Donny Buntball has passed

[jersey cubs fan]

I remember being extremely excited about getting Baylor after his stints with Colorado and Atlanta, thinking he would be the guy to turn things around.

[Banedon]

Same. And now I really don't remember much about him at all other than he seemed like a pretty nice, if quiet, guy.

[TruffleShuffle]

he wasn't a great manager but i always had the impression that he was a nice guy, something that can't really be said for dusty, who is a douche.

 

rest in peace, donny buntball.

[Omar]

i would totally go fishing with dusty

 

rip don. was just looking up his player stats. That 1979 season was insanely good.

[Cubfanintheknow]

i would totally go fishing with dusty

 

rip don. was just looking up his player stats. That 1979 season was insanely good.

 

Pretty good career, pretty forgettable stint as Cubs manager. Though he did bring in Wavin' Wendell.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Did he really call bunts that much?

[jersey cubs fan]

Did he really call bunts that much?

in my mind, yes. in reality? no idea.

 

I just remember thinking they were obsessed with sac bunts, and in one year at least they led the league by a wide margin.

[SouthSideRyan]

i would totally go fishing with dusty

 

rip don. was just looking up his player stats. That 1979 season was insanely good.

 

Pretty good career, pretty forgettable stint as Cubs manager. Though he did bring in Wavin' Wendell.

 

Wendell Kim came in with Dusty.

[SouthSideRyan]

Did he really call bunts that much?

in my mind, yes. in reality? no idea.

 

I just remember thinking they were obsessed with sac bunts, and in one year at least they led the league by a wide margin.

 

Led the division both of his full seasons, 2nd one had 34 more than the next closest team.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Did he really call bunts that much?

in my mind, yes. in reality? no idea.

 

I just remember thinking they were obsessed with sac bunts, and in one year at least they led the league by a wide margin.

 

Led the division both of his full seasons, 2nd one had 34 more than the next closest team.

Holy horsefeathers, horsefeathering ridiculous.

[Post Count Padder]

Wasn't there a joke on the cubs.com board about Augie Ojeda being like his favorite because he seemed to play more than he should? Ojeda and Baylor was Dusty and Macias/Neifi before Dusty/Macias/Neifi was a thing. I could also be totally making this up.

[champaignchris]

Baylor is kind of forgettable as the manager of he Cubs because Sammy Sosa was so much the most dominant personality on that team. By far. Those were completely Sosa's teams.

 

Amazingly, Sosa posted a .312/.415/.655 slash over those three years. A 175 OPS+ and a total of 165 home runs. And the team still finished 11th, 7th and 11th in the NL in runs scored those three years. Sosa basically had no help at all.

 

The pitching staffs were brutal, too, except in 2001 when the starters stayed healthy and the bullpen didn't suck.

 

I think his firing had more to do with MacPhail out and Hendry in than with his actual managing.