tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-1156542900261364582006-08-25T17:40:00.000-04:002007-02-01T16:08:42.699-05:002007-02-01T16:08:42.699-05:00Thank you, Matt from Chicago. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Matt sent us <a href="http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060824&content_id=1626835&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc">this link</a> to a seemingly innocuous "News and Notes"-type write-up of the woeful Chicago Cubs on MLB.com.<br /><br />Writer Carrie Muskat poses the outrageously easy-to-answer question,<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Do the Cubs need to improve their on-base percentage next year?</span><br /><br />and immediately follows with all of the information necessary to answer the question.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">They currently rank last in the National League with a .318 OBP.</span> <br /><br />But wait. I'd like a second opinion. Preferably from Dr. Crazyballs himself, Dusty Baker.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage," Baker said.</span><br /><br />And everyone hold their collective breath. Let's drum roll this shit.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Are you ready?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me."</span><br /><br />Thank you. Someone had to say it, Dusty. How are we going to score runs with all these damn men clogging up the bases, getting in our way? Cubs Baseball 2006: No One Clogs <span style="font-style:italic;">Our </span>Bases Up! Why in the world did they get rid of Neifi Perez? He was the undisupted king of Career Not Clogging Up The Bases Occurrences.<br /><br />Dusty's quote also begs the question, what <span style="font-style:italic;">is</span> that great to him, keeping in mind that batters getting on base for the professional baseball team he manages, the Chicago Cubs, is not that great? My guesses appear below:<br /><br />Horses<br />Frosting<br />The innocence of a young child<br />Stolen bases<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">A Beautiful Mind</span><br />Oldies<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-6456550542512928"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 200; google_ad_format = "200x200_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel = ""; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "0000FF"; google_color_text = "000000"; google_color_url = "008000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div>Juniorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08172624914735262408noreply@blogger.com