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Lou Piniella is finally going to hang it up. He's confirmed that this season will be his last on anybody's bench, and I think it's about time.
Why? How could I think it's time for Lou to hang it up when he's such a great "baseball mind"?
Well, let's consider the obvious. There's the: temper tantrums, temper tantrums, tempter tantrums, and inexplicable losses in the postseason.
Remember that Lou presided over a Mariners team that won 116 games in the regular season but couldn't win their opening round playoff series. Greatest team of all time? Not even close. They could've been with a ...
One of baseball's best managers is leaving the game. Like Bobby Cox, another respected manager, Lou Piniella has decided that after this season he will retire.
Some might say it's because of the Cubs, but while they gave Lou his fair share of aches and pains, he's also shared laughter and joy while managing the Chicago Cubs.
In his career, he was a two time American League Manager of the year and one time National League Manager of the year
Sweet Lou played 20 years of professional baseball, making stops to play for the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Pilots (yes, they were ...
"Sweet Lou" will be hangin' 'em up at the conclusion of this season, according to ESPN.com. The current manager of the Chicago Cubs has managed in the big leagues for 23 years for the Yankees, Reds, Mariners, Devil Rays and Cubs.
Pinella is widely known for his on field arguments with umpires where he would often explode into tantrums. He would kick dirt, throw his hat and even pick up bases and throw them.
"I couldn't be more appreciative of the Cubs organization for providing me the opportunity to manage this ball club," Piniella said in ...
Cubs' first round draft pick Hayden Simpson will miss the summer season due to an ongoing battle with mononucleosis, according to scouting director Tim Wilken.
The 16th overall selection out of Southern Arkansas, Simpson went 13-1 with a 1.81 ERA in 99 1/3 innings over his junior season.
You never want to hear about a young player getting sick and having to miss time, but this could be a blessing in disguise for Simpson. He might be able to get some rest and get back into shape for the next season and prove to the Cubs why they drafted him 16th ...
The Houston Astros visited Wrigley Field tonight to kick off a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs. It ended up as a hitting festival for the visitors as they scored five runs in the first inning and added another six more in the rest of the game to beat the home team by a final score of 11-5.
The Cubs had starting pitcher Carlos Silva (9-4) on the mound tonight, but he failed to deliver a winning chance for the Cubs. In fact, he had a ridiculously bad outing; facing 11 Astros, he gave up a total of five runs (all ...
The Cubs came out of the All-Star Break playing pretty good baseball. They started the second half by taking 3 of 4 against the Phillies, capped by a pounding of Cy-Young candidate Roy Halladay. And if it weren’t for a Marmol implosion on Saturday, the Cubs would have swept the four game set with the Phillies. The good news is that the Cubs are now 3-1 in the 2nd half. The bad news is the Cardinals are 4-0 after sweeping the Dodgers.
As it stands now, the Cubs are tied with the Brewers at 9 ½ games behind the Cardinals ...
This article is the final part of a series of articles looking at the Cubs not-so-distant future. To read part four, which takes a look at the pitchers, follow this link .
After taking three of four against the Phillies coming out of the All-Star break, the Cubs are tied for third place in the National League Central with the Brewers at 42-51. The Cardinals are 9.5 games ahead of them in first place and the Reds are only half a game behind in second (first in the Wild Card standings).
That's not much of a change in the two-and-a-half ...
It’s scary how quickly Carlos Marmol falls apart. And yet, remarkable how often he escapes his own jams.
The guy’s made an art form out of walking the bags full, then striking out the side.
But Marmol has to be more efficient and more accountable than he was Saturday in the season’s second half.
Although unlikely, it’s still possible for our Cubbies to make a little run at the division title.
The starting staff continues to lead the majors in quality starts , and the offense is clicking as well as it has all season.
But sustaining aspirations of a second half run means the ...
Yes, woeful.
The Chicago Cubs spent $146,859,000 on their 2010 payroll, which works out to an average of $5,439,222 per player and is good for third in all of Major League Baseball. Only the Evil Empires—the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox—shelled out more scratch for their squads.
Only the Bronx Bombers are paying more per victory.
They boast Marlon Byrd, Ryan Dempster, Kosuke Fukudome, Derrek Lee, Ted Lilly, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Silva, Alfonso Soriano, Geovany Soto, and Carlos Zambrano. Each player mentioned is a current or former All-Star with the exception of Silva.
Each player on that list also makes eight figures ...
So...two or three weeks of anger management classes and suddenly Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano is a new man, huh?
You'll have to forgive me if I'm not buying what the Cubs are selling.
Apparently "cured" of the anger issues that have prevented Zambrano from reaching the full potential of his obvious talent, Big Z has been cleared to begin his baseball rehabilitation in Mesa.
From one "rehab" to another "rehab" and—Poof!—magically, all is well again.
Zambrano, who was suspended following a June 25 dugout tirade at U.S. Cellular Field, threw 25 pitches Thursday in Mesa, AZ. ESPN's Bruce Levine reports that "Hendry said the ...
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