Rearranging the deck furniture on the Titanic....

That is what true cubs fans are doing by supporting this team. I've thought long and hard about their situation and came up with one conclusion and a few options: The conclusion is, this is not a 23 games below .500 team. The cause therefore would be the manager. Option A. Get rid of Baker at ASB, hire a new skipper, whether that would be Brenly, Rothschild as interim or the best solution get Sweet Lou Pinella in town. Brenly or Rotschild you could do one of two things: leave the team be or back up the truck and sell. Get as many prospects as you can steal and see a new team in about four years. Pinella comes in, get all his input, get rid of the lolly gaggers and trade for the quality big money guys that are playing on cash strapped teams. Option B. is the one that will be the more likely Tribune "way" of thinking: Leave DB in, trade some of the "better" players like, Walker, Maddog, Ramirez, and Pierre to playoff hopeful clubs and attempt to pillage their AAA talent, guys that are a year away. As long as Lee, Zambrano and Barrett are around "we'll still get 3 million saps to come out". Option C. Fuck it, who cares..... Hey Jimmy boy, you wanna keep me and the vast majority of real baseball fans who happen to support the cubs pick option A and and give Pinella EVERYTHING he wants. I expect a press conference on the 12th.