I don't buy that. He already had first hand knowledge of the organization. Their input, other than contract, should have meant little to him.

Their contract was comparatively underwhelming.

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

If you google Jon Lester, this is the first story and Espn has a four parter on "Boston's Blunder"

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/12/11/jon-lester-red-sox-lost-ace-who-should-been-their-hand/CyNRDkwwBgOiPxFyi6qAVP/story.html

I was imprecise in my language. I don't dispute it is being said. I think they are incorrect.

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

I understood, I was just showing my work.

I like Lester, but it's not like they let 26 year old Greg Maddux walk

One team is trending up, with sky as the limit.

One team is scrambling to make moves just to fight for third place in their division.

It was an easy choice for anyone with a bit of pride.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I didn't know the Lester had even considered the White Sox.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I feel the Cubs overpaid for Lester, but whoever got him was going to overpay. He's a genuine top of the rotation guy, but his best is probably not going to be in the future, but in the rear-view mirror. That said, he makes the team better and it's surely a sign that the days of selling off parts is over. It's time to begin playing for post-season berths and let the fun begin!

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Go Cubs!!!!

This guy get it.

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SHADES OF DUSTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lester off to a bad start with this cute kid on the lap shit!

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

If he befriends and worries about Holly than you might be onto something there young James.

What # is he sporting? He sure as hell aint gonna get 31

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1926-1931-1934-1942-1944-1946-1964-1967-1982-2006-2011

IMU, Kirkwood and other Cubs trolls, take notice.

This right here is how you motherfuckin' get it done.

Just a reminder... Lester did, in fact, sign with the Cubs.

I don't think Cubs fans have to troll. The organization's success over the next 5 years and more should speak enough for all of us.

Solid investments pay a return.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

So you're banking on FUTURE returns?

Ouch!

Investors in GOOGL also had to bank on future returns. That was unfortunate for them, wasn't it?

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

We are talking about baseball, dork.

Apparently you didn't notice the financial analogy in the original post?

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

It's stupid.

You're stupid.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

He probably noticed that it was a terrible analogy.

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1926-1931-1934-1942-1944-1946-1964-1967-1982-2006-2011

http://www.si.com/mlb/2014/12/16/chicago-cubs-jon-lester-sports-illustrated-cover

Let the always enlightening 'SI Cover Curse' talk begin ... which is about as bad as starting an article with an exhibition on how one doesn't understand how sports betting odds works.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

He will wear # 34.

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Go Cubs!!!!

as a tribute to Nolan Ryan ... Kerry Wood and ... Walter Payton.

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A tribute? He is stealing the number of one of the Great Cubs of recent vintage, a number that should be properly retired. But Theo cares naught for the great Cub traditions and Cub heroes past. He is pissing in the loyal Cub fan's face from his big circumcised cock. And you are smiling as he does so in the futile hope that he will bring you the coveted World Series you so desire. In another year or so when Theo skulks out of town in his gorilla suit, what will you have left? A roster full of busted prospects and yellow stains upon the storied visage of Cubdom. And you will have lost your noble Cubbie soul. It's a modern baseball tragedy the likes of which will go down in history along side such other baseball calamities as Christy Mathewson being gassed by the Huns, Lou Gehrig coming down with his own disease, and Pete Rose losing games on purpose.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

u mad

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

How does Joe Orr know he has a big cock?

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It was a metaphor, Chris. A man would have to have a mighty big set of balls to waltz into Chicago and take away the number of the Great Kerry Wood. TheoandJedandJason are like a litter of puppies shitting all over the immaculate Cub household.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

I know

Christ everyone takes me way too serious around here.

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With apologies to Don Tiny for repeating myself,Wood choked in game #7 in 2003....outta gas ,my ass!...screw him and taking his number!

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

Your take on Kerry Wood is much different than it was when he struck out Dayan Viciedo for the manufactured moment that you hated so much