Implode the Cubs...And While You're At It, How About Taking a Wrecking Ball to Wrigley Field

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As if the stench from Wrigley Field isn't bad enough, now we "die hard" Cubs fans have to bare watching this piss poor excuse for a team. We have to listen to the Rev. Johnnie B. talk about how his team showed hustle and determination in their 7-2 loss to the Astros on Monday night. WHAT????
Then we get to watch Dusty rally his troops for a 4th of July war against the hated 'stros...they promptly lose 7-2 in a game that will be remembered for the classic "2 error" play. What a fantastic roadtrip.
Many "experts" point out that Dusty is not to blame for this mess in Chicago. Both parties point out that had Prior and Wood not been injured and had a certain third baseman not been missing fat 88 mph fastballs down the middle of the plate, the Cubs would be in contention. They say Dusty is still a spectacular manager and with talent around him, will lead the Cubs charge toward the playoffs. First, let me congratulate Dusty on this spectacular observation and then politely point out that ANYONE can manage a team and win with talent. An example of this is on the South Side of Chicago with Ozzie Guillen. And Zuch, don't tell me Guillen is a good manager. He is riding the coat tails of his talented team and believe me, they are not good b/c of his "Ozzie ball" crap. This is not to bash Guillen, but just to say that he is doing what he is supposed to do.
Dusty is getting paid 4 million per year to manage the Cubs. He bitches and moans about the high expectations Cubs fans put on the team and has the balls to say that the reason this team is not doing well is because of the bad karma flowing throughout Cub-Nation. Well Dusty, I am sorry to say, criticism comes with the job. If you wanted a more lax environment, you shouldn't have pushed yourself out the door in San Francisco b/c as we all know, the people there tend to be a bit less judgemental.
But Dusty, don't worry, there are solutions!
1.) Take some of that holy water you have stored in your desk, hire a priest (like they have anything better to do on a Sunday) and have him perform an exocism cermony on Prior and Wood. This would have better results than two years ago when youi performed the ceremony.
2.) If 1 doesn't work, there's another option. Take that pistol from under your desk, and this time pull the fucking trigger.


On second thought, ask Neifi Perez to come in your office first, shoot him, and then end yourself. Ah, that seems right.

3.) If 2 was a bit grim for you (that seems impossible to me since you have managed the Cubs for 4 years, but who knows) lock all your players except for T. Walk, Big Red, Z, Golden Boy Barrett, and Cedeno in the Clubhouse while you send a wrecking ball through Wrigley. This should get rid of the shitty players and the dump that is Wrigley Field. For the 2007 season, the Cubs can play at Thillens in the pee-wee league where they can brush up on their fundamentals and feel good about themselves when they gut-out that ninth inning win over the Giants' 10 years and under squad.

This is the future of the Cubs, and it all starts with the death of Dusty Baker.

3 comments:

Mike 11:54 AM  

We've finally moved into telling managers to kill themselves and commit first degree murder on their players, or issuing death threats of our own. I gotta say I'm amazed it took this long.

But if we're treating this like a legitimate argument, Pat, it is not "just Dusty's fault." As for the future of the Cubs, it does not begin with demolishing Wrigley any more than the "future of the Red Sox" had to do with them bulldozing Fenway. Any change has to start at the top. Tribune Co. has to sell the team. Fortunately for the Cubs, Tribune is restructuring right now and divesting of their holdings that are not their core industry.

There are many reasons why the Cubs suck, and Dusty is one of them, but I wouldn't even put him in the top 3.

Unknown 12:55 PM  

Among the players Pat wants "left in the clubhouse" when they bulldoze Wrigley are a first-ballot hall of famer (Maddox) and last year's NL Batting Champ (D-Lee). I love it.

Vinnie 6:40 PM  

Ahhhhh, HERE'S the Pat we've been waiting for since you joined the blog roll. Wow...and to think I was worried I crossed the line when I brought racial slurs into this forum.

If you want my opinion on this issue, I'm of course the type of person that believes in talent significantly overriding all these other factors put together (clubhouse chemistry, managing, fan support).

However, I won't deny that Pat has some point. If a better-motivated and better-managed team can play marginally better at most positions, it could mean a few wins. That being said, I think it truly is only a few wins over the course of a half a season.

Major leaguers are for the most part highly self-motivated (or unmotivated, as the case may be). The fact is that the Cubs' talent (that has been ON THE FIELD) this year is not very good. Think of how many starts have come from the three rookies (Marshall, Marmol, Guzman) and Gelndon Rusch. I'd hate to say it, but Maddux doesn't have it anymore. It kills me to say that. But it's true.

Look at the everyday guys--Pierre is crap; Ramirez has played like it; Murton is marginal at best; Jones has been above average but unspectacular; Walker--average; Cedeno--encouraging but still only a bit above average; first base--crap without Lee. That leaves Barrett, who's been very good...for a catcher. For a CATCHER.

Put that all together, and what's there? A shitty team. End of story.

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