Ricketts Family Annoyance Thread

[Saul Goodman]

It's okay, everybody. Cardinals fan and Billy Cub enthusiast Will Leitch has helicoptered in from Georgia to tell us What This All Means.

I love Clark now.

[Quality Start Machine]

It's okay, everybody. Cardinals fan and Billy Cub enthusiast Will Leitch has helicoptered in from Georgia to tell us What This All Means.

I love Clark now.

Leitch was remarkably restrained, waiting until the third paragraph to make it about him.

[Tinker to Evers to Chance]

I've heard a lot of people making fun of the new mascot because it looks like it's for kids. Aren't mascots supposed to be for kids? It's not a new logo. I don't understand why this is even a story.

Because not only does it suck, but it comes at a time when there is little interest on the actual product on the field.  And this comes up as another piece of proof that ownership knows they have to generate interest in a way other than the actual product the produce.

If the Red Sox did this, it would be seen as dumb and silly, but would probably be ignored.  Right now, this is Illinois introducing a new, cartoon Chief Illiniwek.

Do you mean Wally?  The mascot who was rolled out the year the Red Sox rode a 78-84 record to 4th place in the AL East?  And the year after they finished 3rd in the AL East?

I suppose back then there was little interest on the actual product on the field.  And it was proof that ownership knew they had to generate interest in a way other than the actual product they produced.

[CT III]

It's okay, everybody. Cardinals fan and Billy Cub enthusiast Will Leitch has helicoptered in from Georgia to tell us What This All Means.

I love Clark now.

Leitch was remarkably restrained, waiting until the third paragraph to make it about him.

I am imagining that the unnamed Cubs' executive who had to confront Billy Bear was an irate Crane Kenney and it's making me laugh.

[CT III]

DPD

Also, about this:

Don't worry, though: Here is Clark. His eyes may be lost, but he's right here for you, terrifying your children.

Nobody should presume to know what terrifies children.  I've got 3 of them, and I'm still not entirely sure. 

[J. Walter Weatherman]

It's okay, everybody. Cardinals fan and Billy Cub enthusiast Will Leitch has helicoptered in from Georgia to tell us What This All Means.

I love Clark now.

The Cubs probably thought introducing Clark at the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center's pediatric developmental center, helping kids with developmental challenges, would inure them to criticism.

How quickly those hacks were disabused of this once the kids started grilling them over Joe Ricketts' Ending Spending SuperPAC.

[CBStew]

Be honest.  If Clark were around when you were a kid, would you be a Cub fan today?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Be honest.  If Clark were around when you were a kid, would you be a Cub fan today?

In all likelihood.

Is that a good thing?

[Tony]

Be honest.  If Clark were around when you were a kid, would you be a Cub fan today?

I remember going to a game when I was really little, and there was some kind of traveling mascot there. I want to say it was for an ice cream company, and it was a polar bear. I thought it was kind of neat, and doubt it really made much of a difference in my decision to be a Cub fan.

My newphew's birthday is this weekend. Maybe I'll get him a Clark teddy bear to see if it affects his decision to be a Cub fan. I'll let you know in 20 years how the experiment works out.

[InternetApex]

Be honest.  If Clark were around when you were a kid, would you be a Cub fan today?

I remember going to a game when I was really little, and there was some kind of traveling mascot there. I want to say it was for an ice cream company, and it was a polar bear. I thought it was kind of neat, and doubt it really made much of a difference in my decision to be a Cub fan.

My newphew's birthday is this weekend. Maybe I'll get him a Clark teddy bear to see if it affects his decision to be a Cub fan. I'll let you know in 20 years how the experiment works out.

When I was a kid, the Famous Chicken used to perform during random Indianapolis Indians games and I thought he was pretty great. I traveled to Philadelphia with my parents and saw the Phils sweep a three-game series against the Cubs, throughout which the Phanatic was the most interesting attraction. I remember seeing some dumb-looking mascots at Sox Park and on television in Montreal etc. and hating them. Ultimately, I was so baseball-crazy in those days that the mascot could have been a giant rubber dildo that smacked kids across the face, and I'd still be 100% invested in the Cubs and the sport.

[Quality Start Machine]

Be honest.  If Clark were around when you were a kid, would you be a Cub fan today?

They had Peanuts Lowrey. Same thing.

[CT III]

Be honest.  If Clark were around when you were a kid, would you be a Cub fan today?

I remember going to a game when I was really little, and there was some kind of traveling mascot there. I want to say it was for an ice cream company, and it was a polar bear. I thought it was kind of neat, and doubt it really made much of a difference in my decision to be a Cub fan.

My newphew's birthday is this weekend. Maybe I'll get him a Clark teddy bear to see if it affects his decision to be a Cub fan. I'll let you know in 20 years how the experiment works out.

When I was a kid, the Famous Chicken used to perform during random Indianapolis Indians games and I thought he was pretty great. I traveled to Philadelphia with my parents and saw the Phils sweep a three-game series against the Cubs, throughout which the Phanatic was the most interesting attraction. I remember seeing some dumb-looking mascots at Sox Park and on television in Montreal etc. and hating them. Ultimately, I was so baseball-crazy in those days that the mascot could have been a giant rubber dildo that smacked kids across the face, and I'd still be 100% invested in the Cubs and the sport.

Ribbie and Roobarb!

[Tonker]

It's okay, everybody. Cardinals fan and Billy Cub enthusiast Will Leitch has helicoptered in from Georgia to tell us What This All Means.

I love Clark now.

Every Cubs fan I talked to had that same sense of sadness and embarrassment: Why did we do this?

I wish he'd asked me, because I don't give a flying fuck about Clark.  If I need anything to get sad or embarrassed about, my life is rich with opportunity without having to worry about the Cubs creating a mascot for kids.

[PenFoe]

It's okay, everybody. Cardinals fan and Billy Cub enthusiast Will Leitch has helicoptered in from Georgia to tell us What This All Means.

I love Clark now.

Every Cubs fan I talked to had that same sense of sadness and embarrassment: Why did we do this?

I wish he'd asked me, because I don't give a flying fuck about Clark.  If I need anything to get sad or embarrassed about, my life is rich with opportunity without having to worry about the Cubs creating a mascot for kids.

Did you get your Fosters of the Month club shipment today?

[Quality Start Machine]

I don't know anyone who's really upset about the mascot. It's just something to goof on until pitchers and catchers report, and then we can goof on them.