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Mayor Daley said yesterday that he's keeping "an open mind" about a state agency acquiring the Cubs. Back on http://chicagoist.com/2007/12/13/bad_itea.php>December 13, he said
Wrigley Field is owned privately and it has been very, very successful. It's made an enormous amount of money, and we have a crisis in the CTA right now. It's hard to believe that in this day and age people are now talking about taxpayers helping out the Cubs.
But yesterday, he was singing a different song. A different, horrible idea song with bullshit for lyrics and tit-for-tat rhythm.
Well, we'll see.
Why the change of heart? Well, maybe he learned more about the potential deal, with Sam Zell's flying monkeys making a good pitch in the last few weeks. Or maybe, as Ben Joravsky says, the Mayor is "http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/theworks/080103/">"swap[ping] his support for the Wrigley Field deal in exchange for a Chicago casino and more state funding for the 2016 Olympics." Because that's exactly where public funds should be going.
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If the State bought the Cubs and ran them like the CTA:
* The lights would flicker off in the middle of a night game and no one would flinch, the game would continue as if nothing had happened.
* The announcer would sound like this: *BING BONG* "THIS is the sixth inning. THIS is a Cubs-Braves game. The SEVENTH inning is next. Cubs bat SECOND in the seventh inning."
* Sometimes the announcer would get out of synch and announce the wrong inning. He would get stuck and keep announcing the wrong inning over and over, like 8 or 9 times.
* Once in a while, right in the middle of an inning, all of the players will stop and sit down for say, 7 minutes. Everything stops. The toilets stop flushing, the faucets stop running, and the beer taps stop flowing.
* The steps would have 4 inches of standing water every time it rains. Employees would throw sand on the water in an attempt to soak it up.
* The game would start whenever the players feel like showing up. If the scheduled start time was 1:20, the window for first pitch time would be something like 10:30am to 4:30pm.
* When a game is cancelled, they won't mention it to all the people entering the ballpark. Everyone will just sit there.
* Instead of actual stats, the scoreboard will just display the date and time.
* The Cubs would play consecutive games at ballparks located two blocks away from each other.
* Sometimes the beer man will randomly pass by without selling you a beer. He will blow a loud whistle to warn/taunt you.