This is the best the Cubs could get.........

You know who they really should get, maybe permanently...?

 

Murray, Bill.

 

Piniella makes sense, only in that you want a hardass on the heels of a country-club operator
like Busty Daker.

 

Piniella: "I like to win."

Lyons: "Then why did you go to the Cubs?"

 

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I don't know that Pinella is necessarily a bad hire.

Hiring Pinella and upping payroll to $115 million supposedly sends a signal that they're serious about getting out of the ditch as quickly as possible.

Of course given the fact the same idiots will be making personnel decisions this year doesn't mean they'll spend the extra money wisely. If a $95 million team can lose 96 games imagine how many games $115 million team could lose.

 

PinIella. P-i-n-i-e-l-l-a. Lou Piniella.

Thank you. Carry on.

 

Piniella inherited a mess in Seattle and left with the Mariners as one of the best teams in the AL. They played hard, fundamental baseball, and won 116 games one year despite traveling more than any team in the majors, I believe.

I think his handling of pitching is sometimes suspect. But if he hires Bryan Price, who worked wonders with that staff but was released by subsequent managers, and lets him work instead of meddling (and if his staff can every stay healthy) this could be a nice move.

 

I'd much rather have Piniella than Girardi.
I get the feeling that Girardi, in a major market with rabid fans, would self-destruct in a few months.

 

Rothschild has worked with him before. My fear is that Lou brings him back to Chicago.

 

http://www.speakeasy.org/~bucky/elia_tirade.html

 

Wait a minute, doesn't that sound a lot like Dusty pre-Cubs? improved with the Giants every year for like eight seasons, despite questionable handling of the pitchers?