Sportswriters generally
make terrible general managers, as Gordon Wittenmyer showed in yesterday’s
Sun-Times. Wittenmyer has been all over
the Cubs this year for not committing to big-name free agents. Heaven help the North Side should he ever
take control of the front office.
This is how Wittenmyer
would assemble a pitching staff: “[Jon]
Lester and Peavy added to a mix that might include star manager Joe Maddon
running the show? Imagine that while
watching Peavy take the mound for the Giants on Tuesday in Game 6 of the World
Series with a chance to beat the Kansas City Royals” and clinch the Series for
SF.
Too bad the Jakester
couldn’t get out of the second inning, giving up five runs on six hits as the
Royals squared the Series at three games apiece with a 10-0 whitewash of the
visitors. Peavy is 0-2 with a 12.79 ERA
against the Royals this October and is a “stellar” 1-5 with a 7.98 ERA in his
postseason career.
Judging by those stats,
the only people who would want Peavy on the Cubs next season are White Sox fans
and Gordon Wittenmyer.
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