Larry Brown Sports (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Last year at this time I was criticizing Cubs manager Lou Piniella for his decision to yank Carlos Zambrano after six innings in Game 1 of the NLDS with the score tied 1-1, while Arizona elected to stick with ace Brandon Webb for another inning. At the time I criticized Piniella before the series [...]
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
"We didn't play well. We didn't deserve to win. We played well all year and for us to have three games like this is shocking." - Mark DeRosa [ MLB ] "We were expecting more. I want to do more than play the part of the good loser." - Lou Piniella [ MLB ] "We played three games like this before in the regular season. You just can't afford to do it in the postseason. We just picked a bad time to play...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
LOS ANGELES – The memory is nearly 27 years old, but it bothers Lou Piniella to this day. It was Oct. 23, 1981, the first inning of the third game of the World Series. The New York Yankees had two on and one out when Piniella decided to muscle up against the Los Angeles Dodgers' Fernando Valenzuela.
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Lou Piniella doesn't keep Fukudome on the bench long as he puts him in as part of a double shift. He follows a Theriot single with a solid base hit to center, Fukudome's first of the series. That chases Kuroda...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Bruce Miles / Daily Herald : Piniella fed up with Fukudome's play — Cubs manager Lou Piniella has all but written off right fielder Kosuke Fukudome for the rest of the playoffs and maybe longer. — “From now on, I don't want to hear about Fukudome anymore as far as whether he's going to play or not,” …
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Lou Piniella has pulled the plug on Kosuke Fukudome for the rest of the NLDS: "From now on, I don't want to hear about Fukudome anymore as far as whether he's going to play or not," Piniella bellowed after Thursday night's 10-3 loss to the Dodgers in which Fukudome went 0-for-4, making him 0-for-8 in the National League division series. "I'm going to play Reed Johnson or somebody else, and that's the...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
CHICAGO — Cubs manager Lou Piniella says he doesn't really believe in The Curse, that he, as does everyone else, "likes to have fun with it." But someone thought enough of it to invite some sort of cleric to sprinkle holy water around the Chicago clubhouse before the start of this series, which means one of two things:
LAist (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Joe Torre and Lou Piniella greeting each other at home plate. AP Photo/M. Spencer Green LA Dodgers defeat Chicago Cubs 7-2 . Derek Lowe made only one mistake to Mark DeRosa in the second inning in his six innings of work, and the Dodgers used the long ball to give the them their second postseason victory since 1988. Things didn't look good for the Dodgers in the third inning when Andre Ethier struck...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
“Let’s hope we get better.” | Cubs manager Lou Piniella The Dodgers’ James Loney. He hit a go-ahead grand slam off a wild Ryan Dempster in the fifth inning.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Mark DeRosa was deemed healthy enough to start for the Cubs in Game 1 of their National League Division series on Wednesday, while manager Lou Piniella shook things up a bit elsewhere in his lineup. DeRosa has been dealing with a left calf strain, which forced him out of Chicago's final two regular season games. However, he was cleared to take the field on Wednesday, batting seventh and playing second...
River Ave. Blues (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
The last time Joe Torre and Lou Piniella met in the postseason, Sweet Lou guaranteed a six-game series while the 2001 Yankees dispatched the 116-win Mariners in five. Piniella again has the superior team, record-wise, and Joe Torre is attempting to regain some of the playoff mojo that has deserted him over the past few [...]
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
PLAYOFFS REPORT Manager Lou Piniella plans to stick with the Chicago Cubs for a while.
The LoHud Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Here’s a question for you: With the Yankees out, who will you root for in the playoffs? Let’s review the choices: Angels: Long-time tormenters of the Yankees. But you have to respect them. Brewers: Fun, young team. Can get to know future Yankee CC Sabathia. Cubs: Ex-Yankees Lou Piniella and Alfonso Soriano will make them a popular choice. Dodgers: [...]
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
CHICAGO (AP) - Manager Lou Piniella plans to stick with the Chicago Cubs for a while. The Cubs picked up the option on Piniella's contract for 2010 on Tuesday, a day before the NL Central champions open the playoffs against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 65-year-old Piniella guided the Cubs to a 97-64 record, the best mark in the league.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Lou Piniella’s Chicago Cubs will host Joe Torre’s L.A. Dodgers when their National League division series opens Wednesday night at Wrigley Field.
