In Defense(?) Of Ron Ce
By any standards, Ronny Cedeno has had a terrible year. Going by memory, I think he started off hitting OK, then it just seemed to pretty much go south for him. Apparently, much of his defensive skills went with his hitting, as he seems to make many more fielding and throwing errors than he used to. However, perhaps if he had a more nurturing manager than Dusty "The Career Killer" Baker, and had coaches that could, you know, coach, he might have had a better chance of working through his struggles. Indeed, it sure seems, to me at least, that Dusty is all too willing to throw Cedeno under the bus, as he has made many more comments about Cedeno's mistakes than those of players who should know better, such as "Fast" Freddie Bynum, Jacque "Itchy" Jones, and Juan "4-3"erre. If you believe Baker, Ronny's struggles are the primary reason the Cubs have resumed their expected position as Doormats of the National League. Of course, what organization other than the Cubs would have spent the previous offseason going on and on and on and on about how Cedeno is playing second in Venezuela winter league, only to have it turn out that his "playing second" amounted to not much more than taking grounders there before games, as there is no record of him playing there in any games. Then, when Dunkin Hendry trades Maddux for a 4.5 million no-hit shortstop and has Baker move Ron Ce to second, only to have the new shortstop suffer the inevitable injury as a Cub (is that how Cub players earn their stripes - by going on the DL?), Ron Ce has to go back to short, thereby totally screwing the plan to get him acclimated to second. No wonder the poor guy is so screwed up - who wouldn't be getting jerked around like that? For Ronny's sake, he needs to get away from Baker. For the Cubs sake, that will be accomplished by Baker and the Cubs parting ways on October 2nd. For Cub fans sake, the Cubs won't decide to make one of their cockamamie decisions to trade Cedeno because life as a Cub is too tough, because he seems to have talent. He did good in limited playing time in 2005. I don't see why with a better manager and coaching staff, he can't be good again.
By any standards, Ronny Cedeno has had a terrible year. Going by memory, I think he started off hitting OK, then it just seemed to pretty much go south for him. Apparently, much of his defensive skills went with his hitting, as he seems to make many more fielding and throwing errors than he used to. However, perhaps if he had a more nurturing manager than Dusty "The Career Killer" Baker, and had coaches that could, you know, coach, he might have had a better chance of working through his struggles. Indeed, it sure seems, to me at least, that Dusty is all too willing to throw Cedeno under the bus, as he has made many more comments about Cedeno's mistakes than those of players who should know better, such as "Fast" Freddie Bynum, Jacque "Itchy" Jones, and Juan "4-3"erre. If you believe Baker, Ronny's struggles are the primary reason the Cubs have resumed their expected position as Doormats of the National League. Of course, what organization other than the Cubs would have spent the previous offseason going on and on and on and on about how Cedeno is playing second in Venezuela winter league, only to have it turn out that his "playing second" amounted to not much more than taking grounders there before games, as there is no record of him playing there in any games. Then, when Dunkin Hendry trades Maddux for a 4.5 million no-hit shortstop and has Baker move Ron Ce to second, only to have the new shortstop suffer the inevitable injury as a Cub (is that how Cub players earn their stripes - by going on the DL?), Ron Ce has to go back to short, thereby totally screwing the plan to get him acclimated to second. No wonder the poor guy is so screwed up - who wouldn't be getting jerked around like that? For Ronny's sake, he needs to get away from Baker. For the Cubs sake, that will be accomplished by Baker and the Cubs parting ways on October 2nd. For Cub fans sake, the Cubs won't decide to make one of their cockamamie decisions to trade Cedeno because life as a Cub is too tough, because he seems to have talent. He did good in limited playing time in 2005. I don't see why with a better manager and coaching staff, he can't be good again.
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