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Looks like a Fred/Yeti love child.

 

You keep this [expletive] up, and they'll be saying Free da Bum, and David too !!!

 

lol sorry

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I just spoke with two excellent sources on Epstein negotiations and it appears deal is basically done with announcement of agreement tmrw.

 

Are they really going to let the Cubs announce this tomorrow? I doubt it.

 

Ricketts was introduced as the chairman of the Cubs on October 31, 2009.

 

Same day as Game 3 of the World Series.

 

Nobody outside of Chicago knew who the hell Ricketts was. To most, He was basically just another billiomaire buying a sports team. This is huge. Epstein is one of the most well known, recognizeable, and highly regarded non player personel in the game.

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thekapman David Kaplan

I just spoke with two excellent sources on Epstein negotiations and it appears deal is basically done with announcement of agreement tmrw.

 

Are they really going to let the Cubs announce this tomorrow? I doubt it.

 

Ricketts was introduced as the chairman of the Cubs on October 31, 2009.

 

Same day as Game 3 of the World Series.

Jesus Christ a game 3 was on Halloween one year? That's just sad.

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thekapman David Kaplan

I just spoke with two excellent sources on Epstein negotiations and it appears deal is basically done with announcement of agreement tmrw.

 

Are they really going to let the Cubs announce this tomorrow? I doubt it.

 

Ricketts was introduced as the chairman of the Cubs on October 31, 2009.

 

Same day as Game 3 of the World Series.

 

Nobody outside of Chicago knew who the hell Ricketts was. To most, He was basically just another billiomaire buying a sports team. This is huge. Epstein is one of the most well known, recognizeable, and highly regarded non player personel in the game.

 

Hopefully, everyone will know it's coming by tomorrow. For sure.

 

They'll delay the official announcement until Friday to keep up with appearances.

 

I think that's our best-case scenario. I hope it goes down that way. I'll be on my way to tropical climates on Friday. It would be a *great* sendoff.

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http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0621/chi_a_ricketts_sy_576.jpg

 

http://www.jimrome.com/cimages/var/ezjimrome/storage/images/repository/photos/theo-epstein/319610-1-eng-US/Theo-Epstein_photo_medium.jpg

 

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/images/photos/000/759/990/56422100.jpg.14993.0_crop_340x234.jpg?1258910390

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Holy God, we're getting Theo and we're getting a Theo disciple.

 

I don't even care that it's Theo specifically, the fact that we're getting two guys in that school, and we're getting a brain trust that knows their [expletive]...

 

holy crap, this is awesome.

 

"Cubs" and "brain trust that knows their [expletive]" have been mutually exclusive in my lifetime--until now! Woohoo!

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Nobody outside of Chicago knew who the hell Ricketts was. To most, He was basically just another billiomaire buying a sports team. This is huge. Epstein is one of the most well known, recognizeable, and highly regarded non player personel in the game.

 

Somebody becoming the owner of the Chicago Cubs is pretty big [expletive] news, man.

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thekapman David Kaplan

I just spoke with two excellent sources on Epstein negotiations and it appears deal is basically done with announcement of agreement tmrw.

 

Are they really going to let the Cubs announce this tomorrow? I doubt it.

 

Ricketts was introduced as the chairman of the Cubs on October 31, 2009.

 

Same day as Game 3 of the World Series.

Jesus Christ a game 3 was on Halloween one year? That's just sad.

 

Just looked it up. The PC with Ricketts was on October 30, 2009, an off day between games 2 and 3 of the World Series.

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thekapman David Kaplan

I just spoke with two excellent sources on Epstein negotiations and it appears deal is basically done with announcement of agreement tmrw.

 

Are they really going to let the Cubs announce this tomorrow? I doubt it.

 

Ricketts was introduced as the chairman of the Cubs on October 31, 2009.

 

Same day as Game 3 of the World Series.

Jesus Christ a game 3 was on Halloween one year? That's just sad.

 

Just looked it up. The PC with Ricketts was on October 30, 2009, an off day between games 2 and 3 of the World Series.

 

 

You're telling me Wikipedia has failed me?

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Either way, the news can easily come out tomorrow without any "official" announcement. Press conference can be held on the off day, Friday.
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Nobody outside of Chicago knew who the hell Ricketts was. To most, He was basically just another billiomaire buying a sports team. This is huge. Epstein is one of the most well known, recognizeable, and highly regarded non player personel in the game.

 

Somebody becoming the owner of the Chicago Cubs is pretty big [expletive] news, man.

 

But not the kind that would have made the World Series take a back seat. Maybe if it had been Mark Cuban, that would have been that type of a story. Besides, the 2009 Series was Phillies/Yankees and didn't have to worry about Laverne & Shirley re-runs on TV Land beating it in the ratings.

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Are they really going to let the Cubs announce this tomorrow? I doubt it.

 

Ricketts was introduced as the chairman of the Cubs on October 31, 2009.

 

Same day as Game 3 of the World Series.

Jesus Christ a game 3 was on Halloween one year? That's just sad.

 

Just looked it up. The PC with Ricketts was on October 30, 2009, an off day between games 2 and 3 of the World Series.

 

 

You're telling me Wikipedia has failed me?

 

If this is correct, then yes: http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/10/30/1107922/new-cubs-boss-tom-ricketts-were

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The name Al Yellon takes me way back. Holy [expletive]. I knew he ran that blog but I rarely read it. Anyway, I remember him from the alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs newsgroups back in the day. I know a lot of posters here came from espn.com and cubs.com (I visited both before NSBB), but did any of you guys visit those newsgroups or the AOL cubs message board back then?

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The last two years when many thought he was being a crappy owner he was just letting the team purge itself. Amazing brain trust (almost) in place and they are going to have only 2 years of Soriano after this season inherited.

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