There's more roster clarity than there was back then.

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GO BEARS!!!

Does anyone know what time the parade that Rick Hahn was talking about is scheduled for ?

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

Hopefully the Ligue family met him in the parking lot.

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I'm reminded again that Mariotti is an awful writer.

he looks like some guy from Blink 182 or something

afaik, selling an asset that's appreciated from $20 million to $2.05 billion would result in the $1.85 billion appreciation being taxed as capital gains. Whereas if Reinsdorf holds on to the asset and passes it to his heirs after his demise, then the heirs would receive the asset with a stepped-up basis -- market value of the asset at the time of Reinsdorf's death. Maybe there have been changes to the rules or there are tax dodges that Jerry could avail himself of, but I think you hold on to the asset at this point until you die and pass it on. The heirs would then be able to sell it and only pay taxes on the difference between market value at the time of Jerry's death and the ultimate sale price.

Yeah I had to do a double take on who that was

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

There's no Manny Machados around. It was the greatest player personnel fuck up of my lifetime. He was a baller.....Now in retrospect, the Padres have the same problem most teams have. Swingers, throwers, and glove wearers. Teach baseball, not exit velocity and spin rate. Yankees' Brian Cashman looks like he's going to lose his job over it. And he should.

Good thing Douchebag never said DID NOT HAPPEN...

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Yup

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Elections have consequences.

Delusional.

Reinsdorf built his fortune on exploiting the tax code. I'm sure he'll come up with one last middle finger.

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You sure?

3B, SS, 2B, RF, C are all question marks at this point, and 1B should be looking for an upgrade. Bummer (who sucks) is the only guy in the bullpen who was also there on opening day.

The only clarity with regard to the roster is that it largely sucks.

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When I speak of clarity, I mean you know if the players suck or not.

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GO BEARS!!!

he wouldn't let him resign is awesome
Kap man breaking news

That makes a lot of sense. Hahn seemed completely miserable and ready to be done.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Also seems more than a bit self-serving.

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THIS

He could have quit anytime he wanted.

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I get that and there is no doubt some self-serving in there. But wouldn't anyone want to have the opportunity to get a future job? That seems like a pretty reasonable concern for a guy.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I agree that it is self serving but JR blocked KW from pursuing other jobs in MLB about a decade ago. These guys become pets to him.

but JR doesn't have the kind of juice across MLB that he used to have

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

Clarity in the sense that now we know everyone sucks and there's no hope?

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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

Yep! If he was as great of a GM as he was working the media, the Sox would be a winner and he would still be employed.

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For the most part, yes.

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Who would let someone quit and get another job while under contract in pro sports?

That's the point of a contract. I'm sure Hahn will still collect the paychecks his is owed on that contract too.

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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!

I think it's standard when the job is a promotion. Why would you want to keep a person on staff who doesn't want to be there?

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

Because he can be the fall guy when you rearrange the deck chairs to promote your guys who is in charge of player development who is yet to develop a legit MLB starter.

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I don't think it's standard once you get to the top job. That's why Sean Payton had to sit out a year and still the Broncos had to pay the Saints for him. He couldn't just become the GM of the Broncos as a promotion.

They did let Ozzie get a trade setup for him though but I doubt anyone is giving up anything valuable for Rick Hahn.

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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!

On my. I thought that MORONATTI was forever gone from around 20 years ago. What has this asshole been doing for all of these years?

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Bottom of the article states, Jay Mariotti, {is} called “without question the most impacting Chicago sportswriter of the past quarter-century,’’ .

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

Well, he did make the hineybird famous.