Archive for March 7th, 2007

Sweet Lou (and other things)

Promises. Promises.  Lou says he’s more relaxed, I’ll believe it when I see it.  Forget Lilly – what will Lou say to Prior and Wood when they start complaing this hurts them or that hurts.  Pinella is liable to grab a bat and say: “Get out there and pitch before I make something really hurt [...]

Piniella and American Idol

Cubs fans have already started a couple of fireloupiniella web sites. I guess 100 years without a championship conditions you to behave that way.  The main criticisms with Piniella are that he burns out pitchers and doesn’t help younger players develop.  Piniella also hired Trammel as his bench coach.  Nothing like having the former manager [...]

Piniella

I heard that Lou said he will be more a calm and relaxed manager this time around.  That has as much possibility as Sanjaya winning American Idol.  Let’s see what happens the first time Ted Lilly walks a leadoff batter after the cubs just took the lead in the proir inning.

Piniella and Spring training

The little I have read and seen of Lou so far this Spring and I am glad already that he is not the Yankees manmager. Joe has his faults but Lou was not the answer for the Yankees, and maybe not even the Cubs.