About three weeks ago, all I heard about was how the Cubs would pick up the pace when they got fully health and make a wildcard bid. Hmmm.... Woods, Prior, Garciaparra, et al are all playing now and over their last 10 games, they have two wins and have lost six in a row. Compare that to the Cardinals who still are missing Rolen, Walker, Sanders and Molina and have gone 7-3 over their last ten while facing some of the top NL teams, with Nunez, J-Rod, Mahoney and Taguchi filling in nicely.
I can't believe that Dusty Baker isn't on the hot-seat by now. Remember the 03 season when the Cubs almost made it to the World Series? (Bartman supposedly cost them the game)...
Has he done anything with the talent he has in Chicago? Anything at all? Here's an interesting fact, they only had 88 wins is in 03, not very many compare to most playoff years (and the lowest of any team in the playoffs that year). In fact, they had one more win last season and finished 16 games back of the division title.
Take a look at their record with Dusty as their manager:
| Year | Wins | Losses | Win Pct |
| 2003 | 88 | 74 | 0.5432 |
| 2004 | 89 | 73 | 0.5494 |
| 2005 | 54 | 58 | 0.4821 |
| Total | 231 | 205 | 0.5298 |
Not real solid, with their "talented" (and overrated) pitching staff. I think if they finish under .500 this year, he has to go... But I really don't want to see him fired, because he's been nice to the Cardinals for consistenly screwing it up.
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