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With the news that Chicago Cubs manager is going to retire at the end of the season, it’s time to line up the candidates who potentially could replace Piniella in the Windy City. I personally think the Cubs manager job is a very attractive job for the sole reason that there are very little expectations.
If you lose, big deal. The Cubs have had 33 managers since 1908 and they all have had one thing in common—they all lost. If things don’t pan out in Chicago, then you are just like everyone else.
However, if you win, you will be remembered forever. ...
The three runs scored by the Houston Astros in the 12th inning extinguished the Chicago Cubs’ hope to take another series at home. The Astros won the rubber game by beating the home team 4-3 in a marathon match of three hours and 46 minutes.
Both starting pitchers of the game, Ted Lilly of the Cubs and Brett Myers of the Astros, brought their best game in the series finale. However, neither one was implicated in game decision. They only gave up one run each in this tight game.
The Cubs got on scoreboard first in the ...
I guess yesterday's news involving Lou Piniella ending all doubt and saying he will not be back next year is good news for me. I won't have to write anymore "fire Lou Piniella" columns.
But why is he still in Chicago? What is to be gained by that?
The team he has managed is going nowhere. They have been lifeless all year, and now they are playing for a lame-duck manager.
What is there to inspire them to play hard the rest of the way?
They know Piniella won't have any say if they're around next year. Jim Hendry will be evaluating them, and ...
Following Cubs skipper Lou Piniella's announcement that he will be retiring after the season (and here I figured he had retired a long time ago), much speculation has centered around who will be Sweet Lou's replacement.
While wondering why anyone would want to manage this mess of a team, I decided to play Vegas bookie and lay odds on each of the known candidates.
So here we go, presenting the next manager of the Cubs may be a crapshoot, but this will help to "even" the field, so to speak.Begin Slideshow
With Lou Pinella announcing he will retire at the end of the Chicago Cubs season, all I hear is conjecture regarding who people think will be the Cubs' next manager.
There are multiple candidates, but for now, it's all speculation, and that's all it's going to be until it actually happens.Begin Slideshow
On a warm sunny afternoon at Wrigley Field, one of the regal venues in America, the wretched times are still delaying an obliterated franchise, visibly entertaining a bellyaching crowd in attendance mainly for the traditional seventh-inning singing, or the expensive taste of beer.
It’s almost overwhelming that much activity hasn’t been seen on Waveland Avenue—oddly enough, becoming a quiet street as a depressed population hasn’t bothered attempting to catch a home run ball dropping into the residential zone. But times are hopeless and pathetic these days, yet devastated fanatics attend games for a fun afternoon at the ballpark and a ...
The June swoon, the July good-bye, the August bust, and the September to dismember could all be used to discuss the ghosts of Cubs' season past.
There are a few exceptions of course; one being the '84 team that headed into San Diego up 2-0 and found a way to cough up the NLCS. I am sure that Gatorade on a glove had everything to do with it.
The '89 team showed promise until they met up with a buzz-saw in the San Francisco Giants and were taken in five games.
Then the '98 squad behind Slammin' Sammy Steroid-Osa made it to ...
I sit here and realize I haven't written Part II to my thoughts about trading Albert Pujols. I just about started writing Part II right now, but it took a backseat to this.
I read Bernie Miklasz's "Bernie Bytes" just about everyday, and I like what that piece is about. He just writes for five minutes and comes up with masterpieces. It is incredible.
That lead me to writing this. So much is happening right now and I feel obliged to write about it and offer my thoughts...
First thought: Sweet Lou
Lou Piniella is retiring at the end of the season.
Yeah, we knew ...
For those who remember the old Lou Piniella, Tuesday's news conference was a sure sign that the once volatile skipper had mellowed.
Today, Lou Piniella, after 46 years on the baseball field as a player and manager, quietly decided to retire at the conclusion of this season.
"Why make this announcement now,'' Piniella asked in a prepared statement. "[GM] Jim Hendry asked me in recent weeks regarding my future with the team and I told him I had made the decision to retire at the end of the season. Since my decision has now been made, I don't want ...
Let the speculation begin.
Lou Piniella will retire at season's end, meaning there will be no shortage of rumors swirling around Wrigley Field in regards to their new manager.
It won't be LeBron James-caliber of rumors, but you'll expect to hear the names Ryne Sandberg, Joe Girardi, Joe Torre, Bob Brenly, and, for that matter, Phil Jackson, over the next three months.
Piniella seemed defeated long ago, even before the 2010 season began.
His Cubs' career began with such promise, but, like all things Cubs-related, it will end on a sour note.
Sweet Lou said and did all the right things when he was hired ...
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