How can you fire Jim Hendry

Damn you Cubs.

How dare you fire Jim Hendry, he has been instrumental in the Cubs success since 1995 and you're giving up on him now??

So not fair, I mean let's look at what he has accomplished since he took over as GM in 2002:

• 2002
• 67-95
• Not necessarily his fault
• Fired Don Baylor
• His decision but yeah they stunk
• Let Rene Lachemann manage a game
• His 67-94 record with the Brewers looked like an improvement
• Wrong
• Let Bruce Kimm finish the year
• Seriously
• Maybe next year
• 2003
• Hired Dusty Baker
• Who lets future hall of famers Kerry Wood and Mark Prior both throw over 210 innings
• and ruins both of their careers
• Fleeced the Pirates for Kenny Lofton and Aramis Ramirez
• 88-74
• Division winner
• Faces Marlins
• Up 3-1
• Loses game 5
• Game 6
• 5 outs away
• Bartman
• 8 spot
• Game 7
• nope
• Maybe next year
• 2004
• 89-73
• Better than 2003
• Only good enough for 3rd place though
• Had 1 1/2 game lead for the Wild Card with 9 games left
• Ran Chip Carey and Steve Stone out of town
• Harry Carey was pissed
• Traded for Nomar
• Maybe next year
• 2005
• 79-83
• Maybe next year
• 2006
• 66-96
• dead last
• Traded Ricky Nolasco and Sergio Mitre for Juan Pierre
• Signed Scott Eyre and Bob Howry
• Signed Jacque Jones
• Signed Wade Miller
• First start September 9, 0-2 4.57 for the season
•  Maybe next year
• Let Dusty Baker go
• Hired Lou Piniella
• Hilarity ensued
• 2007
• Signs Alfonso Soriano for 8 years $136 million
• seemed like a good idea
• Signs Aramis Ramirez for 5 years $73 million
• quite a bargain on the Soriano scale
• Signs Ted Lilly for 4 years $40 million
• a bargain on the Suppan scale
• Drafted Josh Hamilton
• and traded him to Cincinnati for an envelope of cash
• Gives Carlos Zambrano 5 years $91.5 million
• bahahahahahahaha
• Re-signed Wade Miller!!
• 0-1 10.54 ERA never pitched again
• Won the Central
• Swept out of the playoffs
• Maybe next year
• Hendry gets contract extended 4 years
• yes!!
• 2008
• Gave Kosuke Fukudome 4 years $48 million
• That worked out well
• Best record in the NL
• Swept out of the playoffs
• Maybe next year
• 2009
• Ricketts family buys team
• Signs Milton Bradley to 3 years $30 million
• wow
• oops
• 83-78
• Maybe next year
• 2010
• 75-87
• 5th place
• Maybe next year
• 2011
• gets fired
• rest of NL Central weeps
• Maybe next year

Maybe next year



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