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  1. J.R.
    The arrogance shown by those within the organization who choose to deny Sosa even the slimmest accommodation is appalling. Do they think the crowds poured in to see Jim Hendry? Do they pretend the fans were similarly lining up to see Banks and Williams and Sandberg and Dawson in their day? Do they not realize that beer and sunshine didn't sell nearly as well before #21? Sammy Sosa built the modern Cubs organization. The truth hurts for some, but all I have to say is "too damn bad."
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    Casey Coleman.
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    Very, very few players will ever put in the work required to turn around a career the way Sammy did. Results like that don't come out of a bottle.
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    You sit Hill. You let the organization begin to move on. You demonstrate to everyone from Roast on up that you are in charge instead of constantly being in a reactionary state. Hendry is supposedly very close to Lou. Besides that, he is supposed to know the mental disposition of his men. He looks like he got caught with his pants down - again.
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    When a competitive zealot like Piniella decides to step away from the team on multiple occasions, yeah, I think you can easily deduce that his heart is at home and that's where he needs to be.
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    It's strictly an issue of organizational control. Management has to have the prescience to see this coming.
  7. J.R.
    No. The losses became irrelevant a long time ago.
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    It is all too clear now that Lou was indeed "ready." The reporting would have portrayed an organization under control, and not one in a constant state of chaos as we've seen since July 20. Lou is not a sacred cow. He's been fired before, and the Cubs have sent many baseball lifers out on the street over the decades.
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    My personal hyperbole aside, these situations are all hallmarks of a poorly-run organization. A world-class operation as promised by Mr. Ricketts does not handle problems with the same ham-fisted tactics time and time again.
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    For Lou's sake, and for the benefit of the ballclub, he should have gone home when he announced his retirement. Management should have insisted. You could have had a clean break, a controlled decent for the team, and perhaps a "Lou Piniella Day" or something to properly pay tribute to the man down the line. Instead, we had the absolute disgrace of the past month. There was no reason at all for Piniella to sit through that, to go through the on-again, off-again stints in the dugout, no reason for the front office to look as clueless as it has. The handling of the end of the Lou Piniella era is a travesty on par with the organization's biggest historical blunders.
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    I understand it, but I do not applaud him for it. I cannot imagine a competent football organization conducting operations in this manner, and I wish the Chicago Cubs were not run like a beer league team. Do you think he would have resigned from a first place ballclub? Would he have quit in August 2008 if an immediate family member had taken ill? Charlie Manuel.
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    I'm not a Trammell guy, but the public dismissal by Hendry was completely unnecessary. Name Quade as the interim, tell AT of his disqualification in private and move on.
  13. J.R.
    I assumed he cleared waivers a while back.
  14. J.R.
    Ramirez leaving? Who is going to take on Aramis' money?
  15. J.R.
    That guy looked like he would rather eat [expletive] than face the crowd. Who could blame him?
  16. J.R.
    Horribly handled from day one. Will someone please take charge of this organization?
  17. J.R.
    #21 should have a statue before #26.
  18. J.R.
    http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/08/rogers-hendry-uses-his-noodle-in-dealing-lee.html
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    http://chictrib.image2.trb.com/chinews/media/photo/2008-10/43067486.jpg How different is his Cubs career if the [expletive] on the left never existed?
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    http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/cubs-bring-back-pitching-for-lee/
  21. J.R.
    It's been difficult watching this window slam shut in our faces. As Rather used to say ... COURAGE
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    DAVID KAPLAN
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    Wow.
  24. J.R.
    I read some where no less than a year ago that some of our scouts have been working for the cubs for 20 plus years! Given how bad we have been that has to be a huge part of the problem. The Cubs spend less than anyone else in the game on advance scouting. Some of this "only the Cubs" stuff has nothing to do with day games or clubhouse facilities - our guys are less prepared than the opposition, and it shows.
  25. J.R.
    Advance scouting. We have none.
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