Check out the first line of Mike McGraw's game story on yesterday's Cubs snoozer:

Before playing the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, Cubs manager Dusty Baker talked about his vision for next year’s club, assuming he returns to manage the Cubs for a fourth season.

When you read stuff like this, you wonder if the press is on to something or simply muckraking.

The rest of the article reads like a Dusty Baker laundry list of crap.

"I like everything — speed, power, defense, good pitching. Good balance with age: some youth, some veterans. That’s pretty difficult to find in today’s market. Sometimes the team you want is not necessarily available."

Baker is in favor of adding a leadoff hitter, something the Cubs have sorely lacked since Kenny Lofton was let go following the 2003 playoffs.

"I'd love that. I really, really would love that," Baker said. "I've always said this: It's harder to get a good leadoff man than to get anything."

Nice. I guess it's even harder than that to keep penciling in the worst leadoff man in the league into the leadoff spot?

This man cannot leave town fast enough.