I predict........

Hires Dave Martinez as manager and signs no significant FAs over winter. team goes young

Cubs 2012 record 62-100, fans still licking his ass. theo and his wunder kins will say it takes a couple years to rebuild the organization.

ricketts will love it cause he will spend less $$$ on players and put more money in his pocket.

the city/state will cave(i hope they don't) and give little tommy a couple hundred mil. to refurbish the ballpark and say that it will generate jobs.

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
Please die in a fire.

I'm gonna say it like I mean it...

He cures AIDS and while waiting for FDA approval, he cures cancer.

Wins the WS in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018 as the first ever PLayer/Manager/General Manager.

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He forgot the cure for cancer in Carmine. If you'll pardon the expression. Expect Larry Lucchino to soon announce he still wants Matt Garza, despite having the information needed to cure cancer.

Ha, take that Tommy boy. How's your boy wonder now? Man that shit's annoying.

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2012-2015 are very lean, but getting better

2016 is a good year overall, but miss the playoffs

2017 win the division, lose in the NLCS

2018 lead NL in wins, lose in the WS

2019, 2020, miss playoffs, he leaves town.

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You really think that in 9 years, in the NL Central mind you, that he is only going to get to the playoffs twice???

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2012:

Fires Quade, Hires Sandberg
Trades Z
Cuts Soriano
Signs Fielder
Signs a SP
Signs 2-3 other mid/low range free agents
Possibly trades Soto at some point next season as well.
Spends like a madman on the draft like last year

Cubs win 75 games

2013:

Fill in with a couple prospects, sign big name Pitcher

Cubs win 88 games

2014:

Sign top hitter

Cubs win 95 games
NL Champions

2015:

Sign top of line SP

Cubs win 94 games
WS Champions

2016:

Total disappointment.

Yes. Cubs have a LOT of work do.

And "in the nl central mind you" means shit. The Brewers and Cardinals just played in the NLCS and are way better than the Cubs, the Reds are set up to bet better in the near future, and even the Pirates are set up to be better than them next year.

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I could live with that scenario BC... Once they win I will be in at least a 3-4 year grace period of not giving a shit what happens anymore.

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So what you guys are agreeing on is Theo CAN'T do what Hendry COULD. Take a look at the Cubs record the year before they made the playoffs under Hendry. I got your "rebuild" right here!!!

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

i also predict Theo will become the new spokesperson for dos equis replacing the old man as "the most interesting man in the world"

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
Please die in a fire.

2012-2017: sells hope to a bunch of drunk frat boys and hicks from the sticks. They lap it up, returning to the park in droves to be part of a Nation.

2018: Brett Jackson finally arrives and disappoints BUT they have another guy in the low minors who is raking who they can't wait to see at the MLB level

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

2012 - .500 clear dead weight
2013 Make playoffs
2014 Defeat the White A Holes in World Series (Expansion team in Jackson Hole after White Sox and A's folded)
2015 Forced to move to AL East

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

First he'll heal a leper, then he'll turn water into wine, walk on water, then he'll raise the dead. After he's killed by a gang of southside hillbillies, he'll rise from the dead. Then the Cubs will win the World Series.

I expect a decent bounce back by the Cubs next year. They had a lot of hurt players and I kind of like their starting pitching.

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

2012 - "it was only his first year, it will take time"
2013 - "it was only his second year, it will take time"
2014 - "it was only his third year, it will take time"
2015 - "it was only his fourth year, it will take time"
2016 - "Ricketts is an idiot, if Epstein was that good the Red Sox would never have let him go."