Rick Renteria Cubs Manager

[#1swisher]

Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago [BREAKING NEWS] According to a report, #Cubs to name Rick Renteria next manager -- http://bit.ly/17cInUr #CubsTalk



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Rick Renteria will be named @Cubs manager on Thursday, reports @MLB.com

[DumpJerry]

Poor guy. One day, maybe Theo and Jed will allow him to fill out a lineup card (word is, that is the real reason why Svuem was fired, he resisted their "instructions" on how to fill it out).

[Boondock Saint]

So who's planning the parade?

[Brian26]

This is just as good as when the Cubs had to hire Len Kasper after their first three choices turned them down.

[LITTLE NELL]

Originally Posted by Boondock Saint

So who's planning the parade?

The Billy Goat.

[doublem23]

That was fun, everyone, see you all again in 2015

[HomeFish]

I saw the headline of "Renteria to manage Cubs" and I assumed it must have been Edgar. That generation of players is now starting to manage, after all.

[CoopaLoop]

Never heard of him

[JB98]

And Wittenmyer claims Renteria was the first choice all along.

http://www.suntimes.com/23585565-761...all-along.html

That's humorous.

[tstrike2000]

Originally Posted by JB98

And Wittenmyer claims Renteria was the first choice all along.

http://www.suntimes.com/23585565-761...all-along.html

That's humorous.

That is humorous. Of course, they didn't want guys like Girardi, or even Brad Ausmus, ahead of Renteria.

[tstrike2000]

Originally Posted by HomeFish

I saw the headline of "Renteria to manage Cubs" and I assumed it must have been Edgar. That generation of players is now starting to manage, after all.

That's who keeps springing to mind everytime I hear that last name.

[roylestillman]

Originally Posted by JB98

And Wittenmyer claims Renteria was the first choice all along.

http://www.suntimes.com/23585565-761...all-along.html

That's humorous.

Wow, nice of the Cubs Marketing staff to write this for Gordon. I don't feel like looking it up, but all you have to do is look up Theo's criteria for hiring Sveum's replacement. It was like reading Girarfi's resume.

This, no finished deal on Wrigley, WGN TV up in the air, now the star search for radio color man (if Kerry Wood turns them down, they ought to sell the team) and the three year, no five year, no seven year plan to rebuild the team on the field really has to wonder how this organization is being run.

[tebman]

Originally Posted by roylestillman

Wow, nice of the Cubs Marketing staff to write this for Gordon. I don't feel like looking it up, but all you have to do is look up Theo's criteria for hiring Sveum's replacement. It was like reading Girarfi's resume.

This, no finished deal on Wrigley, WGN TV up in the air, now the star search for radio color man (if Kerry Wood turns them down, they ought to sell the team) and the three year, no five year, no seven year plan to rebuild the team on the field really has to wonder how this organization is being run.

Sometimes I wonder if Epstein knew what he was getting into when he took the job. I see pictures of him, always with that tight-lipped, pensive look on his face, and I think that rather than deeply considering his next chess-master move he's asking himself why the hell he did this.

The Cubs have been run as a tourist attraction for decades and now that trend is headed to its logical conclusion as Ricketts makes it into a theme park. The baseball operation remains secondary to the ballpark/neighborhood mystique. If Epstein didn't know that, he didn't do his homework or he didn't get good advice, or both. When Girardi turned down the job it should have rung a loud bell in Theo's office.

The Wittenmyer story shows again how deep the Cubs' honeydripping has flowed. It wouldn't matter who was hired because after all, who doesn't love a theme park?

[Railsplitter]

A long time minor league manager is perfect for the Cubs, seeing they put out minor league talent

[SBSoxFan]

Originally Posted by HomeFish

I saw the headline of "Renteria to manage Cubs" and I assumed it must have been Edgar. That generation of players is now starting to manage, after all.

I thought they pulled a Sox: Thought they were hiring Edgar, but got this guy instead.