Re: New GM/Cubs Future News Articles

[SouthSideRyan]

I'm masturbating.

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the front page of the sports section in the boston herald today is a huge picture of Beckett with the text "BECKETT HAS TO GO"

 

we'll take him too, thanks.

[kujay]

I don't think I've been this excited since we got Nomar. Harden was close. And this is much more of a surprise to me, than either of them were honestly.

 

For pure, raw excitement about a transaction? Garciaparra is the only comparable I can think of. Non-Cubs division, maybe Hossa.

 

The excitement over Theo is, for me, second only to the day Bill Wirtz died.

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anybody know what the most popular yankees forum is?

[Banedon]

Tribune says that Ben Cherington may be named Red Sox GM today.

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I don't think I've been this excited since we got Nomar. Harden was close. And this is much more of a surprise to me, than either of them were honestly.

 

For pure, raw excitement about a transaction? Garciaparra is the only comparable I can think of. Non-Cubs division, maybe Hossa.

 

The excitement over Theo is, for me, second only to the day Bill Wirtz died.

 

so morbid, yet somehow justified

[Exile on Waveland]

I don't think I've been this excited since we got Nomar. Harden was close. And this is much more of a surprise to me, than either of them were honestly.

 

For pure, raw excitement about a transaction? Garciaparra is the only comparable I can think of. Non-Cubs division, maybe Hossa.

 

The excitement over Theo is, for me, second only to the day Bill Wirtz died.

 

so morbid, yet somehow justified

 

I don't really have any friends that are Blackhawks fans (or many that are even hockey fans), so that was a difficult one for me to explain. I was so happy; pretty much everyone thought it morbid (without really understanding the underlying rationale).

[davearm2]

Tribune says that Ben Cherington may be named Red Sox GM today.

THAT is the moment when we can start celebrating.

[YearofDaCubs]

Tribune says that Ben Cherington may be named Red Sox GM today.

THAT is the moment when we can start celebrating.

Agreed. I'm not getting my hopes up yet until the process goes a littler farther.

[UMFan83]

Although Theo clearly has more impact on the current and future Cubs, I was still a bit more excited of Nomar.

 

-Part of it was because it would have more immediate returns with the Cubs being in the thick of a playoff race and seemingly Nomar was the midding piece.

-Part of it was because, while their were rumblings that Nomar was available, I don't recall many of us thinking we had much of a shot back then. There was no twitter to give us minute by minute updates and a few artciles casually mentioning the Cubs interest in Nomar, and many of those were speculation because the Cubs had a hole at SS.

-Part of it was because there was still a lot of leftover excitement from the previous year's team and people in general felt we were a lot closer.

-Part of it was because I was younger and my only major concerns in life were finishing college and having enough money for beer, so sports were a much bigger chuck of what I cared about on a daily basis.

 

When Nomar was announced, I was listening to the radio as the deadline passed and all I was hearing about is the White Sox trading Loaiza for Conterras so I assumed the Cubs didn't do anything. Even if the Cubs did anything, I was thinking it would be for something much lower profile like trading for Orlando Cabrera, who many speculated we'd get in the days leading up to the deadline. So I was at a BBQ when I starting getting calls from my friends in Boston. By the 3rd one I figured something was up, so I called one of them back and the first thing I heard was "YOU BASTAHHDS YOU TOOK AHH NOMAAHHH" and I remember it took me a second or two to comprehend what he just said before it hit me. Great day. As much as we will remember Jim Hendry for being a bumbling baffoon, I will never forget the story of how he threw that trade together. I don't care if Nomar turned out to be on a clear decline and never the same player, I still commend him for making that happen.

[C.C.]

Tribune says that Ben Cherington may be named Red Sox GM today.

THAT is the moment when we can start celebrating.

 

The champagne is chilling.

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I'm masturbating.

 

i'm saving it for the press conference so i have visual stimulation

[Sammy Sofa]

Tribune says that Ben Cherington may be named Red Sox GM today.

THAT is the moment when we can start celebrating.

Agreed. I'm not getting my hopes up yet until the process goes a littler farther.

 

For the love of [expletive].

[17 Seconds]

Although Theo clearly has more impact on the current and future Cubs, I was still a bit more excited of Nomar.

 

-Part of it was because it would have more immediate returns with the Cubs being in the thick of a playoff race and seemingly Nomar was the midding piece.

-Part of it was because, while their were rumblings that Nomar was available, I don't recall many of us thinking we had much of a shot back then. There was no twitter to give us minute by minute updates and a few artciles casually mentioning the Cubs interest in Nomar, and many of those were speculation because the Cubs had a hole at SS.

-Part of it was because there was still a lot of leftover excitement from the previous year's team and people in general felt we were a lot closer.

-Part of it was because I was younger and my only major concerns in life were finishing college and having enough money for beer, so sports were a much bigger chuck of what I cared about on a daily basis.

 

nomar coming to the plate in his first AB with the cubs was such an epic moment. then he grounded into a double play on the first pitch, but nobody even cared.

 

didn't he end up having the game winning hit or something on a line drive to left?

[C.C.]

Tribune says that Ben Cherington may be named Red Sox GM today.

THAT is the moment when we can start celebrating.

Agreed. I'm not getting my hopes up yet until the process goes a littler farther.

 

For the love of [expletive].

 

And don't forget even after Cherington is named GM, Theo can still come back and become the new, new GM and demote him. Endless possibly here folks.

[UMFan83]

anybody know what the most popular yankees forum is?

 

nyyfans.com

[UMFan83]

Tried my hardest to find Tree's infamous MS Paint Thread from 2004, but this is the close the internet wayback machine would let me get:

 

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/795/sumtree.png

 

We need one of these for Theo.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Tribune says that Ben Cherington may be named Red Sox GM today.

THAT is the moment when we can start celebrating.

Agreed. I'm not getting my hopes up yet until the process goes a littler farther.

 

For the love of [expletive].

 

And don't forget even after Cherington is named GM, Theo can still come back and become the new, new GM and demote him. Endless possibly here folks.

 

This is stupid, you're stupid and you should feel stupid.

 

Theo is coming. Deal with it.

[Banedon]

Tried my hardest to find Tree's infamous MS Paint Thread from 2004, but this is the close the internet wayback machine would let me get:

 

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/795/sumtree.png

 

We need one of these for Theo.

 

I belive a few seasons' worth of the oldest threads got archived during one of the site crashes/rebuilds.

[ctcf]

Tribune says that Ben Cherington may be named Red Sox GM today.

THAT is the moment when we can start celebrating.

Agreed. I'm not getting my hopes up yet until the process goes a littler farther.

 

For the love of [expletive].

 

And don't forget even after Cherington is named GM, Theo can still come back and become the new, new GM and demote him. Endless possibly here folks.

 

I'm assuming this is a joke as Theo is presumably not Jay Leno.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Tried my hardest to find Tree's infamous MS Paint Thread from 2004, but this is the close the internet wayback machine would let me get:

 

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/795/sumtree.png

 

We need one of these for Theo.

 

I belive a few seasons' worth of the oldest threads got archived during one of the site crashes/rebuilds.

one of life's great tragedies

[nolanwood]

I'm masturbating.

 

Best post ever.

[Banedon]

I'm masturbating.

 

Best post ever.

 

There's like 300 boner posts in this thread, and this is the one that got ya?

[C.C.]

I'm masturbating.

 

Best post ever.

 

And sexiest.

[Guest]

The thing that excites me so much about the Epstein signing is that the new ownership actually "got their man". With the previous ownership and upper management, it seems like they were always holding the door for everyone else to sign. Can't sign Vladmir Guerrero, we have Moises and Sammy in the corner outfield spots. Can't sign Carlos Beltran, Corey Patterson is going to be twice as good as Carlos. Each time a stud player became a potential reality, Hendry would miss the boat and sign people like Jeromy Burnitz (and his Coors Field inflated numbers) and Jacque Jones instead.

 

If the previous ownership was still in place and they finally did let go of Hendry in the same fashion Ricketts did, I'm pretty convinced we would not even be thinking about Epstein as a potential suitor for the GM job, and we'd just end up with some other retread instead.

 

I'm fully in Ricketts and Epstein worship mode. I'm excited to enjoy baseball once again.