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In response to "And I guess that's how the Cubs signal they're into rebuild mode (instead of just re-tooling) as well. -- nm" by pmb

The Cubs bother me more than the Rays on how they’ve handled baseball finances. People should boycott those cheap bastards.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Dec 28 '20, 10:13

They have a gigantic revenue stream and do dick with it. Didn’t even try to extend their window. Fuck them.

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Wrigley renovations probably cost $750 million. They have a lot of debt. You're right, they've handled revenue poorly. They are cash poor. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Dec 28, 10:20 5
- The owner is worth 5billion and the first year of the renovation was spent on building out their advertising space. They aren’t spending because - Will Hunting Dec 28, 10:56 3
  - Don’t forget the losses on the Cubs tv network that isn’t carried by anyone! -- nm - spamlet Dec 28, 11:01 2
    - It's carried by all the major cable companies now, but I think they had to cave on pricing to get that done. And they had a short season. -- nm - pmb Dec 28, 11:48
    - There’s a baseball network more useless than Masn? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 28, 11:17
- 4th highest MLB payroll in 2020. They clearly want that lower. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Dec 28, 10:25

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