Riding To The Defense

In that same Miles' article, Dusty Baker dismisses those who say that Michael Barrett's defense sucks.

"I've seen it improve," Baker said of Barrett’s defense. "Our staff isn’t easy to catch, really, when you've got guys like (Carlos) Zambrano, whose ball is moving all over everywhere. You've got Kerry (Wood), Mark (Prior) sometimes. New guys like Jerome Williams, a whole new bullpen."

You just have to love the "sometimes" that Dusty threw in. Why sometimes for Prior? Because Prior doesn't like to pitch to Barrett. Miles and the rest of the gaggle didn't ask Dusty WHY the pitchers don't like to ahve Barrett behind the plate.

The reporters in this town should be ashamed at the way they treat Baker: They refuse to ask him tough follow up questions when he says something insane. Then, they rip him in columns and on radio shows.