Patience a virtue as Cubs surge in 6th Comeback puts Prior into double-digit wins; Walker open to trade

CUBS 6, DODGERS 3

Cubs manager Dusty Baker had a talk with Atlanta Braves pitcherJohn Smoltz last weekend when the Braves played at Wrigley Field,asking about veteran manager Bobby Cox.

He said Bobby gets the most out of his guys because of patience,"he said. I asked Greg [Maddux] how many times Bobby ever yelled, andhe said never."

Baker believes in patience as well, saying he has had only acouple" moments of animated words with his team this season in whathas become a disappointing third year in his Cubs tenure.

I've never had a team quit on me," he said Tuesday -- and hisplayers bore him out with a 6-3 comeback victory over the Los …