It’s weird because he’s both guys, right? The guy that brought the WS trophy, for which he deserves
to be revered, but also the guy who appears to have tightened the purse strings over the past few seasons, for which he deserves criticism. I suspect they got out over their skis on the renovation and are trying to be financially prudent with debt service and so on, but yeah, if they don’t start winning the division or he doesn’t get back in to the top 5 or so in payroll people’s memories are going to get shorter.  Previous Message but a few more seasons of not wanting to spend with the other big market teams and I suspect the neutral rate is going to drop significantly. Previous Message The Top 5 Most Hated: John Fisher (Athletics): 92.24 score, 51% negative mentions, 26.17% anger rate Jerry Reinsdorf (White Sox): 73.83 score, 37.6% negative mentions Mark Lerner (Nationals): 71.06 score, 3.45% joy rate (2nd lowest) Paul Dolan (Guardians): 65.63 score, 19.39% anger rate Bob Nutting (Pirates): 60.66 score, 135 disgust comments The Top 5 Most Appreciated: John Sherman (Royals): 2.04 score, 74.13% neutral rate Tom Ricketts (Cubs): 3.83 score, 62.59% neutral rate Christopher Ilitch (Tigers): 4.05 score, zero fear comments Ken Kendrick (D-backs): 4.13 score, only 15 negative comments total Stuart Sternberg (Rays): 5.13 score, 58.4% neutral rate Key Findings: Average MLB owner hate score: ~35 90-point gap between #1 and #30 A's fans anger rate is 5x MLB average Corporate-owned teams average lower hate scores than individual owners Total dataset: 30,000+ comments analyzed across all team subreddits Previous Message
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 Post deadline Cubs thread - CanHartlebHireSnider August 1, 2025, 15:10:55
- Think I'm going to Friday night's game @TheCreepers. - EffinIllini Yesterday, 10:15:24
- Ok Milwaukee, I’m tapping out. I officially surrender, you win. I won’t let you hurt me anymore* - OB25 August 6, 2025, 19:43:04
- Very good win* - OB25 August 6, 2025, 15:39:39
- Lol, Kittredge bounces back from last night with an immaculate inning.* - OB25 August 6, 2025, 14:50:48
- Great outing from Horton* - illini21 August 6, 2025, 14:35:42
- Is Horton on a load management pitch count? That’s quite an early pull given the overused bullpen* - OB25 August 6, 2025, 14:34:12
- might as well post this here: most hated owners (copied from cup of coffee newsletter) - torinese August 6, 2025, 10:18:39
- Man 3 Ks for Tucker is pretty startling.* - Carl Spackler August 5, 2025, 21:28:50
- This feels so much like 2018 but happening 2 months earlier - OB25 August 5, 2025, 21:14:27
- Helluv a deadline, jed* - Mrap24 August 5, 2025, 20:55:41
- In their last 4 games the Nationals have allowed 99 base runners* - memyselfandillini August 5, 2025, 20:21:12
- At least the Brewers are up 3* - opossum jenkins August 5, 2025, 19:58:26
- Boy it’d really help if the middle of the order would stop sucking in big situations.* - Carl Spackler August 5, 2025, 19:24:37
- Soroka to the IL. Tough look for Jed on this one* - OB25 August 4, 2025, 21:53:59
- Damn near the entire lineup is a mess right now. And no idea why PCA didn’t try to steal there* - OB25 August 4, 2025, 21:23:22
- Well that was deflating* - illini21 August 4, 2025, 21:22:45
- How do you miss the fucking base* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes August 4, 2025, 21:06:45
- Oh no* - illini21 August 4, 2025, 21:05:37
- LOL, JFC. Cmon Dansby* - Carl Spackler August 4, 2025, 21:05:30
- This game is straight up bullshit.* - Toonces August 4, 2025, 20:54:16
- 2nd time in a month that a blister has bailed us out against a tough lefty. Take advantage now* - OB25 August 4, 2025, 19:32:53
- As expected no PCA tonight. Willi in CF and Turner at 1B*
 - CanHartlebHireSnider August 4, 2025, 15:36:36
- This Reds series is going to be interesting. - OB25 August 4, 2025, 14:36:40
- Welp, that’s a first* - opossum jenkins August 3, 2025, 16:17:29
- Turner is good at hitting lefties and as a sub!* - CanHartlebHireSnider August 3, 2025, 16:16:07
- lol no way * - biclops August 3, 2025, 16:11:09
- Man, PCA is broken at the plate - IlliniSax05 August 3, 2025, 15:33:20
- Wrigley is something else. No slugger is gonna want to sign here - CanHartlebHireSnider August 3, 2025, 13:41:10
- Two absolutely brutal 2 strike pitches from Thielbar - CanHartlebHireSnider August 2, 2025, 16:14:31
- Really terrible loss* - OB25 August 2, 2025, 16:09:58
- Brutal* - illini21 August 2, 2025, 16:09:44
- Really tough loss* - Mrap24 August 2, 2025, 16:09:23
- This would be a terrible loss. 3 warning track shots and PCA rung up on the worst call ever.* - Toonces August 2, 2025, 15:59:16
- Why trade for Rogers if you’re going to throw Theilbar on back to back days instead* - OB25 August 2, 2025, 15:52:12
- Bullpen no bueno* - Mrap24 August 2, 2025, 15:50:04
- That was one of the worst strike calls you’ll ever see.* - illini21 August 2, 2025, 14:54:41
- Andrew Vaughn is ‘98 Mark McGwire now* - OB25 August 1, 2025, 20:42:22
- What should I do? My fiancée got me tickets to the Sandberg dedication game tomorrow but - ibdoc August 1, 2025, 15:23:43
- My drive to the game was longer than the game itself* - OB25 August 1, 2025, 15:15:49
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