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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #511 on: April 16, 2013, 01:16:59 pm »
Wasn't 10K a pretty significant signing bonus in 1953?  My memory is that ten years later signing bonuses of $100K were considered shockingly outrageous, though some prospects (I think I recall a mid-60's Sport magazine article about Mike Epstein signing for $100K, and Yaz signed for 100K) were getting them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_baby
The Bonus Rule was a rule instituted by Major League Baseball in 1947 that prevented teams from assigning certain players to farm clubs.[1] The rule stipulated that when a Major league team signed a player to a contract in excess of $4,000 ($41,100 today), the Major League team was required to keep that player on the 40-man roster for two full-seasons.... 
Bonus babies were the group of amateur baseball players who went straight to the Major Leagues between the years 1947–1965.
Players who received a signing bonus in excess of $4,000 during that era have been identified as 'Bonus Babies'. The Bonus Rule prevented the player from spending time in the Minor League baseball system that was, and is, the training ground for most professional baseball players in the United States of America.






The $10K mentioned in the scouting report on Banks would not be a signing bonus for Ernie.  That $10K would be the purchase price for his contract and would entirely go to the K.C. Monarchs.





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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #512 on: April 17, 2013, 05:49:03 pm »
The $10K mentioned in the scouting report on Banks would not be a signing bonus for Ernie.  That $10K would be the purchase price for his contract and would entirely go to the K.C. Monarchs.

Oooooh.... ugly.  Of course Banks was obviously overjoyed just to get a chance to play in the majors.

Interesting scouting report.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #513 on: April 29, 2013, 08:45:43 am »
Former Cubs manager Lee Elia no longer haunted by legendary profanity-laced rant

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“There’s no question that if it happened today, he would have been fired that night,’’ said Bob Ibach, then the Cubs’ director of media relations.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/19779335-573/former-cubs-manager-lee-elia-no-longer-haunted-by-legendary-profanity-laced-rant.html

The tirade

http://www.speakeasy.org/~bucky/elia_tirade.html

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #514 on: May 09, 2013, 10:06:41 am »
May 9, 1993 - Mark Grace hit for the cycle.  No Cub has done it since.

AndyMacFAIL

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #515 on: May 12, 2013, 12:34:48 am »

Today In Cubs History - May 12th






May 12, 1970 - At Wrigley Field only 5,264 fans see Ernie Banks hit his 500th career home run, but on hand to witness the historic home run is Frank Secory, one of the umpires of the 1953 contest in which Mr. Cub hit his first round-tripper. The second-inning line drive, hit off Braves' pitcher Pat Jarvis into the left-field bleachers, bounces back onto the field and is given to the Cub first baseman after the ball is retrieved by Atlanta outfielder, Rico Carty.

Video:  http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=3547471

Boxscore & P-B-P:  http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1970/B05120CHN1970.htm

« Last Edit: May 12, 2013, 12:37:18 am by AndyMacFAIL »

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #516 on: May 14, 2013, 02:45:18 pm »
The Cubs have detailed all of the Wrigley renovation plans here.

http://www.wrigleyfield.com/

On the website, there's a halfway interesting video narrated by Pat Hughes showing some of the planned changes at Wrigley.


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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #517 on: May 14, 2013, 07:45:10 pm »

107% increase in concession area but only 42% increase in restroom space.  Look for possibly even longer lines to use the restrooms during the 35+K attendance games.

Interesting that the Cubs produced video didn't included the revised outfield (Jumbtron & RF sign).   They must significantly block the rooftop views to not be included in the computer generated video.


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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #518 on: May 15, 2013, 09:32:56 am »
Jim Litke with a rather opinionated piece on the Wrigley Field restoration

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CHICAGO -- If the Cubs were half as good at baseball as they are at artist's renderings, the team would have left Wrigley Field behind long before now.

But it's the aging ballpark that's propped up the franchise for nearly a century now, not the other way around. Owner Tom Ricketts knows that like he knows his own name, and this, too: Winning the World Series is hard; making money off Wrigley Field is easy.

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To summarize: Ricketts want tax breaks, a few public sidewalks, as much advertising space as possible, a bigger cut of the commercial action in the neighborhood, and here's the big stretch -- for the rooftop owners to learn to live with it, or better yet, simply go away.

Considering how many of the people he'll be dealing with are Cubs fans, Ricketts will probably get everything he wants, and then go back to the real business of the ballclub: losing.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=9276880

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #519 on: May 15, 2013, 02:54:55 pm »
What a d!ck.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #520 on: May 15, 2013, 03:49:26 pm »
What a d!ck.

Maybe but he's telling the truth.


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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #521 on: May 17, 2013, 01:00:32 pm »


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One personal memory of mine relates to Roberto Clemente — the home run that he hit on May 17, 1959 in Wrigley Field, which has been considered the longest home run in Wrigley Field history. Others will say Dave Kingman or Glenallen Hill have the longest and that is hard to debate since no measurement was taken of Clemente's shot because no one saw where it finally landed.  But, if you have doubts ask Ernie Banks who was at shortstop or Bobby Thomson who was in center field for the Cubs.

http://www.goldenagebaseballcards.com/showcase/roberto-clemente-wrigley.htm

It's hard to imagine any ball hit farther than Glenallen Hill's rooftop shot.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #522 on: May 17, 2013, 01:03:35 pm »
You mean this one?


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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #523 on: May 17, 2013, 01:05:31 pm »
It's always nice to have an excuse to post that video.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #524 on: June 03, 2013, 03:29:40 pm »
Ten years ago today

2003 -- Sammy Sosa was ejected in the first inning of Chicago's 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after umpires found cork in his shattered bat.