Ryne Sandberg Suicide watch

[Bort]

I'm out, bitches!

He waited until all the other jobs were taken before quitting the Cubs?

How did we miss out on this guy?

So is this thread now the Ryne Sandberg suicide watch?

[Brownie]

Ah, we can link Ryne Sandberg to a job.

The Lehigh Valley of the International League, home to the IronPigs, Philadelphia's Triple-A Affiliate:

Prior to Huppert, the last five Phillies Triple-A managers have come from outside the organization -- recently named Cubs manager Mike Quade (1994-95), Butch Hobson (1996), Marc Bombard (1997-2004), Gene Lamont (2005) and just-fired Pirates manager John Russell (2006-2007) -- in part because the organization felt it had no Triple-A caliber managers on its staff.

...

Lamar did say he would like to promote from within again. But again, the Phillies are lacking in candidates with Triple-A experience, although Lamar said such experience wasn't necessarily a requirement.

"It all depends on the candidate," he said.

....

A dark horse candidate could be Ryne Sandberg, who developed his Hall of Fame talents in the Phillies minor league system before being traded to the Chicago Cubs. Sandberg, a minor-league manager in the Cubs system for four years and the Pacific Coast League's manager of the year at Iowa this past season, made no secret of his desire to succeed Lou Piniella at Wrigley Field and is reportedly looking for opportunities elsewhere and has been linked with several major-league coaching openings. The Cubs have invited him to return to Iowa.

[Brownie]

Allentown might be Ryne Sandberg's new address.

[PenPho]

Allentown might be Ryne Sandberg's new address.

You could have just said "THAT" and saved yourself the trouble.

[Brownie]

Ryne Sandberg. An Iron Pig.

[Internet Apex]

Ryne Sandberg. An Iron Pig.

So now he's a AAA Manager for a highly successful team not likely to make a managerial change for quite a while? Shrewd.

[Slaky]

Ryne Sandberg. An Iron Pig.

So now he's a AAA Manager for a highly successful team not likely to make a managerial change for quite a while? Shrewd.

Intrepid Reader: Charlie Manuel's Heart

HHHHHNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!

[Kermit IV]

Ryne Sandberg. An Iron Pig.

So now he's a AAA Manager for a highly successful team not likely to make a managerial change for quite a while? Shrewd.

Intrepid Reader: Charlie Manuel's Heart

HHHHHNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!

Seriously.  Manuel's going to be 67 next year.  That's tons, not years.

[Gilgamesh]

Ryne Sandberg. An Iron Pig.

So now he's a AAA Manager for a highly successful team not likely to make a managerial change for quite a while? Shrewd.

Intrepid Reader: Charlie Manuel's Heart

HHHHHNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!

Seriously.  Manuel's going to be 67 next year.  That's tons, not years.

Tip your waitresses, folks.  He'll be here all week.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Ryne Sandberg. An Iron Pig.

So now he's a AAA Manager for a highly successful team not likely to make a managerial change for quite a while? Shrewd.

Intrepid Reader: Charlie Manuel's Heart

HHHHHNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!

Seriously.  Manuel's going to be 67 next year.  That's tons, not years.

Tip your waitresses, folks.  He'll be here all week.

I doubt it.

(Though, I guess half the time when I see an SKO post I mistake it for a Kerm, if that counts for anything.)

[SKO]

Ryne Sandberg. An Iron Pig.

So now he's a AAA Manager for a highly successful team not likely to make a managerial change for quite a while? Shrewd.

Intrepid Reader: Charlie Manuel's Heart

HHHHHNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!

Seriously.  Manuel's going to be 67 next year.  That's tons, not years.

Tip your waitresses, folks.  He'll be here all week.

I doubt it.

(Though, I guess half the time when I see an SKO post I mistake it for a Kerm, if that counts for anything.)

It was my avatar first. He's just trying to latch his fading star onto my rise to prominence. I've got 51 followers on Twitter, dammit.

[Tinker to Evers to Chance]

Ryne Sandberg. An Iron Pig.

So now he's a AAA Manager for a highly successful team not likely to make a managerial change for quite a while? Shrewd.

Intrepid Reader: Charlie Manuel's Heart

HHHHHNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!

Seriously.  Manuel's going to be 67 next year.  That's tons, not years.

Tip your waitresses, folks.  He'll be here all week.

I doubt it.

(Though, I guess half the time when I see an SKO post I mistake it for a Kerm, if that counts for anything.)

It was my avatar first. He's just trying to latch his fading star onto my rise to prominence. I've got 51 followers on Twitter, dammit.

And now you've forgotten where you can from.  Too good to run a skoscast, even.

You've changed, man.

[Yeti]

Ryne Sandberg. An Iron Pig.

So now he's a AAA Manager for a highly successful team not likely to make a managerial change for quite a while? Shrewd.

Intrepid Reader: Charlie Manuel's Heart

HHHHHNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!

Seriously.  Manuel's going to be 67 next year.  That's tons, not years.

Tip your waitresses, folks.  He'll be here all week.

I doubt it.

(Though, I guess half the time when I see an SKO post I mistake it for a Kerm, if that counts for anything.)

It was my avatar first. He's just trying to latch his fading star onto my rise to prominence. I've got 51 followers on Twitter, dammit.

And now you've forgotten where you can from.  Too good to run a skoscast, even.

You've changed, man.

With a growing trend of people abandoning their shoutboxes, I can only assume Fork and CT won't be frequenting theirs pretty soon

[SKO]

Ryne Sandberg. An Iron Pig.

So now he's a AAA Manager for a highly successful team not likely to make a managerial change for quite a while? Shrewd.

Intrepid Reader: Charlie Manuel's Heart

HHHHHNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!

Seriously.  Manuel's going to be 67 next year.  That's tons, not years.

Tip your waitresses, folks.  He'll be here all week.

I doubt it.

(Though, I guess half the time when I see an SKO post I mistake it for a Kerm, if that counts for anything.)

It was my avatar first. He's just trying to latch his fading star onto my rise to prominence. I've got 51 followers on Twitter, dammit.

And now you've forgotten where you can from.  Too good to run a skoscast, even.

You've changed, man.

With a growing trend of people abandoning their shoutboxes, I can only assume Fork and CT won't be frequenting theirs pretty soon

I'm sorry, guys. It's been a busy month. Lot of Sundays spent on the road. I promise, Thursday night will be just like it was in the old days. Remember when we all watched Jay Cutler get his sphincter violated by the Giants?

Wait. Maybe We should never SKOscast again.

[Kermit IV]

Ryne Sandberg. An Iron Pig.

So now he's a AAA Manager for a highly successful team not likely to make a managerial change for quite a while? Shrewd.

Intrepid Reader: Charlie Manuel's Heart

HHHHHNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!

Seriously.  Manuel's going to be 67 next year.  That's tons, not years.

Tip your waitresses, folks.  He'll be here all week.

I doubt it.

(Though, I guess half the time when I see an SKO post I mistake it for a Kerm, if that counts for anything.)

It was my avatar first. He's just trying to latch his fading star onto my rise to prominence. I've got 51 followers on Twitter, dammit.

This is the biggest lie ever.