Not 48 hours after Steve Stone said on WSCR radio that he would not be a Major League GM this coming season, we have a report that explains how it could happen.

Sure, the Fred Mitchell story could be wrong. Or it could account for why Stone seems to have swapped insight for insufferable, hypercritical, transparent bitterness whenever he talks about the Cubs.

I hope the story is incorrect or that the scenario presented never unfolds. With all that we've endured the past 99 years, there should be no rush to create a North Side version of this.