I know Dusty's Long Gone But...

Damn....just damn. (emphasis added)

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Dusty Baker wants his hitters to hit. He likes aggressive hitters. He was talking about Joey Votto and finished with this: 

“I really, really hate the called third strike. I hate that. You're guess and you ain't ready to hit.” 

Does the aggressive stuff go for Adam Dunn, too? “Like I said, I don't like called third strikes. Dunn’s not a kid. He's not old, but he ain't a kid. I bet you he gets better. He's from Texas, right? There’s not a cow in Texas if he don’t get better.” 

“He wants to get better. Barry Bonds he always told me Dunn would be one of the best around. Comes to hitting, Barry’s got a pretty good idea.” 

On Votto: “He needs to swing some more. I talked to him about that. Strikeouts aren't the only criteria. I'd like to see him more aggressive.” 

“A lot of this on-base percentage is taking away the aggressiveness of some young kids. Most of the time you’ve got to put handcuffs on a young to keep him from swinging.”

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Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 12:36pm
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Comments

Submitted by Dusty Baylor
on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 12:41pm

Wow.....just hilarious. Dusty? 1987 is calling, and it wants its approach back.

Submitted by Ryno
on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 12:44pm

lol... classic!

It's much funnier when it isn't your team.

Submitted by Cubnut
on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 12:54pm

Now I'm thinking he took the Cincy job specifically because he knew Dunn was from Texas, and we wanted to use that line.

Submitted by The Joe
on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 1:02pm

He's become a parody of himself. Funny shit when he's the competition, though!

Submitted by Dr. aaron b
on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 1:03pm

All I can say is this. Better them than us gentelmen. I can't wait til Cincy Greg or whoever starts lurking here. Asking us what we all think of Dusty.

Submitted by Paul Noce
on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 1:12pm

According to Dusty, yesterdays Cubs game (0 walks by our hitters, 6 walks allowed by our pitchers) should have resulted in a Cubs victory since "walks clog the bases".

Reds fans will be pulling out their hair over hiring the moron long before the all-star break.

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 3:24pm

dusty wants power hitters to swing the bat...imagine that. shocking news every time he says it...wow. too bad he cant be more elegant about it.

all the "dusty blah blah" aside...votto DOES need to expand his zone. he's a power hitter not taking advantage of his own power. he's also not THAT selective. he dont have a bonds eye or anything. he does have the ability to expand his hitting, though. he's not a pure-pull guy.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 3:38pm

right, if he was just a better orator he wouldn't come off like such a dumbass.


Well said...


Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 3:45pm

he keeps saying the same thing and applying it to the power hitters. he has a thing for contact hitters, but it generally comes down to the same thing...he wants his power hitters to swing.

the people he bitches about in the context of his verbal garbage arent your theriot-types and i dont think dusty's under the illusion that a guy who walks 50 times a year in 600+PA is suddenly gonna become a 100 walk guy cuz he verbally says "hey dude, why dont you lay off that pitch you keep missing, man. it's obvious you're not getting fooled, man, so lay off it."

all that aside...votto is a guy who's bat can do a lot more than scott hatteberg impersonations (with a touch more speed). he does need to expand his offerings, imo.

Submitted by Michaelweaselo
on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 3:28pm

I just realized that for the first time, Im older than everyone on the Cubs 40 man roster. Damn this sucks.

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 3:32pm

wrong post...

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