Great line by Dusty Baker on his return to Wrigley

[Tito Cheeseburger Jr]

"I was here four out
of the 100 years. Most people act like I
was here the whole hundred."

And the Cubs lost to the Reds 3-2 in 10 innings. Only 10.5 back.

 

[Todd4State]

If Sylvester Croom ever got back into college coaching, I have a feeling that his quote would be very similar. And very similarly would be stupid.


Dusty had one good season, and then he goes beserk when Bartman drops that foul ball, blames the loss of the guy- nevermind Alex Gonzalez's error that kept the inning going, or his inability to pull Mark Prior when he was starting to get hit, and then the last few seasons were crap. I can understand why Cubs fans don't like him.

 

[Tito Cheeseburger Jr]

And continually batting Cory Patterson leadoff while his OBP was barely .250.

 

[boomboommsu]

He had that MO enough coming in that I, no baseball guru, called that he would ruin them. Cubs fault for hiring him, and sitting by while he overpitched them (which was a key ingrediant in that one good year, btw).

 

[maroonmania]

Didn't he eventually have to leave Chicago?

 

[Oxford Godfrey]

I know he left Chicago.

Lemme get to Googlin and such....

 

[Todd4State]

He had that MO enough coming in that I, no baseball guru, called that he would ruin them. Cubs fault for hiring him, and sitting by while he overpitched them (which was a key ingrediant in that one good year, btw).

but when Kerry Wood was in high school in Texas, he threw back to back doubleheaders for the State Championship and ended up piling up some ridiculous pitch count total- it was over 200- in one day.

A lot of scouts were leery about Wood breaking down even then.

 

[Oxford Godfrey]

As someone who hates the mush mouth nature of Cubs fans, I think they should leave the guy alone.

 

[Tito Cheeseburger Jr]

What odds would you have given on that back in 2003? No book, no reality show, no sidekick job with wacky morning dj. I respect the guy for that.

 

[Todd4State]

That would be like me "costing" the Cardinals the World Series Championship, or at least taking the blame for it, and then making a celebrity career off of it.

I wouldn't really be much of a fan if I did that.

 

[maroonmania]

I mean here he was probably as big of a Cub fan as anybody out there and then in an instant on a play where he just sort of reacted to reach for the ball and probably never even saw the Cub outfielder get over there to have a potential play, instantly becomes the villian who helps carry on the Cub curse. Certainly not what he expected as he sat down in his seat to enjoy the game that night.

 

[jakldawg]

from Deadspin founder Will Leitch's book about baseball.

His 30 for 30 special is going to be epic.

And there's many a Reds fan up here that is wondering how spectacularly heartbreaking the seaon will end, and horrified at the thought of Baker being in charge of all their young pitching.