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Cubs’ Piniella: Time For Change at Closer

August 18, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

With two outs in the ninth inning on Monday night, Kevin Gregg once again blew it. With two strikes against San Diego’s Chase Headley, Kevin Gregg once again blew it. With the Chicago Cubs five games out of first place and desperately needing to collect some consecutive wins, Kevin Gregg once again served up a titanic-sized meatball on a platter down the middle of the plate, ultimately blowing it. This time around, the pitch was made to Kyle Blanks, ending the game on a three-run homer that was as hard to swallow for the Cubs and Cubs fans as any loss this ...

Lou Piniella Takes a Hands-On Approach with Milton Bradley’s Hitting Woes

July 20, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

If you want something done, sometimes you gotta do it yourself. Forget Von Joshua. For now, Piniella has decided to take a more hands-on approach with Milton Bradley as his personal hitting coach. Piniella says he plans on working with Bradley on Monday as they prep for a three-game series with NL-East leading Philadelphia. "I had a nice talk with Bradley [Sunday]," Piniella said. "I'm going to work with him personally for a while and see if we can get him going." However, Piniella also said that Bradley may not be in the lineup on Monday or Tuesday to get Bradley some more ...

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