We know during the Dusty Baker regime that Cubs hitters have had trouble taking walks and that Cubs pitchers have had trouble preventing walks, but ESPN.com's Rob Neyer (in an "Insider" column) shows us just how bad the problem has been. As Neyer writes, from 2003-06, seven National League teams have drawn more walks than they have allowed. The Phillies lead the league with a +476 differential, followed by the Cardinals, Padres, Reds, and Astros.

"Nine teams have negative walk differentials, and two of them really, really stand out ...": The Pirates and the Cubs. And the Cubs are much worse than the Pirates. The Pirates' differential is -425. The Cubs' is -625, 200 walks worse than the second to last team.

Neyer notes that the problem is not just Baker, but is also Jim Hendry. I'd add Larry Rothschild, Gary Matthews, and Gene Clines to that list as well.