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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Something was off with Bosio this year. First he pops off about Thames doing roids, whines about the tarmac... His pitchers were not good this year compared to years past. Something just seemed odd and it was almost like he mailed it in. I thought I heard reports that no one around the team was surprised by this move.

Didnt Lester and Bosio have words in the dugout as well?

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Well, the bullpen did suck, but ... :shock:

This, and the staff overall walked way too many batters this year.




If that's how you see it, John Mallee gotta go too. The bats were just as abysmal as the pitching.

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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He also had a bunch of health issues this past year and lost his father. Could easily be a part of him mailing it in this year. Maybe a break/change will be good for him

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He also had a bunch of health issues this past year and lost his father. Could easily be a part of him mailing it in this year. Maybe a break/change will be good for him




Mulligans inane 3 minute questions probably broke him.

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He also had a bunch of health issues this past year and lost his father. Could easily be a part of him mailing it in this year. Maybe a break/change will be good for him




Mulligans inane 3 minute questions probably broke him.

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Murph was saying on his show this morning that Bosio will go to the Twins since he's in good with Molitor.


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Murph was saying on his show this morning that Bosio will go to the Twins since he's in good with Molitor.

He is a good pitching coach. He doesn't need an "in."

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Murph was saying on his show this morning that Bosio will go to the Twins since he's in good with Molitor.

He is a good pitching coach. He doesn't need an "in."



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Before NLCS Game 4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Maddon was asked if he wanted his coaching staff to return.

“Yeah, of course,” he responded. “Yes. Of course. Listen, the staff has done a great job. Our staff has been awesome. And they’re tight. It’s a tightly knit group. There is a lot of synergy involved. Nobody knows everything. Nobody is on their own little island. I like that. I really like that.”

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Yes, shocking that Maddon wouldn't announce his pitching coach was getting canned before the biggest game of the year in game 4 of the nlcs. Smh

Whoever asked that question is your typical media douche, you know damn well you ain't getting an honest answer..so why even ask it.

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Check if Joe’s knife in his back still has some renteria blood on it

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Was this a Ron Rivera type of firing? I really don't understand firing the best coach but I do understand firing the guy who could be a threat to your job.

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Check if Joe’s knife in his back still has some renteria blood on it

Good guy, easy going, hippy joe




Joe didn't him, Dale Sveum did.

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Check if Joe’s knife in his back still has some renteria blood on it

Good guy, easy going, hippy joe



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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Check if Joe’s knife in his back still has some renteria blood on it

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One of the world's greatest con men.




How so

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Check if Joe’s knife in his back still has some renteria blood on it

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One of the world's greatest con men.


How so


He's as phony as a three dollar bill. All this hippy bullshit and the guy is a backstabbing son of a bitch. He'll be gone after next season himself. Pointing fingers and backstabbing eventually catches up with guys. Who do you think your next manager is?

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Maddon is definitely playing a character. If he didn't wear glasses and plan ironic pizza parties, he'd just be another crusty baseball lifer who can't make moves in the game he's spent his whole life in.

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Check if Joe’s knife in his back still has some renteria blood on it

Good guy, easy going, hippy joe



One of the world's greatest con men.


How so


He's as phony as a three dollar bill. All this hippy bullshit and the guy is a backstabbing son of a bitch. He'll be gone after next season himself. Pointing fingers and backstabbing eventually catches up with guys. Who do you think your next manager is?




He's the skipper, if he wants to hire his own pitching coach it's his prerogative. The next skip will probably be Ross or Dave Martinez.

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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"Maddon didn’t respond to a request for comment."

What a bag. The guy who is in love with the sound of his own voice has no comment.


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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Talk is cheap, who cares what he says.. Lets see what Hickey can do. I saw what Bosio did with Jake and Hendricks..big shoes to fill.

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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"Maddon didn’t respond to a request for comment."

What a bag. The guy who is in love with the sound of his own voice has no comment.


An honest Cub fan.

Mr. Motor Mouth was nowhere to be found after he knifed Bosio.

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Maybe one day you dipshit Sox fans will wise up and realize that giving everybody a job for life isn't the right move, unless you like being in the celler every year.

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Talk is cheap, who cares what he says..

He quoted Shakespeare in his NLCS post-game press conferences. Peoria Matt is correct, the guy is a total d-bag.

:roll: Nobody is talking about the Sox. We're talking about what a jerk Joe Maddon is.

Maddon cares deeply about what Maddon says.

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Talk is cheap, who cares what he says..

He quoted Shakespeare in his NLCS post-game press conferences. Peoria Matt is correct, the guy is a total d-bag.

Maddon cares deeply about what Maddon says.




I won't disagree with that but he's not lovie firing 5 O.Cs in 8 years..this will be his first pitching coach he hires.

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Talk is cheap, who cares what he says..

He quoted Shakespeare in his NLCS post-game press conferences. Peoria Matt is correct, the guy is a total d-bag.

Maddon cares deeply about what Maddon says.

I won't disagree with that
Thank you for saying I was correct.

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 Post subject: Re: Bosio Fired
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Maybe one day you dipshit Sox fans will wise up and realize that giving everybody a job for life isn't the right move, unless you like being in the celler every year.


Bosio got Maddon a World Series in spite of himself.

And you calling anyone a dipshit is classic.

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Bosio did not seem to have his head in the game this year. Too many walks, not enough preparation.

Was he fired, or not offered a new contract?

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"Maddon didn’t respond to a request for comment."

What a bag. The guy who is in love with the sound of his own voice has no comment.

Maybe he’s saving his comment for next years Binnys commercial when Pat asks about it.

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Don't you have to be?

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Sully dropping the hammer.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/co ... olumn.html

There was no reason for anyone to believe Chris Bosio would be let go as Cubs pitching coach.

Joe Maddon gave all his coaches a vote of confidence this week when asked if he expected all of them to return.

"Of course, yes," Maddon replied. "The staff's done a great job. Our staff's been awesome. And they're tight. It's a tightly knit group. There's a lot of synergy involved. Nobody knows everything. Everybody helps everybody. There's a lot of cross pollination. Nobody's on their own little island. I like that.

"The thing I like is that I don't think any of them ever withholds saying something from me that they have on their mind, which I really appreciate."

But something changed in the last few days, and now Bosio is gone and we still don’t know why.

The Cubs have yet to officially announce the move, so president Theo Epstein hasn’t even acknowledged it as of Sunday morning.

Maddon obviously pulled the trigger, but no explanation was given.

Bosio did not return a message left Saturday.

Was there a rift between the two that couldn’t be fixed?

Did Maddon just want someone he was more comfortable working with in the most important coaching position on the team?

Were the meetings between Epstein, Maddon, Bosio and others over the postseason pitching rotation a factor?

There are many questions that need to be answered, and a deafening silence from Wrigley Field.

The fact the Cubs’ pitchers loved Bosio doesn’t mean he should have a job for life, and Maddon deserves to have whoever he wants as pitching coach.

Changes of coaches happen all the time, and it doesn’t mean the Cubs won’t be able to survive with a new one in 2018.

But after all Bosio has done for the organization, an explanation for the firing is necessary, and the sooner the better.

If Bosio was the reason the Cubs’ bullpen couldn’t throw strikes, or the starters gave up too many first-inning home runs or John Lackey was a ninth inning option in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series, let’s hear it.

“Accountability” is a word used often thrown around by the Cubs. They want their players to be accountable, as any team should.

Now it’s time for Epstein and Maddon to be accountable and let Cubs fans know what happened and why the move was actually made, especially coming so soon after Maddon’s assertion it was a “tightly knit group.”

Obviously it was not as tightly knit as we thought.

If Maddon didn’t want Bosio back, why not?


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