Always liked him.

RIP

::slow, pensive piano rendition of "Go Cubs Go" plays::

"One of the general managers in Chicago history. Rest in peace, Dallas Green."

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What a heartbreak '84 was though.

Great team. Loved the Sarge, Harry, Sut, Ryno, etc.

Fucking Padres.

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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.
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Yep. My first true introduction to Cubs misery.

Loved Dallas Green. IIRC, he was trying to rebuild the farm system until Tribco got rid of him. Dallas told it like it was.

Poor Crumbs. One final insult getting knocked off the front page by Dallas Green

Someone should do a wellness check on Ron Schueler.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

I always liked him. Rest in Peace.

I don't know if you guys remember but he lost his little granddaughter in a random shooting a few years back.



http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/sport ... ghter.html

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

Oh so hard to hear.

LOVED that 84 Cubs team. They took the summer by storm. Everyone had Cubs Fever.

Green took all the Phillies discards and brought that winning attitude to the Cubs. And great trade at the time Joe Carter for Sutcliffe.

Best summer of my life. And in the fall they unfortunately showed me what Cubs heartbreak was all about.

Everything the Cubs have today is off that 84 team and Dallas Green. Before 84 nobody gave a rats ass about the Cubs and Wrigley as a marketing gold mine.

RIP

Agreed, Hawaii.

Don't forget Harry.

I had a high school golf match the day of game 1 versus San Diego. I came off 18, went in the clubhouse and they were up 11-0. I was absolutely convinced they were winning the World Series. What a great season not counting the Padre series that was.

Just found the highlights and full game 2 broadcast on YouTube. Double D, Earl Weaver and Reggie Jackson behind the mike.

Full NL East Clinching game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w93gYodq6y8

Full postgame celebration coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X12lKPvCXdc
Dallas Green appears in a couple places ... maybe others too ... it's an hour-fifteen of covreage:
https://youtu.be/X12lKPvCXdc?t=11m56s
https://youtu.be/X12lKPvCXdc?t=25m54s

God damn there was such promise at that moment, not to mention even more after going up 2-0 on the Padres.

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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

Amazing how fast he made that team a winner too. To bad Tribune fucked with him.

Lots of fire on that team: Bowa, Moreland, Sarge, Cey then good vets he acquired (Hebner, Johnstone);

People forget about how special that year was.

In 1983 the Cubs and Mets were playing to get out of the cellar.

In 84, NOBODY thought the cubs could contend. They were predicted for last or near last. And there was no hype or looking forward to that cubs season.

Then they just came out of nowhere. They were so fun to watch. They were in a pennant race past June! The media by then was all Cubs fan. They hyped that team up and yes Harry had a lot to do with it too. Everyone was a Cubs fan that summer.

And ya, they had some fire. I remember 2 or 3 games where there were bench clearing brawls , maybe all against the Mets at Wrigley. I remember Moreland went after a Mets pitcher (Lynch??) who threw at his head.

I remember they were in NY and lost the first game of the series to the Mets and I got depressed thinking we'd never beat the Mets. Then they beat the mets like 8 in a row and owned them that season.

I was at one game where Pete Rose was playing for Montreal and the Expos were rallying in the 9th. Then out of nowhere, Rose hits the ball off the shortstops knee, pops in the air, gets caught and double's up the runner on base to end the game. I'm getting to old to remember exactly who but it was unreal. I was also at the game where Sandberg hit a walk off vs the Dodgers.

Also people forget the Cubs were almost blowing it before the Cards/Pirates series to close the season. They were doing so many interviews and specials the last 3 weeks of the year that they weren't winning games. But I think they swept stl and got the clincher at Pitt.

The only time I cried for a sports event was when they blew the pennant vs the Padres.

Special team special season.

Just found this on youtube :

1984 Chicago Cubs "Hot Days Of August"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-fgOMQBdTY

hey i had one of those Cubs Painter's hats back then. Damn loved that team!

I caught Rozner's segment on Greene this afternoon. Barry did a great job letting people know a lot about Greene they might not have.

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Kap just told a story how Green fired him when he was working as a vendor

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

"(sigh) You have to wonder if...some sort of pernicious myth was, was at play in this decision. You would like to think that he explored some sort of representation had that...(sigh) not been likely to have made it worse. But still, (sigh) you'd like to think it didn't go there."

"OH I'VE GOT SOME STORIES ABOUT WHERE DALLAS GREEN LIKED TO GO"

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Very nice.

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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