The Cubs

Lovable losers, they’re called. I guess they are both. And now they’re looking for a new skipper.

Dusty Baker is out as the Chicago Cubs’ manager following a last-place finish and a failure to take the team to the World Series in his four years.

The Cubs made the announcement Monday, a day after team president Andy MacPhail resigned and the club finished with a 66-96 record.

So, it can only get better from here, that’s the standard thinking.

Here’s some thinking that sounds a little like Yogi.

Baker said he talked to the players on Sunday.

“I just urged them yesterday just to learn from some of the things that they might have understood, and some of the things that they didn’t understand,” he said. “Just retain it and perhaps some day they can use it on being better ballplayers, and being, you know, better family men and just being better people, period.”

We’re all better people for the experience. Being a Cubs fan builds character.