The 2007 manager of the Peoria Chiefs is..........

by CubFan BudMan on Dec 4, 2006 9:55 PM CST

RYAN SANDBERG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

reports espn 1000 bruce levine at 9:48

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 300 charecters

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Wow

That's awesome. He's made it clear that he wants to manage, and he's showing that he understands that he'll have to prove his worth like everyone else. I hope he succeeds.

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by gravedigger on Dec 4, 2006 9:57 PM CST reply actions

Any relation to Ryne?

n/t

by Molechaser on Dec 4, 2006 9:58 PM CST reply actions

For as much as I wanted

Ryno's name to actually be "Ryan" when I was a little kid (Ryan being my name).......please, give credit where credit is due to the CUB that will more than likely be #4 on Al's 100 Top CUBS list......

My guess.....

Ernie Banks
Fergie Jenkins
Billy Williams
Ryne Sandberg

Although, in my ballot.....Sandberg = #1 ;)

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by TheBeerBaron on Dec 4, 2006 10:01 PM CST reply actions

hilarious that sosa isn't in that group

seeing as though he nearly equaled ryno's homer output in his four best years alone. Of course homers aren't everything. I have no problem with the omission.

See the Sosa debate from earlier today.

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by Thelonious on Dec 4, 2006 10:09 PM CST up reply actions

I was going to Joke about Sosa on that list...

...but I figured everyone was rubbed raw from earlier.

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by gravedigger on Dec 4, 2006 10:12 PM CST up reply actions

He's definetely Top 10.....

Sosa's numbers up until 1998 were nothing special.....never topped .340 OBP, hit .300 once.....as a matter of a fact....Sosa hit .256/.304/.443 his first 10 seasons....

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by TheBeerBaron on Dec 4, 2006 10:25 PM CST up reply actions

no way

Sandberg ahead of Jenkins for sure.

Maybe Banks, Williams, Sandberg, Santo?

Though maybe 3 and 4 could be switched?

Quade!

by mikew on Dec 4, 2006 10:27 PM CST up reply actions

All I know is...

...I'd really like to see at least one of "Tinkers to Evers to Chance" make the top five, at the very least. Preferably Frank Chance. He led the NL in on-base percentage in 1905, y'know. Oh, and won two WS. While being the manager at the same time. (Led the NL in OBP in 1905... Baseball-Reference.com, how I love you so. Even if you DON'T list his CERA.)

by cwyers on Dec 4, 2006 11:10 PM CST up reply actions

I love this speculation...

... and while I will tell you that all the players you mention here are indeed on the list, and high on the list, you are forgetting other eras in Cub history.

Speculate away!

by Al Yellon on Dec 5, 2006 9:11 AM CST up reply actions

I'd have to imagine...

That 3 Finger Brown has got to be pretty high on the list as well.

by Randy on Dec 5, 2006 9:20 AM CST up reply actions

Durocher era, and the Depression

These two eras have produced a few already, but Glen Beckert, Don Kessinger, and Randy "Don't Call Me Todd" Hundley have to be there along with the obvious names of Banks, Williams, Santo, and Jenkins. And we've seen Hands, Hickman and Altman already.

The Depression Cubs had Billy Herman, Gabby Hartnett, Hack Wilson, Kiki Cuyler, Lon Warneke, Bill Lee, Billy Jurges, and even Rogers Hornsby for a few years. In addition to Riggs Stevenson, who we just saw, those names all have to be there, right?

"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004

by ctcoff99 on Dec 5, 2006 4:32 PM CST up reply actions

AHA!

Another one bites the dust! TheBeerBaron's name is RYAN!!!!!

One down, 50+ left to go. Come on, proggy, out with it!

HENDRY!

by cubbiejulie on Dec 5, 2006 4:45 PM CST up reply actions

I called it

Last week!

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/comments/2006/11/29/185617/59/3#3

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by Josh Timmers on Dec 4, 2006 11:19 PM CST reply actions

I'm not surprised he's managing.

I thought he would manage from the day he had that interview on WGN Radio the day they retired his number. He sounded like he wanted to come back, but first he needed a break.

I'm happy for him. I guess I really have to go see the Chiefs now!

"I don't talk. I just let what I do talk for myself." -Johan Santana

by sparkles721 on Dec 4, 2006 11:22 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah that's right

Get those tickets!

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by gravedigger on Dec 4, 2006 11:23 PM CST up reply actions

I LOVE Sandberg

maybe I'll drive out to Peoria when I'm home next summer

SINATRO!!!! Its music to my ears.

by flyball on Dec 5, 2006 8:34 AM CST reply actions

It will be interesting

It will be interesting to see how he does as a manager. It seems to me, that though he should have as good a knowledge of the game as anyone, my impression is that he is not a very good communicator.

It would be nice to see him come out from that shell. I am rooting for him.

"I lof to hit de home ron."

by Tekboy on Dec 5, 2006 8:44 AM CST reply actions

There's a difference...

... in being able to be glib in a public sense (i.e. what you might have seen of him on TV), and being able to communicate in private, among people who are in the same field as he is (i.e., baseball players and coaches).

Anyone who's heard Lou Piniella as a TV commentator should be able to see this point.

by Al Yellon on Dec 5, 2006 9:10 AM CST up reply actions