07-04-2009, 12:54 AM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->And anyone who thinks a Dusty Baker managed team is going anywhere is delusional.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm not trying to pick on just you, because numerous people have said something similar here over the years, but this statement is ridiculous. I know he's not a good manager, he's had a lot of problems, whatever. But the fact is, the man has had a lot of success as a manager. He's won three Manager of the Year awards, brought the Giants to within 8 outs of a World Series, and won 85+ over half the seasons he's been a manager. I'm not trying to say he's going to take the team to the top himself, but he's also proven he can be the manager of a successful team.
Edit: Just to clarify, I don't like Dusty at all, I'm glad he's gone, and I would never want him to manage my team. But to write off a team just because he's the manager, that just doesn't make sense.
I'm not trying to pick on just you, because numerous people have said something similar here over the years, but this statement is ridiculous. I know he's not a good manager, he's had a lot of problems, whatever. But the fact is, the man has had a lot of success as a manager. He's won three Manager of the Year awards, brought the Giants to within 8 outs of a World Series, and won 85+ over half the seasons he's been a manager. I'm not trying to say he's going to take the team to the top himself, but he's also proven he can be the manager of a successful team.
Edit: Just to clarify, I don't like Dusty at all, I'm glad he's gone, and I would never want him to manage my team. But to write off a team just because he's the manager, that just doesn't make sense.
The thing you need to remember is that all Cardinals fans and all White Sox fans are very bad people. It's a fact that has been scientifically proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Being a Cubs fan is the only path to rightousness and piousness. Cardinal and White Sox fans exist to be the dark, diabolical forces that oppose us. They are the yin to our yang, the Joker to our Batman, the demon to our angel, the insurgence to our freedom, the oil to our water, the club to our baby seal. Their happiness occurs only in direct conflict with everything that is pure and good in this world.
-Dirk
-Dirk