Per NDB Paul Sullivan, some dude wearing a purple tshirt thinks he saw Theo Epstein at a Chicago Starbucks. True to form, he managed to work in a completely unrelated dig on Zambrano. Seriously, Tribune? There have been sightings of Theo all over the city, and this is the one you dug up?
We intrepid investigators at Obstructed View have heard reports of Epstein in no less than seven locations in the past 24 hours.
- A woman in an orange sweatshirt may have spotted Theo in the Jewel produce section buying bananas
- A cab driver wearing a yellow hoodie picked up a man that looked like Theo who asked for a ride to Wrigley Stadium.
- My friend’s cousin’s dog Fred, who was wearing a green collar, saw Theo taking an early morning swim in Lake Michigan this morning. Somehow Fred managed to take a picture despite lacking opposable thumbs:
- A man wearing red pants saw someone that looked a lot like Theo taking two bags of bananas into a house in lakeview. The nameplate on the mailbox said “T. Shakur”
- Yesterday afternoon, an airport employee wearing brown shoes spotted someone Epsteinesque getting off a plane piloted by an A. Earhart. The plane was supposed to arrive earlier that morning but it had been hijacked by someone calling himself D. B. Cooper.
- A 3 month old child wearing a blue diaper saw Theo eating dinner a downtown restaurant last night with Carlos Zambrano and Ozzie Guillen.
- A man wearing nothing but a tiger-striped thong saw Paul Sullivan wearing a purple tshirt in a Chicago Starbucks, having a long conversation with Scott Templeton.
(h/t to Aisley for a few of these)
Also, I didn’t realize you were in Chicago this weekend, MB.
This is truly embarrassing.
I mean, everything he writes is embarrassing, but this isn’t even subtly embarrassing.
[quote name=GBTS]I mean, everything he writes is embarrassing, but this isn’t even subtly embarrassing.[/quote]But…he had a source!
Exactly. Sullivan made this whole thing up. He is the most subhuman grabasstic piece of mongoloid shit employed by that paper.
Remember that they also employ Haugh and Rosenbloom.
Also, did HJE and Andy give you permission to point out the pile of journalism FAIL that is their GOOD FRIEND Paul Sullivan’s career?
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Also, did HJE and Andy give you permission to point out the pile of journalism FAIL that is their GOOD FRIEND Paul Sullivan’s career?[/quote]
No, I did not ask permission. Rediscredited and no dinner tonight.
[quote name=Berselius]No, I did not ask permission. Rediscredited and no dinner tonight.[/quote]A guy in a visor on Wabash and Jackson told me that HJE is fine with it.
Mary Gerdle, a Ukranian Village resident wearing a flowered mou-mou, told me she bought a beer for Jimmy Hoffa at Happy Hours taproom last night.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Mary Gerdle, a Ukranian Village resident wearing a flowered mou-mou, told me she bought a beer for Jimmy Hoffa at Happy Hours taproom last night.[/quote]
(dying laughing), I meant to work Hoffa into this
Texas Tech students covered the A& M team buses in cow shit and then shat in the drivers seats during the game in Lubbock.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Texas Tech students covered the A& M team buses in cow shit and then shat in the drivers seats during the game in Lubbock.[/quote]
aTm fans should buy a bunch of billboards in the Lubbock area and put a giant picture of the scoardboard on them.
[quote name=Berselius]aTm fans should buy a bunch of billboards in the Lubbock area and put a giant picture of the scoardboard on them.[/quote](dying laughing)
I just figured out the Etymology of “hearsay”. (dying laughing)
Not sure if this guy counts for The Rule of Three.
http://saskatoon.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111009/ex-weezer-bassist-dies-111009/20111009/?hub=Saskatoon
I thought this guy might have been the first of the three,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44755546/ns/health-health_care/t/dead-nobel-medicine-winner-keep-prize/#.TpH1f5yYOys
Also,
ALCS game 2 was just postponed until Monday afternoon.
wow, unusual to see Garcia walking so many
I was skimming through the comments since Friday and wanted to add something that I think hasn’t been stated anywhere. A lot of GM contracts don’t expire until October 31st or even at the end of the calendar year. Friedman’s contract likely has not expired yet and they would need permission from the Rays to speak to him at this point.
We need to put on the brakes here. It’s October 9th. I’d like to know who the next GM is going to be as much as anyone, but this is a process that shouldn’t be rushed. It’s also a process that can’t be rushed considering who the targets are. It’s quite likely that Cashman and Friedman are employed by their teams through at least the end of the month. Theo is employed through next season. The Cubs aren’t going to have a GM in place for awhile and there’s nothing wrong with that.
I do agree that the longer this Theo business plays out the less likely he is to join the Cubs, but such is life.
What pisses me off about this shit being published is that searching for Theo Epstein on twitter now is fucking useless.
[quote name=mb21]What pisses me off about this shit being published is that searching for Theo Epstein on twitter now is fucking useless.[/quote]Paul Sullivan is a menace.
[quote name=mb21]I was skimming through the comments since Friday and wanted to add something that I think hasn’t been stated anywhere. A lot of GM contracts don’t expire until October 31st or even at the end of the calendar year. Friedman’s contract likely has not expired yet and they would need permission from the Rays to speak to him at this point.
We need to put on the brakes here. It’s October 9th. I’d like to know who the next GM is going to be as much as anyone, but this is a process that shouldn’t be rushed. It’s also a process that can’t be rushed considering who the targets are. It’s quite likely that Cashman and Friedman are employed by their teams through at least the end of the month. Theo is employed through next season. The Cubs aren’t going to have a GM in place for awhile and there’s nothing wrong with that.
I do agree that the longer this Theo business plays out the less likely he is to join the Cubs, but such is life.[/quote]
Having the White Sox Ozzie/Ventura stuff right now isn’t helping either. From what I remember most MLB teams have an unspoken agreement not to announce any deals etc. until after the WS.
[quote name=Berselius]Having the White Sox Ozzie/Ventura stuff right now isn’t helping either. From what I remember most MLB teams have an unspoken agreement not to announce any deals etc. until after the WS.[/quote]Just not during the World Series, I think.
[quote name=Berselius]Having the White Sox Ozzie/Ventura stuff right now isn’t helping either. From what I remember most MLB teams have an unspoken agreement not to announce any deals etc. until after the WS.[/quote]The unspoken agreement is to not hire anyone during days the LCS is played or any day during the WS. There often is a team or two who hires somebody in between the LCS and WS. The Cubs did this with Lou Piniella. Dusty was in the WS so they obviously couldn’t hire him until after the season was over. The Cubs hired Quade toward the end of the LCS, but I’m pretty sure there was a game that day. It’s mostly the WS.
What 424 said. Much shorter. (dying laughing)
The Angels are looking to hire a GM too and I’ve barely read anything about that. If the Cubs do interview Theo and he’s interested in leaving they’ll probably get that done before the WS starts. Otherwise it’s probably going to be closer to December.
Tim Tebow’s throwing style is the perfect metaphor for Paul Sullivan’s writing style. Inept, ugly, and proudly so.
[quote name=mb21]The Angels are looking to hire a GM too and I’ve barely read anything about that. If the Cubs do interview Theo and he’s interested in leaving they’ll probably get that done before the WS starts. Otherwise it’s probably going to be closer to December.[/quote]Meanwhile, the Cubs want their fucking money by November 16.
I think the Cubs end up with Theo. I have no idea when it will be. It could be tomorrow, next week, next month or in February, but I think he ends up the GM of the Cubs. In all honesty, I don’t much care when it is. As long as he’s available, I don’t want the Cubs to hire anyone else.
How do you get a time out there when the pitcher is in his motion?
This says it all to me. What owner would say that about a guy who is not even 40 years old? Obviously it’s true. Everybody knows it is, but I have never heard an owner say that about a 65 year old GM or manager. Unless something drastically changes soon, and I doubt it does, I think Theo is as good as gone. That’s just not what an owner says about his GM or manager.
If there’s no discussion with the Cubs, Henry says that Theo is the GM through the end of his contract. That’s all. That’s all any employer would say. Henry said a lot even though he thought he didn’t.
[quote name=mb21]This says it all to me. What owner would say that about a guy who is not even 40 years old? Obviously it’s true. Everybody knows it is, but I have never heard an owner say that about a 65 year old GM or manager. Unless something drastically changes soon, and I doubt it does, I think Theo is as good as gone. That’s just not what an owner says about his GM or manager.[/quote]
I thought the same thing when I heard this on the radio the other morning. He also said they would only give Theo permission to interview with another team if it was a title above GM. So, I’m left to surmise Theo will be the Cubs new President if they want him badly enough.
[quote name=melissa]I thought the same thing when I heard this on the radio the other morning. He also said they would only give Theo permission to interview with another team if it was a title above GM. So, I’m left to surmise Theo will be the Cubs new President if they want him badly enough.[/quote]Did you see him walk his dog down your street earlier this evening?
[quote name=melissa]I thought the same thing when I heard this on the radio the other morning. He also said they would only give Theo permission to interview with another team if it was a title above GM. So, I’m left to surmise Theo will be the Cubs new President if they want him badly enough.[/quote]So Tom has to figure out what to do with his best beer bonging bro Crane before he can hire Theo? No wonder this is taking so long.
[quote name=Rice Cube]Did you see him walk his dog down your street earlier this evening?[/quote]No, but a man in red flip-flops told me he heard that Theo loves Chicago pizza.
I don’t think Henry said “only if” it’s a promotion. At least that’s not how I read it anyway.
To me that just means 1) the Cubs asked to talk to him about a position that includes a title above what he currently has and 2) that they wouldn’t necessarily decline if it was for a lateral position.
I think we can safely say that the Cubs have asked the Red Sox to talk to Theo about the GM job, as well as some type of President title. We can then safely assume, based on Henry’s comments and what teams typically do, that the Red Sox gave the Cubs permission to contact Theo. I think that’s about all we can be sure of at this point.
I think it’s a safe assumption that the Cubs got on the phone and called Theo after the Sox gave them permission. That seems a reasonable assumption to me. Perhaps the Cubs are playing hard to get. Maybe they’re the one who sends the “I like you” note in class and then acts all cool and shit. I doubt that. The Cubs are the 29 year old virgin in the room with a chance to date the most beautiful girl in town. So I’m guessing the Cubs got on the phone the very minute they were given approval to talk to him.
Since these rumors haven’t died and Theo has basically gone silent, i also think it’s reasonable to assume that the two sides will discuss the position. It seems unlikely they have already done so as that would be hard to keep private, but it’s possible considering the cubs sportswriters. Unless they read about it in the paper or get tipped by some random fan, they don’t have a clue. It’s still unlikely the Boston media wouldn’t have that info though.
So my guess is that Theo is interested and the Cubs plan to sit down with him at some point this week or next.
Looked like they had a bit of a slugfest in NLCS Game 1.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]So Tom has to figure out what to do with his best beer bonging bro Crane before he can hire Theo? No wonder this is taking so long.[/quote]The Cubs can create a new position. My guess is that Theo’s title is going to be President of Baseball Operations and General Manager.
I also guess that in 5 years Theo steps aside (as GM) and hires a GM.
[quote name=mb21]The Cubs can create a new position. My guess is that Theo’s title is going to be President of Baseball Operations and General Manager.[/quote]And Crane’s will be Chief Executive of Beer Pong, Bags and Truck Surfing
[quote name=mb21]I also guess that in 5 years Theo steps aside (as GM) and hires a GM.[/quote]How sweet would it be to hire Theo as pres, send Crane walking off a cliff, then swoop for Friedman as GM?
[quote name=Old Hoss Radbourn]How odd. I just saw T. Epstein in a Providence bordello. The Grays are coming back![/quote] .
I was the shooter on the grassy knoll.
There once was a man from Nantucket. No, really, there was, I saw in him at Caribou Coffee this morning.
I spoke to an angry hobbit this morning about Theo Epstein.
Too good to be true. Just ran into Spiro Agnew at a Dunkin Donuts.
[quote name=mb21]The Cubs can create a new position. My guess is that Theo’s title is going to be President of Baseball Operations and General Manager.[/quote]Optimism goggles engaged!
/Cubs Stats’d
http://twitter.com/#!/pinz99
Yesterday, I was at Menard’s buying paint and totally ran into Bob Vila. He smells like lavender and musk.
[quote name=GW]http://twitter.com/#!/pinz99[/quote]How proud Sullivan must be. Woodward and Bernstein get a high-level CIA operative, Sully gets some guy who wears purple shirts and tweets about how he imagines slapping people who mildly annoy him on the El.
Journalism.
[quote name=The Man In the Purple Shirt]How proud Sullivan must be. Woodward and Bernstein get a high-level CIA operative, Sully gets some guy who wears purple shirts and tweets about how he imagines slapping people who mildly annoy him on the El.
Journalism.[/quote](dying laughing)
[quote name=The Man In the Purple Shirt]How proud Sullivan must be. Woodward and Bernstein get a high-level CIA operative, Sully gets some guy who wears purple shirts and tweets about how he imagines slapping people who mildly annoy him on the El.
Journalism.[/quote]Check my meta. I learned that from Bob Oedenkirk, who I met at a Toys-R-Us in Kankakee.
I forgot Sully started a blog. He really put in a lot of work on it.
[quote name=mb21]I forgot Sully started a blog. He really put in a lot of work on it.[/quote]I saw Bill Gates at a Sizzler in Oconomowoc last week. I should tell him to help Sully with his blog. I asked him “Are you Bill Gates?” And he said “No, I’m Stan Tapanski.” Which was a clear sign that it was Bill Gates.
[quote name=mb21]I think the Cubs end up with Theo. I have no idea when it will be. It could be tomorrow, next week, next month or in February, but I think he ends up the GM of the Cubs. In all honesty, I don’t much care when it is. As long as he’s available, I don’t want the Cubs to hire anyone else.[/quote]
Congrats to Theo Epstein, the GM of the 2016 Cubs!
Also, in fairness to the Shire’s favorite sports reporter, the article was more about the fact that Cubs fans are so Theo-crazy that they keep thinking they’re seeing him everywhere. Mind you, that’s still not really news, but it’s not such a terrible Chicago-culture piece on a no-news day.
Don’t worry though, I still think he’s a cunt for the Zambrano thing (dying laughing). There’s no reason to put that in other than just to be a small, petty dickhead.
[quote name=fang2415]Congrats to Theo Epstein, the GM of the 2016 Cubs!
Also, in fairness to the Shire’s favorite sports reporter, the article was more about the fact that Cubs fans are so Theo-crazy that they keep thinking they’re seeing him everywhere. Mind you, that’s still not really news, but it’s not such a terrible Chicago-culture piece on a no-news day.
Don’t worry though, I still think he’s a cunt for the Zambrano thing (dying laughing). There’s no reason to put that in other than just to be a small, petty dickhead.[/quote]Even if that’s the point of the piece, that’s entirely unclear, and someone as dimwitted and humorless as Paul Sullivan shouldn’t be trying his hand at comedy, considering he’s so utterly dire at the type of writing he’s actually trained to do. (dying laughing)
Bottom line: that dreck had no place on the pages of a major metropolitan sports page.
[quote name=fang2415]
Also, in fairness to the Shire’s favorite sports reporter, the article was more about the fact that Cubs fans are so Theo-crazy that they keep thinking they’re seeing him everywhere. Mind you, that’s still not really news, but it’s not such a terrible Chicago-culture piece on a no-news day.
[/quote]That’s how I took the article. It’s not about Theo; it’s about Cubs fans.
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[quote name=The Man In the Purple Shirt]Yesterday, I was at Menard’s buying paint and totally ran into Bob Vila. He smells like lavender and musk.[/quote]On my way to meet Dale Carnegie at Moody’s. I’ve never met the guy before but I’m told you can recognized him by his pet marmoset’s prince albert.
I do not buy that PoS was trying to make a larger statement about Cubs fans as opposed to just passing along gossip. This guy is a hack and he loves to mock Cubs fans, no doubt, but he wanted to pass this gossip along. He doesn’t have shit to report as a journalist and didn’t want to call a random idiot a “source” so he made the fan part of the story. I’m not giving him any credit that he had some deeper commentary going on. Sorry, it doesn’t fit his style.
1) Paul Sullivan or any other journalist writing about baseball shouldn’t be writing an article about some random fan seeing Theo Epstein somewhere he almost certainly wasn’t. I mean, what are the odds that Theo Epstein, even if he’s in Chicago, is in the one place that guy says he saw him? It has to be less than 1% and that’s if we know he’s in Chicago. Add in that we don’t even know that and we’re talking way, way below 1%. Maybe .00001%. Or lower.
2) It might be a no-news day, but that doesn’t mean there’s not an article to be written about the Cubs. Bloggers do it every day. Sullivan could write about a couple dozen different things. Sullivan chose to write about the silliest thing possible.
3) when someone (anyone!) says they think they saw some famous person at some random place they’re likely to be mocked. Sullivan knows this and as he’s done so often in recent years, he’s only encouraged people to mock this guy. We’re talking about a guy who picks questions for his mailbag just so he can belittle them.
http://www.bleachernation.com/2011/10/09/report-red-sox-have-granted-cubs-permission-to-speak-to-theo-epstein/
[quote name=mb21]http://www.bleachernation.com/2011/10/09/report-red-sox-have-granted-cubs-permission-to-speak-to-theo-epstein/[/quote]That story is about as credible as Sullivan’s. (dying laughing)
I assume it’s just some guy putting two and two together, which is obviously above Sullivan’s head.
[quote name=mb21]I assume it’s just some guy putting two and two together, which is obviously above Sullivan’s head.[/quote]Most extant objects are above Sullivan’s head.
PoS should’ve just checked Theo’s foursquare.
[quote name=cdw]PoS should’ve just checked Theo’s foursquare.[/quote]No one needs FourSquare when you’ve got RandomGuyInAPurpleShirt.
What editor would actually allow this drivel to be put out as a legit column? This is like some shit you would read in Michael Sneed’s sights seen gossip column. Wonder if any Sneedlings saw Theo spooling pasta at Rosebud.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]No one needs FourSquare when you’ve got RandomGuyInAPurpleShirt.[/quote]
Random Guy in a Purple Shirt has now replaced Ask Jeeves.
[quote name=melissa]What editor would actually allow this drivel to be put out as a legit column? This is like some shit you would read in Michael Sneed’s sights seen gossip column. Wonder if any Sneedlings saw Theo spooling pasta at Rosebud.[/quote]That’s really the most appalling part of this whole thing. You look at some of tripe trotted out by Sully, Rosenbloom, Rogers, and Haugh, and it really makes you wonder just what the sports editor at the Tribune does.
I really think both sullivan and his editor should lose job for that
[quote name=mb21]1) Paul Sullivan or any other journalist writing about baseball shouldn’t be writing an article about some random fan seeing Theo Epstein somewhere he almost certainly wasn’t. I mean, what are the odds that Theo Epstein, even if he’s in Chicago, is in the one place that guy says he saw him? It has to be less than 1% and that’s if we know he’s in Chicago. Add in that we don’t even know that and we’re talking way, way below 1%. Maybe .00001%. Or lower.
2) It might be a no-news day, but that doesn’t mean there’s not an article to be written about the Cubs. Bloggers do it every day. Sullivan could write about a couple dozen different things. Sullivan chose to write about the silliest thing possible.
3) when someone (anyone!) says they think they saw some famous person at some random place they’re likely to be mocked. Sullivan knows this and as he’s done so often in recent years, he’s only encouraged people to mock this guy. We’re talking about a guy who picks questions for his mailbag just so he can belittle them.[/quote]Yeah, I don’t mean to argue that the piece was very good, or that he shouldn’t have gone out and found some real news to write about, or that he’s not a dickhead. It was just one of the many two-minute reads full of junior-high-level insights that you’ll frequently see in the Chi papers (and in middlebrow papers everywhere). But I don’t think he actually thinks some guy saw Theo somewhere — I’d actually blame mlbtr for giving that impression.
As usual with bad journalists, I blame lack of news (or the inability to find it) more than malice or sheer stupidity. Being forced to write something when there’s nothing to write can make anybody sound like an idiot. If you happen to be an idiot anyway, it makes you sound like Paul Sullivan.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]makes you wonder just what the sports editor at the Tribune does.[/quote]Not edit?
[quote name=fang2415]If you happen to be an idiot anyway, it makes you sound like Paul Sullivan.[/quote]Burn!
Incidentally, you guys should see the sports pages here in the UK. Usually the best they come up with is “Terry: we will beat Spain” (replacing Terry and Spain with whatever team member / opponent is coming up this week). I seriously think that article gets written once a week in the majority of London papers.
[quote name=MrCubs73]Here’s for hoping Epstein in the new Cubs GM. Then everyone who don’t like him now, can complain after 8 years when the Cubs have twice won the World Series.
The Plan: Since the Red Sox fans think Carl Crawford is such a bad signing, then I have a solution. After the Cubs bring Theo in to run the show, he can ship Soriano and Zambrano to Boston for Crawford. I will take the no good left fielder that Boston seems to hate so much these days. Then I bring up Jackson to patrol center moving Byrd over to right, while the Cubs wait for Szczur to show up and take over for Byrd. I sign Papelbon to take over for Marmol. I either shop Marmol or move him to the rotation, his control scares me. Not the guy I want on the mound in the 7th game of the World Series. I go after Edwin Jackson and Javier Vazquez to complement Garza , Cashner (Wells if Cash is not healthy), Dempster (Wells if Dempster opts out). While I am at it, I go out and trade for David Wright to play 3rd (Marmol, Lake & Barney or LeMehieu)
C Soto/Clevenger
1B Lahair/Vitters (Pena for one year deal, if he will come back for one year)
2B Barney or LeMahieu
3B Wright
SS Castro
LF Crawford
CF Jackson
RF Byrd/Colvin
SP Garza
SP Dempster
SP Edwin Jackson
SP Javier Vazquez
SP Cashner or Wells
CP Papelbon
RP Marshall
RP Samardzija
RP Wood
RP ?
This won’t happen, but this is my 2012 Central Division winning Chicago Cubs
[quote name=fang2415]Yeah, I don’t mean to argue that the piece was very good, or that he shouldn’t have gone out and found some real news to write about, or that he’s not a dickhead. It was just one of the many two-minute reads full of junior-high-level insights that you’ll frequently see in the Chi papers (and in middlebrow papers everywhere). But I don’t think he actually thinks some guy saw Theo somewhere — I’d actually blame mlbtr for giving that impression.
As usual with bad journalists, I blame lack of news (or the inability to find it) more than malice or sheer stupidity. Being forced to write something when there’s nothing to write can make anybody sound like an idiot. If you happen to be an idiot anyway, it makes you sound like Paul Sullivan.[/quote]Agreed. I don’t think he believes for a moment that the person saw Theo. I just don’t know why he’d write it. I’m sure the guy on twitter has caught all kinds of shit for his tweet and probably a lot more because of Sullivan’s article.
Wait for Szczur to take over for Byrd? Byrd has one year left. Szczur reached only High A last year. He’s not replacing Byrd in 2012. Not gonna happen.
Gonna be a long night for Rodgers.
[quote name=Berselius]Gonna be a long night for Rodgers.[/quote]The NFC North: Where You Get a Franchise QB and Sign A Patchwork OL
There’s no point in complaining about his editors because they are complicit. NDB told Julie a while back that he was directed by his higher ups to write more like a columnist, this is just a natural extension.
[quote name=mb21]Wait for Szczur to take over for Byrd? Byrd has one year left. Szczur reached only High A last year. He’s not replacing Byrd in 2012. Not gonna happen.[/quote]
He also suggests moving Marmol to the rotation because “his control scares me.” It’s pretty safe to say not gonna happen about 99% of that entire statement. Mr. Cubs 73 is no random guy in a purple shirt, that’s for sure. (dying laughing)
Man the Falcons are bringing the wood to the pile tonight. Their defense looks angry.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Man the Falcons are bringing the wood to the pile tonight. Their defense looks angry.[/quote]
(dying laughing)
What a novel idea. Your QB is in trouble, bring an extra TE and run some single wide and singleback sets, run the ball to cool down the defense.
I wish Mike Martz were watching this game instead of engaging in narcissistic masturbation.
Oooh, GB fail.
[quote name=melissa]He also suggests moving Marmol to the rotation because “his control scares me.” It’s pretty safe to say not gonna happen about 99% of that entire statement. Mr. Cubs 73 is no random guy in a purple shirt, that’s for sure. (dying laughing)[/quote]Yeah, all of it was wrong, but the Szczur comment stood out because there’s literally no chance he replaces Byrd next year. Maybe he gets a cup of coffee in September, but that’s it.
[quote name=mb21]Yeah, all of it was wrong, but the Szczur comment stood out because there’s literally no chance he replaces Byrd next year. Maybe he gets a cup of coffee in September, but that’s it.[/quote]MB, you never know. That’s the beauty of short hops.
I heard about the celebration penalty, but a touchdown-negating penalty? That’s just retarded…
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Video-LSU-8217-s-punter-is-the-first-victim-of?urn=ncaaf-wp7655
[quote name=Berselius]MB, you never know. That’s the beauty of short hops.[/quote]He could, or could not. It could go either way.
Packers fans getting a taste of what Bears fans see every damn Sunday.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Packers fans getting a taste of what Bears fans see every damn Sunday.[/quote]If Jay Cutler were a better leader Rodgers wouldn’t be in this jam.
[quote name=Berselius]If Jay Cutler were a better leader Rodgers wouldn’t be in this jam.[/quote]
You should see the faces Jay is making at his TV at home. His body language on the couch is just horrible, no wonder Rodgers’ line is so bad.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]
I wish Mike Martz were watching this game instead of engaging in narcissistic masturbation.[/quote]
How do you know he does it in front of a mirror? (dying laughing)
[quote name=Berselius]If Jay Cutler were a better leader Rodgers wouldn’t be in this jam.[/quote]Rodgers must’ve have been talking to Jay about ways to be a poor leader this week.
[quote name=melissa]How do you know he does it in front of a mirror? (dying laughing)[/quote]A guy in a purple shirt told me.
Doug Glanville’s piece on being eliminated from the playoffs (specifically in the 2003 NLCS): http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2011/story/_/id/7077713/2011-mlb-playoffs-teams-experience-bitter-end
[quote name=melissa]How do you know he does it in front of a mirror? (dying laughing)[/quote]Because it’s a two-way mirror.
Man, there have been some huge hits from the ATL defenders in this game.
If only Martz would let Jay move the pocket, maybe the Bears could see a play or two like that.
Holy shit, that kick would’ve been good from 60+. What a boot.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Holy shit, that kick would’ve been good from 60+. What a boot.[/quote]Monster kick. Packers fans are amazed as well (dying laughing)
[quote name=Berselius]Monster kick. Packers fans are amazed as well (dying laughing)[/quote]NBC says it’s a team record.
Aaron Rodgers is a video game character.
[quote name=GBTS]Aaron Rodgers is a video game character.[/quote]They’ve set the Atlanta defense settings to “rookie”…
Who poured rocks in Finley’s gloves tonight? I’m going with Rodrigo.
Atlanta special teams also being set to “stupid”…
The Falcons are self-destructing. (dying laughing)
This is a very unsportsmanlike game.
[quote name=GBTS]Aaron Rodgers is a video game character.[/quote]He’s having an unreal season. GB learned that you build the offense for the QB, not force the QB to bend himself to an offense for which he is ill-suited. Mike Martz is the worst thing to happen to Jay Cutler.
I’m really at a loss to see the GB penalty there. NFL officials have been utterly dreadful this year.
Which button in Madden is the “clutch throw” button? (dying laughing)
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]I’m really at a loss to see the GB penalty there. NFL officials have been utterly dreadful this year.[/quote]
I think it was the punt returner tossing the ball past the official when the official asked him for it. The refs are dreadful though.
[quote name=melissa]I think it was the punt returner tossing the ball past the official when the official asked him for it. The refs are dreadful though.[/quote]So GB gets a penalty because the ref has shitty reflexes? (dying laughing)
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]So GB gets a penalty because the ref has shitty reflexes? (dying laughing)[/quote]
No, because their punt returner is a dick. (dying laughing) It looked like he intentionally threw the ball behind the ref. I should have said behind instead of past the ref.
Al Michaels: “I’m not gonna play doctor here, but maybe a stinger.”
Solid work from an old pro.
[quote name=melissa]No, because their punt returner is a dick. (dying laughing) It looked like he intentionally threw the ball behind the ref. I should have said behind instead of past the ref.[/quote]I saw that, but I didn’t think it was intentional. (dying laughing)
FAILanta
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]I saw that, but I didn’t think it was intentional. (dying laughing)[/quote]
We need to ask the random guy in the purple shirt if he saw what happened. (dying laughing)
[quote name=melissa]We need to ask the random guy in the purple shirt if he saw what happened. (dying laughing)[/quote]Hell, he probably met that ref in Margie’s Candies last week.
Hmmm…this challenge could go either way.
On a whim I decided to look up career QB rating leaders and it seems Aaron Rodgers is ever so slightly better than Steve Young at this point.
How is it possible for them to let ten seconds of action go on before they realized that Atlanta called a timeout?
I honestly have no idea what QB rating supposed to indicate, although it strikes me as the CERA of NFL stats.
http://twitter.com/#!/AngryHack/status/123228678086856705
Jermichael Finely would like people to be aware of his biceps.
Sooner or later, Mike McCarthy is going to have to come to grips with the fact that James Starks isn’t really that good.
This clock eating drive is the biggest difference between the 2011 packers and the 2010 version
[quote name=Berselius]This clock eating drive is the biggest difference between the 2011 packers and the 2010 version[/quote]Well, that and the time difference.
/pedantic twat
Sullivan is mocking Cub fans. It’s one of his favorite memes. He is not a good enough writer to make it clear, though, which is why this article is so hilarious.
He is also passive-aggressively slapping the front office for not giving him stories on silver platters, which results in an inadvertent mockery of his own profession.
THis has all probably been said above, in which case I will mock myself.
Exactly.
It gonna rain!
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2011/10/10/2480737/on-rumors-tweets-and-sourcing#storyjump
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
Alvin is an idiot.
4-1
what I have learned at the age of 50 something is that sometimes a “source” doesn’t know every thing.
I wonder what other things has Al recently learned?
[quote name=dylanj]what I have learned at the age of 50 something is that sometimes a “source” doesn’t know every thing.
I wonder what other things has Al recently learned?[/quote]He learned how to go potty last week.
[quote name=dylanj]
I wonder what other things has Al recently learned?[/quote]It is always exciting to witness the birth of a meme.
[quote name=dylanj]
I wonder what other things has Al recently learned?[/quote]That Dallas is no longer on the air.
[quote name=Aisle424]It is always exciting to witness the birth of a meme.[/quote]What does the afterbirth of a meme look like?
Wait, don’t answer that…
[quote name=Aisle424]That Dallas is no longer on the air.[/quote]That “Word.” is a cool way to agree with someone.
I recently learned its not appropriate to shit in one’s soup.
Al’d
So Al didn’t realize before that the scouting department junior coordinator who is Deep Goat doesn’t know everything?
I wish this could be made up.
Is it considered a sabermetric nightmare if the Brewers win the World Series and the key factor is Yuni Betancourt?
So I guess Magglio Ordonez is done.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Video-Saturday-Night-Live-8217-s-funny-8216-?urn=mlb-wp23428
(dying laughing)
[quote name=josh]So I guess Magglio Ordonez is done.[/quote]His .634 OPS from a corner outfield position will be sorely missed.
[quote name=ACT]His .634 OPS from a corner outfield position will be sorely missed.[/quote]Actually, yeah, he was worth negative oWAR according to BREF. How did they make it to the postseason with a right fielder posting a negative WAR?
Still, Maggs had a nice career with several good years. Nothing close to HOF, but a few memorable years. Sounds like it may be the end of the road for him.
Yeah, snark aside, he had a very good career.
From Brad for FanGraphs:
http://www.fangraphs.com/not/index.php/theo-epstein-tom-ricketts-meeting-illustrated/
[quote name=dylanj]4-1[/quote]5-0, yo
[quote name=Berselius]5-0, yo[/quote]/pinkman
boobs.
Vitters triple slash in the AFL
.381/.364/.667
I know sample size and stuff, but it’s still funny that he has a higher batting average than OBP
[quote name=8volumesthick]Vitters triple slash in the AFL
.381/.364/.667
I know sample size and stuff, but it’s still funny that he has a higher batting average than OBP[/quote]His sacrifice fly and ROE skills are legendary.
ROE doesn’t count toward OBP or AVG.
I’m guessing Vitters has 1 sac fly as we’re not that far into the AFL season. I’d love to see Vitters improve his on-base skills, but I think at this point it comes down to whether or not he can hit the ball a long way a lot.
Word is that Vitters won’t even be able to stay at third base. That decreases his value even more.
[quote name=ACT]ROE doesn’t count toward OBP or AVG.[/quote]I don’t know if MLB officially recognizes ROE as a statistic but my limited knowledge suggests that it will result in an “0-for” and thus counts against OBP and average, whereas a sacrifice fly will not count against average but will count against OBP. Naturally I could be wrong, but I do like learning new things.
[quote name=Rice Cube]I don’t know if MLB officially recognizes ROE as a statistic but my limited knowledge suggests that it will result in an “0-for” and thus counts against OBP and average, whereas a sacrifice fly will not count against average but will count against OBP. Naturally I could be wrong, but I do like learning new things.[/quote]That’s exactly right.
[quote name=mb21]I’m guessing Vitters has 1 sac fly as we’re not that far into the AFL season. I’d love to see Vitters improve his on-base skills, but I think at this point it comes down to whether or not he can hit the ball a long way a lot.[/quote]
agree. hopefully he can provide some defensive value tho. I wonder if a corner OF position might give him the opportunity to provide some positive offensive value, as opposed to 1B
[quote name=ACT]That’s exactly right.[/quote]Yeah, my previous comment was meant to take light of Vitters’ goofy slash line.
[quote name=ACT]Word is that Vitters won’t even be able to stay at third base. That decreases his value even more.[/quote]I read via either one of the scouts’ posts or Muskat’s tweets that he was being tried in corner outfield and also at 1B.
[quote name=Rice Cube]
Yeah, my previous comment was meant to take light of Vitters’ goofy slash line.[/quote]But since ROE counts against,both OBP and AVG, it has nothing to do with the fact that his OBP is lower.
I think the only thing that can account for a lower OBP is the sac fly.
BEWB CUPCAKES
[quote name=ACT]I think the only thing that can account for a lower OBP is the sac fly.[/quote]Correct + correct + correct.
DEEP GOAT IS THE MAN IN THE PURPLE SHIRT
I LOVE LAMP.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]DEEP GOAT IS THE MAN IN THE PURPLE SHIRT[/quote]Nope. My roommate saw Deep Goat and the Man in the Purple Shirt together waiting for a bus outside The Admiral two Thursdays ago.
[quote name=GBTS]Nope. My roommate saw Deep Goat and the Man in the Purple Shirt together waiting for a bus outside The Admiral two Thursdays ago.[/quote]One of them was obviously a decoy to throw you off the fact that they are the same person.
/Batman tactic’d
I recently learned that Theo Epstein may or may not be the next GM.
[quote name=dylanj]I recently learned that Theo Epstein may or may not be the next GM.[/quote]You must know someone with a purple shirt…or you live in the vicinity of Bag End.
The Indians may not pick up Grady Sizemore’s option. I didn’t realize he was almost 30. He seems a lot younger. If you measure age by playing time, he should only be about 26.
I recently learned that The Indians may not pick up Grady Sizemore’s option. I didn’t realize he was almost 30. He seems a lot younger. If you measure age by playing time, he should only be about 26.
[quote name=dylanj]I recently learned that The Indians may not pick up Grady Sizemore’s option. I didn’t realize he was almost 30. He seems a lot younger. If you measure age by playing time, he should only be about 26.[/quote]I’m bored too.
[quote name=josh]I’m bored too.[/quote]I recently learned that Josh is bored.
It’s a way of meme.
[quote name=Rice Cube]I recently learned that Josh is bored.
It’s a way of meme.[/quote]I recently memed that RC memed that I am bored.
It’s a meme of meme.
Malkovich.
Ye gods. Derek Holland pitches like old people fuck.
Throw a fucking pitch, for the love of Pete LaCock.
Holland isn’t pitching effectively, he’s just boring the Tigers to death.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Ye gods. Derek Holland pitches like old people fuck.[/quote]This is why AL games take four hours.
I recently learned that boredom can be used as a weapon in baseball. Thanks, MO.
I recently learned that old people fucking is frustrating to MO
I recently learned that this is a pretty good Cubs Stats article:
http://www.cubsstats.com/2011/10/why-chicago-cubs-fail.html
Josh Hamilton is strong as fuck.
[quote name=dylanj]I recently learned that old people fucking is frustrating to MO[/quote]I suppose that’s better than recently learning that old people fuck.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Ye gods. Derek Holland pitches like old people fuck.[/quote]That makes me laugh every time you say it. (dying laughing)
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Josh Hamilton is strong as fuck.[/quote]But is he as strong as old people fuck?
[quote name=josh]But is he as strong as old people fuck?[/quote]Well, yes, but odor isn’t everything.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Well, yes, but odor isn’t everything.[/quote]They stinks.
[quote name=Rice Cube]They stinks.[/quote]RC has been peremptorily suspended from the blog. He can browse, but he can’t participate.
The boredom spell has been lifted.
I can’t wait until Al in calls Theo a fun sucker.
Kevin_Goldstein Kevin Goldstein
Isn’t making a pitching change because Brandon Inge is coming up the very definition of over-managing?
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Sure, never looked right. RT @codymdunlap: @Kevin_Goldstein Normally I’d say yes, but hasn’t Holland’s performance warranted a change?
I recently learned that you can say whatever you want on the internets
[quote name=mb21]I can’t wait until Al in calls Theo a fun sucker.[/quote]Because he uses analytical tools?
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/so-much-for-that-gm-says-reds-arent-trading-joey-votto/
Cubs can has Alonso?
KG is a stooge. Holland was missing up, the Tigers were whacking him around, and Inge, even in a down year, has for-real pop. It was the right move.
[quote name=josh]Because he’s an analytical tool?[/quote]Correct.
[quote name=Rice Cube]http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/so-much-for-that-gm-says-reds-arent-trading-joey-votto/
Cubs can has Alonso?[/quote]Can haz Theo ————> can haz Alonso?
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Can haz Theo ————> can haz Alonso?[/quote]No Cubs news —>
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]KG is a stooge. Holland was missing up, the Tigers were whacking him around, and Inge, even in a down year, has for-real pop. It was the right move.[/quote]
You have to leave a struggling pitcher in. Let him work it out. Builds experience. That’s what’s important. Wait, has postseason started yet?
i just like the fact that you can call it overmanaging and then take it back a second later when challenged. You know its like 50 50 if it was the right move.
A.J. Pierzynski is a FOX correspondent? Who’s next? RuPaul? John Cena?
Thayer ——> Not a Nmdaklfjasdlfasdfng Suh fan.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Bears-radio-analyst-Thayer-Chicago-should-retal?urn=nfl-wp9235
[quote name=GBTS]Thayer ——> Not a Nmdaklfjasdlfasdfng Suh fan.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Bears-radio-analyst-Thayer-Chicago-should-retal?urn=nfl-wp9235/quoteIt's not that he’s incorrect, it’s just that the Bears have their own headhunting asshat in Brandon “WHOOOOWAHT COVERAGE!” Meriweather, so it looks a little disingenuous to castigate Suh for his cheap shotting (which is clearly the case) when you have a guided missile in your own secondary.
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]A.J. Pierzynski is a FOX correspondent? Who’s next? RuPaul? John Cena?[/quote]Uh… How does this not make perfect sense? Take the most grating, annoying man in baseball and put him on the most grating, annoying station on television. Marriage made in heaven, my friend.
[quote name=josh]Uh… How does this not make perfect sense? Take the most grating, annoying man in baseball and put him on the most grating, annoying station on television. Marriage made in heaven, my friend.[/quote]Joe Morgan is back on TV?
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]A.J. Pierzynski[/quote]http://www.theonion.com/video/man-born-with-stupid-goddamn-face-you-just-want-to,26263/
[quote name=josh]Uh… How does this not make perfect sense? Take the most grating, annoying man in baseball and put him on the most grating, annoying station on television. Marriage made in heaven, my friend.[/quote]I lie down corrected.
New Theo news: http://www.obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/articles/tom-calls-theo.html