Tag: Chicago Cubs

Catching Hell

I’ve been pretty vocal regarding my feelings about the Cubs making it to the NLCS. Let’s just say it doesn’t make me happy. A fair amount of people have asked me how I could possibly root against a team that…

Friday Ramblings

With these manager openings popping up in the National League (in the last week Theo Epstein fired Mike Quade and Tony LaRussa retired), it shouldn’t surprise me that Terry Francona’s name is being bandied about…and it doesn’t surprise me, but…

Bud Selig most likely deciding compensation for Theo Epstein

It has been widely speculated that the Commissioner’s Office would have to step in and decided what compensation the Boston Red Sox get for allowing the Chicago Cubs to hire Theo Epstein as their President and General Manager while he…

Dueling Major League Baseball press conferences

Today the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox both held press conferences to announce their new hires.  Cubs owner Tom Ricketts sat next to Epstein gloating while his new President of Baseball Operations talked of how much work he has…