Unlike the Coob, "Joe" still has some games left to manage this year. Thats probably why he wasn't able to talk to him yet, ya jackass.

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Being a Sandberg fan growing up, a part of me would have loved seeing Sandberg get the job.

But Quade toiled for a long time in the minors, and the team did play better at the end of the year, albeit with no pressure on the team. I am not jumping for joy with the decision to hire Quade, but I don't think it is a bad decision.

As others have said it really doesn't matter who the manager is unless Ramirez, Zambrano, Soriano etc can get back to their 2008 form.

Regarding Quade experience vs Ryno, i wouldn't put much stock in how much experience a coach has had in the minors or as a bench coach. Ozzie won a WS only after being coach for 3 years, Girardi was manager of the year after 1 or 2 seasons as a coach.

On the other hand Terry Bevington was in the minors for 7 years and on a major leage staff for 7 years before coming manager. And yet he was a boob.

I think you have either an innate abilty to manage or you don't (the right situation doesn't hurt either.)

This reminds me of John Paxson's rush to hire Vinnie del Negro instead of waiting fourteen days to interview Thibodeau.

Meh. I cant get excited about anything the cubs do lately. The fact that rothschild is still here...hendry is still here....crane kenney is still here is a FUCKING JOKE. Until there is a house cleaning and they sweep out this old shit....I'll just sit back and see what happens. My expectations are very low. Congratulations Mr. Ricketts, you've succeeded in killing any cub optimism I had.

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Proud to be UNVERIFIED.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Can't wait to see all the Quade fans in the stands next year with their eyebrows shaved off.

This was a good move

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

I'm looking at this from Ricketts perspective.....sign Quade for 2 years,lets see.....Hendry has 2 years left on his contract.No lame duck manager for a new GM, This way in 2012 a clean sweep and let us see whom might be available in 2013? Kenny and Ozzie! What a coup by Ricketts,and you read it here 1st

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Explain to me please why Giraldi would want to leave New York? Because he's a former Cub?!?

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Middle Aged Crazy, like Uncle Terry

He was never going to leave New York for this 3 ring circus.

Saw a pic of Quade, he looks like a alien. Hendry really needs to quit saying there was a process and Sandberg was considered, he just keeps lying.

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Fuck Edwards and Zobrist

And Ricketts saying Hendry conducted a "thoughtful process". WTF does that mean? He thought about hiring the cheapest guy he could get? I guess.

By definition, no process Hendry engages in can be thoughtful.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Hendry is toast and he knows it. Both will be shit canned.

Early word from my guy, not too Earth-shattering, that Hendry never considered Sandberg in any way and Sandberg knew it, but Hendry went through the motions for appearances.

I hope to talk to him in a couple weeks and find out if there's anything more.

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You know me like that.

I loved Lil Danny's theory that if Quade doesn't work out they can just hire Sandberg in a couple years. The Dodgers thought that way after fucking over Mike Scioscia ten years ago and he's not going back anytime soon if ever.

I hope your half-right. Quade seems like a smart baseball man,but we will see.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."