The easy answer is to fire Don Baylor. Can him. Pink-slip him. Grab a fork and knife and chow down on the remaining time on his Chicago Cubs contract. That�s what the Detroit Tigers did with Phil Garner, what the Milwaukee Brewers did with Davey Lopes, what the Colorado Rockies did with Buddy Bell.
But these are the Cubs we�re talking about. The same Cubs who are working on their second 100-year plan. The Cubs who haven�t won a World Series since 1908, who haven�t played in a Fall Classic since 1945, when they were managed by a man whose last name perfectly describes the franchise�s history: Grimm |
