by Kent Sterling Someone is going to accept the position as manager of the Chicago Cubs because team president Theo Epstein is going to offer enough money to make it difficult to refuse, but that person should know walking through the door that a promising career as a big league manager will end two years […]
by Kent Sterling Anyone surprised that Joe Girardi decided to stick with the New York Yankees is a moron. The only hope the Cubs of had of landing the only decent manager with any interest in the job had was that the Yankees would be so dissatisfied with an 85-win season that they might tell […]
by Kent Sterling Can you imagine a world where a manager like Joe Girardi given a choice between managing the New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs? He can’t either. The delusions of mediocrity that invade the consciousness of Cubs fans every once in awhile, and visions of Girardi in Cubbie blue have provided the […]
by Kent Sterling There is some bad mojo going on at Wrigley Field. Fans and media claim that team president Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer are pressing all the right buttons in trading veterans for farm system bulk, and that the youngsters left behind are being tutored to play better at the major league level. […]
by Kent Sterling It’s hard to know who to be more pissed off at – the idiots who continue to pay retail to watch horrible baseball in Wrigley Field, or the morally bankrupt ownership who continues to charge among the highest prices in baseball for a product they know is incapable of a reasonable facsimile […]
by Kent Sterling General managers rarely fire themselves, even when it’s the most obvious answer for the failings of a major league baseball team. Ruben Amaro Jr. didn’t disappoint in that regard today when he punted longtime Philles manager Charlie Manuel. Manuel was smart enough to lead the Phillies to five straight National League East […]
by Kent Sterling Rick Telander wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum has no chance to continue in that position following the expiration of his contract after the 2014 season, and he’s probably right. That’s a shame. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Sveum hasn’t won, but if John McGraw, […]
by Kent Sterling Maybe I have seen this kind of idiocy for too long to see the trade of platoon outfielder Scott Hairston as nothing but the continuation run of directionless talent acquisition and dispersal by a franchise that needs to be focused on the distant future. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Hairston […]
by Kent Sterling This is the kind of writing that makes my brain ache. The Cubs traded some guys, including Scott Feldman, Steve Clevenger, and Carlos Marmol to a variety of team for a few other guys, plus some very important International Bonus Pool allotments that total in the neighborhood of $1 million. You see, […]
by Kent Sterling Winning a championship is hard, and there is no shame in not winning one for a few seasons, but minus a few outliers, the City of Chicago has had some barren years minus the Blackhawks over the past half century. I would love for you to click here to follow Kent on […]