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obligatory this must have been what fans of other teams felt like when Hendry was doing similar things post

yeah my mlb.tv has the game no longer under delay. though the broadcast won't load.. :x

after the matsuzaka burn i can't be mad at not going gangbusters for darvish

while i think many of us, as cubs fans, micromanaged our disgust for hendry either in hindsight of bad contracts or his odd love for middle infielders, middle relievers, and guys like koyie hill, he did an excellent job with some scrap heap finds like ryan dempster, grudz/karros, matt clement, aramis, and a couple of others. while prior and wood's injury problems hamstrung the organization for a couple of years, his major failure was, beyond pressure to sign big name free agents, beyond no trade clauses, awful drafts and farm system organizational structure in regards to building winning approaches, especially with toolsy hitters. i think that drafting guys with tools like corey patterson as a prime example is what a team should do, but the difference between the former and current front office is a unified approach on all levels of how to channel those tools into successful major league players, creating a streamline of goods which enables the flexability of movement where major league needs are concerned via payroll and talent swapping in trades towards positional safety of postseason involvement. think about how badly patterson's approach was pushed and pulled between levels, then hitting coaches, and managers like baylor and baker. Hendry had not only poor skills when it came to being open to technological advancements in scouting (the fact that they didn't even use computers, and often hand written notes), combined with the smallest front office in all of baseball, led to the worst kind of group think, shadowed further by ownership changes which demanded poor spending for the kind of business conjecture least likely to be sustainable in terms of long term winning. I think Hendry tried. Very hard, in fact. And there is valor in that. Also, having met and talked with the guy, though this is not important whatsoever to the context here, he was a very nice person. Almost too nice. But the stark difference in the most important factors in annually winning sports franchises is evident between then and now, and as a Cubs fan, I don't care if it takes three more years of this [expletive] losing, since it's not [expletive] losing if it's inherent in the structure of long term sustained winning. We have a very intelligent organization, conscious of the most acute angles of what it means to win, the patience to see the plan through no matter the up front hardships, and the support of an ownership group who not only relentlessly backs the baseball operations guys, but will be around long enough to where the trust will pay off. it will pay off. there has been too much good in a very short amount of time to what was an organization in shambles to not have faith that it will pay off. #kanyeshrug. tl;dr

everybody is hitting for boise tonight

vogelbach double

yeah on the broadcast they said, iirc, whitenack goes tomorrow

word is vitters and brett jackson expected to be called up within the month

bruno bomb

in the end, the cubs net a couple top 100 prospects, along with a couple of other arms who figure to floor as fringe major leaguers. vizcaino is obviously not a starter any longer, so his stock drops considerably, but the likelihood of a late innings guy all but seemingly guaranteed; villaneuava (sp) has the glove to play above average 2nd or 3rd and what sounds like a work ethic and intelligence to live up to his talents; hendricks is not only named after the most delicious gin in the world but went to dartmouth, (the front office is really pushing these smart leader type of players)... in the end the cubs are long term improved, and also it's my slight hope that dumping a few of these better players positions the cubs better in next years draft, also, as july saw the team go from one of the top 2 picks to around the 6 spot. maybe it's not ethically proper to be crappy, but the difference between 4 spots that high in the draft can be one between a hall of famer and an average every day player. #kanyeshrug

Chapman was on 40 man for Atlanta. Does that require at least initial inclusion similarly as part of the Cubs?

villenueva has played 2B some this year, too. with all the other 3B/SS ahead of him in the cubs' system, developing into a solid 2B could make a nice meal ticket

consider the amount of work hours it takes to get a chance to have a flag fly... and all of the hitches that can wrench the cogs along the way. it's an odd profession to choose, but they all are i suppose

stop being cubs fans and be cubs fans

Medlen, Graham, Bullock

@mlbbowman Still working on who the Braves used to acquire Maholm and Johnson. It's not Delgado, Spruill, Teheran or Minor. then also said not Gilmartin

i bet we get kris medlen, who goes directly into cubs' rotation.

i'd take kris medlen. not that that'd happen, either.

well, in theory, maholm's extension, if not voided by trade, is pretty team friendly. but atlanta'd really have to not believe in delgado to involve him. let's be realistic

twitter says he's getting called up for tomorrow... totes awkward.

brett jackson pulled, too...

borchering is not that good of a prospect.

could have had randall delgado+... smh smh

this trade deadline for the cubs is starting to look like the cardinal's female fan base.

Dodgers have not done moves corresponding to a deal which would likely proceed a Dempster deal. Some shufflings, but not adequately so.