Hendry once again showed that he is no match for the big boys

he just got pwned by Rothschild and the Yankees

as a result of this we will see Hendry's typical reaction in the coming days, and that is a flurry of Bully operations on players

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Go fuck yourself.

The news broke on the radio...no link to post.


By the time it hit the internets, I wasn't around my computer, and now that I'm back...well, go fuck yourself.

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If I was away from my kids for significant time during the year and was offered a job by a better company for more money and 6 weeks a year extra time with my family, Id take it.

Kiss my black ass would have been fine. I don't blame him at all for wanting to leave Cubville.

Exactly. To the people who thought he sucked, the YANKEES just gave him a 3 year deal.

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Team Cutler.

Does that mean he's good??

Here are the Cubs ranks in walks allowed in the 9 years RothSchild was pitching coach.

'10- 1st (most allowed)
'09- 9th
'08- 16th
'07- 7th
'06- 1st (most allowed)
'05- 7th
'04- 14th
'03- 2nd
'02- 5th

Only once did a Larry RothSchild coached pitching staff finish in the botom half of walks allowed. This is the guy who is supposed to get AJ Burnett to throw strikes?? Good luck with that.

Where did they finish in strikeouts those years? Gotta throw a strike (or a ball that looks like a strike) to get a strikeout too. What is the talent level of a Burnett versus some of those Cub pitchers? What was the bullpen like some of those years? I seem to recall a few starters walking guys and should have been removed, but weren't because the pen was full of absolute suck.

What was the name of the crack pot they had before Rothschild? The bull rider from New Mexico. I believe he's dead now. Given the options out there Rothschild was more than serviceable.
I don't know if he will become the second coming of a Jesus Christ type pitching coach in NY, but he was pretty decent for Cubville. I think that is about all you can ask for. Now he gets paid nicely and have a chance at a ring.

Certainly means he's not bad.

Plus, it's easy to pick stats that help any argument. Cubs strikeout totals in MLB (1st is good)

2010- 4th
2009- 2nd
2008- 1st
2007- 1st
2006- 1st
2005- 1st
2004- 1st
2003- 1st

Cubs Team ERA in MLB (1st is good)

2010 21st
2009 5th
2008 5th
2007 4th
2006 24th
2005 15th
2004 3rd
2003 5th


He was a good pitching coach. We are going to miss him.

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Team Cutler.

That's a lot of pitches. High pitch counts. Shorter outings. More susceptible to injury. The Cubs need to find a pitching coach who preaches pitching down in the strike zone. Get outs early in the at bat and pitch deeper into games. No more 5 and dive crap.

And a committment to first pitch strikes that PC's like Duncan, Mazzone, and Cooper preach.

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Glorious.

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What about the fact that Hendry is going "in-house" for a replacement, meaning "save money". Typical Ricketts. Why not expand the search for the best available pitching coach? Isn't that the objective?? Not with this pencil pushing owner...

I think this team needs to go and snag Mike Harkey from the yankees. That would be splendid.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

I'm still planning on retiring one day from my 50 count of Mike Harkey rookie cards. He was a Future Star you know.

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actually even better...at least say u heard it on the radio and what the deal was...dont just "he gone" it and leave us hanging

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whistler

I mean this in the nicest way possible

Please consider doing this:

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dammit boyd, don't you know that you can't let whistler down? when you only post a mean hawkism catchphrase to announce such monumental news as the end of the larry rothschild era, you owe all of us, especially whistler, more that that mean-spirited crap. dare i say it, you're being quite a bully, sir!

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You just can't call me starry eyed.

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dont get me wrong...I loved the hawkism too

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Does this kill the dream of a Kerry Wood return to the Cubs?

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Lighten up, Francis.

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We're dicked if the "in-house replacement" is anyone but Greg Maddux, and even he's an unknown commodity as a coach: all we have to work from beyond his pitching is that he liked to sit next to Sean Marshall in the dugout, and five years later, Marshall isn't a completely awful pitcher. I'm not ready for Pitching Coach Lester Strode.

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