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Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
[Piniella and Hendry, pictured, confirm today they will exchange e-mail addresses by Opening Day.] Despite Lou Piniella’s comments to the contrary in the Sun-Times last week, reports from Baltimore and Chicago show the Cubs very much in the hunt to bring Jake Peavy over from San Diego. The Baltimore Sun, a Trib-owned paper, reports via former [...]
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
According to Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle, the Giants signed Bob Howry to a one-year deal. They moved quickly after the Cubs decided not to offer arbitration to the Type A free agent. If Howry bounces back (the Giants think Lou Piniella overworked him this year), he'll be a nice complement to Jeremy Affeldt and Brian Wilson in the late innings. Howry came up through the Giants'...
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The Sports Culture (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... Starting pitcher must throw 200 pitches in the bullpen before each start so they’re good and tired Lou Piniella gets thrown out in the first inning of each game Ozzie Osbourne gets to sing the seventh-inning stretch each game
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Zoner Sports (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Valued reader Schmidty asks in the comments section: “Why did the Cubs not offer arbitration to Woodsie? Is the specter of him coming back for one year if he took it THAT bad? He’s a Type A free agent and when signed elsewhere would have at least gotten the Cubs a high draft pick to help rebuild their TERRIBLE system!” Schmidty, I think there is only one answer for all of this Wood business: Lou Piniella...
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Hot Stove News Tracker (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Cubs manager Lou Piniella said his team is out of the Jake Peavy sweepstakes, but that may not be the case after all. San Diego Padres GM Kevin Towers told Hall of Fame baseball writer Murray Chass that Jim Hendry , his Cubs counterpart, considers the Cubs still in the running to trade for the Cy Young-winning righty. "I would say the Cubs are still in it. Lou Piniella said they're not...
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Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... of what baseball would be like in the year 2000. [ wezen-ball via shysterball/HARDBALLtimes ] Did Lou Piniella run Kerry Wood out of Wrigleyville? [ zonerSPORTS ] What’s worse than a lying cheating whore? Joel Sherman says an ungrateful lying cheating whore like Andy Pettitte. [ nyPOST via shyster/HARDBALL ] Plaxico could’ve gone with the old, “Cheney shot me” excuse. [ fantasyHUMOR ]
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Location: Chicago, Ill. | Ballpark: Wrigley Field (41,160) | Spring Training: Mesa, Ariz. Owner: Tribune Co. (sale pending) | GM: Jim Hendry | Manager: Lou Piniella | World Championships: 2
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... have discussed a one-year deal to remain in Chicago. There has been speculation that Cubs manager Lou Piniella became exasperated with Wood last season when he missed about a month with a blister on his right hand.Overheard: There was a time when it seemed Leslie Frazier would give anything to become a member of the Bears' coaching staff.A starting cornerback on the Super Bowl XX Bears,...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... when the Cubs often hired inexperienced managers and has been followed by the Dusty Baker and Lou Piniella eras, which have produced three playoff teams in six years. Baylor was working as a coach for the New York Mets when he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2003. He underwent stem-cell-replacement treatment, which affected him for parts of two years, but he long ago considered himself...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... when the Cubs often hired inexperienced managers and has been followed by the Dusty Baker and Lou Piniella eras, which have produced three playoff teams in six years."The last three years I was looking for a situation that fit, but nothing fit like this one," Baylor said. "I was [the first] one hired to wear the uniform, and now to be going back is pretty special."Baylor was working as a...
