Cubs GM Jim Hendry: The Worst GM in Chicago: Part 1: The Good

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Watching Nick Punto of the Twins bunt for a base hit with two outs to score a run in today’s Cub game exemplifies everything that is wrong with the Cubs and the way Cub GM Jim Hendry has constructed this team.

I’m not really directly comparing him to the other GM’s in Chicago, but with the money he has had to work with, I think he has done a horrible job of putting together a team, and building an organization.

From people that don’t really know baseball, I’m going to get the argument about how can I criticize someone whose teams have made the playoffs three times in the last six years, and consecutively for the first time in 100 years.

When making that argument, you have to take in consideration the competition in your division, what they have to work with, and how well he utilized what he had. You also have to look at what could he have done better, and that’s a really long list.

Since officially taking over the spot mid-2002, I’m going to go Clint Eastwood on him and rate the “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" on the moves he has made.

The bad and the ugly are so long, this is going to be a trilogy. Stay tuned in the near future for the next exciting episode of this continuing serial.

I’m also going to tell you why even some of his best moves were not really all that great. I’m not going to cover every single move he has made; just the ones that I think have the greatest significance.

THE GOOD

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