It's Deja Vu All Over Again

Wow. Just wow. First, Greg Maddux says, as diplomatically as possible, get me the hell outta here:

"I love playing in Chicago, but I understand there are choices that have to be made," Maddux said. "The city and organization have been great to me and whatever happens, happens. Either way, I'm good with it."

Then, Dusty Baker and Bob Brenly say that Todd Walker delayed a throw that caused Ronny Cedeno to blow a double play. Walker said it wasn't his fault and that Brenly should shut up:

"The potential double-play ball ends up costing us two more runs," Baker said. "Your timing's off with Ronny coming across the bag because Walker bobbled the ball and didn't field it cleanly. When you bobble like that, the baserunner gets closer than you want."

Walker disagreed with Baker's description of how he handled the grounder. He also said that TV analyst Bob Brenly wasn't accurate when he heard him say he had trouble getting the ball out of his glove.

"It didn't stick in my glove and I didn't bobble it," Walker said. "It kind of handcuffed me. It was just a short hop. It's hard to be quick when it's a short hop in front of you. If Ronny makes an accurate throw, of course that changes the inning. But we gave up four hits before that, too."

We see here why Todd Walker's been on so many teams. And why is he more worried about what Bob Brenly says and not at all about what Dusty Baker says? Is he already ignoring the man because he's a short timer?

Then comes Jacque Jones:

While returning to the dugout after grounding out in the ninth inning of Friday's 6-3 loss to the New York Mets, Cubs outfielder Jacque Jones stared down a pair of heckling fans and proceeded to urge them on from the top step of the dugout.

The incident ended with two men ejected to loud applause from fans in the box seats, and an ovation for security for tossing them out. Jones declined to discuss the incident, which served as yet another reminder of how ugly things have turned on the North Side.

I'm looking forward to the "Why Are We Booing Jacque" update.

After that came Scott Williamson:

Reliever Scott Williamson is the other big trade commodity for Hendry this month and he came out of this game with a bruised right calf, making him day-to-day. Williamson seems eager for a trade. So expect him to heal fast.

Kiley's not being too subtle on Williamson's injury.

Then, Mark Prior says that he doesn't belong on the DL, but someone else is calling the shots:

Did Prior have any say in the decision?

"I just found out this morning," he replied.

So he argued against it?

"Of course I argued against it," he said. "I'm not going to put the team in jeopardy by keeping the team a man down. They feel like they needed an extra guy, and that's a personnel decision."

This is so pathetic. Even Derrek Lee does his best to say it:

"We might have been a little sluggish coming off the [All-Star] break," Derrek Lee said.

Ya, think?

To paraphrase The Joker, this team needs an enema. I'd know. It starts with creating a fresh attitude in the clubhouse. It ends with a fresh attitude in the executive suite.