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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Did they talk about anything else? I could give a shit about the Cubs.

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Same sex, different habits - who gives a fucking shit
This won't make the species unfurl

we are Penn State

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

McCowens.

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Back off, Warchild. Seriously.

we are Penn State[/quote]
Ill bet CBS has employed more sexual predators than Penn State


What with Hollywood and all....

does anyone think Ricky is a better manager than Madden? Please step forward and identify yourself.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Based on first season records? Renteria wins.

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

none of this would matter if they had just kept Sveum an extra year. If Maddon were hired, would they be currently be paying THREE guys to be field manager (Sveum, Renteria and Maddon)?

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

What do you mean by "better"? Will Maddon win a World Series with a team that Renteria can't win one with? Has Maddon won a World Series?

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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 Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I'm pretty confident in saying this without looking it up. Theo would be the first GM in any American pro sports league that got to hire 3 managers in 4 years.

REALLY SMART GMs don't have to do that.

Jimmy: that's not an answer really. Do you think he's a better manager personally?
Will Maddon win a WS with a team that Renteria can't win with? I believe that, yes. I didn't like Renteria one bit.
And yes, they should have kept Dale another year. THAT was ridiculous.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

or REALLY SMART GM's take advantage of any advantageous situation.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

When did Dan's Cubs ball licking start? Was is after Theo was hired? Was it when Dan realized that the Cubs will be joining the CBS broadcast family & possibly The Score?

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

I remember it starting about the time Julian Green was hired.

He was always a Theo guy but recognized the ineptitude of the organization. Once Green was hired, I believe the term really smart people was coined. I think I even had a long and detailed rant on the subject

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

I'm sure by the 7th manager Theo will finally get it right.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

It is just odd how big of a Cubs fan boy Berns has become.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Come on, it's not that odd. Theo represents the baseball executive ubermensch to Bernstein. It's all tied to Epstein. It's just a nice bonus that he is also a tribesman.

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Back off, Warchild. Seriously.

Riiight....that's just tangentially related to his fawning

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

So perfect.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

No doubt. He seems to have turned on fellow tribesman Trestman though...

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Dan sees himself in Theo -- a young Jewish guy who favors (or appears to) analytics and advanced metrics over "old-fashioned" scouting -- so a victory for Theo is, in Dan's mind, a victory for himself.

Your persecution complex is large. Take lessons from posters like rpb who can actually handle things like opposing viewpoints.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

BECOME? 2004? 2005? 2007? 2008?
C'mon now.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

RPB, teach me your ways. I aspire to be more like you. Thanks in advance for your enlightened guidance.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

The man loves the Cubs. That's a fact. I'm not sure why the pretense about being a Sox fan. But I was never sure why North pretended to be a Sox fan either.

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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 Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Impressed Dan's love of all things management got him to deflect blame from the McClaskey's and Ted Phillips

I think Lil Danny put it in hyper-drive after he saw Jason Parks get a new gig out of falling all over himself complimenting the Cubs.

One comment today. Yes, Bernstein is right that they don't have the players, but coaching is important to develop players. None of the draft picks have gotten better under Trestman, except Fuller, who was good to begin with.

So, yes, coaching to help player development is important in this equation, which Danny fails to mention. Another reason Tresshead has got to go. No one is being developed.

Don't have the players? Wrong. A good coach would have this team at 6-2 right now. 5-3 at worst.

Didn't Danny boy say before training camp that this was a Super Bowl contender? Yelled at callers that told him otherwise. He knew who the players were when he said that, didn't he?