javy knows my name

I'm just offended by your sense of humor if you think what he said was funny or clever at all.

hahahahaha TCU makes negative sense for the B12 Losing them doesn't really hurt us, either

If I was born in the rural United States, and was [expletive], Tony LaRussa MIGHT amuse me.

THESE ARE FACTS

Ricketts is wonderful and Benchwarmer has some sort of learning disability

Didn't he become West Side Rooter? Jesus, man.

This guy sounds like a bit of a moron. The media will love him here. Kindred spirits and all that

Why are you the worst?

What's to dislike about Doc, besides the fact that he'll never be a Cub? Saunders and Wolf.

What's to dislike about Doc, besides the fact that he'll never be a Cub? Saunders and Wolf.

I really dislike both of these pitchers.

I REALLY like Hatfields and McCoys.

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MOAR SNEAKY POWER!

I agree. His hire will be huge, because all our sportswriters know him and even they can't criticize that move. The meatballs will consume, and follow suit.

Boston wins 110 next year, make Epstein co-CEO and the cubs miss out on a franchise changer? No. Get him while Boston is playing chicken little. Ricketts makes baseball decisions? Randy Bush keeps a front office job? No.

Absolutely not to all of this.

Oh my God, he really did have an .848 OPS. That's hilarious and unbelievable and awesome.

I'm guessing Francona would want a little more than the $9.50/hour Reinsdorf would offer. Seriously, the only reason the White Sox are being mentioned is because they are the most recent team to be without a manager.

I'd like to trip this person onto a land mine.

Absolutely. And the doc brought more nostalgia than pain/frustration for me. It was just so nice to be in it the whole way, regardless of how it ended. Would much prefer another 2003 to a 2011.

I love that the Cubs are the proverbial prettiest girl at the ball, but don't tease me like this.

There's that can of worms I was talking about. Bullpen - The closer blew 9 (+?) saves this year. Unless the team is actually good or something, there's not much that a manager can do there. Overall, I think the roles in the bullpen are known and defined pretty well, which is key #1 to bullpen management. Marmol's suckage this year just kind of threw that off. Lineup - While it should be expected of any manager to come up with a flawless lineup everyday where the best hitter is a 21 year old SS who doesn't walk or have alot of present power, I think it can be argued that Quade wasn't working with the cream of the hitting talent crop this year. After Castro, Ramirez, and Pena the lineup featured a bunch of down year vets (Soriano, Byrd, and Soto), up and down young guys (Colvin, Barney, DeWitt), mediocrity (Jeff Baker, Fukudome), and future nobodies (Campana, Montanez, Hill). Peace = Winning. Trap 25+ guys together for 7 months, have them lose alot at what they're doing, and tell me how peaceful they are. Half of the guys (literally 1/2) who caused any kind of publicly known disturbance in the clubhouse are gone from the team forever. Why did I just do that... What can of worms? I was just interested to see if you'd actually make an argument that he wasn't bad, using real things rather than W/L. Turns out, you didn't.

We're supposed to hate Prior? I still have undying love for him. *swoons over 2003 stats* You of all people should know it's the royal we. hahaha

I remember that story being really [expletive] obnoxious. I hope the Sun-Times was dragged through the mud in this movie for publishing his name and contact information. Disgraceful. You will be disappointed.