This is barely breaking news, but Cubs skipper Lou Piniella has announced that he will retire following the 2010 season. I think the story was originally broken by a New York writer, but the first place I saw it was from Paul Sullivan on Chicago Breaking Sports. Despite the lack of playoff wins during his tenure [...]
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Is Lou Pinella A Hall of Fame Manager?
December 15, 2009 – 6:44 am
While baseball’s current crop of managers were hanging out at the Winter Meeting in Indianapolis this past week, they learned that former manager Whitey Herzog had been elected to the Hall of Fame. The Veterans Committee for Managers and Umpires elected Herzog and former umpire Doug Harvey to the 2010 Hall of Fame Class. Will Cubs [...]
Lou’s The Least Popular Manager in Baseball
July 2, 2009 – 8:12 am
A big hearty congratulations goes out to Cubs skipper Lou Piniella today. In a survey done by Sports Illustrated (and reported here in the Chicago Tribune), Piniella was voted the manager MLB players would least like to play for. Piniella garnered an impressive 26% of the vote. His closest rival was White Sox manager Ozzie [...]
