Be afraid, be very afraid

With the Tribune hinting they may want to resign Mark G. Dusty Baker has some interesting comments on Simon..........

"Simon can hit, and he's a pretty good first baseman,'' Baker said. "I don't know what's going to happen. Do you want to win or do you want to lose while you're developing? If you need to win, what do you do?''

Yeah it looks like Choi is gonna get the Bobby Hill treatment. 190 AB's? Thats enough to tell if your gonna make it or not make it. See ya later Choi, see ya later Hill. These veterans arent gonna be back? Yeah right. Welcome to the nightmare that is Dusty Baker.............

UPDATE: Lets see Choi was so good that not even Jim Thome could of been taken seriously by the Cubs. Now its not even clear Choi can beat out the stud Simon for 1b next year? Again i wish Baker put half as much faith in some of our farm talent as he does on a player who has barely worn a Cub uniform for 2 games.

UPDATE: As i was looking at this comment again it hit me. Dusty Baker wasnt brought in to win now. He was brought in as manager of a team that as in the process of doing its minor league development. Remember Baker saying it would probably take 4 years? And people say their isnt a disconnect between Hendry and Baker? I say wake up.
We arent exactly winning. Technically yeah we are 4 or 5 games over .500, so yeah your winning but thats more like treading water than winning. What San Fran, Braves, Boston, New York, Seattle, and Oakland are doing thats winning.

And i just have to add a few more qoutes from the man who has only had Randall Simon for 3 games, the first part is talking about Choi.....

"Mechanically, he had some flaws in his approach. I heard he was contemplating going to winter ball to try to straighten some of this stuff out. Right now, you've got to admit, Simon is a pretty good hitter."

Baker already has that twinkle in his eye for Simon, kinda like that twinkle he had for Estes. More Baker on Simon....

"You go out and watch the guy take batting practice, and he hits the ball harder than anybody I've seen in a long time," Baker said. "Have you seen the guy take BP? The ball rockets off his bat."

I think Baker is in love. Isnt it cute?