Anyone else have a hard time taking Dan seriously and believing what he says when he tries to talk authoritatively on what is going on behind closed doors with these Wrigley Field / rooftop owner negotiations?

It's hard to overcome things like "THERE. IS. NO. PLAN. B.", etc.

Backchannels!

Anyone else have a hard time taking Dan seriously and believing what he says when he tries to talk authoritatively on what is going on behind closed doors with these Wrigley Field / rooftop owner negotiations?

It's hard to overcome things like "THERE. IS. NO. PLAN. B.", etc.

Backchannels!

Anyone else have a hard time taking Dan seriously and believing what he says when he tries to talk authoritatively on what is going on behind closed doors with these Wrigley Field / rooftop owner negotiations?

It's hard to overcome things like "THERE. IS. NO. PLAN. B.", etc.

Backchannels!

Anyone else have a hard time taking Dan seriously and believing what he says when he tries to talk authoritatively on what is going on behind closed doors with these Wrigley Field / rooftop owner negotiations?

It's hard to overcome things like "THERE. IS. NO. PLAN. B.", etc.

Backchannels!

I would love to see Miami get Boozer. That would work so swell.

Hate to admit it, but his father works (or at least worked) at the law firm that represents the Cubs so he might know something. I still don't believe it though.

28 minutes of "BRON! BRON!" being bellowed in a monotone baritone ....

his father works (or at least worked) at the law firm that represents the Cubs

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Extra smarmy show today.....with a side of smarmy.

Do you recall several years ago he mercilessly ripped on crane kenney?? I can't recall the last time he ripped on kenney since theo arrived.... i think crane became dan's cubs source in exchange for dan to stop bashing him. my beardown tin foil hat is working this afternoon

The Crane Kenney chronology (Chraneology?), as best I can remember, went something like this:

Midway through 2006, Andy MacPhail was already kinda peacing out as president of the Cubs. Meanwhile, the Tribune Company boardroom was in disarray, and whoever usually babysat the Cubs' operations wasn't babysitting them anymore, so someone appointed a lawyer from deep within Tribune Tower to keep an eye on things. MacPhail left after 2006, John McDonough moved up to president in 2007, but more and more, we'd hear about a "Crane Kenney" who had something to do with the Cubs but no one really knew what.

Around this time, Bernstein started joking about "Crane Kenney, International Man of Mystery," whose name would come up in Cubs stories as if he were a big deal without him ever being introduced to the public as such. McDonough bailed after one year to go run the Blackhawks and help them win two championships in four years, then Sam Zell took the Tribune Company private, which led to Crane Kenney being entrusted with more of a day-to-day role. At this point, Crane Kenney revealed himself not to be an international man of mystery but a provincial man of goofiness, and Dan started ripping him every chance he got, just like Murph went after HEEEEEY F-A-I-ELLLL BONK BONK. The picture Dan painted was of some anonymous pencil-pushing schmo who got the magic shoulder-tap to go play with the Trib's shiny toy, and went full meatball because of it. Pretty sure he also bungled some business deals in that time, beyond just wearing baseball pants and calling in Greek priests.

When the children of the corn bought the team, Dan was apoplectic that they didn't replace Crane Kenney, then lost it again when they hired Theo and still didn't push him out altogether, Crane Kenney having been some sort of de facto president between McDonough and Theo. I don't know that Dan ever fully 180ed on old Crane so much as he just waited for the CotC to install enough executives who were to his liking (TheoandJed, Wally Heyward, that one guy named Ira or something who mysteriously went away, Julian Green and his flavor) that he couldn't well blast Kenney for still being around lest Dan impugn all the people he does approve of, who in turn must approve of Crane, who would have been pushed out if they wished it so.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Les Grobstein's huge hog is proof that God has a sense of humor, isn't it?

Les Grobstein's huge hog is proof that God has a sense of humor, isn't it?

if memory serves crane kenney is a special kind of "full kit wanker" who has his KENNEY cubs jersey complete with pants and stirrups and the whole 9 yards. that went over well with b&b.

hey has dan gone and mentioned that trib article CH posted about where the cubs might broker their own time like infomercials for their next tv deal? or does that not mesh with teh REALLY. SMART. PEOPLE. narrative?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Not that I've heard, but my listening has been sporadic. I wouldn't bet on it.

Haha, infomercial. I wonder if the games on the subfeed of a local UHF station will be prefaced with "the following baseball game is a paid advertisement for the Chicago Cubs and their inferior performance does not reflect the opinions of Weigel Broadcasting, Inc."

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Les Grobstein's huge hog is proof that God has a sense of humor, isn't it?

Now it all makes sense.