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Theo on PTI:

 

from afar I saw they had a lot of talented players but didn't get the most out of that talent.

 

offensively they were aggressive, probably overly aggressive

 

in recent years defensive fundamentals were an issue.

 

And with that, Mike Quade is updating his resume.

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what an awkward distance for a kiss

 

It's the same distance when they make love.

 

 

amazingly done.

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I'm glad that Theo's a Dunkin' coffee guy.

 

Boston is the city of Dunkin Donuts, there are something like 120 DD's in Boston city limits alone. DD is the best coffee.

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Watching the press conference now and I must say that I can't get this ear to ear grin off my face. :D .

 

Look at this resume:

 

2002: 92-69

2003: 95-67 ALCS

2004: 98-64 WS Champs

2005: 95-67 ALDS

2006: 86-76

2007: 96-66: WS Champs

2008: 95-67 95-67 ALCS

2009: 95-67 ALDS

2010: 89-73

2011: 90-72

 

Under Epsteins leadership, the Red Sox AVERAGED 93 wins a year in a division with the Yankees in it. Nothing close to a losing season. Absolutely mind numbing stats and he went to the playoffs six times. To put that in bone jarring perspective, I have seen the Cubs make the playoffs six times in 27 YEARS.

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He also said something about not getting the most out of the talent they had, which is basically a managerial issue. It was obvious what he meant about over aggressiveness, hopefully he realizes this is a problem from the minor leagues up because that's what the organization has been preaching to players all the way up the development chain.
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Watching the press conference now and I must say that I can't get this ear to ear grin off my face. :D .

 

Look at this resume:

 

2002: 92-69

2003: 95-67 ALCS

2004: 98-64 WS Champs

2005: 95-67 ALDS

2006: 86-76

2007: 96-66: WS Champs

2008: 95-67 95-67 ALCS

2009: 95-67 ALDS

2010: 89-73

2011: 90-72

 

Under Epsteins leadership, the Red Sox AVERAGED 93 wins a year in a division with the Yankees in it. Nothing close to a losing season. Absolutely mind numbing stats and he want to the playoffs six times. To put that in bone jarring perspective, I have seen the Cubs make the playoffs six times in 27 YEARS.

 

And it's much easier to make the playoffs in the NL Central than in the AL East.

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Watching the press conference now and I must say that I can't get this ear to ear grin off my face. :D .

 

Look at this resume:

 

2002: 92-69

2003: 95-67 ALCS

2004: 98-64 WS Champs

2005: 95-67 ALDS

2006: 86-76

2007: 96-66: WS Champs

2008: 95-67 95-67 ALCS

2009: 95-67 ALDS

2010: 89-73

2011: 90-72

 

Under Epsteins leadership, the Red Sox AVERAGED 93 wins a year in a division with the Yankees in it. Nothing close to a losing season. Absolutely mind numbing stats and he want to the playoffs six times. To put that in bone jarring perspective, I have seen the Cubs make the playoffs six times in 27 YEARS.

 

And it's much easier to make the playoffs in the NL Central than in the AL East.

 

Which shows you how sad our team has been. However, it's a new day and there is already a different air to the organization.

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In this complete disaster of a season for the Red Sox where everything had to be blown up, they won 90 games. The Cubs did that once under Jim Hendry and only twice in 22 years.

 

 

And that one time was so [expletive] awesome.

 

Also, one of those times in 22 years, sad as it is, needs an asterisk.

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He also said something about not getting the most out of the talent they had, which is basically a managerial issue.

 

I don't think it is. I think it alluded a bit more to the fact that the Cubs always went after very physically gifted players who were not necessarily great baseball players, or were extremely flawed in some aspect of their game. Soriano is a ridiculously talented baseball player. Ronny Cedeno was a gifted physical talent as well, so was Patterson and several others, including Vitters. It's more about the type of player they used to prefer and the development of that player.

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Which shows you how sad our team has been. However, it's a new day and there is already a different air to the organization.

 

 

Well, yea, and also it shows what a stranglehold we could have on the division and a playoff spot if we win as often as Boston did.

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Theo on the GM situation:

 

"If we bring in someone as a general manager, it will be because there's someone who I think is one of the best and one of the brightest in the game and someone who can make a real impact on the Cubs," Epstein said. "We have a ton of work to do."

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He also said something about not getting the most out of the talent they had, which is basically a managerial issue.

 

I don't think it is. I think it alluded a bit more to the fact that the Cubs always went after very physically gifted players who were not necessarily great baseball players, or were extremely flawed in some aspect of their game. Soriano is a ridiculously talented baseball player. Ronny Cedeno was a gifted physical talent as well, so was Patterson and several others, including Vitters. It's more about the type of player they used to prefer and the development of that player.

Well obviously some of it is bringing in the wrong players, some of it is doing a poor job of teaching young players.

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He also said something about not getting the most out of the talent they had, which is basically a managerial issue.

 

I don't think it is. I think it alluded a bit more to the fact that the Cubs always went after very physically gifted players who were not necessarily great baseball players, or were extremely flawed in some aspect of their game. Soriano is a ridiculously talented baseball player. Ronny Cedeno was a gifted physical talent as well, so was Patterson and several others, including Vitters. It's more about the type of player they used to prefer and the development of that player.

Well obviously some of it is bringing in the wrong players, some of it is doing a poor job of teaching young players.

 

And that's not really on the manager. Managers don't teach players how to convert from raw physical talents to really good baseball players, that is what developmental people do. And the Cubs have been lacking.

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I just gloated to our office's lone Red Sox fan about Theo. She can't decide if he was just in the right place at the right time or that good.

 

 

She's dumb, and very ugly.

 

 

There's nothing worse than dumb people trying to be smart and coming up with stupid [expletive] like that.

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