By Steve Rhodes
Boiling down this clusterfuck to a few salient points that our foggy, amnesiac media keeps missing, because this is a well-worn script and we’re sick of it.
(And we’ll take Harry Caray and Steve Stone over David Haugh and David Kaplan any day.)
Harry Caray thought it was nuts to block rooftop views: articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-08-16/fea… | #cubs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 2, 2013
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Steve Stone: “I’m not sure you need a 6,000 sf scoreboard and you did sign a 20-year deal, which apparently is just binding on the rooftops”
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 2, 2013
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Trib’s Matt Bowen on SportsTalkLive rolls his eyes upon learning 4 1st time Wrigley scoreboard is landmarked. So, well-informed commentary.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 2, 2013
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Dear Tom Ricketts: A threat doesn’t give you leverage if nobody believes you. #cubs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 2, 2013
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Threatening 2 move the #Cubs 2 the burbs is like a sullen kid threatning 2 run away from home. Give him a knapsack & stick & tell him to go.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 2, 2013
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I’d love to see the #Cubs move to Rosemont and Wrigley Field get an expansion franchise. Who would draw more? Case closed.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
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If you can’t be insanely profitable & insanely competitive owning a team that plays at Wrigley Field, you aren’t doing it right. #cubs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
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Wrigley Field throws off more cash than Dennis Rodman at a strip club.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
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Ricketts’ have money to invest in a hotel but not a third baseman. #priorities #cubs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
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Billionaire Smear Artist Sought Public Money For Wrigley Rehab: thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/… | #cubs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
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Landmark Status Could Reap Millions For Ricketts’:articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-04-18/bus… | #hypocrites | #cubs | #justletthemruntheirbusiness
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
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When a $200 million plan would do for Ricketts: fieldofschemes.com/news/archives/… | #cubs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
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Taxpayers Give $99 Million To Ricketts Family For New #Cubs SpringTraining Facilities: blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/20… | #justletthemruntheirbusiness
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
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The 93rd Richest Family In America Can’t Afford A Bullpen: forbes.com/lists/2005/54/… | #cubs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
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Landmark Status Reaps Millions 4 Ricketts: tinyurl.com/cwzu7p3 | #justletthemruntheirbusiness | #itsnotamuseumexceptwhenwesayitis | #cubs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
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Mesa Subsidy To Cubs Worth More Than Four Years Of Prince Fielder. ($99M to $92M) #cubs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
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Ricketts’ Hotel Would Rise Nearly Twice As High As Wrigley. (90 feet to 56 feet) #cubs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 3, 2013
Posted on May 3, 2013