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MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - 1060Ivy - 10-06-2009
Well, it looks like they will make the October timeframe that was mentioned months ago.
The vote among MLB owners was taken over the phone and was unanimous.
Ricketts gets the Cubs.
One less thing to get in the way of the Cubs making some moves to improve the team.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4537317
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - SandbergMVP1984 - 10-06-2009
Let's get this party started
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - rok - 10-06-2009
I'm not changing my avatar until it is official.
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - CCwinwssoon - 10-06-2009
The sale probably still won't be done until say August 2017.
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - kbwsb - 10-07-2009
His first winter as owner will be mighty telling.
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - Butcher - 10-07-2009
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Not necessarily.
What if he doesn't want to come in and make wholesale changes right off the bat? What if he wants to ease in the first year and see what is going on?
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - rok - 10-07-2009
<!--quoteo(post=65854:date=Oct 7 2009, 03:02 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Oct 7 2009, 03:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=65852:date=Oct 7 2009, 02:51 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Oct 7 2009, 02:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->His first winter as owner will be mighty telling.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not necessarily.
What if he doesn't want to come in and make wholesale changes right off the bat? What if he wants to ease in the first year and see what is going on?
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That was most likely going to happen, whether the sale were final or not, methinks.
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - leonardsipes - 10-07-2009
[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] <!--quoteo(post=65854:date=Oct 7 2009, 03:02 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Oct 7 2009, 03:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=65852:date=Oct 7 2009, 02:51 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Oct 7 2009, 02:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->His first winter as owner will be mighty telling.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not necessarily.
What if he doesn't want to come in and make wholesale changes right off the bat? What if he wants to ease in the first year and see what is going on?
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I think next years team is pretty much in place. At this point, might as well try to win with it. Even if he has already decidede to blow it up and start over, I think it is too late to overhaul the whole statff, get everyone up to speed and do something constructive next year.
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - Scarey - 10-07-2009
At the risk of putting words in KB's mouth, I'm going to say the basis of his judgement on Ricketts won't be very reliant on the players in Cub uniforms next year.
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - kbwsb - 10-07-2009
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
However, Butch and Sipes make a strong point, the same point that many of us have made in the "Play GM" thread: this team is locked-in by it's contracts. There's not much you could do even if you really wanted to. There seems to be no choice but to trot out a close variation of the '09 team out there in '10, and hope for the best.
The Ricketts family will likely own the team for decades, so there's no reason for them to feel like massive changes must be made by next April.
So, there probably won't be.
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - leonardsipes - 10-07-2009
Two things he could do right away are: spend money on a big free agent (if he supports the Hendry regime) or hire an ex gm type as advisor (if the Hendry regeime is on a short leash).
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - kbwsb - 10-07-2009
<!--quoteo(post=65889:date=Oct 7 2009, 05:51 PM:name=leonardsipes)-->QUOTE (leonardsipes @ Oct 7 2009, 05:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Two things he could do right away are: spend money on a big free agent (if he supports the Hendry regime) or hire an ex gm type as advisor (if the Hendry regeime is on a short leash).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I like both those ideas. Especially the second one. Kevin Towers or Pat Gillick would be perfect in this capacity (although they're both likely to get better offers).
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - rok - 10-12-2009
As anticipated, the team has now officially filed for Chapter 11 bankrputcy in order to speed up the sale.
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - jstraw - 10-12-2009
Expect LOTS of "OHMYGODTHECUBSAREBANKRUPT!!!!" misreporting in the mainstream press.
MLB Owners Approve Sale of Cubs to Ricketts - BT - 10-12-2009
<!--quoteo(post=65892:date=Oct 7 2009, 05:56 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Oct 7 2009, 05:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=65889:date=Oct 7 2009, 05:51 PM:name=leonardsipes)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (leonardsipes @ Oct 7 2009, 05:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Two things he could do right away are: spend money on a big free agent (if he supports the Hendry regime) or hire an ex gm type as advisor (if the Hendry regeime is on a short leash).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I like both those ideas. Especially the second one. Kevin Towers or Pat Gillick would be perfect in this capacity (although they're both likely to get better offers).
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So wait, now you DON'T like Hendry? Man you are all over the place with this guy.