Does anyone remember when the Cubs accidentally leaked a signing on their website?

[David]

This just occurred to me and I'm curious as to whether anyone else remembers anything about this. I think it was Benito Santiago in 1999...he briefly got a player profile or something like that before the signing was announced.

 

EDIT - I will gladly delete this stupid thread as soon as ONE person confirms. SSR, I'm looking at you...

[Derwood]

Didn't they have someone's jersey in the team store or something?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

This just occurred to me and I'm curious as to whether anyone else remembers anything about this. I think it was Benito Santiago in 1999...he briefly got a player profile or something like that before the signing was announced.

 

EDIT - I will gladly delete this stupid thread as soon as ONE person confirms. SSR, I'm looking at you...

 

I vaguely remember this. It wasn't Dusty Baker, was it?

[Guest]

This just occurred to me and I'm curious as to whether anyone else remembers anything about this. I think it was Benito Santiago in 1999...he briefly got a player profile or something like that before the signing was announced.

 

EDIT - I will gladly delete this stupid thread as soon as ONE person confirms. SSR, I'm looking at you...

 

I vaguely remember this. It wasn't Dusty Baker, was it?

 

OH WAIT

 

Don Baylor I think.

[Guest]

YEP

 

http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1999/10/25/Sports-Media/CUBS-CAUGHT-PUTTING-UP-PREMATURE-NEWS-ON-BAYLOR-ON-WEB-SITE.aspx

 

CUBS CAUGHT PUTTING UP PREMATURE NEWS ON BAYLOR ON WEB SITE

 

Published October 25, 1999

 

In an "unusual case of jumping the cyber-gun," an

"official" announcement stating that the Cubs had named Don

Baylor as their manager "was accessible through the Cubs'

official Web site Friday," according to Sullivan & Rivkin of

the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. A Tribune staffer "came upon the

material while researching a story on the team's managerial

candidates." Cubs GM Ed Lynch "denied Friday" that the

hiring of Baylor "was a done deal," while the team said that

a Cubs employee "was trying to be prepared in case Baylor is

named" and had put the information "in a hidden spot in the

Cubs' Web site." But the announcement "went so far as to

name the date of the Baylor press conference: '11-1-99,' the

day after a seven-game World Series would end." Lynch: "I

can't believe they put that on our site" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE,

10/23). The announcement was taken down by Friday evening

(CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 10/24). Cubs President Andy MacPhail and

Lynch called Baylor on Saturday morning "to apologize."

Baylor: "But I had already read it on the Internet myself.

I wasn't too outraged about it, because I knew it wasn't the

truth." Cubs Exec VP/Business Operations Mark McGuire: "My

understanding is that it was in (a location) not available

to the general public. It would take several steps to get

there" (DAILY SOUTHTOWN, 10/24).

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"[glow=red]unusual[/glow]case of jumping the cyber gun"