Brewers' press guys making a dig at Hendry?

[SeriesFinale]

This was apparently inserted in the game day press notes in Miller Park for tonight's game:

 

http://twitpic.com/2n60yj

[bball123h]

Wild guess, but it looks like some intra-office humor slipped into the pile to be copied..

 

Still, I'd love to read that book!

[homer]

I love how Sullivan calls it "tacky". Stupid homer.

[Hofbraunhaus]

Hahaha, that is awesome. It's funny because it's true. I would really love to see some reactions from the Cubs players and front office.

[bball123h]

Here is the rest:

 

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/09/fake-press-release-ripping-hendry-issued-in-miller-park-press-box.html

[SeriesFinale]

Hahaha, that is awesome. It's funny because it's true.

You could easily write the same about Melvin's foibles.

 

Of course, he's doing it with nearly half the budget.

 

Edit: which you could argue makes it harder to live with.

[rluzinski]

Everything is about wins/$, which is exactly why Hendry just looks horrible.

[JoeHova]

Everything is about wins/$...

I disagree. No fan base cares if their team gets the most per dollar spent.

[Invader3K]

As many are pointing out on that other link, this was probably the work of a Cubs fan or someone connected to the Cubs. Not sure why the Brewers should be apologizing.

[RightFieldCoder]

What happened with the recall of Micah Hoffpauir? I missed how Hendry botched that.

 

I don't like that this was circulated in Milwaukee. It makes us look bad.

 

But I hope Hendry is the Cubs' GM for a long time.

[homer]

Everything is about wins/$...

I disagree. No fan base cares if their team gets the most per dollar spent.

But I do think teams with huge payrolls have less of an excuse for a 65 win season than ones with small payrolls.

[sveumrules]

Exactly. You think this year has been a bummer? Imagine if we still had to pay Soriano over 70 million for the next 4 years.

 

Losing at 90 Million >>> Losing at 145 Million

[Funketown]

Everything is about wins/$...

I disagree. No fan base cares if their team gets the most per dollar spent.

Well, I'd wager that the owners are concerned about it.

[rluzinski]

Everything is about wins/$...

I disagree. No fan base cares if their team gets the most per dollar spent.

I am referring to judging the performance of a general manager. If you give me a billion dollars to spend and my team wins 90 games, I probably suck at my job.

 

[crewcrazy]

What happened with the recall of Micah Hoffpauir? I missed how Hendry botched that.

Apparently, just before Derrek Lee was traded, Hoffpauir was sent back down to AAA. When they traded Lee and tried to call up Hoffpauir to take his place, they couldn't because he hadn't been down for at least 10 days.

 

It's such an obscure thing that it makes me think the entire thing was planted by someone associated with the Cubs. I doubt many people working for the Brewers would know much about that, as it doesn't seem like it was a big story outside of Chicago.