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Portrait of Charlie Grimm
Charlie Grimm, that is
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I’m beginning to think that baseball is bad for baseball. Rob Manfred certainly doesn’t help. But he’s a symptom, not the disease. I don’t think this idea is from out of left field, but you never know. Feel free to add your own permutations.

Here’s today’s Cubs News and Notes. As always, * means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). {$} means paywall. {$} means limited views. Italics are often used here as sarcasm font.

Theo Epstein, on waiting for a decision, regarding Kris Bryant’s grievance hearing: “We’re fairly confident in what the outcome is going to be but the timing is a bit frustrating. It would be nice to know. We’re at the winter meetings and there hasn’t been a ruling. I understand these things take time. It’s not going to be more than a couple weeks away but it would be nice to have that final confirmation.” — Jesse Rogers.

Food for thought:

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