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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 ...
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    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 ...
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    Another shitty Cubs season in review: Marlon Byrd 137 Comments

    In 2010 Marlon Byrd had more plate appearances (630) than any other year in his career. He rewarded the Cubs with a .343 wOBA (107 wRC+), nearly 10 runs worth of UZR and was slightly ...

    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 ...
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    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 ...

    Theo is a Cub so what next? 153 Comments

    When the reports of Theo Epstein signing with the Cubs began to trickle in this morning (or actually last night), I started thinking about what it means in the short-term for the Cubs. ...
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    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 ...