Cubs Update: Baker's still managing!
He's still managing! He's making moves! - Steve Lyons on Dusty Baker
He managed that 18-inning game like it was game 7 of the World Series. - Phil Rogers on Dusty Baker
He's still managing. That's what Dusty Baker apologists like to say. He hasn't given up. You know what I say to that? Who f--king cares? He's got 4 million reasons to keep managing, and he'll keep managing until Jim Hendry says he doesn't have to do it anymore. Besides, if he were managing like it was the 7th game of the World Series, he'd have made a dumb move to lose the game. Dave Veres, anyone?
With the Cubs recent stretch of not-horrible play, I'm starting to get a sense that Hendry might offer Baker a one or two-year extension. Six weeks ago it looked like he wouldn't make it past the All-Star Break, and now we're talking extension. Unbelievable.
Look, it's not Dusty's fault that the Cubs have such a bad record. It really isn't. But he is NOT a part of the solution, so he must go. Every time I see Neifi in the starting lineup and batting second, I get physically ill. Every time I see him double-switch a good hitter out of a close game, I want to throw myself in front of a train. Every time I read a quote from Dusty about how the players don't need to practice fundamentals and that his job is not to teach, I want to set myself on fire. Enough already, enough.