Shame(s) on You: Buster Olney

Shame(s) on You Buster Olney so called ESPN baseball insider although I use that term loosely.

Yesterday on ESPN radio on the Mike and Mike in the morning show with Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg you came on to talk about some late breaking developments around MLB. Some so called scoops that 'only Olney' would have dips on.

With my curiosity peaked I sat in my car in the parking lot at work anxiously awaiting word on your scoop. And much to my chagrin what you revealed was that Cubs manager Dusty Baker could get fired and the Mets could trade for A's starting pitcher Barry Zito. Well, thank you for that Captain Obvious. What are you going to tell me next? That Barry Bonds is one homerun away from tying Babe Ruth on the all time hr list? Or maybe you'd like to point out that Pete Rose still isn't in the Hall of Fame.

Considering that the Cubs have lost six straight and have only scored 40 runs in 17 games without Derrek Lee after scoring 72 in 16 with him it's no surprise that he's on the hot seat. Baker's inability to compensate for the loss of Lee is just one of his many pratfalls. He's been on the firing squad in Chicago ever since he came over from San Francisco. It was inevitable that he would get fired sooner rather than later. Is that really such a big deal?

As for Zito his name has been linked to the Mets ever since they hired his former pitching coach Rick Peterson. For two years now he's been rumored to be on his way to Flushing for various prospects ranging from Lastings Milledge to Aaron Heilman. The fact that Victor Zambrano is now out for the year doesn't change the fact that the Mets would be interested in Zito. That is not breaking news sorry to break it to you Buster.

Now would you please go back to your cubicle and come up with something that my 11 year old cousin couldn't have told me. Or is that who you get your information from?