Should Dusty be fired?

[AppGuy04]

Should Dusty Baker be fired by the Cubs, or is the team that needs to be shaken up?

[dbackjon]

Yes, he needs to be fired, but not before the Dbacks fire Bob Melvin, and hire a replacement.

[Marcus Garvey]

It's not completely Dusty's fault that the Cubs suck. However, he's an overrated manager who only managed to average 90 wins a season (in full 162 game seasons) in San Fran because of Jeff Kent and Barry Bonds. He overworks his pitchers, which will absolutely kill a team like the Cubs considering their ballpark. Hit the road Dusty!

As an aside, I'd hire him as a bench coach or hitting instructor any day!

[Ivytalk]

It's not completely Dusty's fault that the Cubs suck. However, he's an overrated manager who only managed to average 90 wins a season (in full 162 game seasons) in San Fran because of Jeff Kent and Barry Bonds. He overworks his pitchers, which will absolutely kill a team like the Cubs considering their ballpark. Hit the road Dusty!

As an aside, I'd hire him as a bench coach or hitting instructor any day!

Will the Cubbies take Manuel off our hands, even as a bullpen coach? They can have Rhodes, too.

[AppGuy04]

How much are Kerry Wood and Mark Prior to blame though. Sure, D Lee got hurt, but he's not hurt every week

[saint0917]

Should Dusty Baker be fired by the Cubs, or is the team that needs to be shaken up?

It looks like the team will be shaken up. Rumor Mill from ESPN.


Jul 6 - According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, the Brewers have inquired about the availability of Greg Maddux. whose brother, Mike, is the Brewers' pitching coach. Ned Yost, the Brewers' manager, was also a coach with the Braves for a time when Maddux played in Atlanta.
Maddux, in the final season of a three-year, $24 million deal, doesn't have a no-trade clause in his current contract, but it's believed the Cubs won't trade him unless he agrees to the deal.

The Dodgers are among the other teams who are thought to be interested in acquiring the 40-year-old Maddux.

Temas interested in Maddux:
Brewers?
Athletics?
Dodgers?
Padres?

Jul 3 - Relief pitcher Scott Williamson, infielder-outfielder Phil Nevin and infielder Todd Walker are the players who the Cubs will most likely deal by the July 31 nonwaiver trading deadline. There's also a chance the Cubs could move stater Greg Maddux and outfielder Juan Pierre to a contending team.
"I certainly feel we're capable of making some moves before the end of July," Cubs GM Jim Hendry told the Daily Herald. "With the situation we're in now, we certainly still feel like we've got a lot of quality people we can still build and turn it around quickly with.

"The people that may not factor in next year that may be able to help a club in a pennant race certainly could be available. Our intent would be to just try to make some logical trades and decisions based on moving forward toward '07, what we might be able to acquire or look into to make our club better for the next year."

Williamson, Nevin, Walker, Maddux and Pierre are all set to become free agents at the end of the 2006 season.

[AppGuy04]

Might as well, hope they get some young talent and start to build from within again