Someone is Always The Last to Know
When I was a kid, I remember my sister dated a guy that was a real lowlife scumbag. He literally was Fonzie without the cleaaned up image. He was a greaser droupout who did time in jail, he cheated on her, treated her like shit, and was generally abusive toward her to the point my parents hated him. It took her a long time before she finally realized they were right, and ended the relationship. I'll call him Taylor.
At my last job, there was a guy that was just a total asshole. Every one who had to work with him knew what a useless piece of shit he really was, except for our boss, who thought he was the greatest. I'll call him Jeff. At my current job, there is a guy I used to work with who is not quite as bad, but is in his own right a bullying blowhard who knows far less than he pretends to, and everyone realizes that except for the woman I used to work for (his current boss). I'll call him Larry.
My daughter is just starting out in the working world, and has a coworker who is the same way - unreliable, lacking in the proper job skills, and thought of as useless by everyone except the boss. I'll call her Ramona.
What do Taylor, Jeff, Larry and Ramona have to do with a Cubs blog? Easy. They are to their situations what Dusty Baker is to us. We have all figured out that Dusty is useless, a bully (to rookies and young players), incompetent (Neifi batted 2nd once again today!), lacking in the proper job skills (can't handle pitchers, can't make out a lineup card, doesn't realize that he is in charge and can schedule infield/outfield practice because he is the boss) and probably the worst manager in baseball. However, there is one HUGE problem. The person who can do something about it is infatuated with Dusty even after the collapses of 2003-04 and the failures of the last 2 years. I think Jim Hendry probably figures that the more people say he should "break up" with Dusty, the more he's going to say "never". There really are only 2 hopes:
1) New owners come in and clean house
2) Dusty quits
Evidently there was a bit of a controversy about Baker appearing on this ESPN show. Some people feel this would have been like ambushing Dusty. That is probably true. However, I've become of the mindset, right or wrong, the only way we'll get rid of Dusty is if we boo him every chance we get, whether it be every time he sticks his head out of the dugout at Wrigley, or if we see him at Jewel or Dominick's. And while it's not fair, we probably have to boo Darren too. It seems the only way he'll leave is if he is so miserable in Chicago he won't want to come back. To me, that seems like our only chance.
When I was a kid, I remember my sister dated a guy that was a real lowlife scumbag. He literally was Fonzie without the cleaaned up image. He was a greaser droupout who did time in jail, he cheated on her, treated her like shit, and was generally abusive toward her to the point my parents hated him. It took her a long time before she finally realized they were right, and ended the relationship. I'll call him Taylor.
At my last job, there was a guy that was just a total asshole. Every one who had to work with him knew what a useless piece of shit he really was, except for our boss, who thought he was the greatest. I'll call him Jeff. At my current job, there is a guy I used to work with who is not quite as bad, but is in his own right a bullying blowhard who knows far less than he pretends to, and everyone realizes that except for the woman I used to work for (his current boss). I'll call him Larry.
My daughter is just starting out in the working world, and has a coworker who is the same way - unreliable, lacking in the proper job skills, and thought of as useless by everyone except the boss. I'll call her Ramona.
What do Taylor, Jeff, Larry and Ramona have to do with a Cubs blog? Easy. They are to their situations what Dusty Baker is to us. We have all figured out that Dusty is useless, a bully (to rookies and young players), incompetent (Neifi batted 2nd once again today!), lacking in the proper job skills (can't handle pitchers, can't make out a lineup card, doesn't realize that he is in charge and can schedule infield/outfield practice because he is the boss) and probably the worst manager in baseball. However, there is one HUGE problem. The person who can do something about it is infatuated with Dusty even after the collapses of 2003-04 and the failures of the last 2 years. I think Jim Hendry probably figures that the more people say he should "break up" with Dusty, the more he's going to say "never". There really are only 2 hopes:
1) New owners come in and clean house
2) Dusty quits
Evidently there was a bit of a controversy about Baker appearing on this ESPN show. Some people feel this would have been like ambushing Dusty. That is probably true. However, I've become of the mindset, right or wrong, the only way we'll get rid of Dusty is if we boo him every chance we get, whether it be every time he sticks his head out of the dugout at Wrigley, or if we see him at Jewel or Dominick's. And while it's not fair, we probably have to boo Darren too. It seems the only way he'll leave is if he is so miserable in Chicago he won't want to come back. To me, that seems like our only chance.
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