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Rick Renteria Named New Cubs Manager

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Kaplan's a meatball, but occasionally gets an opinion right and I think he genuinely wants the Cubs to succeed, despite his persistent pandering to the lowest common denominator.

 

Rozner is a racist jerkass who warms himself at night snuggling with his Greg Maddux hairdoll.

 

And like N&G, his over the top Ramirez hate alone makes him punchable.

 

Kaplan has the exact same over the top hate of Ramirez. Don't ever forget that.

 

Oh, I haven't. Don't worry. The only difference is that Kaplan would sometimes give ARam credit for the good things he did, whereas Rozner never liked him and took any and every opportunity to take shots at the only good 3B we've had since the late 60's. Kaplan indulged the meatball hate of the jogging and bat-flipping. Rozner incited it.

 

Make no mistake: this is a choice between bad and marginally less bad. But there is a clear gap in bad between the two, and if I could pick only one to launch via rocket into the sun, it would be Rozner.

Bill Madlock gets no love.

 

3 seasons vs 9 seasons.

I wasn't saying Madlock was better. You said that Aramis was the only good 3b we've had since the late 60's. Madlock was awesome before they dumped him for Murcer.

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Please tell me you still have it.

 

yes, don't hold out. this won't quite be 'larussa melting down at an airpot" funny, but it will be good.

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Please tell me you still have it.

 

yes, don't hold out. this won't quite be 'larussa melting down at an airpot" funny, but it will be good.

I don't have them. I can't even remember if I was using the same email account or a work email account. I checked what I have and couldn't find it. I think I might have posted them here though.

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Someone refresh my memory on the LaRussa airport story, I couldn't find it in search.

 

Rumory goodness re: Renteria from Loxas: http://www.chicagonow.com/loxas-factor/2013/11/rick-renteria-cubs-to-develop-winning-environment/

 

I was told Renteria helped win over the Cubs front office with his detailed plan for player development at the major league level. Renteria's Cubs plans also stress developing a winning environment for the younger players as well.

 

That may not standout as something unique to many. However, with the Cubs losing big the last couple of years some have wondered what kind of damage that has done to their younger players psyche. Renteria wants them to fully expect to win as they develop. It may prove a tough task but, you have to appreciate the sentiment. Another thing I hear regarding Renteria is he would like to have the Cubs running a bit more.

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http://www.gammonsdaily.com/cubs-to-announce-new-manager-thursday-rich-renteria-considered-favorite/

 

Sometime Thursday the Cubs will announce their new manager. Jed Hoyer, Theo Epstein and the baseball staff will meet for the final time Wednesday, finalize the decision and make their decision public tomorrow. In the final hours, it seems that Padres bench coach Rich Renteria is the favorite, with his experience in development and managing in Mexico, an advantage for a team that in the next two years will be bringing a number of highly-touted players—many of them from Latin America—up to Wrigley Field.

 

In the end, the Cubs were not, as suggested, beaten to the punch by the Tigers on Brad Ausmus; while Epstein and Ausmus have been close for years, the Cubs job requires developmental experience. They were denied the opportunity to interview Red Sox bench coach Torey Lovullo under an agreement made when Epstein left Boston that he could not take Red Sox employees with him for two years. Boston ownership has held firm, so it is expected that Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington will take care of Lovullo in some manner.

 

Whenever their old media friends from Boston report something Cubs related, I wonder if it's a strategic leak of some kind (maybe to put pressure on Boston not to screw with Lovullo). Probably not, though. Seems too late for that.

 

I'd love to know what the hell Cherington could do for Lovullo to make up for not letting him interview for a managerial position in Chicago that he probably had a pretty good chance of getting.

 

What day did Theo officially sign? If it hasn't been two years it's only days away... I had seen 3 years earlier, was this just a mistake from Gammons.

 

EDIT - yeah it has already been two years.

 

On October 12, 2011, Epstein agreed to a five-year contract worth $18.5 million with the Chicago Cubs.[13] On October 19, 2011 it was reported that Epstein's official title with the Cubs would be President and that San Diego Padres General Manager Jed Hoyer would take the GM position with the Cubs.
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Someone refresh my memory on the LaRussa airport story, I couldn't find it in search.

 

Rumory goodness re: Renteria from Loxas: http://www.chicagonow.com/loxas-factor/2013/11/rick-renteria-cubs-to-develop-winning-environment/

 

I was told Renteria helped win over the Cubs front office with his detailed plan for player development at the major league level. Renteria's Cubs plans also stress developing a winning environment for the younger players as well.

 

That may not standout as something unique to many. However, with the Cubs losing big the last couple of years some have wondered what kind of damage that has done to their younger players psyche. Renteria wants them to fully expect to win as they develop. It may prove a tough task but, you have to appreciate the sentiment. Another thing I hear regarding Renteria is he would like to have the Cubs running a bit more.

 

I think it was a garwilly story, if that helps. I dont want to tell you it, because it's not the same without pics

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who was the guy who saw ric flair somewhere taking a piss with his pants all the way down, no hands, going WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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According to Peter Gammons (insert obligatory grain of salt reference), the Cubs will announce their manager tomorrow.

 

I am still hoping for a complete curveball hiring of Dave Martinez, but it appears Renteria will be the guy.

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It's all over Twitter that Renteria is the guy.

 

Brett Taylor ‏@BleacherNation 1m

RT @CarrieMuskat #Cubs to announce Renteria as manager on Thursday

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i always thought his name was rent-ayr-ee-uh, not rent-uh-ree-uh
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Levine says Bosio is back with a 2 year deal.
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It was short and messy so we cleaned it up as quick as we could.
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so is new manager worthy of a new thread... or will this turn into the "dumb Rick Renteria managing decisions" thread for 2014?

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