Baker Fundementally F'd Up

Greetings fellow bloggers. Since pitchers and catchers have returned, I will once again climb atop my soap-box and decry all that is afoul with these not-so-loveable losers. Dont' get me wrong, I'm just as hopeful about this year as I am about every year, but I find it hard to be hopeful when Rusty Dusty is still at the helm. Here are two quotes that sound so similar to those we heard in the midst of last year's flounder fest, It just takes the wind out of my cubbie sails before I even get them out of the basement.
Baker speaking on fundementals:

As for fundamentals, Cubs manager Dusty Baker said the Cubs won't do anything different, just place a different emphasis on the workouts.

"You can't do much differently -- they are what they are," Baker said. "We'll stress it more. We'll give it more importance. Fundamentals are the same whether you're playing Little League, high school, Pony League, it doesn't matter. It'll be more of a refresher course."

WON"T DO MUCH DIFFERENTLY. THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE. In the cubs case, he really needs to see they Aren't what they Aren't, cuase the cubs Sucked at fundementals last year. Hit and runs, squeeze plays, sacrifice bunts, pitchers fielding, you name it they sucked. Yes dusty, its true that TECHNICALLY, its the same as in Pony League, but you can't coach these guys like they're in Pony league. When will dusty ever come out and say; "WE Suck at this, and we have to get better or changes will be made".

So there's that, then there was this when talking about Wood's return. See if this sound familiar:
"Whenever we get [Wood] back, it'll be like making a trade and getting a player," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said Wednesday. "Our main thing is to try not to rush Kerry, and hopefully he's ready when we need him.

What kind of Kool Aid is this guy feeding Hendry, or Vice Versa. This argument was used almost all of last year. "Wait till Prior Gets Back, Wait Till Nomar gets back, Wait till Wood gets back"

Hey Dusty, We're F'ing tired of waiting. And frankly, we've caught on to your little scheme. You and Hendry troll the Waiver wires for any pitcher who is damaged goods, then you act like you're geniuses for picking him up and proclaim his arrival as a trade for nothing. If this is how you rationalize never getting a good pitcher on the Free Agent market, that's fine, but its now starting to look like you let these guys get injured so you never have to make any trades at all.

Whew. I'm exhausted and its only the middle of Feb.