what's sad abut hendry is if you look at pictures of him b4 and after the GM gig you can see that the job literally withered him. dude put on weight and aged really badly when he was GM, so say what you want about the guy (bidding against himself to overpay soriano by 30-50mil or whatever) but at least he seemingly really gave a shit about the job.

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No doubt he cared. Not even questioned it.

But he didnt have the information to evaluate the players like they do today and even if he had it, he wouldnt know what to do with it

He played from his gut. It just doesnt work today. Can an old veteran give you a Gaetti month, sure, but in the long run you are going to lose trying to squeeze the last drops of toothpaste out of Griff Jr, Manny and McGriff.

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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.’”

Cubs fans truly are the best in baseball.

Why does Hendry always look like he is sniffing a nasty fart?

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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

Looks like he's just beginning to suffocate on Mars ...

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

That was the greatest.

I watched that 6 times with my kids.

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You know me like that.

Saw that on the broadcast and thought WTF.

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Elections have consequences.

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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.’”

Havent seen this guy in 20+ years. Might have attended a first Cubs game with him at Age 11, sits behind us last night and today gets the TV shot. Just kinda cool. I am sure you will all agree.

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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.’”

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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.’”

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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.’”

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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.’”

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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.’”

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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.’”

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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.’”

Hendry always came across as a genuine guy. I think most can agree, he worked under what appeared to be the most-dysfunctional org structure as possible. it's hard to understand what was his doing and what was pushed down to him based on the sale of the cubs and Tribune co. That being said, 3 blemishes on his resume
1) At the end there were just of bad contracts on the books. No trade clauses out the ass.
2) Alfonso Soriano's contract was insane and looked like a Yankees / A-Rod deal where they were simply bidding against themselves
3) Milton Bradley. This was a bad idea and his press conference where he told everyone about their dinner and him saying at the end "I want to be a Cub" was enough to make anyone barf. He was a bad guy. it was a stupid contract.

He did do some good things, though and as I said earlier, he always came across as a decent, genuine person.

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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.’”

Rizzo said it last night at the post game presser. When he got here, the Cub were "30 to 40 years behind technology wise."

Of course that's hyperbole, but our front office was one of the last dinosaurs out there no doubt. I don't think most fans realize how much of a mess Theo inherited.

A mess is when you have info and its in boxes, all needs to be entered into a computer.

When Theo got here, there was no data team, there was probably 1 computer with a seperate hard drive, that resided in Hendrys drawer , next to the Jim beam bottle.

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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'd hope he could do a little better than that

Is he stoned?

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Servers at the bar they were partying at.

See. Rizzo and I agree on the 3 women philosophy.

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You know me like that.

He is a cancer survivor

the one on the right is kinda cute
middle one looks like she's 40
one on the left might have an adams apple