thats becuz Ricketts himself doesnt know what he is doing...it's like the deaf leading the blind

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correct...pretty interesting considering he came from no big boys club (in his own words) and was the single dummy who beat the odds and got lucky to be a GM because McFail was there long enough to provide a stable environment for Hendry to "train"

the leftout guy ended up forming his own big boys club and now has too big of an imprint on the organization...the result is that the whole thing is fucked up

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I think he views the cubs as if the entire organization below him (except for marketing) is in a snow globe. He knows he owns the whole thing, but what is inside those glass walls.....he knows nothing about and won't touch.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Or with it!

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The question raised was "Who would he get now?" and maybe he gets Maddux to appease the people, but Wilkens is who should take over.

NOMAR!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

THE University of Chicago is NOT Chicago State University!

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WOO LIFE!!!!

Didn't B&B mention yesterday that Josh Byrnes is sniffing around trying to land the GM job if/when Jim Hendry gets fired?

Holy shit, that'd be perfect for the cubs. I think this is the guy that traded Carlos Gonzalez and Brett Anderson for Dan Haren, then turned around and traded Dan Haren for absolutely nothing? Or was that the new GM? Either way, without knowing the details, I know that Josh Byrnes was awful and terrible and god-awful and made a Hendryesque Signing when he decided that HE MUST HAVE ERIC BYRNES FOR 5YR $37MIL, including a fun 11.66666mil cap hit the last two years of the deal (the final year, in 2010, was spent with the Mariners)

Horrible trades? Check. God-awful contracts to players who could never live up to it? Check. All he has to do is perfect the rampant egotism necessary to defend your actions for the next 10 years and he'd be a perfect fit for the Cubs.

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Wouldnt this work just fine? The deaf guy can see so the blind guy just puts his hand on his shoulder and follows him around. I think your analogy is faulty.

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Waiting for someone to catch this. lol at Tom Ricketts at Chicago State.

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Correct, he will have Crane fire Hendry.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Hendrys past history as Cubs head of player development produced next to shit as far as everyday players go. That right there would tell you he is lost as far as judging young talent.

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

I wouldn't mind seeing Ng get a job somewhere, as soon as someone can pronounce her name correctly.

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You got that right. I believe that prior to Soto and Castro, the last Cubs-developed position player to make the All-Star game for any MLB team (not just as a Cub) was Mark Grace. How sad is that? Almost seems impossible to do.

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