Huh?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

But the truth is nobody believes that. Unless you do. Then you are the only person in the world that believes that. The rest of us realize Maddon is the opening day manager and think the Cubs should just get it over with, so that Renteria still has his choice of options for the upcoming season.

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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

We have one. I bet that you'd keep being a goofy Bastard throughout this thread and he bet you'd stop. So far I'm winning.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Maybe they'll keep them both and try the College of Coaches thing again. I bet jimmypasta would like that.

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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

FavreFan sure is an idiot.

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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!

Didn't say that.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I believe Chris Rock is creating a new bit to honor Darkside.

"Darkside just love not knowing...

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

I'm saying they haven't announced anything. This is truth. Was there this much certainty over the Girardi hire?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

and Renteria is so confident in this that he felt the need to issue a press release

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

I'm pretty sure that I said with certainty there would be no way he would choose the Cubs over the Yankees

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

Literally - it's a sports decision.
Literally - happens every year on every team in every sport.

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Literally- it does not. When was the last time a team negotiated with a guy while letting a manager dangle in the wind? No, it really doesn't happen. When guys get fired or replaced, everyone knows it's coming and why it happened. This is just a whim. And most teams aren't run on the whims of grown up fantasy baseball guys. How many chances does your Guru need to get it right anyway? That'll be two bad hires. When does He get held responsible?

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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

This is trolling to the highest degree. JORR and Dolphin are now concerned with the ethics of a team they don't care about. Hey, Saudi Arabia isn't really Democratic! Get 'em!

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You missed the lede. An educator who doesn't understand the definition of "literally".

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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

Who's the educator?


I'm really angry that you're making me defend the bourgeoisie, BTW. Our friendship is dwindling.

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I didn't know they even cared. How sweet.

Wait, which is it? Was Renteria a bad hire or not? If so, why would it be bad to fire him and replace him with a proven winner? Or was he "fucked by an evil employer without being given a chance."?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Robin Ventura can't be fired for 5 more years or this thread is moot.

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This thread doesn't exist if Ricky was fired on Friday.

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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!

By definition, it was a bad hire if you have to fire him. My opinion is immaterial.

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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

No.

He was the best candidate for the job, at the time. He is maybe no longer the best man for the job. Since the Cubs organization cannot have two managers, you go with the one you think can benefit your organization the most.

In business, the same thing happens. Instead of firing the incumbent, sometimes you can "create" a position for him. Or you can change his role within the company...maybe move him to a different department. "Restructuring."

Can't work like that in baseball though.

I would be content if Ricky Renteria is back in 2015. I would be content if Maddon is the guy.

And I appreciate my team looking at every single avenue possible to strengthen the organization going forward. If they are not considering Maddon, and did not think to consider Maddon, then they are not doing their jobs.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

...if the Cubs currently have a starting third baseman... do they not sign a third baseman in the off-season since the current third baseman is still under contract? I mean...he is employed by your organization currently... there is no way you can replace him with a free agent until you release him...then and only then can you think about other third basemen?

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

So this isn't a sports decision?

JORR, stop what you're doing. Go outside, you need fresh air. I hope it's not too late.

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This is actually a piss poor effort at trolling. It's not working. It doesn't even make sense.

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How many times can a single person be wrong in a single thread?

Many, many times.

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A team can have two third baseman. They can't have two managers.

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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!

First of all, I said starting third baseman. And if we want to be nit-picky, I'm pretty sure every team has a third baseman...and then a guy who can fill in a third but is generally a utility guy. You don't have two guys that only play third base. There may be exceptions, but they are certainly far and few between.

And a manager is considered a coach, and every team has multiple coaches.

Just as a job switch from a manager to a coach would be demotion, so to would being the starting third baseman to becoming a bench player.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Really?

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Are you looking for a semantic argument? The manager is a management position. He's not talent. Like I said, it isn't anything like replacing an outfielder with a younger guy or replacing Wally Pipp with Lou Gehrig. It's much closer to replacing Scorehead with another sales manager.

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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

Replacing an on field manager - in the hopes of producing more on field wins - is a sports decision.
It's not semantics. It's common sense.


Bad.

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