own GM is calling out the fans for not supporting the team. Jeez. Ive been to the cell this year, have you? He said the Dodgers series was a real "eye opener". Thats embarassing...

You actually make a good point.

[Nada Surf]

vbear wrote:

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Thanks for your keen insight – The Cubs are trying to win a WS but have been unable the match the Sox dynasty of 1 WS in 90 years.

You have keen math skills.

[Nada Surf]

Henry Hill wrote:

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No reason?? Do you not follow the economic news? The Sox fan base does not have the North Shore Trust Funders found at Wrigley Field on a Tuesday at 1:20pm. They operate in the real world; not fantasy land.
An outfield bleacher seat for the mid-week "eye-opening" dodger series was $52 each. Sorry; I'll watch it at home. Lower the prices and the fans will come. Its simple economics; but apparently too simple for you.

Bingo!
Why the Sox charge so much is beyond me.

[Nada Surf]

Steve wrote:

By the way, how do you feel as a fan that your lack of support is potentially preventing the team from making moves. Seriously. I would feel terrible...

It's actually part of being a Sox fan...
Being the underdog is a racist city like Chicago is one of the reason I'm such a Sox fan...
It's amusing that the Sox are almost always better than the Cubs, though.

[Nada Surf]

Steve wrote:

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I dont ignore 2005. I rooted for the White Sox to win and they had a great run and some of the best post season starting pitching I have ever seen. And I live in Chicago, it is news, it was reported today. So, if by, getting the story late, you mean I read the paper at noon, then yes. I suppose I couldve read it earlier? It was news enough for Kenny Williams to discuss it yesterday.
What I find comical is the amount of time, effort, anger and frustration that Sox fans put into the Cubs. Seriously. The fact that you took the time to come to a thread with a headline, "Chicago Cubs Ryan Dempster could miss month" just says it all. I dont get it really? So while you are "laughing at us all" just remember you are the one who is investing time in the team from the northside, not vice versa.

I can't speak for the others, but the reason I torture Cub fans every chance I get is because the racist city of Chicago embraces the team that plays in the white part of town.

[CheezeburgerChee zeburger]

marktheplumber wrote:

<quoted text>The Cubs have been on WGN since the '50s and the trib bought them in the early '80s. A knowelagable s.side fan such as yourself doesn't know that?

When was WGN a superstation on cable genius????
That would be the 80's, D-Bag....

[Steve]

Nada Surf wrote:

<quoted text>I can't speak for the others, but the reason I torture Cub fans every chance I get is because the racist city of Chicago embraces the team that plays in the white part of town.

Why do you think Chicago is so racist?

[Fukudome]

Steve wrote:

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Why do you think Chicago is so racist?

Chicago is well known for it racism. On the same note, I recently read that a German magazine claimed Belfast was the most racist city in the world.

GO IRISH!

[marktheplumber]

CheezeburgerCheezeburger wrote:

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When was WGN a superstation on cable genius????
That would be the 80's, D-Bag....

in 1978