Tag Archives: Ozzie Guillen

Cubs Winter Meetings: Day 2 Recap

The Milton Bradley rumors were heating up throughout the day on Tuesday.  According to Bruce Miles at the Daily Herald, a deal is not imminent, but they are getting closer. Others were more optimistic about a deal getting done soon.  Bruce Levine of ESPN Chicago wrote that the Cubs were on the verge of making [...]

Piniella’s Wish List For 2010

The Cubs lost the series finale against the Giants yesterday 5-1 (Why does the 1 look like it’s in a different font?).  At the same time, Colorado beat St. Louis 4-3 to increase their Wildcard lead over the Cubs to 6.5 games with just seven games remaining in the season.  I wouldn’t suggest investing in [...]

Lou’s The Least Popular Manager in Baseball

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 [...]

What Ever Happened To Hitting?

Over the past two nights in St. Louis, the Cubs have cranked out just nine hits for a total of one run and have lost the first two games of their series against the Cardinals.  They also wasted two good pitching performances by Ted Lilly – who gave up just five hits and three earned [...]