Well as expected the Florida Marlins have let go Joe Girardi to the third base coach from the Atlanta Braves.  This leaves the door open for Girardi to come back home and coach the team he once played for in Chicago.  I feel that Joe would be a great fit for this team, he has showed that he can help a young team win some ballgames and that is the direction the cubs need to go in my opinion.  Mix in your verterans like Lee and hopefully Ramirez, but don’t be afraid of playing some young guys also.  Not as many as Dusty was forced to play this year, but piece them in with some veterans to make a good ballclub.

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After four years of coaching the Cubs, Dusty Baker will not be returning to manage the team next year.  The Cubs finished a terrible 66-96 this year and Baker was on the hot seat all season long. 

After yesterdays win against the Rockies, Baker said he was pretty sure he would not be coming back since he didn’t talk with GM Jim Hendry about it at all.  Many of the players are upset over the deal because he is a players manager but the Cubs have not improved since 2003 and you cannot blame it all on injuries like a lot of Baker fans want too.

There wasn’t any mention of how long it will be before management starts interviewing managers for next year. I still hope they call Joe Girardi right when he is fired from the Marlins, which is supposed to be tomorrow.

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Wow I am very suprised to see this happen, Andy MacPhail has resigned as Cubs president.  It suprises me because I thought MacPhail and Hendry were side by side going to return the Cubs to the playoffs where they were in 1998.  Or wait, that is what they thought, not me! 

MacPhail, 53, joined the Cubs in 1994 as president and CEO, and during his 12 seasons, the team reached the playoffs twice and advanced to the National League Championship Series in 2003. He also guided the expansion and modernization of Wrigley Field. This year, the team had one of the highest payrolls at $95 million, but finished with the worst record in the National League at 66-96.

John McDonough will take over as President of the Chicago Cubs.  And has one goal in mind.

“My goal is singular,” McDonough said in a news conference following the Cubs season finale, an 8-5 win over the Colorado Rockies. “The purpose of why I’ve been asked to do this job is for the Cubs to win the World Series — not win the Wild Card or win the division or win the pennant. It’s time to win. It’s time to win the World Series.”

We will learn Dusty Bakers fate tomorrow (Monday) and I don’t expect him to be manager of the Cubs Monday evening.

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