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I love Theo but I wonder how much of this type of behavior speaks to the character of baseball bros he staffed within his organization. Jed too, frankly. Think of the type of person who sends a dick pic... there is absolutely no way that no one in the FO knew he was trying to hook up with a reporter and some may have known he sent the photos.
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I love Theo but I wonder how much of this type of behavior speaks to the character of baseball bros he staffed within his organization. Jed too, frankly. Think of the type of person who sends a dick pic... there is absolutely no way that no one in the FO knew he was trying to hook up with a reporter and some may have known he sent the photos.

 

Yeah, Boozey McFakemustache and his bros didn't give a horsefeathers about this kind of stuff.

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Im so sick of the Cubs organization being embarrassed in every way possible. I miss the days when my biggest gripe was Dusty saying that walks clog up the bases.

 

Can't prove that the FO outside of that one employee knew about this but I highly doubt this was an isolated incident and he was a complete professional at all other times.

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I love Theo but I wonder how much of this type of behavior speaks to the character of baseball bros he staffed within his organization. Jed too, frankly. Think of the type of person who sends a dick pic... there is absolutely no way that no one in the FO knew he was trying to hook up with a reporter and some may have known he sent the photos.

 

Yeah, Boozey McFakemustache and his bros didn't give a horsefeathers about this kind of stuff.

 

i don't know. as frat broey as those guys may be, they are far from being idiots. i can't imagine theo would be cool with that type of horsefeathers going on and would just look the other way while something as egregious as a relatively high level employee sending a work contact dick pics (following 50+ unanswered texts) is being talked about casually like some hilarious joke. this was only 4-5 years ago, not 15-20. maybe i'm going too fan boy on this but theo is far from stupid and is, at the very least, well aware of the fact that that would be extremely problematic. it would only be a matter of time before it became a big problem for him.

 

that said, i'm sure some people knew.

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I love Theo but I wonder how much of this type of behavior speaks to the character of baseball bros he staffed within his organization. Jed too, frankly. Think of the type of person who sends a dick pic... there is absolutely no way that no one in the FO knew he was trying to hook up with a reporter and some may have known he sent the photos.

 

Yeah, Boozey McFakemustache and his bros didn't give a horsefeathers about this kind of stuff.

 

i don't know. as frat broey as those guys may be, they are far from being idiots. i can't imagine theo would be cool with that type of horsefeathers going on and would just look the other way while something as egregious as a relatively high level employee sending a work contact dick pics is being talked about casually. this was only 4-5 years ago, not 15-20. maybe i'm going too fan boy on this but theo is far from stupid and is, at the very least, well aware of the fact that that would be extremely problematic. it would only be a matter of time before it became a big problem for him.

 

that said, i'm sure some people knew.

Theo and Jed seem to be, work hard play hard type of guys. All hires are a reflection of management, but I would have to think that they wouldn't tolerate... nevermind, they traded for Chapman and kept Russell. So yeah, I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt.

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Yeah, Boozey McFakemustache and his bros didn't give a horsefeathers about this kind of stuff.

 

i don't know. as frat broey as those guys may be, they are far from being idiots. i can't imagine theo would be cool with that type of horsefeathers going on and would just look the other way while something as egregious as a relatively high level employee sending a work contact dick pics is being talked about casually. this was only 4-5 years ago, not 15-20. maybe i'm going too fan boy on this but theo is far from stupid and is, at the very least, well aware of the fact that that would be extremely problematic. it would only be a matter of time before it became a big problem for him.

 

that said, i'm sure some people knew.

Theo and Jed seem to be, work hard play hard type of guys. All hires are a reflection of management, but I would have to think that they wouldn't tolerate... nevermind, they traded for Chapman and kept Russell. So yeah, I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt.

 

i'm not going to deny that you make a valid point by bringing up those assholes. i just think those situations are different than theo risking his career and reputation to sweep some dork like jared porter's creepiness under the rug.

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i don't know. as frat broey as those guys may be, they are far from being idiots. i can't imagine theo would be cool with that type of horsefeathers going on and would just look the other way while something as egregious as a relatively high level employee sending a work contact dick pics is being talked about casually. this was only 4-5 years ago, not 15-20. maybe i'm going too fan boy on this but theo is far from stupid and is, at the very least, well aware of the fact that that would be extremely problematic. it would only be a matter of time before it became a big problem for him.

 

that said, i'm sure some people knew.

Theo and Jed seem to be, work hard play hard type of guys. All hires are a reflection of management, but I would have to think that they wouldn't tolerate... nevermind, they traded for Chapman and kept Russell. So yeah, I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt.

 

i'm not going to deny that you make a valid point by bringing up those horsefeathers. i just think those situations are considerably different than theo risking his career and reputation to sweep some dork like jared porter's creepiness under the rug.

He was a supposed rising star in the organization that was allowed to leave to be an asst gm shortly after this thing happened, when they could have just elevated him to their own asst GM gig. It looks to me like they knew he was trouble and preferred to let him go. They also put no effort into bringing him back.

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Theo and Jed seem to be, work hard play hard type of guys. All hires are a reflection of management, but I would have to think that they wouldn't tolerate... nevermind, they traded for Chapman and kept Russell. So yeah, I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt.

 

i'm not going to deny that you make a valid point by bringing up those horsefeathers. i just think those situations are considerably different than theo risking his career and reputation to sweep some dork like jared porter's creepiness under the rug.

He was a supposed rising star in the organization that was allowed to leave to be an asst gm shortly after this thing happened, when they could have just elevated him to their own asst GM gig. It looks to me like they knew he was trouble and preferred to let him go. They also put no effort into bringing him back.

 

Yuuuuuuuup. No idea why anyone would bother with trying to defend Theo at this point. His track record of shitiness is long and apparent. Yeah, he won them a WS, but he's also a typical dip horsefeathers corporate bro, too.

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Theo and Jed seem to be, work hard play hard type of guys. All hires are a reflection of management, but I would have to think that they wouldn't tolerate... nevermind, they traded for Chapman and kept Russell. So yeah, I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt.

 

i'm not going to deny that you make a valid point by bringing up those horsefeathers. i just think those situations are considerably different than theo risking his career and reputation to sweep some dork like jared porter's creepiness under the rug.

He was a supposed rising star in the organization that was allowed to leave to be an asst gm shortly after this thing happened, when they could have just elevated him to their own asst GM gig. It looks to me like they knew he was trouble and preferred to let him go. They also put no effort into bringing him back.

Allowing creepy, sexually inappropriate work behavior to proliferate so that it can be outsourced to other competing organizations is the new market efficiency.

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i'm not going to deny that you make a valid point by bringing up those horsefeathers. i just think those situations are considerably different than theo risking his career and reputation to sweep some dork like jared porter's creepiness under the rug.

He was a supposed rising star in the organization that was allowed to leave to be an asst gm shortly after this thing happened, when they could have just elevated him to their own asst GM gig. It looks to me like they knew he was trouble and preferred to let him go. They also put no effort into bringing him back.

 

Yuuuuuuuup. No idea why anyone would bother with trying to defend Theo at this point. His track record of horsefeathers is long and apparent. Yeah, he won them a WS, but he's also a typical dip horsefeathers corporate bro, too.

I mean, Theo can clearly form thoughts. I'd describe him as a fairly sharp corporate bro, and typical in so far as he enjoys a frat house atmosphere. Sow frat house games, reap frat house prizes. What's disturbing to me is that these types of boy's club corporate set ups are so common, and not just in sports franchises. I'm not sure if its because these guys are fostering an atmosphere so that women will stay away, or that having set ups like these are required to attract the "talent" they are targetting, or some of both. In any case, men are largely pathetic children and they suck, and if you want to blame Theo for this guy sending his dick to a lady that jilted him, I guess I don't especially care.

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He was a supposed rising star in the organization that was allowed to leave to be an asst gm shortly after this thing happened, when they could have just elevated him to their own asst GM gig. It looks to me like they knew he was trouble and preferred to let him go. They also put no effort into bringing him back.

 

Yuuuuuuuup. No idea why anyone would bother with trying to defend Theo at this point. His track record of horsefeathers is long and apparent. Yeah, he won them a WS, but he's also a typical dip horsefeathers corporate bro, too.

I mean, Theo can clearly form thoughts. I'd describe him as a fairly sharp corporate bro, and typical in so far as he enjoys a frat house atmosphere. Sow frat house games, reap frat house prizes. What's disturbing to me is that these types of boy's club corporate set ups are so common, and not just in sports franchises. I'm not sure if its because these guys are fostering an atmosphere so that women will stay away, or that having set ups like these are required to attract the "talent" they are targetting, or some of both. In any case, men are largely pathetic children and they suck, and if you want to blame Theo for this guy sending his dick to a lady that jilted him, I guess I don't especially care.

 

That's a really roundabout way to shrug off something that happened on his watch. Like, it's always convenient for people to act like when it was working that the Cubs' FO was this amazing machine that basically sprang forth from his brain, but then when horsefeathers goes wrong, no matter on what level or how high up, it's always, "oh, well we can't expect him to be responsible for EVERYTHING."

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Yuuuuuuuup. No idea why anyone would bother with trying to defend Theo at this point. His track record of horsefeathers is long and apparent. Yeah, he won them a WS, but he's also a typical dip horsefeathers corporate bro, too.

I mean, Theo can clearly form thoughts. I'd describe him as a fairly sharp corporate bro, and typical in so far as he enjoys a frat house atmosphere. Sow frat house games, reap frat house prizes. What's disturbing to me is that these types of boy's club corporate set ups are so common, and not just in sports franchises. I'm not sure if its because these guys are fostering an atmosphere so that women will stay away, or that having set ups like these are required to attract the "talent" they are targetting, or some of both. In any case, men are largely pathetic children and they suck, and if you want to blame Theo for this guy sending his dick to a lady that jilted him, I guess I don't especially care.

 

That's a really roundabout way to shrug off something that happened on his watch. Like, it's always convenient for people to act like when it was working that the Cubs' FO was this amazing machine that basically sprang forth from his brain, but then when horsefeathers goes wrong, no matter on what level or how high up, it's always, "oh, well we can't expect him to be responsible for EVERYTHING."

That’s most people though. I’d imagine that you’re saying that because you don’t have a deep reverence or level of respect for Theo. If it were someone you really looked up to, you might find yourself trying to absolve them of responsibility.

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i mean, i'm not even saying for certain that he didn't know something about it (or entirely). i just don't think they were all joking around about porter's dick pics to the japanese reporter while they pounded natty lights and played air hockey.
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i mean, i'm not even saying for certain that he didn't know something about it (or entirely). i just don't think they were all joking around about porter's dick pics to the japanese reporter while they pounded natty lights and played air hockey.

The associated press article says that the woman told her boss and got connected with a lawyer and a Cubs employee who was from her home country. I mean, maybe Theo and his staff didn’t know that she was working with Nasamoto and a lawyer to communicate with Porter!

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I mean, Theo can clearly form thoughts. I'd describe him as a fairly sharp corporate bro, and typical in so far as he enjoys a frat house atmosphere. Sow frat house games, reap frat house prizes. What's disturbing to me is that these types of boy's club corporate set ups are so common, and not just in sports franchises. I'm not sure if its because these guys are fostering an atmosphere so that women will stay away, or that having set ups like these are required to attract the "talent" they are targetting, or some of both. In any case, men are largely pathetic children and they suck, and if you want to blame Theo for this guy sending his dick to a lady that jilted him, I guess I don't especially care.

 

That's a really roundabout way to shrug off something that happened on his watch. Like, it's always convenient for people to act like when it was working that the Cubs' FO was this amazing machine that basically sprang forth from his brain, but then when horsefeathers goes wrong, no matter on what level or how high up, it's always, "oh, well we can't expect him to be responsible for EVERYTHING."

That’s most people though. I’d imagine that you’re saying that because you don’t have a deep reverence or level of respect for Theo. If it were someone you really looked up to, you might find yourself trying to absolve them of responsibility.

 

Hey, "never side with management" pretty much always works.

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i mean, i'm not even saying for certain that he didn't know something about it (or entirely). i just don't think they were all joking around about porter's dick pics to the japanese reporter while they pounded natty lights and played air hockey.

 

Look, if you're going to get hung up on the whole "exec bro" thing, then just picture him looking like this he made all of his repeated terrible personnel decisions:

 

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