Who will be the next GM?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

None of this matters.  We are talking about the Cubs.

You sound like a regular Joe Mantegna.

Or a Greg Couch.

Not as bile inducing as I expected for something with "Cubbies" in the title. I hate Greg Couch but he's basically writing the same thing I wrote but more drawn out and from the perspective of a three year old.

Has everyone read Rosenbloom's latest bout of Chuckery then?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/chi-theo-epstein-is-right-for-wrong-reasons-20111012,0,7931901.column

[fiveouts]

None of this matters.  We are talking about the Cubs.

You sound like a regular Joe Mantegna.

Or a Greg Couch.

Love this sentence:

Now, Tom Ricketts, and his family, own and run the team, and it’s nice to have a beating heart, someone who grew up caring about the Cubs, in charge. But he has yet to show any direction or plan.

Other than doing EXACTLY what he said he was going to do when he bought the team, i.e. beef up the scouting staff, spend more in the draft, increase the Latin American presence, and build a new Spring Training home...no, Ricketts has no plan.

[Internet Apex]

I'm excited for the press conference to find out if he was indeed at Starbucks and then just to hear his take on how everything went down and what the big picture looks like for him.

Then I'm excited for him to send Mike Quade and Apex's hopes and dreams into the abyss of failure.

From there, I'm guessing, it's all downhill.

Join the fucking club.

[CT III]

His first move should be to shoot Crane Fucking Kenney.

No, his first move should be to worry about the on-field product, which Crane Kenney hasn't, doesn't and won't have anything to do with.

Okay, maybe his first move SHOULD be to fire Crane Kenney...

http://twitter.com/#!/dan_bernstein/status/127754973659410432

[Bort]

His first move should be to shoot Crane Fucking Kenney.

No, his first move should be to worry about the on-field product, which Crane Kenney hasn't, doesn't and won't have anything to do with.

Okay, maybe his first move SHOULD be to fire Crane Kenney...

http://twitter.com/#!/dan_bernstein/status/127754973659410432

Nice link, Morph.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Officially official...

http://www.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20111026&content_id=25802172&vkey=pr_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres jointly announce today that Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod will leave the Padres, effective immediately, to accept positions with the Cubs. The Cubs have agreed to send the Padres a player to be named later as compensation.

Both the Cubs and the Padres intend to hold press conferences after the World Series. The Cubs intend to announce Hoyer as Executive Vice President/General Manager and McLeod as Senior Vice President/Scouting and Player Development, while the Padres intend to announce Josh Byrnes as Hoyer's successor.

Out of respect for the World Series, both clubs have agreed to forego further comment until holding their respective news conferences after the World Series is complete.

[ shakes head and rubs eyes ]

THREE baseball guys?

[Eli]

[ shakes head and rubs eyes ]

THREE baseball guys?

Even Chuck agrees that this is a terrible idea.

[Slaky]

[ shakes head and rubs eyes ]

THREE baseball guys?

Even Chuck agrees that this is a terrible idea.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO. THEY'VE FUCKED IT ALL UP.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

[ shakes head and rubs eyes ]

THREE baseball guys?

Even Chuck agrees that this is a terrible idea.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO. THEY'VE FUCKED IT ALL UP.

Chuck thinks this is Ricketts' biggest boner since he let Crane get away with bringing in that Greek priest back in 2008.

[PANK!]

[ shakes head and rubs eyes ]

THREE baseball guys?

Even Chuck agrees that this is a terrible idea.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO. THEY'VE FUCKED IT ALL UP.

Chuck thinks this is Ricketts' biggest boner since he let Crane get away with bringing in that Greek priest back in 2008.

I heard he's also blaming Ricketts for the College of Coaches.

[Gilgamesh]

[ shakes head and rubs eyes ]

THREE baseball guys?

Even Chuck agrees that this is a terrible idea.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO. THEY'VE FUCKED IT ALL UP.

Chuck thinks this is Ricketts' biggest boner since he let Crane get away with bringing in that Greek priest back in 2008.

I heard he's also blaming Ricketts for the College of Coaches.

Laugh all you want, but Chuck knows that Ricketts was the black cat in '69.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

[ shakes head and rubs eyes ]

THREE baseball guys?

Even Chuck agrees that this is a terrible idea.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO. THEY'VE FUCKED IT ALL UP.

Chuck thinks this is Ricketts' biggest boner since he let Crane get away with bringing in that Greek priest back in 2008.

Also bump.

[PANK!]

[ shakes head and rubs eyes ]

THREE baseball guys?

Even Chuck agrees that this is a terrible idea.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO. THEY'VE FUCKED IT ALL UP.

Chuck thinks this is Ricketts' biggest boner since he let Crane get away with bringing in that Greek priest back in 2008.

Also bump.

Fairness compels me to say that Chuck may have actually sort of been kind of...right?

Ah, Theo isn't that important in the grand scheme of things anyway. Chuck has already moved the goalposts to decree that the new regime will be a failure unless we get TWO, count em TWO, baseball guys.

I'd rather have 2 than 1. But it's not a failure from the get go if they only get one guy.

Unless that guy is someone who's never done the job before.  If they get Rick Hahn and no Gillick type, the odds won't be in that guy's favor.

Granted, his wet dream--cost, obviously aside--was Theo and Friedman but  they did essentially hire 2 (or 3, if you include McLeod, though I'm really thinking 2 hires instead of 1 President/GM).

This is a great thread to read through, BTW, esepcially if you'd like to see the range of psychotic emotions we all possess.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

[ shakes head and rubs eyes ]

THREE baseball guys?

Even Chuck agrees that this is a terrible idea.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO. THEY'VE FUCKED IT ALL UP.

Chuck thinks this is Ricketts' biggest boner since he let Crane get away with bringing in that Greek priest back in 2008.

Also bump.

Fairness compels me to say that Chuck may have actually sort of been kind of...right?

Ah, Theo isn't that important in the grand scheme of things anyway. Chuck has already moved the goalposts to decree that the new regime will be a failure unless we get TWO, count em TWO, baseball guys.

I'd rather have 2 than 1. But it's not a failure from the get go if they only get one guy.

Unless that guy is someone who's never done the job before.  If they get Rick Hahn and no Gillick type, the odds won't be in that guy's favor.

Granted, his wet dream--cost, obviously aside--was Theo and Friedman but  they did essentially hire 2 (or 3, if you include McLeod, though I'm really thinking 2 hires instead of 1 President/GM).

This is a great thread to read through, BTW, esepcially if you'd like to see the range of psychotic emotions we all possess.

We already covered that ground when Chuck declared VICTORY back in October.