A GM meetings primer

Nov 10, 2014 | MLB

The MLB general managers meetings are held this week in Arizona.  We know what the winter meetings, held in December are.  But what gets done at the GM meetings?  They’re not just an excuse for 30 overpaid (mostly) white dudes to play golf in the desert,...

EJax must go! Interview with a candidate: Nick Swisher

Nov 7, 2014 | Cubs

Now that the Cubs mercy killing of Ricky Renteria’s career has been completed, they need to get on with the real business of the offseason.  Dumping Edwin Jackson.  Am I right?  Edwin’s due $11 million each of the next two seasons, and he’s been...

Joe called Ricky

Nov 5, 2014 | Cubs

True to his word, new Cubs manager Joe Maddon placed a call to former Cubs manager Rick(y) Renteria not long after the press conference to announce Joe’s hiring. You might think it would be awkward for the old manager to have to talk to the guy who not only...

Boring is for suckers

Nov 4, 2014 | Cubs

It took all of about 180 seconds yesterday for Joe Maddon to do two things…get about a tenth of the way through his press conference preamble, and for the world to see his appeal.  If you could just hire any competent manager and hand him the Cubs roster and...

Ricky’s getting off easy

Oct 31, 2014 | Cubs

With the Joe Maddon to the Cubs announcement due any time now, there is still some (not a lot, granted) hand-wringing about what this move says about the Cubs management.  Sure, they are spending big to hire the best manager they can get, but in the process they are...

Exclusive: Rick Renteria’s voicemails for Theo

Oct 28, 2014 | Cubs, Oral Histories

Since the news broke last Friday that former Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon had opted out of his contract, the Cubs have been intriguingly silent about the job status of their manager Rick(y) Renteria.  Ricky has not been, however.  He issued a statement through his...