Crane Kenney is a loser

Crane Kenney is a wannabe, pure and simple. Now don't get me wrong, Kenney has accomplished a lot in his life. He has a law degree from the University of Michigan, which is really impressive. However, he is not a baseball man and should really stick to the area of expertise that he knows best.

It seems to me every time he forays into the Cubs headlines, it is for something stupid. Hiring the Greek Orthodox priest to "bless" the Cubs dugout and "remove" the billy goat curse before the playoff last year was one of the odder, dumber things to have been done by a typically inept Cubs management team. 

How many Cubs officials, be it Jim Hendry, Lou, or players, have you ever heard acknowledge the "curse?" None! Of the real, genuinely passionate Cub fans I know, none of them have ever referred to it either. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of "Cub fans" that love to talk about it. But usually this is limited to the fair-weather fans and the girls from the North-side who think it is cool to "love" the Cubs because their Dad does. It is all a bunch of BS, and the fact that a high-ranking Cubs official makes a mockery of the team and stadium with shenanigans like Kenney did is just awful. 

I know this is about six months too late, but Kenney's latest headline-grabbing move brought it back up for me. 

I don't like Dusty Baker. 2003 was great, but he bumbled NLCS Game 5 in Florida, which is what really led to the collapse. He bumbled the end of 2004 with a team that was probably the best in baseball apart from the Cardinals that year. 2005 was blah and you'd be hard-pressed to find a worst major league ball club than the one Dusty watched over in 2006. My point is, I don't like him. 

However, Crane Kenney going out and saying at Cubs Convention that the 2007 team wouldn't have made the playoffs if Dusty was managing is nothing short of idiotic. Ok Crane, I know it must be cool for you to be the big guy and stand in front of 500 people and be a smart ass. Everyone in that room probably agreed with you, but you are a professional and the things you say reflect on the Cubs organization. Find me one other high-up management type in baseball, or any other sport, that would go out and blast a former employee, let alone manager.

After all this, according to an article in today's Tribune, Kenney went to Dusty last night and denied that he had said or done any of that. Well Crane, according to the same article, the incident is on video. For someone with a law degree from a great University, Kenney sure is a moron.

My advice to Mr. Kenney is to stay in his North shore mansion, keep his mouth shut, and just bide your time until the Ricketts family takes over.