Ricketts Family Annoyance Thread

[CT III]

David Haugh sets the record straight on Crane Kenney.

Okay, what the hell is going on with Crane Kenney?  My assumption was always that he was an empty suit that Ricketts was keeping around to do the dirty political negotiations because nobody likes him anyway.  Now all I hear is that he's Bob Pulford 2.0. 

I WANT SOME ANSWERS DAMMIT!

It's obvious: There's a super gay four-way between Biggsy, TIMSHAW, Crane Kenney and David Haugh. It's like Lemon Party 3000.

So Crane is Lemon Party Chairman?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

David Haugh sets the record straight on Crane Kenney.

Okay, what the hell is going on with Crane Kenney?  My assumption was always that he was an empty suit that Ricketts was keeping around to do the dirty political negotiations because nobody likes him anyway.  Now all I hear is that he's Bob Pulford 2.0.  

I WANT SOME ANSWERS DAMMIT!

It's obvious: There's a super gay four-way between Biggsy, TIMSHAW, Crane Kenney and David Haugh. It's like Lemon Party 3000.

So Crane is Lemon Party Chairman?

Da.

[BH]

No idea what this means, but I'm going to assume that hiring a non-baseball guy to watch over spending means we'll win the World Series in a few years.

[Brownie]

No idea what this means, but I'm going to assume that hiring a non-baseball guy to watch over spending means we'll win the World Series in a few years.

Again, Tom Ricketts wants a non-baseball guy to control spending? Doesn't he know he didn't have to look far?

[Eli]

No idea what this means

Probably nothing.

[CBStew]

No idea what this means

Probably nothing.

"Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts hired Stephen J.K. Walters to be a top consultant on all expenditures for the organization."

His first advice should be to fire the guy who they hired to give advice about spending money.

[BH]

I take it Rosenbloom isn't a fan of our owner. Way to go FANBOY, you just guaranteed Epstein signs a 3 year extension
with the Red Sox. Because a reporter asked Epstein about the Cubs. Good one, FANBOY.

[Internet Apex]

I take it Rosenbloom isn't a fan of our owner. Way to go FANBOY, you just guaranteed Epstein signs a 3 year extension
with the Red Sox. Because a reported asked Epstein about the Cubs. Good one, FANBOY.

How can we be friends when you keep trying to Rosenroll me?

[Slaky]

This reminds me: I like Dan Bernstein and he's a pretty smart person. I also understand that Barry Rozner is a colleague at the Score so maybe he feels obligated to support him, professionally. But when Bernstein retweets a Rozner article saying that Barry "gets it" because he's managed to do the mental gymnastics required to write an article about how the Cubs should be using sabermetrics as a tool to build a roster, that bums me out. Celebrating people who grasp obvious things like On Base Percentage is important should be beneath someone like Bernstein. Also, this one article doesn't erase 15 years of hackneyed, meatball horse-shit that Rozner has churned out on a regular basis.

So I guess the question is, WHY DAN WHY.

[CT III]

This reminds me: I like Dan Bernstein and he's a pretty smart person. I also understand that Barry Rozner is a colleague at the Score so maybe he feels obligated to support him, professionally. But when Bernstein retweets a Rozner article saying that Barry "gets it" because he's managed to do the mental gymnastics required to write an article about how the Cubs should be using sabermetrics as a tool to build a roster, that bums me out. Celebrating people who grasp obvious things like On Base Percentage is important should be beneath someone like Bernstein. Also, this one article doesn't erase 15 years of hackneyed, meatball horse-shit that Rozner has churned out on a regular basis.

So I guess the question is, WHY DAN WHY.

The good news is, Rozner and the rest of the Daily Herald are going behind a $20 per month paywall shortly, so we'll never hear from him again.  I'll miss reading Sassone and Miles though.

[R-V]

This reminds me: I like Dan Bernstein and he's a pretty smart person. I also understand that Barry Rozner is a colleague at the Score so maybe he feels obligated to support him, professionally. But when Bernstein retweets a Rozner article saying that Barry "gets it" because he's managed to do the mental gymnastics required to write an article about how the Cubs should be using sabermetrics as a tool to build a roster, that bums me out. Celebrating people who grasp obvious things like On Base Percentage is important should be beneath someone like Bernstein. Also, this one article doesn't erase 15 years of hackneyed, meatball horse-shit that Rozner has churned out on a regular basis.

So I guess the question is, WHY DAN WHY.

The good news is, Rozner and the rest of the Daily Herald are going behind a $20 per month paywall shortly, so we'll never hear from him again.  I'll miss reading Sassone and Miles though.

You're joking. Who's running that paper, Todd Rickaskey?

[Chuck to Chuck]

This reminds me: I like Dan Bernstein and he's a pretty smart person. I also understand that Barry Rozner is a colleague at the Score so maybe he feels obligated to support him, professionally. But when Bernstein retweets a Rozner article saying that Barry "gets it" because he's managed to do the mental gymnastics required to write an article about how the Cubs should be using sabermetrics as a tool to build a roster, that bums me out. Celebrating people who grasp obvious things like On Base Percentage is important should be beneath someone like Bernstein. Also, this one article doesn't erase 15 years of hackneyed, meatball horse-shit that Rozner has churned out on a regular basis.

So I guess the question is, WHY DAN WHY.

Umm... Wasn't Rozner's real point is that we need less of a Yellonish take on the team? The headline is misleading.

The next GM doesn't need to understand the culture. He needs to get rid of terrible contracts and transparent dogs and get better players who understand winning and aren't comfortable playing for managers and GMs who make life so pleasant and relaxed that even in 90-loss seasons, complacent players don't want to leave for a chance to win a ring.

What Barry wrote is bad?

[Quality Start Machine]

This reminds me: I like Dan Bernstein and he's a pretty smart person. I also understand that Barry Rozner is a colleague at the Score so maybe he feels obligated to support him, professionally. But when Bernstein retweets a Rozner article saying that Barry "gets it" because he's managed to do the mental gymnastics required to write an article about how the Cubs should be using sabermetrics as a tool to build a roster, that bums me out. Celebrating people who grasp obvious things like On Base Percentage is important should be beneath someone like Bernstein. Also, this one article doesn't erase 15 years of hackneyed, meatball horse-shit that Rozner has churned out on a regular basis.

So I guess the question is, WHY DAN WHY.

Umm... Wasn't Rozner's real point is that we need less of a Yellonish take on the team? The headline is misleading.

The next GM doesn't need to understand the culture. He needs to get rid of terrible contracts and transparent dogs and get better players who understand winning and aren't comfortable playing for managers and GMs who make life so pleasant and relaxed that even in 90-loss seasons, complacent players don't want to leave for a chance to win a ring.

What Barry wrote is bad?

Actually the next GM needs to understand the culture, otherwise he doesn't stand a ghost's chance in Hell of changing it.

[Brownie]

This reminds me: I like Dan Bernstein and he's a pretty smart person. I also understand that Barry Rozner is a colleague at the Score so maybe he feels obligated to support him, professionally. But when Bernstein retweets a Rozner article saying that Barry "gets it" because he's managed to do the mental gymnastics required to write an article about how the Cubs should be using sabermetrics as a tool to build a roster, that bums me out. Celebrating people who grasp obvious things like On Base Percentage is important should be beneath someone like Bernstein. Also, this one article doesn't erase 15 years of hackneyed, meatball horse-shit that Rozner has churned out on a regular basis.

So I guess the question is, WHY DAN WHY.

Umm... Wasn't Rozner's real point is that we need less of a Yellonish take on the team? The headline is misleading.

The next GM doesn't need to understand the culture. He needs to get rid of terrible contracts and transparent dogs and get better players who understand winning and aren't comfortable playing for managers and GMs who make life so pleasant and relaxed that even in 90-loss seasons, complacent players don't want to leave for a chance to win a ring.

What Barry wrote is bad?

What Chuck said. "OBA" was used as a metaphor for "things relating to how a player might be at playing baseball, scoring runs, preventing the other team from scoring runs, and ultimately winning games."

[Slaky]

This reminds me: I like Dan Bernstein and he's a pretty smart person. I also understand that Barry Rozner is a colleague at the Score so maybe he feels obligated to support him, professionally. But when Bernstein retweets a Rozner article saying that Barry "gets it" because he's managed to do the mental gymnastics required to write an article about how the Cubs should be using sabermetrics as a tool to build a roster, that bums me out. Celebrating people who grasp obvious things like On Base Percentage is important should be beneath someone like Bernstein. Also, this one article doesn't erase 15 years of hackneyed, meatball horse-shit that Rozner has churned out on a regular basis.

So I guess the question is, WHY DAN WHY.

Umm... Wasn't Rozner's real point is that we need less of a Yellonish take on the team? The headline is misleading.

The next GM doesn't need to understand the culture. He needs to get rid of terrible contracts and transparent dogs and get better players who understand winning and aren't comfortable playing for managers and GMs who make life so pleasant and relaxed that even in 90-loss seasons, complacent players don't want to leave for a chance to win a ring.

What Barry wrote is bad?

What Chuck said. "OBA" was used as a metaphor for "things relating to how a player might be at playing baseball, scoring runs, preventing the other team from scoring runs, and ultimately winning games."

Again, how does a person get credit for saying things like the Cubs need better players and a drastic organizational-wide attitude shift? The point wasn't that Rozner is wrong for saying these things. The point is that a smart person like Dan Bernstein shouldn't be giving Ol' Barry a belly rub and a bucket of milk bones because he finally managed to string together a few one-sentence paragraphs of cogent thought. How many of us could have, and have, written that same exact thing on this very message board?

The Cubs need better players and a new attitude. HAIL BARRY! HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH SUCH BRILLIANCE?