So Jim just talked to me.

Apparently they are going through the chain to get the offer together. I guess he has to fill out paperwork, that goes to his boss, who then does his part, then it goes to his boss’s boss, and then to HR.

So he said it could be a couple days or a week or more. But he said …

From an interesting (and somewhat amusing) article from ESPN:

If you polled America’s baseball fans on whether this year’s Cubs are better than last year’s, we bet nine out of 10 would answer: No. But guess again. After 149 games this year, the Cubs are 83-66. A year ago, they were only 79-70.