Paul "The Hammer" Bako

By: Guido

Dusty Baker has had been lucky enough (or unlucky, depending on your point of view) to have managed three very prolific home run hitters. Dusty had Bonds in San Fran, Sammy in Chicago and now, Junior in Cincy.

Either Dusty gets a hard on from the long ball or it's just dumb luck. So maybe he supplies a little bonus for his guys every now and then. You know, just to get his Home run fix.

Did Barry cheat? Is Clay Aiken Gay? Seriously, you're not fooling anybody. Yes, he cheated.
Did Sammy cheat? Not according to his interpreter....yeah he did.
Did Griffey cheat? We wouldn't want to believe it if he did.

Yet, it seems old Dusty has moved on to a new man. Sure Griffey is still on the team but Paul Bako is absolutley killing the ball, sort of.

Paul Bako is a week shy of turning 36 years old. He went over two season without hitting a homer. Paul has hit 2 dingers or less in 8 of his previous 10 seasons. Before the 2008 season he had 15 career homers.

It's the second week of June and Mr. Bako has 6 home runs. 6!!!

Fuckin' cheater.