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Not giving Albert 10 years is a sign of being prudent, imo. Fielder can be had for less years. As I said, one of the two is what I am looking for. Now if Pujols and Fielder come out and say: "I never had any interest in going to the Cubs", then I can live with that. But if its because we refused to make a serious run at them, then, well. So in other words...Epstein got a whole month to turn things around.
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Kaplan sits down with Ricketts (& Kenney Extension)
WilcoFan replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I was less than 4K over. The point stands however -- a slightly larger ballpark could generate more revenue. A different location could allow the Cubs to increase advertising revenue etc. I realize that this is an unpopular position around here and that any differing opinions are usually met with insults and arguments over minutia. edited An improved Wrigley grandstand with more luxury boxes would more than likely be a larger revenue generator than a larger ballpark. Advertising revenue that might come in from companies would be offset by a decrease in tourist traffic. A suburban stadium would not likely generate more revenue. Nor would it ever happen anyway. It is not even worth considering. -
There's no way that's asking too much. If I'm selling an asset like Garza, on the right side of 30, signed for 2 years and producing at a high level in the majors, and someone tells me, "sorry, our A-ball phenom is offlimits," that's the end of the conversation. I'd have to agree with this. A lot can happen between being an 18 year old A ball phenom and being a MLB caliber star. 2 years of cost controlled quality starting pitching warrants more than that.
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A's asked for Mike Stanton in exchange for Gio Gonzales. Cubs ask for Stanton in exchange for Garza. How quickly do the Marlins hang up?
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And the Genius managed himself out of position players with the pitcher's spot up 3rd.
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While Rudy might be safe in the short-term, I have to imagine the days of $850,000 hitting coaches are about over for this organization. And that makes me happy.
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Follow the Walter Sobcheck blueprint on how to deal with Larrys...
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From Theo's perspective, if the Red Sox want to pull this BS and keep him there an extra year, he might as well call their bluff. Why the hell not? He could sit back, make $7 mil for next year doing nothing, and watch as the Cubs set up the infrastructure for him to come in and take over. Then, after next season, he goes to a Cubs team that has: 1. Soriano's contract 1 season closer to expiration 2. No more Zambrano contract 3. Minor league players from the '11 draft one step closer to the majors The Cubs' situation only gets better in a year; seems to me like the only negative for either the Cubs or Theo is the meathead PR hit they'll take, which both have demonstrated they don't care about. Once again--NOT THAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN. Its just pretty simple leverage from the Cubs/Theo's side.
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Looks like both sides are leaking stuff to their shills to maintain/gain leverage, even perceived leverage.
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I'm not going to link to the article (because it doesn't deserve the hits), but DeLuca and Wittenmeyer just wrote something about the process possibly going into next week, and take cheap shots at the Cubs (this process reveals their naivete) and specifically "the former Tribune Company Suit" Crane Kenney, who they claimed had bragged that he was "leading the negotiations."
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I wonder if these leaks are the Storm Before the Calm...i.e. the last ditch efforts to control the narrative before both groups agree to a compensation package and announce tomorrow. Not likely, but it seems odd that there is so much coming out today after a relatively silent process thus far.
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This is not happening. Why do people keep dreaming up some "lame duck Theo in Boston for a year" scenario where he'll come here after the season? Epstein will be ours. Not in a year. In days. The point is not that this is happening. The point is that the idea of "Boston leverage" can be pretty much mitigated by this proposal. If Boston were to take the stance that some of the SOSH posters are talking, the Cubs could easily do this and lose nothing.
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Is there anything to stop the Cubs from hiring Josh Byrnes as the GM for 2012, then bringing in Theo as President of Baseball Ops at the end of the season? From what I understand, that's how it might end up anyway.
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I agree. It's really well done site. Very simple and clean. Never heard of hybrid blog software before, but I really like the look of it. When did you start the site? I see you're ranking 156,000.. Do you tweet all your blogs? If not you should that number would decrease greatly in no at time at all. Thanks - BN started in December 2008, and I started working on it full-time in May of this year. I do indeed tweet all my posts ( ), and I put them up on Facebook as well (http://www.facebook.com/bleachernation). I do other stuff on Facebook and Twitter, also - just to keep them a little different/interesting. Not that I'm shamelessly self-promoting BN's Twitter and Facebook page, but since you asked... I think the hardest thing for BN to overcome is its name--and the potential connection with (and resultant connotation of) Bleacher Report. I would guess that it is something you probably already thought of, though.
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http://www.bleachernation.com/2011/10/16/rumor-cubs-and-red-soxs-talks-nearing-conclusion-theo-epstein-and-josh-byrnes-to-join-cubs-front-office/ Bleacher Nation's source has things coming to a conclusion by the start of the World Series (not new info), and the names he's hearing are Jay Jackson, Matt Szczur and Ryan Flaherty--but not all three. A little more information to add to the growing list...looking like a consensus now.
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WEEI's beat writer chimes in via Twitter: Alex Speier Report: According to @CarrieMuskat, #redsox aren't getting Brett Jackson from #cubs in potential Epstein deal weei.com/sports/boston/… via @WEEI
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Let ME see if I understand this. People seem to think there's this "gunfight at the OK Corral" going on between the Cubs and Red Sox right now? It is a negotiation. They're working through details. The only people in this whole situation that are being obstinate are on message boards.
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No wonder he wants Sandberg. They have something in common.
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Or they realized they'd have to do some serious spin when they gave Theo permission last Friday, so they leaked as many damaging details as possible so as to provide cover. I'm sure the meatheads in NE are going to talk even more fervently about "clearing out the entire organization," (even those who weren't on board with the Theo move). Given the way that ownership gets off fairly scott-free in that article (the worst accusation basically says they didn't know it was going on), it seems to me that this was an ownership-level leak.
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Given the Red Sox/A's/etc. preference for a manager to simply be an extension of the GM, I could live with Sandberg as manager under Epstein. GMs are 10x more important than managers--pretty much any manager he hires will lose more games than he wins for the Cubs.
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This is why Wikipedia is wayyyyy worse than Twitter. Twitter is awesome. i'm waiting on conservapedia for confirmation. I wouldn't hold your breath for him to show up there...he's Jewish, you know.
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This is brilliant.
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This looks like spin. "Theo didn't want to be here..." seems like tactically leaked CYA.
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From Joel Sherman: Asked friend of Epstein if that was Theo spotted in Chi. Answer: "That would be a pretty good bet." #Cubs #Redsox #wheresmokethereisfire
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Yeah--stupid Ricketts. How dare he beg the media to write a series of speculative articles!