"Tom Ricketts is lying about the Cubs being too poor to pay their star players" — Big Cat

Take Slip·Dec 11, 2019·Hot Seat/Cool Throne

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Tom Ricketts is lying about the Cubs being too poor to pay their star players

Tom Ricketts, Cubs owner, because he's poor. So he missed the budget for Wrigley expansion by 100%, he said. So just hate it when these guys who have billions of dollars... when time comes to pay their really expensive players what they're worth, don't have the money. Don't buy that bullshit. Like, it's not just you can't sign Chris Bryant.

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The Cubs famously entered a period of 'biblical' losses and cost-cutting, eventually trading away their core (Bryant, Rizzo, Baez) despite being a high-revenue franchise, supporting Big Cat's skepticism.

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The Giants have to play Eli Manning again to let him get back to a .500 record

Now what sucks is now Eli's 116 and 117. You've got to play him again, though. You have to play him again. You've got to give him a shot to get back to 117, 117.

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Eli Manning did play one more game after this (against the Dolphins) and won, finishing his career exactly at 117-117.

Win

Take Slip·Dec 11, 2019

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Big Cat

I would still bet on the Eagles to win the NFC East despite how bad they look

I still would probably take [the Eagles] to win the division, because they have a home game against the Cowboys, and they play the Redskins and they play the Giants. But if you had to ask me right now to put money on it, I think I'd still take the Eagles as bad as they've looked.

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The Eagles won out, including beating the Cowboys, and finished 9-7 to win the NFC East.

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Take Slip·Dec 11, 2019

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Big Cat

I support division winners hosting playoff games even with bad records because the unfairness provides entertainment

I like the fact that the Eagles could win the division at 7-9 and host a playoff game simply because we get to sit here and say, that's not fair. I like that it makes no sense. I like that if you win your division, you get a home playoff game, even if you're a terrible team. It just seems like one of those rules I don't want changed.