Why bother booing Dusty? Just appreciate Lou :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Jay Mariotti

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Can You Go Home Again?
Published 4/15/2008 by Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts
... So we are witness, this week, to something that's happened rarely in Cub history. Will I boo? Probably not. Indifference, in my opinion, is the best reaction. Jay Mariotti, who I often criticize here, has it exactly right today: ...

What else is new?
Published 4/15/2008 at Fire Dusty Baker
Jay Mariotti has it all wrong, and for the wrong reason. And Dusty is exactly where he should be, too, managing a small-market team that hasn't had a winning record since 2000 and hasn't reached the playoffs since 1995. When you think about it, there really is no reason to boo him tonight, considering 18 months have passed since he left town. There are much hotter issues right now in Cubdom, such as the Wrigley naming-rights crisis and the frightening thought of Sam Zell owning this club much longer than we ever assumed. Baker is expecting to be ...

Dusty Baker Returns to Chicago [MLB Wake-Off]
Published 4/15/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... What would be incredibly funny, and criminal, is instead of booing Dusty, we booed Darren Baker. I think that's my decision. After all, Jay Mariotti tells me I shouldn't be concerned with Dusty. ...

Baseball’s Season of Love Continues – Dusty Returns to Wrigley
Published 4/16/2008 by Ben Schwartz at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... . I’m surprised Baker didn’t boo Wood when he saw him. In the post-Buckner, post-Bartman, post-steroids, post-756 Bonds sign in SF, post-Banks statue era of baseball, when all that’s on the minds of Cub fans is how best to honor Kerry Wood’s near dozen injury free innings with the perfect intro song, even Jay Mariotti is offering Dusty Baker a pardon: “He isn’t fighting billy goats and black cats in Cincinnati, where the Reds have had their glory days and championship machine and still honor their tainted hometown icon via vomit-inducing ...