Fire Scioscia

[Ohtaniland]

@Lou

This is @tdawg87 and I at summer camp and we don’t look anything like each other you racist!

 

[Lou]

19 minutes ago, OHTANILAND said:

@Lou

This is @tdawg87 and I at summer camp and we don’t look anything like each other you racist!

Perhaps not, but you both look like your cousin. 

[failos]

I thought CALZONE is Asian

 

edit: whoops that's Adam

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

Oops.

and, yes, they do.

whaddaya know, george clooney is a smoker. that's disappointing to see.

[Homebrewer]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

But Claude stated as fact that the cubs explained the idea of tanking to their season ticket holders. I'm merely asking for proof. 

I'm not Claud...but I do know a few Cubs season ticket holders..

and also own a computer with a google search that quickly found this..

"The people who deserve credit are away from the guys on the baseball side and that's the fans," Ricketts said. "I don't think many teams could've done what we just did in terms of asking everyone to be patient and believe in us."

What the Cubs did was emphasize rebuilding the Minor League system and developing their own players, which resulted in losing seasons from 2009-14. 

https://www.mlb.com/cubs/news/cubs-chairman-sees-rebuilding-plan-succeed/c-152114606

[failos]

The Cubs had been rebuilding since the 1915 season. It's no secret.

[Lou]

So now "be patient" = "tanking"?

Got it. 

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Homebrewer said:

What the Cubs did was emphasize rebuilding the Minor League system and developing their own players, which resulted in losing seasons from 2009-14. 

That preceded Theo Epstein by three years. 

[CubsFan]

7 hours ago, Lou said:

So now "be patient" = "tanking"?

Got it. 

Malnati,

"Unlike in Boston, where a full rebuild was not required, Eptein and Co. had to try and construct a championship roster from the ground up. He let productive but expensive hitters Carlos Peña and Aramis Ramirez depart after the 2011 season, dealt righthander Carlos Zambrano to the Marlins and traded 2008 first-round pick Andrew Cashner to the Padres in a deal that brought back Anthony Rizzo to be the team's starting first baseman. In July 2012 Epstein traded ace Ryan Dempster to the Rangers for a package that included minor league pitcher Kyle Hendricks. The Cubs dropped 101 games in 2012, their highest total since 1966, and 96 games in ’13, but all that losing that gave them top-five draft picks that they used to select Kris Bryant (No. 2, 2013) and Kyle Schwarber (No. 4, ’14)"

 

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/05/02/theo-epstein-chicago-cubs-boston-red-sox

 

 

[Ohtaniland]

Worked well for the 76’rs and Rams. 

[Jay]

8 hours ago, Lou said:

So now "be patient" = "tanking"?

Got it. 

"You didn't beat us, we lost on purpose!"

 

[Lou]

2 hours ago, CubsFan said:

Malnati,

 

"Unlike in Boston, where a full rebuild was not required, Eptein and Co. had to try and construct a championship roster from the ground up. He let productive but expensive hitters Carlos Peña and Aramis Ramirez depart after the 2011 season, dealt righthander Carlos Zambrano to the Marlins and traded 2008 first-round pick Andrew Cashner to the Padres in a deal that brought back Anthony Rizzo to be the team's starting first baseman. In July 2012 Epstein traded ace Ryan Dempster to the Rangers for a package that included minor league pitcher Kyle Hendricks. The Cubs dropped 101 games in 2012, their highest total since 1966, and 96 games in ’13, but all that losing that gave them top-five draft picks that they used to select Kris Bryant (No. 2, 2013) and Kyle Schwarber (No. 4, ’14)"

 

 

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/05/02/theo-epstein-chicago-cubs-boston-red-sox

 

 

Blah, blah,blah....

Nowhere in your post do the cubs admit to their season to their season holders that they were tanking.

[CubsFan]

17 minutes ago, Lou said:

Blah, blah,blah....

Nowhere in your post do the cubs admit to their season to their season holders that they were tanking.

Malnati,

I never said anything about season ticket holders.

But have provided plenty of evidence that they were tanking.

[Lou]

9 minutes ago, CubsFan said:

Malnati,

I never said anything about season ticket holders.

But have provided plenty of evidence that they were tanking.

Homebrewer did. Then I asked for proof.

Keep up. 

[CubsFan]

8 minutes ago, Lou said:

Homebrewer did. Then I asked for proof.

Keep up. 

Thanks,

T

[Homebrewer]

10 hours ago, Lou said:

So now "be patient" = "tanking"?

Got it. 

You argue semantics like any other common troll. 

"Be patient" while we sell off our talent and rebuild from the bottom up. It'll mean a few years of losing 90-100 games but we are doing it on purpose in order to bring a WS.

Losing on purpose isn't tanking???? WTF is it then? You tell me.

There is a shitload of proof on the web (including the article I posted a link for you) that Cubs Ownership explained the fact that they would be LOSING ON PURPOSE for at least 5 years in order to go a whole new route with the team ( instead of "pretending", by having a star or three and coming close enough to the playoffs to convince fans that they were trying the best they could under the circumstance (sound familiar??) 

I KNOW he met with season ticket holders first, and often, to inform them of "the plan" because I KNOW season ticket holders there that told me about it.  If you don't want to believe that then don't, but it's a fact. If you need more "proof" there is plenty of it...look it up yourself.    

[Lou]

ok

[Blarg]

14 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

You argue semantics like any other common troll. 

"Be patient" while we sell off our talent and rebuild from the bottom up. It'll mean a few 90-100 years of losing 90-100 games but we are doing it on purpose in order to bring a WS.

Losing on purpose isn't tanking???? WTF is it then? You tell me.

There is a shitload of proof on the web (including the article I posted a link for you) that Cubs Ownership explained the fact that they would be LOSING ON PURPOSE for at least 5 years in order to go a whole new route with the team ( instead of "pretending", by having a star or three and coming close enough to the playoffs to convince fans that they were trying the best they could under the circumstance (sound familiar??) 

I KNOW he met with season ticket holders first, and often, to inform them of "the plan" because I KNOW season ticket holders there that told me about it.  If you don't want to believe that then don't, but it's a fact. If you need more "proof" there is plenty of it...look it up yourself.    

fify

[failos]

1 hour ago, CubsFan said:

Malnati,

I never said anything about season ticket holders.

But have provided plenty of evidence that they were tanking.

Stop calling him Lou Malnati. Everytime you call him that I start to crave Chicago pizza. 

 

dick

[Dick B Back]

1 minute ago, failos said:

 

dick

Yes?

[failos]

4 minutes ago, Dick B Back said:

Yes?

Man, you’re good. Saying dick here is equivalent to using the bat signal

[Dick B Back]

2 minutes ago, failos said:

Man, you’re good. Saying dick here is equivalent to using the bat signal

My ears were burning.

[failos]

3 hours ago, Dick B Back said:

My ears were burning.

In my country, the word "dick" is a pejorative.

 

I think it's a bitchin name though

[Dick B Back]

5 hours ago, failos said:

In my country, the word "dick" is a pejorative.

Funny, in mine too! LOL

[beatlesrule]

He's 21-27 in the playoffs.  Has gotten to and won 1 world series.  Makes lineups and pitching decisions that don't make any sense.  Still puzzling as to why he was given a 10 year deal and even more puzzling that people continue to stick up for him.  You'd think that if a manager spends 20 years with a team, it's because he's won multiple World Series and has an awesome playoff record.  Quite the mystery.  The mafia theory is there for a reason.  IMO, Scioscia should have been gone after the 2009 season.  Oh well.  One can only hope this is indeed his last year here.