That Wacky Baker......

Is at it again:

Aches and pains: Shortstop Cesar Izturis is close to being activated from the disabled list. Izturis, sidelined with a strained hamstring, could be back in the lineup on Monday or Tuesday.

When he does return, who plays second -- Ryan Theriot or Ronny Cedeno?

"We'll see," manager Dusty Baker said. "Theriot is playing pretty good. We're in the producing business. We'll just have to deal with that when it gets here."

3-17 in the last 20 is producing?

Guzman's problem on Friday was too many fastballs down the middle of the plate. That's too tempting for big-league hitters.

"The solution is, we have to continue to work with our young pitchers and continue to work with them on their control and keeping the ball down and proper mechanics to make a quality pitch," Baker said. "It's on-the-job training for a lot of these guys, and we have to keep training them."

When do you think you and Fraudschild will start, Dusty?

The really shameful thing is that Muskrat and some of the others eat this garbage up like raccoons in a trash dempster... I mean trash dumpster.