Ricketts says Cubs will WS with Wrigley renovations

[herky]

Chicago Cubs will win World Series with Wrigley Field renovations, Tom Ricketts says - ESPN Chicago

"This massive investment will help us generate the resources we need for our baseball operations to develop championship-caliber players," Ricketts said at a news conference at Wrigley. "If this plan is approved, we will win the World Series for our fans and our city.

"We need this project in order to bring our fans a winner."

 

[Smart]

The Ricketts are pieces of crap who are wrecking the greatest stadium in all of sports. They have decided they would rather Wrigley be ordinary than extraordinary, and they can rot in hell for it. To put an electronic videoboard destroys everything that Wrigley and Wrigleyville is about, which is a purity of American sports, when it was about enjoying yourself with a nice beer on a warm summer day with your good friends while listening to organ music. Instead, it is going to be an over-commercialized hell-hole with fancy electronics with electronics for people that hate the very core of what the Wrigley experience represents.

 

[HammerDown]

That's the most ridiculous statement I've ever heard made in sports. They're going to win the WS only if his plan is approved. Huh.

 

[tabascojet]

rooftop owners are going to force his hand...what a bunch of freeeloaders.

Tom Ricketts of Chicago Cubs considers leaving Wrigley Field if outfield signage not approved - ESPN Chicago

 

[JohnU]

Doesn't matter what they do to change the ballpark, the ballpark is in the wrong place -- just off the lake. It's bipolar. There is no way to find a team that can consistently win there. You get power, the wind blows in. You get pitching, the wind blows out. It's hot during the day except in April, May and September and it's cold the rest of the time. Nobody wants to play there anymore. Hint: The rooftop seats don't mean squat to the guys who are in the dugouts.