What "stadium deal?" How was it "getting rolling?" Joe Ricketts can "spout off" however he wants; he has next to nothing to do with the operations of the Cubs. The Cubs didn't announce anything. So what? Teams pull out of deals all the time. This isn't unusual at all. Cespedes is about the only one I'd consider a "blunder." To act like this has been a parade of screw-ups is a reach that even Kyle would find embarrassing.
Two deals that looked great for the Cubs, too. With as secretive as the team is with the local media, I wonder why they can't keep stuff quiet during deals. I highly doubt this had anything to do with anyone keeping things "quiet."
Yeah, now that I think about it, you are probably right. This limits the Bulls being players in 2014 when Deng's contract comes off the books. No it doesn't. That's a reasonable contract, so odds are they could trade him if they needed/wanted to.
I guess eating a really expensive Kobe Beef burger that's gone bad is technically better than eating the the chewed up Whopper you found in the trashcan.
That's probably the most baffling anti-sabermetric idea, that "stat geeks" seemingly want to find ways to follow/predict baseball without ever watching baseball.