Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry received a two-year contract extension through the 2008 season on Saturday, and one of his first orders of business will be to keep manager Dusty Baker beyond the 2006 season. "It's a great, great franchise that I'm proud to represent," said Hendry, 50, who was named the general manager in July 2002. "Unfortunately, we didn't do the job the last year or so like we planned," Hendry said. "We'll continue to do the best we can to get back on the track that we were on and moving forward. I think we have a great future ahead of us. Hopefully, we'll continue to play well out of the gate. I'm very fortunate to be here." Cubs team president and CEO Andy MacPhail announced the extension. "There's one basic reason you would do this, and it's that we have all the confidence in the world that he's capable of getting us to the World Series," MacPhail said. "There's plenty of evidence on the field to back me up in my belief of that."