justin23iu

I would take Hawk any day of the week over Len. Now you're just trolling.

Wow, I really thought Dale Sveum would be different. Same meathead philosophy as every other manager, though.

I'm pretty sure he's no longer with the organization.

Is that anything like Forgetting Sarah Marshall?

First of all, this is my first Winter Meetings and...wow. This industry is pretty amazing. It's kind of cool walking around the lobby of the Anatole and bumping into Peter Gammons, then turning around and looking down to see Ken Rosenthal (he's tiny). Or to have John Mozeliak hurriedly walk by you on the way to a meeting with Dan Lozano. Anyway, are any other NSBBers here? I would love to have a meet-up, if so.

This reminds me of a story that porn star BiBi Jones (she was the one in the infamous picture with Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski) revealed on the Howard Stern Show in May, when she said she works with an agent in Phoenix. When visiting teams come to play the Diamondbacks, the agent hires her to sleep with players, eventually leading to a meeting with the agent. It's a seedy business, to be sure.

Clearly the small market clubs drove the bus on this deal. Surprised the players would agree to this at all. Stunning.

Rosters will expand to 26 for some doubleheaders. David Wright's big helmet from a couple of years ago will be mandatory for all players by 2013.

because they are friends? Levine is a moron, I don't think Francona is in the running. I'm sure Theo has a lot of friends, but he doesn't talk about them in relation to his managerial search. I think it's obvious Theo and Francona have talked about it. Do I think it will happen? Probably not. But I don't think it's fair to call Levine a moron because he has made some very reasonable deductions.

I worked as a New Era buyer for a major hat retailer about 3 years ago. The rep I worked with heard strong rumblings that the organization wanted to ditch royal blue in favor of navy. But it obviously never moved beyond a rumor, and then the team was sold. Which is good, because I think we have a few too many navy/red professional sports franchises. The only change I would like to see them make is dump the "Cub in C" secondary logo in favor of a return to: http://www.sportslogos.net/images/logos/54/54/full/jgcecy2vwgb6kkl0spnrkimhv.gif

They already picked it up. yup. that was his point. Well then it's a stupid point. The question was what his first move will be after he hires a manager.

They already picked it up.

If they're not idiots about it the city will get paid back tenfold over time if they help with the initial investment. It's a win-win. Bingo.

I think you're right. Every description I've read/heard of him mentions how intelligent he is. Combine that with his penchant for statistical analysis and it seems like he's right in Theo's wheelhouse. I was interested to hear that Brian Cashman was prepared to hire him in New York last year had Joe Girardi left. He's definitely highly respected in baseball circles.