Dusty throws Mike under the bus...

[BigSlick]

Unbelievable. He wont even defend his player. Just saw it on Fox postgame interview.

 

Lets trade him why not, heck we don't need our most productive hitter.

[Mark_R]

Dusty should go play in traffic.

[radarluv1]

i missed it. what was said?

[Butterscup1679666578]

They just interviewed Ozzie and it seemed like he defended Barrett more than Dusty did.

[E.J.]

Barrett should send a couple haymakers Dusty's way. I'm so sick of Dusty.

[David]

What did our brilliant manager say now? :roll:

[A New Era]

All I heard him say was he didn't see anything, everybody was in the way (typical dusty excuses). .

 

Am I remembering wrong, what did Dusty actually say?

[baseball7897]

Dusty that was total busch league. How can you not defend your own player? Even if you know that your player may be wrong you still defend him. Dusty its time for you to go, and while your add it take your whole coaching staff even the bullpen catcher out of here. Edited May 20, 2006 by baseball7897

[Priorknowledge]

Why can't he pick Jones to throw under the bus?

[Butterscup1679666578]

Dusty just said it was a clean play and Michael overreacted and stuff. And while it may be true, he still needs to defend his player, regardless of what happened.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Why can't he pick Jones to throw under the bus?

 

You mean our best hitter currently? Everyone can stop ripping on Jones, besides baserunning he's playing fine.

[SouthSideRyan]

Why can't he pick Jones to throw under the bus?

 

Because too many people would be hurt in the race to be the driver?

[LeftCoastCubFan]

Dusty just said it was a clean play and Michael overreacted and stuff. And while it may be true, he still needs to defend his player, regardless of what happened.

What should he have said?

 

Barrett really helped the team. He not only fired up the opposition, but we are going to lose his bat for a while. Maybe Dusty should have hit him.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Dusty just said it was a clean play and Michael overreacted and stuff. And while it may be true, he still needs to defend his player, regardless of what happened.

What should he have said?

 

Barrett really helped the team. He not only fired up the opposition, but we are going to lose his bat for a while. Maybe Dusty should have hit him.

 

I don't really know what he should have said. Maybe how Dusty has his support, and it was a heat of the moment thing and Michael was just into the game and the intensity of this series. I don't know, but when the manager of your crosstown rival defends your player more than your own manager, you know you have a problem.

[sherwood921]

I don't get it...wasn't everyone complaining that Dusty never calls out his players? So he's supposed to defend them when they do something stupid, but call them out when they can't hit? Doesn't make sense to me.

[A New Era]

Barrett really helped the team. He not only fired up the opposition, but we are going to lose his bat for a while. Maybe Dusty should have hit him.

 

Maybe Barret should hit Dusty. (Not because of what happened, but because Dusty sucks, and I hate Dusty, and I want him to leave Chicago). .

 

Please Barret? Hit Baker? Make Darren cry.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Barrett really helped the team. He not only fired up the opposition, but we are going to lose his bat for a while. Maybe Dusty should have hit him.

 

Maybe Barret should hit Dusty. (Not because of what happened, but because Dusty sucks, and I hate Dusty, and I want him to leave Chicago). .

 

Please Barret? Hit Baker? Make Darren cry.

 

No, let me hit him. I'm pretty big.

[adamb0719]

They just interviewed Ozzie and it seemed like he defended Barrett more than Dusty did.

 

What did Ozzie say?

[Butterscup1679666578]

They just interviewed Ozzie and it seemed like he defended Barrett more than Dusty did.

 

What did Ozzie say?

 

I don't really remember, but I think Ozzie was saying things like it was a heat of the moment play, and emotions were running wild and stuff, and these things happen in baseball. He said a lot more than Dusty just going "Meh blah asoidjfa alsdka runs Neifi fiojasd speed tools merf."

 

Or whatever he says when he gets interviewed, that's all I hear.

[Caryatid]

This would have been a good quote from Dusty:

 

"I understand that Michael has gotten fed up with the fact that this team has no leadership, no fire, no willingness to do anything remotely close to caring about our poor play. Therefore, he did something out of frustration. As the supposed leader of this team, I take personal responsibility when a player loses it like that, and would like to announce that as of today, I will no longer manage the Chicago Cubs."

[TruffleShuffle]

reason #125908 why Dusty sucks

[wastra]

I'm in the camp of people who believe Dusty should be more critical of his players.

 

Barret *ed up today. he got frustrated and hurt our team in the process. Baker has no business defending that.

 

 

Baker still needs to be fired, but today's comments about Barret have nothing to do with it.

[Outshined_One]

Dusty could have gotten Barrett's back while still being critical of him.

 

"Yeah, this sort of thing happens and it was heat of the moment. Barrett was right to be angry and I think what AJP did was wrong and Bush League. But, sometimes, you get caught up in something. That doesn't make throwing a punch at AJ right. I'm going to talk with everyone involved and get this all straightened out so we don't have any bad blood."

[JonnyRed]

That's great, Dusty defends moronic play like JJ getting doubled off second on a weekly basis, or Neifi blundering bunt with two outs in the ninth, but then hangs the only guy on the entire team that's showing some heart out to dry?

[Dirt Dog Sparly]

I don't get it...wasn't everyone complaining that Dusty never calls out his players? So he's supposed to defend them when they do something stupid, but call them out when they can't hit? Doesn't make sense to me.

 

No I complain when Dusty wont call his players out, then dosent defend them either. Personally if he wants to chew them out in his office and not the media thats great. But for the sake of all that is good, not backing Barrett in the media is calling him out in the media.

 

Example: It's one of those things that shows that this team hasnt quit. Its how baseball is played when Perzinski took him out, but then slapping the plate crossed the line. Barrett took offense and punched him. It was a heat of the moment thing that I am sure has Michael embarresed now. Once the suspensions come down then Michael will have time to dwell on it, but right now we need to all draw together; take this and make something positive for ourselves.

 

See lots and lots of BS w/o saying much, but I supported Barrett and will have his butt in the office to chew on later.