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Tom Calls Theo

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The Red Sox have apparently granted the Cubs permission to speak with Theo Epstein about their vacant general manager position.  Paul Sullivan has reported that his best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw Theo pass out at 31 Flavors last night in Chicago (or something like that). …

Cubs GM Search Update: Day 77, Still No Update

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Holy mother of God, would something just happen? The way things are going, I assume man will be living on Mars before the Cubs have a new GM. They have been without one now for almost 3 months.  Sure, we’ve only known about the vacancy for 2 months, but that is just semantics.  It doesn’t change the fact that every …

On Theo

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The following comment by Smokestack Lightning was such a good one that it deserves to be highlighted on the front page. Quoting dylanj: Friedman is my first choice simply because I think what he is doing is harder than what Theo did. Go write him a very very large check. I have mad respect for Friedman too but to disregard …

Cubs ask Red Sox for permission to talk to Theo

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I don’t have anything to add, but figured since we knew this was coming it may as well be a post of its own. Globe colleague Dan Shaughnessy has learned from a team source that the Chicago Cubs have asked the Red Sox for permission to speak with Theo Epstein regarding a position in their organization. According to Shaughnessy, there …

A thought or two about Carlos Marmol

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I didn’t make it a secret that I thought the Cubs 3-year extension given to Carlos Marmol last offseason wasn’t a wise decision. Despite that, I made it clear that Marmol was not being paid like an elite reliever and was worth the contract at the time it was signed. This was true even if you consider the discount that …

Carlos Zambrano was NOT added to the 40-man roster

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Pitchers Justin Berg and Brian Schlitter were designated for assignment by the Cubs on Thursday, and pitcher Carlos Zambrano was added to the 40-man roster. Zambrano was taken off the 40-man roster when the Cubs determined that he would not be returning to the team for the final month. On Sept. 2, the Cubs announced Zambrano would not return after …

Offseason Preview: Trade Candidates

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Without even knowing what the Cubs general plan is going to be this offseason, it’s very difficult to look ahead to the offseason with any confidence of what they may do. They could decide to go all in and go after guys like Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder and CC Sabathia. They could pass on all of them and stand …

What kids?

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Every year the Cubs struggle the masses come out and say the Cubs should play the kids. It happens every single time. It happens when a veteran is struggling. It’s happened a lot as the 2011 season has progressed. Who exaclty are the kids on the Cubs? Generally speaking, we refer to kids as being younger than 18. Often times …

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Some Thoughts On Ryan Dempster

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Ryan Dempster‘s April was just horrible. In his first start he allowed 6 runs and then in two others he allowed 7 runs. Dempster took over the role that Carlos Zambrano had for several years in which he was the opening day starter and had a bad April. In 31 April innings he allowed 42 hits, walked 16, hit 1 …