Theo Epstein new GM?

Bob Nightengale reports Theo Epstein is being looked at by Tom Ricketts. Twitter

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Sounds like

Bob Nightengale read Phil Poger’s column this morning.

Disclosure: I do not have access to Twitter here at work and I do not know what Nightengale posted.

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by RiskyBusiness on Sep 12, 2011 11:28 AM CDT reply actions

You & I were posting at the same time, you beat me by a minute.

But I agree with you. Here’s the tweet:

#mlb #Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is making shrewd move waiting to see if talented Theo Epstein becomes available w 1 yr left on #RedSox deal.

Says nothing, actually, other than it’s very likely from reading Rogers.

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by Al Yellon on Sep 12, 2011 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions

Wasn't Nightengale...

… the guy who tweeted that Jim Hendry was going to be staying around, only a day or so before the firing was announced?

This is clearly a reaction to the Phil Rogers article in the Tribune today (sorry, I’m not going to bother linking it, because it’s the usual Rogers nonsense) in which he speculates that Tom Ricketts is somehow “waiting” for Epstein, without a shred of evidence other than he thinks so.

Move along, nothing to see here.

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by Al Yellon on Sep 12, 2011 11:29 AM CDT reply actions

Yeah, he calls it a "shrewd move"

I guess maybe I didn’t read it right, he maybe is just reacting to the Rogers article.

by adam316 on Sep 12, 2011 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions

Tom would be wise to at least

wait to make a decision until he gets a chance to talk to Epstein

If nothing else it gives us chance #543,672,980 to talk about Epstein becoming our GM

by hansman1982 on Sep 12, 2011 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions

#543,672,980 - looks like the number at the ice cream parlor

NEXT!

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by RiskyBusiness on Sep 12, 2011 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions

I think this is more Red Sox Nation panicking

Their lead in the WC is down to 3.5 games with 17 to play and they think the sky is falling. Now they’re convinced their GM is going to leave too. It would be funny if it weren’t so “Cub fan” of them. Even two World Series wins can’t beat that anticipation of doom out of them. I hope we’re better after we win our second World Series.

Rogers’ article has changed my mind from thinking there was a 100% chance that Epstein would stay with the Red Sox to a 99.5% chance that he stays with the Red Sox.

by Josh Timmers on Sep 12, 2011 11:54 AM CDT reply actions

Maybe the most interesting aspect of Roger's article

Is where it says we are at. If Roger’s is correct, Ricketts has a list and has probably interviewed some candidates. But he has not interviewed any sitting GMs yet. Or at least not one’s with playoff asperations for 2011.

This may take awhile.

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by RiskyBusiness on Sep 12, 2011 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I highly doubt if we have a GM before Nov 1

by hansman1982 on Sep 12, 2011 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions

I disagree.

The Cubs org. meetings start in mid-October. I cannot imagine Tom Ricketts not wanting someone in place by then.

Nightengale’s tweet, like Rogers’ article, sound like speculation. There’s very little real information in either one.

To paraphrase Josh, Rogers’ article has changed my mind from thinking there was a 100% chance that Epstein would stay with the Red Sox to a 100% chance that he stays with the Red Sox. (IOW, no change at all.)

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by Al Yellon on Sep 12, 2011 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions

"The Cubs org. meetings start in mid-October. I cannot imagine Tom Ricketts not wanting someone in place by then."

You’re saying this without a shred of evidence.

Nothing to see here, move along

by Nunyabidness on Sep 12, 2011 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions

He used the word Imagine

I don’t think he needs proof for that.

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by RiskyBusiness on Sep 12, 2011 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Exactly.

Yes, it’s my guess. But at least I labeled it as such.

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by Al Yellon on Sep 12, 2011 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions

No evidence...

but it’s based on common sense. No point to having organizational meetings… without someone doing the organizing.

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by jameslcrockett on Sep 12, 2011 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions

But, that would be an interesting meeting to be at without a GM

Tom Ricketts: “Hmmmm. What’s on the agenda? Oh, that’s all baseball stuff isn’t it? Well, let’s get another report from Todd on the new Spring Training facility. And then Crane can give us the Year Three ticket prices. This is gonna be a great meeting. Who wants another donut?”

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by RiskyBusiness on Sep 12, 2011 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Depends...

…who Ricketts is after. If it is someone who will be in the playoffs, you could be absolutely right. If not, I’m going to guess the guy will be in place within 7-10 days after the season ends.

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by MPH73 on Sep 13, 2011 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions

Springfield resident

looks at frothy Duff’s.

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by timh815 on Sep 12, 2011 12:21 PM CDT reply actions

I actually had a dream last night

that Ricketts hired a relief pitcher from the Cleveland Indians as the new GM. I kept thinking it was a dream but it was in the Chicago Tribune, so it had to be true.

by Josh Timmers on Sep 12, 2011 1:02 PM CDT reply actions

Did your dreams think Kerry still pitched for the Indians?

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by jameslcrockett on Sep 12, 2011 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Charlie Sheen?

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by timh815 on Sep 12, 2011 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Eddie Harris?

So i you can give you can take it.

by epsilon on Sep 12, 2011 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions

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by ubercubsfan on Sep 12, 2011 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Chris Perez?

by TJ11 on Sep 12, 2011 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Can't remember the name

But I just remember being nervous about coming on this board and seeing the reaction.

by Josh Timmers on Sep 12, 2011 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Better than

if it were Colletti

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by timh815 on Sep 12, 2011 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions

I actually had a dream the other night where I was named Cubs GM.

It was pretty sweet.

Pat Riley is the devil.

by Poloplaya14 on Sep 12, 2011 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions

If Epstein bolts the Sox

what a coup that would be. I give the Cubs a 5% chance.

by Grockcubs on Sep 12, 2011 2:48 PM CDT reply actions

Theo Epstein is hands down the best candidate...

…based purely on looks. Check out this handsome son of a gun:

g tha

He’s better looking than Brad Pitt — and Theo is a GM in real life!

Baseball is pitching, offensive production, baserunning and defense.

by daver on Sep 12, 2011 5:15 PM CDT reply actions

I guess Ben Affleck will play Theo when he gets his movie.

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by BucknerKongCardenal on Sep 12, 2011 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions

I want to see NPH play the role.

And throughout the whole movie he has to say “SUIT UP!”

by ubercubsfan on Sep 12, 2011 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions

He comes from a family of dramatists.

His grandfather was a screenwriter and one of the writers of Casablanca. His dad is an author.

Time to craft some stories with this northside cast of characters and bring some drama (the best kind) to Chicago.

by patches23 on Sep 12, 2011 5:45 PM CDT reply actions

In other news Ricketts reportedly expressed interest in buying the Mona Lisa

and getting 1 billion in government funds to build a new ball park and demolish all housing in a 3 block radius for Wrigleyland theme park. I believe the odds of those happening are the same as Theo leaving Boston ( and Boston letting him go).

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Me either

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 12, 2011 8:35 PM CDT reply actions