Money Ball at it's Best...Keep Singing Fans as others are enjoying Singing all the Way to the Bank!
We are becoming the Most Profitable Franchise in MLB HISTORY!!! GO CUBS GO!!!!
Our Attendance we are Respectably Ranked #10 right now:
2012 Attendance
RK TEAM GMS TOTAL
1 Philadelphia 2,535,998
2 Texas 2,435,189
3 NY Yankees 2,424,705
4 San Francisco 2,336,594
5 St. Louis 2,358,309
6 LA Dodgers 2,399,384
7 Detroit 2,112,313
8 Boston 2,369,789
9 LA Angels 1,990,332
10 Chicago Cub 1,968,425 (not including today's 35,000)
Our Salaries have now Dropped down to # 15
TEAM TOTAL PAYROLL
New York Yankees $ 197,962,289
Philadelphia Phillies $ 174,538,938
Boston Red Sox $ 173,186,617
Los Angeles Angels $ 154,485,166
Detroit Tigers $ 132,300,000
Texas Rangers $ 120,510,974
Miami Marlins $ 118,078,000
San Francisco Giants $ 117,620,683
St. Louis Cardinals $ 110,300,862
Milwaukee Brewers $ 97,653,944
Chicago White Sox $ 96,919,500
Los Angeles Dodgers $ 95,143,575
Minnesota Twins $ 94,085,000
New York Mets $ 93,353,983
Chicago Cubs $ 88,197,033
Atlanta Braves $ 83,309,942
We just need to figure out how to dump and get rid of Soriano-Marmol-Samardja (call it the SMS Plan) so we can save another $20 million and we will be all set!!! Be the Lowest Payroll and Earn the Most!!!
POSITION
Alfonso Soriano $ 19,000,000 Outfielder
Ryan Dempster $ 14,000,000 Pitcher
Matt Garza $ 9,500,000 Pitcher
Carlos Marmol $ 7,333,333 Pitcher
Marlon Byrd $ 6,500,000 Outfielder
Geovany Soto $ 4,300,000 Catcher
David DeJesus $ 4,250,000 Outfielder
Paul Maholm $ 4,250,000 Pitcher
Kerry Wood $ 3,000,000 Pitcher
Chris Volstad $ 2,655,000 Pitcher
Jeff Samardzija $ 2,640,000 Pitcher
Ian Stewart $ 2,237,500
How much do you spend at a game average??
$45 maybe on the low end so we do the Math YTD 1,968,425 = ($88,579,125)
Profit From Here on In...Win Lose who gives a hoot...We Win...Keep Singing