One of Dusty Baker's many failings in Chicago -- besides pitching Kerry Wood and Mark Prior into oblivion and playing Neifi Perez every day, et al.-- was his passive role in a feud between then-announcers Steve Stone and Chip Caray and various players on the team. Players thought they were being criticized too harshly, and Caray and Stone didn't like that, and everyone got all angry and huffy. And then Moises Alou urinated on his hands. The point of all this urine talk: Reds announcer Marty Brennaman spoke openly against Baker at the time, and will now have to work with him every day. That should be fun:
In addition to his entertaining and informative style, Brennaman isn't afraid to stand up to anyone who challenges him or his comments. Brennaman stood up to center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. after Brennaman criticized him.And Brennaman questioned Baker's control of the Cubs' clubhouse toward the end of the 2004 season when players thought then-announcers Chip Caray and Steve Stone should have been more supportive.
"Dusty Baker singularly could have stopped that stuff right from the beginning," Brennaman said at the time. "And I just think it escalated into something that was not very pretty."
While I'm not sure I agree with the "informative and entertaining part," it should be interesting how Dusty handles his new friends in Cincinnati. As if the court of public opinion weren't enough, Dusty's got to wag both the tail and the dog if he plans on being as bad in Cincy as he was in Chicago.
I've never heard good things about the Bataan Death March. After all, it's called the Bataan Death March. Nothing about the words death and march, or the combination thereof, sounds anything except frightening and depressing. 
