Cubs Fire Renteria, Hire Maddon

[Guest]

i'm not even slightly worried about when it happens and i'm guessing we'll have a PC monday

 

perfect week for it, too, with no bears crap going on

[Sammy Sofa]

*sigh* this [expletive] is gonna drag on forever

 

Why would you possibly think that.

[Guest]

*sigh* this [expletive] is gonna drag on forever

 

Why would you possibly think that.

 

he's one of those everything is awful charlie brown music plays wherever i go guys

[Vinestal]

*sigh* this [expletive] is gonna drag on forever

 

Why would you possibly think that.

Sorry over dramatic, just feels that way because I'm inpatient

[MWV]

Sorry over dramatic, just feels that way because I'm inpatient

You should try being outpatient, it's a lot cheaper.

Zing!

[MWV]

But seriously, folks, this guy right here is the best.

[treebird]

WHY ARENT WEIRD STORIES AT LEAST GETTING LEAKED? theo was fun. this is boring.

[jersey cubs fan]

WHY ARENT WEIRD STORIES AT LEAST GETTING LEAKED? theo was fun. this is boring.

Maddon was twitter verified today.

[gscool89]

RT@Ken_Rosenthal All systems remain “go” for Maddon and #Cubs. Announcement could come as soon as tomorrow.

[treebird]

WHY ARENT WEIRD STORIES AT LEAST GETTING LEAKED? theo was fun. this is boring.

Maddon was twitter verified today.

 

he hasn't posted anything since this got serious

 

(and he's still funnier than that fake joe maddon twitter)

[Guest]

Yeah. I already unfollowed that account

[WrigleyField 22]

Timeline

Fri- Additional source confirm

Sat- contract details leaked

Mon- official Cubs announcement with PC scheduled for Thursday

 

 

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[Guest]

Timeline

Fri- Additional source confirm

Sat- contract details leaked

Mon- official Cubs announcement with PC scheduled for Thursday

 

 

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Friday - Cubs announce and contract details come out

Monday - Press conference

[Hairyducked Idiot]

They are probably flying in Ricky to rub it in personally before going forward.

[Derwood]

Renteria will be hired onto Ryne Sandberg's staff in Philly and the meatballs will meatball it up

[jersey cubs fan]

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi · 13m13 minutes ago

Cubs and Joe Maddon continue to make progress on a deal, sources say. Agreement not official yet but moving in that direction. @FOXSports

[UMFan83]

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi · 13m13 minutes ago

Cubs and Joe Maddon continue to make progress on a deal, sources say. Agreement not official yet but moving in that direction. @FOXSports

 

Ok that's a Brian Roberts update.

[Guest]

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi · 13m13 minutes ago

Cubs and Joe Maddon continue to make progress on a deal, sources say. Agreement not official yet but moving in that direction. @FOXSports

 

Ok that's a Brian Roberts update.

 

it's all garbage

 

this is done

[Deeg]

Interesting quite from Maddon about Javy Baez, mentioned by CCO:

 

“I wouldn’t tell him anything. You can only make them think, which is the worst thing you can possibly do today. If he can turn his mind off and just go play, that’d be the best thing. I’d tell him to go up there and be himself and play to his strengths. Don’t worry about all of the data, video and that kind of stuff. It’s not gonna help him.”

[WrigleyField 22]

So I caught about 30 seconds of Kap & Haugh and they're talking about how Maddon doesn't like the cutter. Is this true and how much should I care?

 

 

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[MWV]

With the caveat that I am not Joe Maddon's biographer, the only thing I could find was this, in which Maddon makes the case that Jeremy Hellickson (2012) should stick with his FB-CH-CB combo rather than trying to incorporate a cutter.

 

The problem is when a young pitcher who's had a lot of success tries to introduce a new pitch into the mix, then he's possibly taking away from something else that he does really well. You only get so many opportunities to throw a pitch in a game. I don't mind the idea that he's messing with something that might be good for him down the road. But most of the time the hitters are going to tell you when you need to become more creative.

 

Also, Kap and Haugh.

[Guest]

It looks like Maddon isn't a huge fan of young pitchers adding a cutter at the MLB level. Or at least 2+ years ago he wasn't in the particular case of Jeremy Hellickson.

 

“You only pick up a pitch like that (cutter) if the other parts of the package aren’t working or if you need something else, otherwise I prefer you pitch with what you have. Normally, it’s later in your career.”

 

Last year Price, Moore, and Smyly(along with several relievers) all made extensive use of a cutter. Both Price and Smyly threw it more with the Rays than with the Tigers.

[MWV]

Additionally, looking at Hellickson's 2012 pitch data, it would seem that Joe had a point.

link

[SouthSideRyan]

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/30732209-419/joe-maddon-cubs-historic-deal-announcement-could-come-thursday.html#.VFLJaRZsySo

 

Wittenmeyer claims Theo still hasn't talked to Renteria.

[Guest]

Levine said yesterday that they'd even spoken face to face iirc.