Interesting news out of Chicago:
The Cubs' disappointing season continued to have repercussions this week when trainer Dave Groeschner and assistant trainer Sandy Krum were fired by general manager Jim Hendry.
The move came a day after the Cubs announced a reshuffling of their coaching staff, firing third-base coach Wendell Kim and having Gene Clines and Gary Matthews switch jobs (Clines becoming hitting coach and Matthews moving to first base).
The ax came down on the trainers Tuesday, and the issue was so sensitive that the Cubs decided not to issue a news release. Rather, they allowed the news to leak out by word of mouth and reacted in a tight-lipped manner Wednesday when contacted.
That usually means a messy divorce with plenty of juicy gossip that everyone is trying to contain. There are always behind-the-scenes personality clashes that the public isn't privy to, and some personal conflict could have affected their dismissals. But the most logical reason to explain the move was that 869 man-games were lost last season, with 15 Cubs going to the disabled list, including reliever Mike Remlinger twice.
Hmmm, so if your players break down year after year, you should fire the training staff? YYYEEESSSS!!! It's time for Tim Kremchek and the rest of those bozos down at GABP to go.
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