There are plenty of reasons why the Cubs should hire Joe Girardi this year, but none more so than this fact: 6 teams made it to the post season this year: AL: Yankees, Tigers, A's, & Twins NL: Mets, Cardinals, Padres, & Dodgers. Of those 6 teams, 4 were managed by former catchers: Joe Torre (Yanks), Jim Leyland (Tigers), Bruce Bochy (Padres) & Grady Little (Dodgers). Two other former catchers had thier teams within reach of the playoffs Mike Scioscia (Angels) & of course, Joe Girardi. Catchers are such an important part of the game and they start learning how to manage batters and pitchers at 19, that they make such great managers. It would be a shame to hire anyone else for this job and let such a great "manager" of the game go to someone else. I'm not a Cubs fan but if the Tribune Company messes this one up...