Someone should ask him if he will have final say over the batting order, or if he will have to bat Baez in the 2-spot every game as I believe Renteria was forced to do.

Someone should ask him if he will have final say over the batting order, or if he will have to bat Baez in the 2-spot every game as I believe Renteria was forced to do.

Who said Renteria was forced to do that?

Bruce Levine:
"The Cubs management group put Baez in the No. 2 hole of the batting order and have not wavered on that decision, regardless of the quality of the young player’s at-bats."

"Winning the Press Conference" is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

You can *say* anything you want in a press conference, but what you actually do and how your team performs is what matters. I don't think anyone takes these seriously, except someone who needs to fill several hours of a talk show with hyperanalysis and speculation.

Didn't Emery "win" his press conference? Also known as "the golden age of Chicago G.M.''s"?

Bernstein has really provided some great thoughts on the airwaves.

Even Eddie Robinson would agree.

Mel Rojas, Todd Hundley, Ben Wallace, Milton Bradley....Lamar Houston?

Generally, I would agree with you but if you saw Tim Beckman's first press conference you'd have come away thinking he was a mumbling, blathering simpleton and that the best case scenario for his coaching career at Illinois was well-contained dumpster fire.

Bruce Levine:
"The Cubs management group put Baez in the No. 2 hole of the batting order and have not wavered on that decision, regardless of the quality of the young player’s at-bats."

Normally, I'd agree with Tad's thought. "Winning the Press Conference" is just a stupid concept.

However, I also immediately thought of the Tim Beckman press conference, and realized "Losing the Press Conference" is a definite possibility.

That said, I fully expect Maddon to win the Press Conference World Championship today, complete with reporter giggles that will be interesting to see if Bernsie calls those reporters out on. My guess is that he won't.

Normally, I'd agree with Tad's thought. "Winning the Press Conference" is just a stupid concept.

However, I also immediately thought of the Tim Beckman press conference, and realized "Losing the Press Conference" is a definite possibility.

That said, I fully expect Maddon to win the Press Conference World Championship today, complete with reporter giggles that will be interesting to see if Bernsie calls those reporters out on. My guess is that he won't.

Jesse Rogers will be wearing a Cubs jersey

He'll have Julian Green coaching him up.

Some Dearick Rose talk today? Ankles. Ice. Hospital. Next Grant Hill.

Has Bruce's source confirmed that a Maddon deal is done yet or is he still sticking with nothing is happening?

Oh the irony of the overt self-aggrandizing anti-Bernstein circlejerk exceeding that of its genesis (i.e., Bernstein's level of overt self-aggrandizing), never mind the predictability of both.

That said, White Sox fans should be so fortunate as to have Jessie Rogers show up in an ill-fitting Cubs jersey.

Dan Bernstein ‏@dan_bernstein 3m3 minutes ago
"Autocratic," "confluence" and "ameliorate" so far from #Maddon.

I made a point of listening after the Emery and Trestman hiring pressers. I will pass on this one. I don't think I can stomach Bernsie's opinions on this.