Lou Piniella's excellent adventure

Lou Piniella and his drinkin' buddy/coach Matt Sinatro decided to drive to Cincy this morning and ended up in East Liverpool, Ohio. I hope they took in the Lou Holtz museum while they were there. In today's micro-managed, charter flight world, it's refreshing to see a story like this.


http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2008/09/lous-road-trip.html

 

I'd get lost on the way to the ballpark, too, if I was on a 5-game skid.

 

First off, why were they driving across Northern Indiana to get to I-75? Why not just take I-65 to I-465 to I-74?

Secondly, did a black cat cross their path?

 

How fucking stupid do you have to be to end up in Cleveland on your way to Cincinnati? I'm envisioning the "Seinfeld" where Jerry's assistant gets lost on the way to a show because Jerry told her not to wake him up at any point.

God damn, you don't leave home without a fucking map. This team is fucked.

 

That, Buck, is why I trust my 2003 hard-copy Rand McNally long before any online service.

Including Google Almighty. Wonder if they looked for directions to the fucking playoffs while they were at it.

 

Shit, they weren't even close. East Livepool is very close to the PA border.

 

The directions were good. The story said they missed turning onto I-75 and apparently kept going east.

 

They felt like meandering... have you never taken a senseless road trip?

 

Seriously, though, are any Cubs fans worried about the six-game losing streak? Or do you think it's just a blip that won't manifest itself in the postseason (I'm assuming there's almost no way the Cubs can miss the playoffs)?

 

Well, there was that one magical summer six years ago...

 

IMP awards.com?

 

I say BOGUS!