Hoyer and McLeod to Cubs officially official?

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Jed Hoyer is expected to be named the new GM of the Cubs sometime next week. Jason McLeod will presumably become the Assistant GM. I won’t tell you about the post I had ready to publish before the Theo news broke this evening other than I didn’t really believe the Hoyer to Cubs speculation. The twitters even say that the …

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Not Everyone is Happy About Theo Coming to the Cubs

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I am used to seeing some pretty awful stuff written in the Sun-Times.  After years of employing Jay Marriotti, you pretty much just expected ooze to seep from the newspaper, but you get used to the usual players.  Telander lives off his reputation and phones in the occasional column consisting of one word paragraphs, shallow analysis and stale jokes.  Ginnetti …

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Offseason Roundtable, Part 2: The One Where We Discuss Soriano and Other Free Agent Senior Citizens

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As we get closer to the dawning of the Theo Era, we should probably finish off our roundtable discussion before it all becomes irrelevant.   berselius : Percentage chance Soriano is in a Cubs uniform on April 1  AndCounting : 98% Aisle 424 : 50% mb21 : 7.87% berselius : 3.7% berselius : why so high, Adam? AndCounting : I …

Rangers @ Cardinals, Game 1 Open Thread

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Berselius has fallen short of his duties around Obstructed View and failed to provide our wonderful readers with a World Series Preview. Because of his laziness, we are giving away extremely cheap subscriptions to Obstructed View. Just send $1 to the OV Offices nearest you. CJ Wilson vs Chris Carpenter tonight

Talks at a stalemate, Theo as President only?

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Not that we didn’t already know this considering how long the two sides have been at it, but Gordon Edes says the two sides are stalemated though some progress has been made. There appears to be resolution on at least one issue, according to a baseball source who has spoken with Red Sox officials. As things stand now, Epstein will …

Relax, Cubs fans!

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Brett on Bleacher Nation has done a fantastic job rounding up the Theo rumors over the past week. It’s been one of the few sites I even bother to check for info. It’s something that would drive most people mad seeing as how conflicting the reports are. The only quibble I have with any of the reporting has been how …