re: Cubs threaten to leave Wrigley if 'outfield signage' isnt approved

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Ricketts wants his thumb print so bad on Wrigley. Just a terrible owner.

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You are one miserable frick. You claim to be a Cubs fan, yet all you ever do is bitch and cry and say how much you hate every player, coach and now owner.

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Don't sign a New contract with rooftops if you planned on a money grab. Ricketts wants his thumb print so bad on Wrigley. Just a terrible owner.

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Ricketts is trying to model this after what the Red Sox have done. Theo is giving his input, no doubt. Fenway has many of the things that Ricketts is trying to put in Wrigley (Sheffield Ave will likely become like Yawkey Way in the near future), except rooftops with a view and a contract. Ricketts needs to either honor that contract or find some kind of way to settle with them and move on.

I don't really see how he's a terrible owner though. He's making the right moves to build a long term winner. The threat to move out of Wrigley has got to have most of the people in Chicago laughing at him though. I don't see anyway that anyone is buying that at all. If I was one of the rooftop owners, I'd definitely call his bluff on that.

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Don't sign a New contract with rooftops if you planned on a money grab. Ricketts wants his thumb print so bad on Wrigley. Just a terrible owner.

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Based on what?

And ricketts didn't sign the contract (if it really is one, which is a topic of debate) the tribune company did.

Also they're planning on pushing the wall out and making sheffield a 1 way street so it won't be blocking the rooftops view and if it does you're talking about one roof top and minimal obstruction...the other sign will be see through like the toyota sign that currenlty occupies the spot for the new video board.

Cubs need this badly. And i'd love to know why ricketts is a bad owner?

As for the 'threat to move' he didn't use it at all publically when he was negotiating with emanuel and tunney, even when rosemont (i think it was rosemont) offered to build them a stadium. I don't see a problem with saying the cubs need to consider it. Wrigleyville owners want the increased property values and traffic that come with teh cubs but they want it on their terms. I'm fine with a hollow threat to push things along.