That is a bad argument. Again, you are admitting to being open to being "evil." You are just vague about your price.

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Fine. A starting third baseman can be switched to another position on the same contract(Jeter/A-Rod is an example of a position switch). A manager can't.

They aren't the same thing at all.

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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!

So you're indicting Theo Epstein now? I have no problem if that's the way you want to go. Because if he didn't think Renteria was capable of producing the hoped for on field wins when he hired him LESS THAN ONE YEAR AGO, there's a serious problem in upper management. Which is it? In any case, BAD. Common sense.

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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

brick - would you say a baseball manager is involved in sports?

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Let's just cut to the chase.

Renteria wasn't worth firing three weeks ago. Now, the Cubs want to fire him. They are within their rights to do it but it sucks for the manager who did everything they asked to launch him after one year.

It would be like if my wife found a guy who she thought was better and ditched this hero for a slightly better hero. Yeah, she could do it but it still sucks for me.

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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!

Leave me out of this, because your use of "literally" was a mistake but I'm being nice to you about it.

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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!

Strange as it may be - I'm comfortable having my "common sense reality" be a little different than yours.

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I made no mistake. I used literally correctly. Literally both times.

So are Renteria and Maddon involved in sports?

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Why won't anyone respond to me!!!!???

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You literally think marriage vows are the same as a business contract?

Yeesh...sorry Mrs. BRick.

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Baseball manager - sports position?

YES OR NO

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I'd be interested to hear the coaches in each sport this happened to last year. That doesn't even include the coaches in each sport that got fired after 1 year last year.

Remember, you said "literally" so don't start qualifying it.

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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!

You want me to list all of the coaches that were let go before the end of their contract for somebody that was perceived to be better? That's literally what is (possibly) happening here.

Ok, but give me a minute......

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Why not? Is Tom Ricketts the only person allowed to seek better production?

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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

If that's the case, I needed a better agent all those years ago.

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Except you aren't going to do that. You're going to list coaches who failed. The perception that the guy replacing them was better was based on evidence. Not whim.

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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 don't see much difference. The law certainly would be similar.
They already were negotiating with other coaches while they were still the coach?

Even then, the "after one year" will be impossible I'd guess.

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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!

You are putting JORR's words in my mouth.
Maybe go back and look at my use of the word "literally"

Coaching upgrades happen every single year, and almost always before the length of the contract.

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Of course I'm not gonna do it. The list would be too long. I don't need THAT much proof.

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That isn't really the point. If the Cubs fired Ricky the day after the last game then we wouldn't be discussing this.

The whole issue is that the Cubs are currently negotiating a contract while they have a coach. This coach even had to do a press release basically saying "I still want to manage the Cubs!". The Cubs wanted Ricky until Friday evening(unless they tampered prior to that). They may even be willing to settle for Ricky if they aren't able to get the new guy!

It just sucks for him.

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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!

This is true.
The $$ will help that.

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You're safe man. I haven't heard from her.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I think if one's employment is based on a contract it is reasonable to expect your employment to only last as long as the length of the contract, and since the contract protects you if the employer chooses to cut you loose before the end of the contract there is nothing wrong if the employer wants to flirt with other candidates.

Which of course is different than "employment at will" jobs which I assume pertains to most of us. In that case I figure most people would expect employment to last until either the employee resigns or is released for cause (even though cause may not be required).

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

The fact that JORR and Brick are on the same side of a battle is simply amazing.

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

It's a Sox thing.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

This whole thing is Maddoning

The Marlins didn't fire Girardi because someone better came along, they fired Girardi because he clowned Jeffrey Loria for heckling the umpires from the front row. He won Manager of the Year and still got fired for insubordination. They replaced him with some idiot, as I recall.

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When is the press conference?

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Be well

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