Make It Happen Quickly

From
Chief Main Stream Media Apologist Mike Kiley to the reliable Bruce Miles to major league goof Phil Rogers to ESPN Radio's Jayson Stark, Dusty Baker's days in Chicago seem to be numbered. And that number is 5.

What seems to be the last straw? Clubhouse divisions. Baker's main reason for being here was keeping everyone happy. How does Jim Hendry respond to this?

Third baseman Aramis Ramirez, who went 0-for-4, with a combined six men on base, expressed frustration that only the hitters are being blamed for the team's 30-53 record.

"I don't know why every time we lose a game everybody is pointing at the hitters," said Ramirez, a major disappointment with a .252 batting average and 15 home runs. "It's not the hitters. If you look at the scoreboard, we allow a lot of runs, too - today, yesterday and the day before and every day. It's everything."

So now that Baker is on his way out, and before we worry about who replaces him, we all have to realize that it doesn't really matter so long as Jim Hendry is in charge. When does the MSM start going after him too?

I guess July 5, 2006 is the answer:

The pressure is on Hendry to come away from these opportunities with real talent that the Cubs can count on.

When CMSMA Kiley starts placing pressure on Hendry, you know that we fans are starting to get hope.

Would the Cubs release Jim Hendry and the $2.5 million they owe him for 2007 and 2008? They paid $15 million over 1 year to get rid of Sammy Sosa. If things ge bad enough, then anything is possible.

We fans have a responsibility to teach this team that we won't accept Jim Hendry being here as "inevitable."