OK, maybe I'll start a new feature: the dumbest quote of the day. In an article in the Daily Herald, Dusty Baker gives us a couple of gems.

"I think walks are overrated unless you can run. If you get a walk and put the pitcher in a stretch, that helps. But the guy who walks and can't run, most of the time they're clogging up the bases for somebody who can run."

Does he feel the same way about hits? If you get a single and you're slow, you're clogging the bases just as much. Apparently, Baker only want a player who's fast or just hits homers. Of course, all those homers will be solo shots because there will never be anybody on base. But the next quote is the really dumb one:

"Who's been the champions the last seven, eight years? Have you ever heard the Yankees talk about on-base percentage and walks?"

Over the last 8 years, the Yankees have been first in the AL in OBP and second in walks (behind the A's). Whether or not the Yankees have been talking about it, they've been doing it. You would think Dusty Baker would've noticed.