Cubs: Grrrrrr...

1060west has been on fire lately and today's post about Wrigley's latest rightfield fan favorite is spot on.

Make no mistake. Jones' lack of overall production, inability to hit left-handed pitching, shoddy defensive play, and inexcusable mental mistakes are excruciatingly difficult to swallow. But I have a bigger beef with Cub GM Jim Hendry.

Hendry, in spite of obvious indicators predicting a lack of production out of Jones, still signed him to a ridiculous contract and compounded the problem by failing to to add another outfielder to platoon with Jones on days when a lefty is on the mound. Instead the Cubs added Freddie Bynum, another left-handed low production bat, to an outfield mix that already included lefties John Mabry and Juan Pierre.

The Cub offense hasn't been stellar this year by any stretch but is abysmal against left handed pitching. You can't blame Jim Hendry for his inability to hit left-handed pitching but you can blame him for his inability to put together a team that can.

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