in the eyes of ricketts




yes man

Seriously. Stop starting a new thread every time an inane thought comes into your peabrain.

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jealous are we? that the cubs are taking top billing during bears week 17 playoff deciding game vs the arch rival packers?

even while fucking up cubs rule the winter

It's pretty clear that the Mets and/or Phillies asked for permission to interview Hoyer for President of Baseball Operations. Theo was leaving anyway, so he moved up the timetable so that Jed could get promoted and Ricketts could say no to the other teams.

Then the Mets hired Jared Porter, who was probably Jed's choice to be GM. So why bother now.

It's all title inflation. If they want to hire an AGM from another team to be Jed's #2, they will. If not, they won't.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Give the guy a chance. He's trying to rebuild an organization out of a mess Saint Theo left.

I just wish Hahn would have contacted the Cubs about Darvish before he made the deal for Lynn....or after, for that matter.

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Wattabout Kodak Black?

I'm not sure Hoyer is qualified for the role of a real GM but I'm certain he's not qualified for president of baseball operations.

isn't everything they do a baseball operation?

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

It's just title inflation, because generally people employed by teams can only be considered by other teams for promotions.

So many teams now have a President of Baseball and a President of Business. For the Cubs, that's Jed and Crane. In any sane world, they'd both be SVPs, and Ricketts would be President (for some other organizations President and Managing Partner).

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

ya i guess we wanted to back up the truck and unload. i agree w that. but it seems like this guy doesn't have the experience to do deals that help you 2-3-4 years from now.