Dale Sveum to Manage Cubs

[Sammy Sofa]

So long as the players don't murder each other I'm pretty much set on worrying about discipline.

[Guest]

Positive article about Sveum from Christina Kahrl: http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/18596/sveums-intro-an-exercise-in-intel

That was a pretty good writeup.

 

Weird to hear Kahrl say good things about the Cubs.

 

To be fair, Kahrl only allows herself one positive article every 6 months, so the sheer probabilities of hearing good things about the Cubs from her aren't great.

[davell]

Not sure if this was posted somewhere else, Sveum is keeping Jaramillo, Strode, and Listach. Dernier and DeJesus were informed they're gone and Riggins has talked to Sveum and they will speak again. Wittenmeyer made mention of Chris Bosio as a candidate for pitching coach.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Not sure if this was posted somewhere else, Sveum is keeping Jaramillo, Strode, and Listach. Dernier and DeJesus were informed they're gone and Riggins has talked to Sveum and they will speak again. Wittenmeyer made mention of Chris Bosio as a candidate for pitching coach.

 

I understand Jaramillo as they're paying him a ton regardless. Don't care either way about Strode. Not quite sure how I feel about Riggins. On one hand, maybe he can be blamed for Demspters struggles, but can he also be given credit for Samardzjia seemingly pulling it together? As for Listach, I'm not quite sure what the bench coach even does aside from take over when the manager gets booted. He seems like a smart and well respected baseball guy who could be a big league manager one day.

[The R-Train]

Not sure if this was posted somewhere else, Sveum is keeping Jaramillo, Strode, and Listach. Dernier and DeJesus were informed they're gone and Riggins has talked to Sveum and they will speak again. Wittenmeyer made mention of Chris Bosio as a candidate for pitching coach.

 

I understand Jaramillo as they're paying him a ton regardless. Don't care either way about Strode. Not quite sure how I feel about Riggins. On one hand, maybe he can be blamed for Demspters struggles, but can he also be given credit for Samardzjia seemingly pulling it together? As for Listach, I'm not quite sure what the bench coach even does aside from take over when the manager gets booted. He seems like a smart and well respected baseball guy who could be a big league manager one day.

If anyone ever sits in the seats near the Cubs bullpen, they will learn to love Lester Strode. Watching him harass the security guys is often more fun than the game.

[BCVM22]

Cubs have asked for and been granted permission to speak to Triple-A Nashville pitching coach Chris Bosio about their vacant pitching coach position.

 

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/134428053.html

[SouthSideRyan]

Kept telling this one guy that 2pac sucked.

[The R-Train]

Kept telling this one guy that 2pac sucked.

It's a shame Roast will never see this. He thinks he's all cool now because he's got a girlfriend and stuff.

[ctcf]

@MarkBermanFox26: Astros bullpen coach Jamie Quirk leaving to become bench coach for Cubs.

[treebird]

@MarkBermanFox26: Astros bullpen coach Jamie Quirk leaving to become bench coach for Cubs.

 

generally don't like guys named jamie

[Banedon]

@MarkBermanFox26: Astros bullpen coach Jamie Quirk leaving to become bench coach for Cubs.

 

generally don't like guys named jamie

 

Huh...that's a strange quirk.

[javy knows my name]

I HATE UNCLE JAMIE!

 

sorry.

[glavine93]

I HATE UNCLE JAMIE!

 

sorry.

 

one should never apologize for that

[ctcf]

It's the ones named Jaime you really have to watch out for.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I guess that means Listach is probably moving to 3B coach.

[The R-Train]

@MarkBermanFox26: Astros bullpen coach Jamie Quirk leaving to become bench coach for Cubs.

 

generally don't like guys named jamie

+1

[davell]

I HATE UNCLE JAMIE!

 

sorry.

 

one should never apologize for that

Great movie. By the way, Bosio is our pitching coach, according to chicagocubsonline. Quotes in the article from Bosio appear that it's true as well. Probably not an official announcement til next week. Counsell in the mix for a job as well.

[J.R.]

Nice scoop for the Appleton paper.

 

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20111202/APC0206/111202088/Combined-Locks-resident-ex-Brewers-player-Bosio-Cubs-pitching-coach?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p

 

“All of those long-suffering Cubs fans, their will to win, their want to win, their passion to win, it’s going to be a lot of good energy,’’ said Bosio, who left his position as the Brewers’ Triple A pitching coach in Nashville to join the Cubs.

 

“It’s going to be agonizing at times, and rewarding as well. That’s the rigors of the season. But we’re going to try and create some magic at Wrigley.’’