Yes

I get cat calls every so often but I wouldn't call it heckling.

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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!

nuts.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

So basically, Theo is firing Renteria for decisions he made himself. Only the fuckin' Cubs!

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down to get it!

you've seen the light! He made a poor decision hiring a puppet and has corrected that mistake.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

if you're expecting a strict Theo apologist, you've been barking up the wrong arbol.

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I do think it is great. I have said though you can back up the best manager in baseball stuff and guarantee of a WS win. I am more perturbed by B&B and to a lesser extent media than Cub fans on this.

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Elections have consequences.

I dont think Ive ever used that. I dont go about trying to prove manager's worth that often

Use it if you want, Ive just pointed out a flaw in it

I'm just talking generally. I'm not a slave to averages myself. But people often lean on them in arguments as if they're the law.

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Ah well.

They definitely improved in the second half.

I don't care what the Cubs do. I'm just saying, Renteria did a fine job and he got fucked. And hiring Maddon probably won't work out the way people think. Way too much is made of managers. This guy isn't gonna be hitting or pitching. Is it really worth it to fuck a good guy for nothing?

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down to get it!

I just dont think he's that fucked.

It sucks but he'll likely be managing somewhere else within a year

Thursdays at 5:03pm.

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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

Maybe a Wal Mart or Circle K

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

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Frank doesn't think so.

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

I don't think he is any better position than before the Cubs hired him. This season of experience will be looked on as the equivalent of some interim coaching by prospective employers. I think his next position is back to a position or bench coach with a bad mustache

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

I was told he was the hot candidate back then.

only because of the mustache

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

Cubs at 50/1 to win the 2015 WS. Better get on that because its like to drop to 3/1 once Maddon is introduced.

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What a shitshow.

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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

This is almost twice the odds they said this afternoon on........one of the stations, forget which one.

Sox were behind the cubs at 30-1

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I think Cubs opened at 50-1 and dropped to 30 something to one after taking bets.

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Elections have consequences.

I think Theo liked the job Renteria did. I did too. But when an exceptionally qualified candidate, with vast experience (and success) developing young talent is available, you make the upgrade at the position.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Sveum was bad, and I assume they had no visions of Maddon opting out of his contract. Sucks for Renteria, as this might have been his only chance to manage. But organizationally they made the right move.

I think Dusty, Baylor and Lou were seemingly out of it when they arrived - I think Maddon still has his head in the game. Haven't followed the Reds at all; not sure if Dusty came back to life or not.

Dusty isn't the manager of the Reds anymore.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Yeah. And check out this year's results.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

He was there for a few years, didn't they even make the payoffs? Not sure how much, if any, was due to him.

PLAYOFFS, not payoffs. Didn't mean to make the Reds part of FIFA.

funny thing is, you can really only determine that in hindsight but it seems a bit more probable for a 61 year old guy looking for his big payday on his last contract. That point is met with a collective lack of understanding by some on this board.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
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