Hostile work lawsuit. I'm going to have to make a note of that. Thanks.

That's what I said would happen.

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I hate being a fucking Cub fan.

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

I wouldnt put it past the Cubs to blow this but when the Guerilla suit thinkg happened he hadnt agreed to a deal with a new team right?

I read reports this morning that Theo is reaching out to hire his GM for the Cubs (meaning he would be team president). The rumor of the day is that he is eying the current GM of the Padres in which the Padres may very well be entitled to compensation as well. They can have Hayden Simpson and they can fucking like it.

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I'm tired of hearing this (theo hired) will get done in a few days. Ken Rosenthal (sp?) was on M&H this morning and he was restating that fact. Get the fucking thing done already or move on. Now we already have rumors about who theo is going to hire and the MF'r isn't even officially on board yet. The longer this goes...the more I am waiting for a "cubby occurrence"

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Again, if I'm the Red Sox, I'm giving the Cubs a bad contract rather than taking one of their questionable prospects.

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

John Lackey....come on down.

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So the Cubs are willing to pay compensation for a team president AND a general manager but they are balking at the idea of including Trey McNutt?? The great Trey McNutt is all that stands in the way of the grand plan?? Something doesn't sound right about this whole thing.....

I am sure "Your guy" knows, or maybe Coop told him.

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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.’”

I'll have to see if he talked to him. Then you and your real estate attorney can make asses of yourselves again.

No one really knows that the Cubs are balking at sending McNutt or not. Let's let this thing play out and see what happens. If the Cubs do something stupid I am sure Keyser and the gang will have ample opportunity to rip them. Until then no one really knows what is happening.

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One of my guys Judd Sirrott, who is decent enough friends with Ari Kaplan, who is the Cubs mini Theo has been told this is Tim Wilkens, Crane Kenny and Tom and Todd Ricketts project. Nothing else has even leaked to him, or he is just not telling Judd.

Either way, if CK is in on this I already dont like it. While I can only guess the guy has accepted some type of new title or lateral move, I still question how much he wants the 38 year old Jewish wiz kid coming in and essentially being his boss, as you know they are going to cross paths at some time over some issues? Club house facilities, expenses, etc.

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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.’”

I forgot those special real estate contract laws that don't apply to people, maybe Good Dolphin can correct himself now that you pointed it out to him.

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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.’”

Doesn't Theo have a history of histrionics surrounding his contract negotiations, wonder if he has anything to do with the delay. Doesn't seem like he should, but who knows.

What has Crane Kenney done for the Cubs? What single thing has he done that warrants his existence?

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thekapman David Kaplan:
I just spoke with two excellent sources on Epstein negotiations and it appears deal is basically done with announcement of agreement tmrw.


Looks like a deal is close and if it's not the boys on the northside baseball message board are cumming on each other for nothing. Though I don't think they mind.

Rumor has it Lord Theo has arrived in the second city. I'm so excited that the Cubs will never be bad again.

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Team Cutler.

Now we can sit back and watch the Championships roll in. I'm thinking minimum 8-peat.

This is pretty much old news by now but anyway:

By Bruce Levine
ESPNChicago.com

The Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox are expected to have an agreement on compensation that would make Theo Epstein the Cubs' president of baseball operations at some point Thursday morning, according to a Major League Baseball source.

A source with knowledge of negotiations said: "The two sides are on the 5-yard line."

A news conference is expected on Friday.

Two other sources confirmed ESPNChicago.com's report that San Diego Padres general manager Jed Hoyer will be named Cubs GM within a couple of days. But a source told ESPNBoston.com's Gordon Edes late Wednesday night that the Cubs have not asked for official permission to interview Hoyer.

Hoyer worked with Epstein in Boston as assistant general manager.

Sounds like something Lovie would say.

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Which 5-yard line? And are the Bears involved in this play?

Bernstein is going to have a hard time pretending he's not a Cubs fan with two saber loving guys in Theo and Hoyer coming.

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Team Cutler.

This is going to be as much fun as when Dusty and Lou were brought in.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
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•Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports that Padres assistant general manager Jason McLeod will join Hoyer and Epstein in Chicago. McLeod was Boston's amateur scouting director under Epstein before leaving for San Diego with Hoyer after the 2009 season.
•The Red Sox are less optimistic than the Cubs that a deal for Epstein is near, according to Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald. "There seems to be a fundamental divide in the way the two clubs look at this," said Silverman's source.
•The Red Sox and Cubs are "finalizing" the deal, according to Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago.com. They're expected to announce the deal tomorrow. It which would not include Brett Jackson, Trey McNutt, Matt Szczur or cash. MLB has told the Cubs they can have a news conference tomorrow, a World Series travel day, according to Levine.



I guess Ricketts needs a few more "baseball men" to report to his new "baseball man".

In all seriousness, this is a good thing getting together a front office that has the pedigree to get shit done.

It is hard to match the excitement of Ventura and Parent.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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I am waiting for Kaplan to enlighten us with words directly from Crane Kenney's ass to Kaplan's mouth on today's developments.

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which do you think will have a better record next year

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

Probably the Sox, but it won't be by much. Sox at probably 81-83 wins. Cubs at 78-80. Woo hoooo Sox win.

Next years motto can continue this years theme: We do not suck as much as the Cubs.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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