Bernstein refusing to believe that Ricketts is keeping Hendry. Apparently TERRY"S GUY is saying Hendry is gone. Here we go again.

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You know what, I have had it with the fuckin' Cubs. 43 years of rooting for a failure is it.
Every fucking excuse in the world. 2003 was murder on all cubdom (cubdumb??).
Now this friggin circus of a press conference. Let's not forget how I predicted a baseball conspiracy (Selig,Reinsdorf) regarding the sale of the Cubs. They wanted this hand picked nerd running the team and held up the sale of the Cubs to a more dynamic ownership.

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I am with you jimmy this press conference was a fucking joke.

Wish I could.

Shit, that's what they all say right before they give someone the chop.

The week before Thanksgiving he'll privately tell Jim it's time to hit the bricks and that he should step down to spend time with Danny Ainge's family, and the clubhouse and front office demolition will begin in earnest going right into the winter meetings.

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Shit, that's what they all say right before they give someone the chop.

The week before Thanksgiving he'll privately tell Jim it's time to hit the bricks and that he should step down to spend time with Danny Ainge's family, and the clubhouse and front office demolition will begin in earnest going right into the winter meetings.

Some people are stars and some work backstage.

Bully Hendry would have signed Harper for 2.5 Billion over 30 years

i miss the days of underdog managers...Riggleman, Lefebvre, Treblehorn

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

What?

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Ricketts should have said period, end of sentence, "We will analyze the season and the organization, top to bottom, at the end of the season, and make the necessary moves, if needed." That way you don't get boxed into a corner to do or not to do something.

Some people are stars and some work backstage.

good riddance...i never liked the hiring of Lou since day 1...I hated Hendry's little-brother syndrome of trying to be like the Yankees and trying to hire big-time managers...i miss the days of underdog managers...Riggleman, Lefebvre, Treblehorn

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

good riddance...i never liked the hiring of Lou since day 1...I hated Hendry's little-brother syndrome of trying to be like the Yankees and trying to hire big-time managers...i miss the days of underdog managers...Riggleman, Lefebvre, Treblehorn

watch now as Hendry makes another buffoon move of offering Girardi a ton of money to come here...you'd think he learned his lesson from overpaying Lou, Dusty, Soriano, etc...Hendry is like a fuckin dog in heat...he just cant keep his nose out of things, always antsy like a dumb little kid

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Are you fucking serious? Man, I can't understand ANY of your goofy posts.

RIGGLEMAN:
95 73 wins (shortened)
96 76 wins
97 68 wins
98 90 wins (extra game!)
99 67 wins

Did you enjoy a quick playoff exit in only 1 of 5 seasons under him?

LEFEBVRE
92 78 wins
93 84 wins

What makes you pine for mediocrity?

TREBELHORN:
94 (49-64)

Stunning record. Wow. yeah there's your leader.

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Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

The Cubs are not even my team, but listening to this press conference pissed me off. It is so transparent that Tom Ricketts would rather endure Chinese water torture than participate in press conferences. What the hell did you expect Tom? Right now, until you hire a "president"; it's your job to be the face of the club. I'm sure it's fun to tell friends that you own the Cubs, but it's way more than that. It's like an idiot that has just enough money to buy a Lamborghini, but all he can do is park it in the driveway because he can't afford the insurance or gas. Ricketts should have said period, end of sentence, "We will analyze the season and the organization, top to bottom, at the end of the season, and make the necessary moves, if needed." That way you don't get boxed into a corner to do or not to do something.

Bully Hendry would have signed Harper for 2.5 Billion over 30 years

After listening to these clowns at the press conference I will admit 100% that I am siding with jimmypasta and scorehead.....Fuck these losers. Ricketts is a Kansas City owner here in Chicago. He is a loser with a loser mentality who is keeping around Hendry just cause he doesn't want to buy out his contract. What a pile of dog shit.

Ricketts is in over his head. 85% of his money is now tied up in the Cubs. Cuban offered more money to buy the Cubs & he should have ended up with the team. The Cubs are starting to look & sound like the Bears with bad press conferences & a lame duck organization. This is exactly why I said that Ricketts should have fired Jim, Lou & Larry right after he bought the club. He should still do that now & hire John Schuerholz to run the team. Cubs fans deserve better than this. We deserve better than a small time fan boy who doesn't have a clue what to do with his new toy.

The Cubs insist that Tuesday's announcement of Piniella's retirement was in the works for much of the past week.

And Piniella explained that the ``important'' reason for announcing the impending retirement 2 1/2 months before it takes effect was the time and flexibility it gives the club to find and hire the best replacement.

But the announcement came off looking like a scramble earlier in the day - because it was.

The Cubs say they planned it for late afternoon but word broke early in the day after a longtime New York writer and Piniella friend, Bill Madden, talked to Piniella's agent and reported it.

That's when the scramble began to move up the timeline and issue a statement.

``It caused me a headache,'' said Piniella, who was disappointed he didn't get a chance to tell his coaches and players before news broke.

``I'm not too happy with my agent,'' he said.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

That's just hilarious.