Cub Tracks Architecture

After a small, and very reasonable, request, I'm going to try and remember to mark all links that are strictly video to help you have your speaker volume ready Because I don't want to be the reason your boss finds out you're spending hours on BCB instead of completing your TPS reports.

From Comcast SportsNet

• Video: Cub fans recap the 2013 "CubsCon".
• Video and article: Marty Pevey was introduced as the new manager of the Iowa Cubs.
• CTL video: Can the Cubs contend by 2015? Gosh, I hope so.
• Scott Baker says he's ready to show off the progress of his recovery. He says he's ready to get started with his teammates rather than starting more slowly.
• This was in a previously-posted FanShot, but Brett Jackson has no plans to go to Iowa. He's intent on showing the big club he belongs.
• Video: Hot Stove panelists discuss the "Soriano Effect".
  
• Video: Hot Stove discusses the Cubs avoiding arbitration with Jeff Samardzija.
• Future Zygote Alert! Patrick Mooney says the Cubs are already on the clock with the second pick in this summer's draft. I assume this is news to the Astros.
• Nate Schierholtz thinks he's ready to make his mark.
• Video: Mayor Rahm Emanuel says there will be no taxpayer money for Wrigley Field.
• Video: Will the Cubs and Sammy Sosa ever make good?
• Speaking of Sammy, he thinks the Cubs should retire his number.

From Cubs Den

• Taking a look at the Cubs top moves of 2012. Here are numbers 12 through 6 of the countdown. And here are the top six.
• Cub notes: Looking at Jorge Soler's swing and where he'll start the year, the shrinking trade market for Alfonso Soriano, and who likes Brooks Raley.

• Alderman Tom Tunney says he's not opposed to easing the city's landmark status for Wrigley Field, which is a key component to the proposed renovation plans.

From the Chicago Sun-Times

• Gordo says Cub fans are more worried about rebuilding the team than rebuilding Wrigley. My two cents: the two things are linked, at least a little bit (revenue matters).

From the Daily Herald

• Renovating Wrigley is long past due.
  
• The Pitch & Hit Club will honor former Cub reliever Goose Gossage. Oh, and a guy that most Cub fans are glad has retired.

Today's food for thought

• The good folks along the North Carolina coast weren't really expecting to see a great white shark in their coastal waters. Maybe it was swimming away from these stampeding dolphins.
• 3-D printers are awesome. And they are already being used for some cool purposes, including designing architecture.