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  1. UMFan83
    I checked out all the picks on ESPN, Yahoo, CBS Sports and SI.com and out of the 20 people that made picks, 18 picked the Lions and 2 picked the Bears. Thank you for your confidence in the team Seth Wickersham of ESPN.com and Jason Cole of CBSsports.com.
  2. UMFan83
    Nah I don't think so. There was obviously a reason why they came on the radio. I think they had an agenda behind a lot of what they were saying.
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    From all indications, Ricketts is prepared to offer Theo the moon to come here. Not only that, Henry said he would not grant permission to the Cubs if it were a lateral move. right, but I guess I missed the part where Boston actually gave Ricketts permission to talk to him. If they were told no, we would have found out by now. I don't know if that's quite true, but I think that there could be a lot more going on. They could be discussing both Epstein and Cherington. Like I said, unless they move Epstein to a higher ofice and give Cherington their GM job, there's no reason that they would extend Theo as GM and not let Cherington pursue the GM job with us. This is a huge opportunity, esepcially for a first time GM, and if Epstein doesn't get it and keeps the GM job, Cherington must have some interest. Actually, you make me rethink that quote Henry how they grant interviews for non-lateral positions....is it possible he could be referring to Cherington and not Theo?
  4. UMFan83
    And this is why the Twitter age sucks. I'm sure ESPN will pick up this story soon. Even if the tweet turns out correct, its by blind luck that it does.
  5. UMFan83
    lol I was listening to EEI this morning and one of the callers said Theo would do nothing with the Cubs because he doesn't have Carmine.
  6. UMFan83
    So we're mocking the guy that says he's not coming here but not the guy who says he's coming here? Hmm
  7. UMFan83
    lol this is hilarious
  8. UMFan83
    I had to check to make sure this wasnt an onion article.
  9. UMFan83
    dont ever use that name again seriously though, it's pretty similar, eerily, if you will. Similar? A GM from a small market wins 2 World Series and is hired by a big market ball club to build a team with middle market resources. A GM from a big market team that plays in a fanatical baseball market breaks a very publicized 86 year championship drought and wins 2 total titles is hired by a big market team that is now acting like a big market team and desperate to get rid of their own championship drought.
  10. UMFan83
    I think how Rogers thinks that Darwin Barney is a top prospect.
  11. UMFan83
    If its so easy to be successful as the GM of a rich free spending team, Jim Hendry must be a buffoon.
  12. UMFan83
    They are going to announce their new Jewish GM in the middle of the most important Jewish holiday?
  13. UMFan83
    I haven't seen much discussion about the quote "If another team wants to interview for a position that's not lateral, we will grant those." (paraphrase) Seems it could be a hint that the Cubs are offering more than just the GM role.
  14. UMFan83
    The point we're at is asking permission to talk. Everything about him being interested is from "sources." To me this is similar to Boston's flirtations with Beane almost a decade ago. It's just giving fans the image for the archetype they're looking for...IMPotheadO...or a "hey we tried for the top guy" kind of thing...Epstein's still fairly young as a GM as it is, so getting out of Boston later is very doable for him. If I were him I'd be really into the idea of tweaking the Red Sox roster right now and getting it right. So Theo is just sitting back watching this thing unfold knowing that he has no interest in interviewing for the Cubs GM position? John Henry has been debating whether to grant the Cubs an interview for the last 2 days and he never bothered to ask Theo about his interest? C'mon that's just not logical. There is obviously interest from Theo in the position. To what extent we don't know yet. And I'm not sure what you are talking about with Beane. He actually accepted the Red Sox offer and flew back to California to tell his employers and clean out his office when he had a change of heart.
  15. UMFan83
    really? every team does it.
  16. UMFan83
    lol /thread
  17. UMFan83
    he hit .111 in the series, so now he's a choker again. by the way, given his declining production, injury problems and lack of steroids, the yankees are really not going to enjoy paying a-rod $143m over the next 6 years. although it's not like the money is a big deal to them. How much of ARod's decline do you think is because of age and how much of it is not using PED's anymore?
  18. UMFan83
    For whatever reason the Yankees don't interest me anymore. In the past I would celebrate the Yankees playoff defeats as I genuinely disliked them and their $200+ million payroll. Now I only have a slight disliking, and I feel like the reason I dislike them is because their team bores me. None of their players particularly interest me.
  19. UMFan83
    We wouldnt have got to this point without a decent amount of interest shown by Theo. So yeah its a realistic possibility.
  20. UMFan83
    He had only thrown 3 pitches the entire series prior to tonight.
  21. UMFan83
    I remain wholly convinced that he has no idea how his 2005 team won the World Series. GRINDERS WITH GRIT
  22. UMFan83
    Maybe if Robin Ventura had any sort of managerial experience at all. How do you think Ryno thinks that when he wanted to manage the Cubs asked him to go to A ball and work his way up through the minors managing, which he did without complaint, and then when the Cubs job opened he was passed over, and then he sees the White Sox hire a guy with no managerial experience at all? I was anti-Ryno, and still am, but I can imagine it angers him to see that.
  23. UMFan83
    LMAO. I don't know why that's funny to me but it is.
  24. UMFan83
    Especially if/when the Kane at Center experiment fails.
  25. UMFan83
    Something on your mind? haha whoops :blush:
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