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Not Everyone is Happy About Theo Coming to the Cubs 266 Comments
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 ...
Offseason Roundtable, Part 2: The One Where We Discuss Soriano and Other Free Agent Senior Citizens 206 Comments
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 ...
Rangers @ Cardinals, Game 1 Open Thread 40 Comments
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 ...
World Series Preview: Texas Rangers (96-66) vs St. Louis Cardinals (90-72) 179 Comments
Before we get started, let’s just get this out of the way
GUYS, did you know that the World Series isn’t really all that worldy? A bunch of literal people on the Internet ...
Talks at a stalemate, Theo as President only? 93 Comments
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 ...
Relax, Cubs fans! 68 Comments
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 ...
Another shitty Cubs season in review: Alfonso Soriano 69 Comments
Alfonso Soriano hit 10 home runs and slugged .613 in April. Over the remaining five months he hit 16 home runs and slugged .435. Although he had a very good April, his OBP was only ...
Offseason Roundtable, Part 1: The One Where We Discuss Z, Theo, and Cashner 40 Comments
Every now and again, we here at Obstructed View like to get together in a chat room and discuss our favorite Star Wars characters and how George Lucas is ruining them, but we also sometimes ...
Bill James Expected RBI and Apologizing For Shit You Shouldn't Have to Apologize For 241 Comments
I bought Solid Fool’s Gold by Bill James this morning and I always like writing about some of the things he discusses. Not everything he writes has a lot of practical value, but ...
Evaluate GM Decisions At The Time They Are Made! 155 Comments
You’ve probably read similar articles elsewhere and are sure to read them in the future, but the Boston Globe took a look at Theo’s transactions and marked them as successes ...
More on compensation for Theo 91 Comments
We’ve talked a bit about compensation for Theo Epstein here and it’s been discussed a lot all over the internet. I thought it would be interesting to compare what the Marlins ...
So John Henry Walks Into a Radio Station… 1 Comment
Apparently the Boston radio duo of Felger and Massarotti were doing their show on 98.5 FM when they got word that Boston owner, John Henry had come into the station and wanted to come ...
Compensation for Theo Epstein 133 Comments
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe wrote that the compensation talks between the Red Sox and Cubs were set to begin soon. Apparently Ben Cherington has already been told he will be the ...
Cubs next manager 299 Comments
The day we learned Jim Hendry was fired, I talked about how listing general manager candidates would be lazy. The reality at that time was that there wasn’t a general manager ...
In Theo We Trusty (or something) 210 Comments
The Cubs signing of Theo Epstein is all but officially official. The Cubs have a penchant for blowing things that seem certainties, so until this is finally final and Theo is ...
Report: Cubs Now a Theocracy 180 Comments
According to WEEI, the Cubs and Theo Epstein have agreed to a 5-year deal worth upwards of $15 million. But it’s not finalized (not even official, much less officially official). ...
Theo, Cubs reach 5-year deal? No Comments
There are a lot of conflicting reports regarding the Theo Epstein/Cubs situation. A few have said it’s a done deal and a few others have said it’s very close while yet some ...
Theo close to signing with Cubs 225 Comments
So says the Boston Herald.
Two baseball sources have confirmed that Theo Epstein is on the cusp of leaving his job as general manager of the Red Sox to accept a position with the Chicago ...
Another shitty Cubs season in review: Marlon Byrd 137 Comments