What am I missing here?
Ok, so in addition to my usual daily rants about Dusty Baker's inability to manage a tee-ball team, let alone professionals, I will also be ranting today about Jim Hendry's inability to general manage a team. Or put together a team, since general manage makes no sense.
Obviously the reason Dusty Baker should lose his job today is a sweep at the hands of the Pirates. The Pirates, annually one of the worst teams in the NL, taught us a lesson these past 3 days. Honestly, there's not really anything else to say besides the fact that the Cubs got swept by the Pirates. I think saying anything else would take focus off of that fact.
So why does Dusty Baker still have a job? I don't know. But don't you dare hint that because Jim Hendry is in Pittsburgh that maybe Dusty will get the adze (I've been looking to use that word for weeks now). Hendry said he would wait until the end of the season to decide on the future of Dusty Baker with the Cubs. Well, I mean, if you're blind and don't really understand the concept of baseball, or the concept of any sport in general where the object is to win, then you probably wouldn't have already decided on the future of Dusty Baker, but only in that case. And if Dusty's future involves anything other than a swift kick in the pants, possibly dressing him up as a little girl in a dress and shoving him out the door, then you yourself should probably not be in a position of authority.
Maybe I'm way off with my hatred here. Maybe Dusty is trying to lose so he doesn't get rehired. He's hinted at the fact that he may not come back to manage before. Maybe he hates Jim Hendry with all of his being, so much that he's losing out of spite. Well, not really out of spite because he's a terrible manager as it is, but he's losing more out of spite. Maybe Dusty is sick of Hendry not bringing in old washed up players. Or even bringing in old good players.
My theory is that Hendry has too much respect for Baker to fire him. Where that respect comes from remains to be seen. Unless he really likes hearing stories about Hank Aaron. So Baker shouldn't be doing this 'woe is me' routine, because a GM who actually cared about winning would have fired him 18 months ago. At least 12. Or maybe Hendry has no respect for him, so he would like Baker to embarrass himself for the rest of the season, always dodging questions about if he'll get fired or not.
Another note from attending the Peoria Chiefs game last night. Those players will have some learning to do if they want to make it to the bigs and play for the Cubs. Stop taking walks, stop throwing the ball around before the game. Pretty much just stop practicing and doing anything to improve. They'll burn their way through the system that way.
Obviously the reason Dusty Baker should lose his job today is a sweep at the hands of the Pirates. The Pirates, annually one of the worst teams in the NL, taught us a lesson these past 3 days. Honestly, there's not really anything else to say besides the fact that the Cubs got swept by the Pirates. I think saying anything else would take focus off of that fact.
So why does Dusty Baker still have a job? I don't know. But don't you dare hint that because Jim Hendry is in Pittsburgh that maybe Dusty will get the adze (I've been looking to use that word for weeks now). Hendry said he would wait until the end of the season to decide on the future of Dusty Baker with the Cubs. Well, I mean, if you're blind and don't really understand the concept of baseball, or the concept of any sport in general where the object is to win, then you probably wouldn't have already decided on the future of Dusty Baker, but only in that case. And if Dusty's future involves anything other than a swift kick in the pants, possibly dressing him up as a little girl in a dress and shoving him out the door, then you yourself should probably not be in a position of authority.
Maybe I'm way off with my hatred here. Maybe Dusty is trying to lose so he doesn't get rehired. He's hinted at the fact that he may not come back to manage before. Maybe he hates Jim Hendry with all of his being, so much that he's losing out of spite. Well, not really out of spite because he's a terrible manager as it is, but he's losing more out of spite. Maybe Dusty is sick of Hendry not bringing in old washed up players. Or even bringing in old good players.
My theory is that Hendry has too much respect for Baker to fire him. Where that respect comes from remains to be seen. Unless he really likes hearing stories about Hank Aaron. So Baker shouldn't be doing this 'woe is me' routine, because a GM who actually cared about winning would have fired him 18 months ago. At least 12. Or maybe Hendry has no respect for him, so he would like Baker to embarrass himself for the rest of the season, always dodging questions about if he'll get fired or not.
Another note from attending the Peoria Chiefs game last night. Those players will have some learning to do if they want to make it to the bigs and play for the Cubs. Stop taking walks, stop throwing the ball around before the game. Pretty much just stop practicing and doing anything to improve. They'll burn their way through the system that way.
posted by Jtrouble at 10:58 AM
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