Dusty was a Busty
So I was sans computer this weekend, so of course I couldn't update reasons for hating Dusty Baker. I mean why he should lose his job, there are plenty of reasons to hate him.
Just glancing at headlines involving the Cubs today, I noticed a column by Jay Mariotti. Now, of course, all of Mariotti's opinions are worthless as probably the worst sportswriter in the history of Chicago. Also, he's on ESPN, so it's very possibly he is the most popular. But I digress. So I didn't read the article of course, but I did glance at the important part of the article. The title was "Baker's Copout Casts Unfair Cloak on Cubs". Mariotti was advising Baker to stop using copouts to hide the fact that he's just not been a very good manager since 2003. And he doesn't deserve to have his contract extended.
Now, I probably should give credit to Mariotti, for writing an article I actually approve of. But, I'd say when you have so many terrible opinions and write terrible articles, the odds of a good article being produced is fairly slim. So this was probably an accident that he wrote it. But, again, I digress.
So Dusty Baker refuses to take responsibility for this teams suckiness. Now, I've not read any quotes from the series this past weekend, so I don't know what original ways he came up for losing. But it all comes down to the fact that Dusty is never at fault. I would like to reference my last post about pitch counts. Someone is in charge of it. He refuses to take blame or admit when he was wrong. Like using Neifi Perez nearly everyday in the lineup.
I remember back in the fall of 2002, thinking that we were going to hire Dusty Baker as our new manager. Finally, someone who has been proven to win games. I was so excited about the upcoming year that I was probably glowing. Fast forward to probably about June or 2005, I realized how huge of a mistake that was. How could I have ever thought this guy could help our team? I'm actually beginning to question if 2003 was really the year that the Cubs won despite Dusty. But you know what? I'm willing to admit I was wrong in thinking Dusty could manage a team. There. That felt good. If Dusty could just admit to being wrong once or twice, I might almost gain some respect for him. And when I say 'gain some respect' I mean 'not hate him with every thread of my being, but still with most of them. '
Anyways, in the future I may sneak in why I think Joe Girardi should be the next manager of the Cubs. And if I am proven wrong and the Cubs are just as bad (because they cannot possibly be worse, unless they were the Royals or something) then I'll admit to being wrong again.
Just glancing at headlines involving the Cubs today, I noticed a column by Jay Mariotti. Now, of course, all of Mariotti's opinions are worthless as probably the worst sportswriter in the history of Chicago. Also, he's on ESPN, so it's very possibly he is the most popular. But I digress. So I didn't read the article of course, but I did glance at the important part of the article. The title was "Baker's Copout Casts Unfair Cloak on Cubs". Mariotti was advising Baker to stop using copouts to hide the fact that he's just not been a very good manager since 2003. And he doesn't deserve to have his contract extended.
Now, I probably should give credit to Mariotti, for writing an article I actually approve of. But, I'd say when you have so many terrible opinions and write terrible articles, the odds of a good article being produced is fairly slim. So this was probably an accident that he wrote it. But, again, I digress.
So Dusty Baker refuses to take responsibility for this teams suckiness. Now, I've not read any quotes from the series this past weekend, so I don't know what original ways he came up for losing. But it all comes down to the fact that Dusty is never at fault. I would like to reference my last post about pitch counts. Someone is in charge of it. He refuses to take blame or admit when he was wrong. Like using Neifi Perez nearly everyday in the lineup.
I remember back in the fall of 2002, thinking that we were going to hire Dusty Baker as our new manager. Finally, someone who has been proven to win games. I was so excited about the upcoming year that I was probably glowing. Fast forward to probably about June or 2005, I realized how huge of a mistake that was. How could I have ever thought this guy could help our team? I'm actually beginning to question if 2003 was really the year that the Cubs won despite Dusty. But you know what? I'm willing to admit I was wrong in thinking Dusty could manage a team. There. That felt good. If Dusty could just admit to being wrong once or twice, I might almost gain some respect for him. And when I say 'gain some respect' I mean 'not hate him with every thread of my being, but still with most of them. '
Anyways, in the future I may sneak in why I think Joe Girardi should be the next manager of the Cubs. And if I am proven wrong and the Cubs are just as bad (because they cannot possibly be worse, unless they were the Royals or something) then I'll admit to being wrong again.
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