Campaigning for Dusty Baker to not get his contract extended: Day 2

This is going to be way too easy. I can easily come up with roughly 30 more reasons to not extend Dusty's contract. I could do it based only on information and quotes and his shear inability to manage a baseball team to this date, and the fact that everyday he gives me another reason is actually making this too easy. But anyways, here is today's reason: "Lack of HRs Bigger Issue Than OBP, Baker Says".

I didn't even have to read the article. I saw the title and promptly fell out of my chair. It wasn't even like I was sitting on the edge of my chair. It was basically like someone picked up my chair and dumped me out of it. So while I was writhing around on the floor, I was trying to gather some sort of semblance as to what just happened. Did I really read that? Did someone just smack me in the face with shear stupidity, causing me to fall out of my chair?

So Our Terrible Dusty has done it again. How can you possibly say that OBP isn't an issue? But then again, he must be right; he's coached all of his teams to some degree of mediocrity, save for 2 that actually went somewhere in the playoffs. Well, all of those 'winning' teams that 'win' the 'World Series' have good OBP's, for the most part. Well, getting on base isn't what the game is about. That's not how you score runs. Everyone who knows anything about baseball knows that the only way that runs actually count is if they are scored on a homerun. You can actually track this fact in stat books. They show team records, and then after that they show in parentheses the actual records based on the runs scored on homeruns in a game. They call the stat Actual Record based on Actual Runs Scored. Oh, also, that doesn't exist.

The only way to score runs is to get on base. I know if I was a fan of a team which had a lot of guys get on base (which I'm not sure the Cubs have been that team since I've been alive) I could care less if there were 4 homeruns in a game or zero. But then again, I've never been on the same team as Hank Aaron, so I apparently know nothing about baseball. Dusty Faker though, because he was on the same team as some great baseball players apparently knows something about winning. He just can't execute because he's not on the field not hitting homeruns.

Ok, I'm a little hungover, so I'm not entirely sure if most of this makes sense. But what also doesn't make sense is thinking that a low OBP isn't an issue. Seriously, how does this guy even have a job? He seems to be dumber than probably anyone I've ever met, and he doesn't even do his job well. Not even well, but not even adequately. I need that kind of job security.