老板告诉我们，小熊将等待农场养成，再来决定是否洒钱。所以在自由市 场不会有大动作，如果明年的成绩继续复制2013年的战绩，不用惊讶。就 算打的有起色，季中拍卖照样近选秀乐透区。 老板说钱不是问题，但我怎麽看都是个大问题。当初收购球队欠下的债务 、瑞格里球场的重建经费、多明尼加棒球学校的费用，让老板得省点花。 下一个电视转播合约来临前，小熊必须撙节度日。 明年加上Soriano的1400万以及薪资仲裁，我们已知的总预算将会落在65- 70M之间，今年的100+M的总预算势必不会再现。所以老板到底留多少钱给 Jed Hoyer操作？田中将大和邱信守能同时拿到嘛？还是只能择一呢？ 欧....对了！老板输他会降票价...... DUNEDIN, Fla. — As the smallest crowd in more than a decade was being counted at Wrigley Field, Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts joined a contingent of Cubs executives at a Class A ballpark in Florida for a first-hand look at what might be his best hopes for fixing his local baseball problem. Considering this was the Class A Florida State League playoffs, that doesn’t mean much for next year’s Cubs — who don’t appear poised for any kind of quantum leap toward the top of the National League Central, even with a modest influx of major-league talent this offseason. As for any kind of major influx this winter, don’t count on it. In a conversation with the Sun-Times on Wednesday, Ricketts promised no splashy, expensive moves to reverse four consecutive years of losing on the field and at the gate. And he made no assurances that the third-highest ticket prices in the sport would get - reduced for next season. And while he acknowledged the team’s lingering purchase debt is a factor in spending ability, he said it’s “a lot less than you think,” and he said baseball budgets set by ownership isn’t holding back anything team president Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer are trying to do with the club. “I know it’s not a money issue,’’ Ricketts said of the methods the baseball department is using to restock the farm system and overhaul the organization — and the consequent results at the big-league level. “You can ’t just throw money at the problem. We have to build the organization from the ground up. And that’s what we’re doing right now. “On the business side, we have to continue to develop more revenue lines so that we can have more financial flexibility in the future, and we’re doing that with stadium renovations and other media contracts that are coming up in the future.” To that end, Ricketts hopes to put outfield signage and the - Jumbotron-like board up as soon as possible to reap the revenues, he said. He also said the clubhouse and training facilities planned for underneath the existing clubhouse and workout room are “probably not going to” be ready for the 2014 opener as originally planned, “but it’s a priority for us.” Ricketts doesn’t deny Wrigley Field is a revenue producer by virtue of its drawing power as a venue, nor does he deny that team debt that Forbes recently estimated at a major-league high $580 million has an impact on business operations. He referred to seller Sam Zell’s well-documented requirement that large debt be a part of a “partnership” purchase arrangement for tax reasons. And, he added, “Every team has some form of debt. For us, it’s a - factor, but there’s also a lot of other factors.” He listed capital investments and increased administration costs. What remains clear is that the baseball practices one sport economist described as “mid-market” figure to continue until at least the Jumbotron revenues or Class A prospects starting coming in — maybe both. That and the WGN portion of the local TV rights that the club is trying to negotiate toward $1 million per game levels comparable to other recent deals in the game. That alone would make attendance drops easy to tolerate — even at internal estimates of more than $7 million per 100,000, according to sources. “In terms of attendance, the way I look at it is we have to win,” Ricketts said. “We have to get a more exciting team. We’re not disappointed with this year’s attendance. We’ll be in the 2.7 [million] range. But obviously, it’s incumbent upon us to make sure we put a more compelling team on the field, and attendance will take care of itself.” As for Sun-Times columnist Rick Morrissey’s contention this week that the Cubs, from an ownership level, weren’t trying to win, Ricketts said: “We go into every season wanting to win. But we also make personnel decisions based on what’s best for the organization over the longer term. “The fact is, we’re doing it the right way. We have the best leaders in our baseball organization, the smartest guys. It’s one step at a time. And we’ re getting better.” -- 恋しくて 悲しくて 爱しさが つのった 切な想いを 重ね缀った 愿いは今 あなたのもとへと 届いていますか？ 梦见てた 色あせない 想い出缀った 心までは あなたに送れない 时间だけが通りすぎるよ --

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