Tag Archives: lou piniella
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9 Biggest Sports Meltdowns, Temper Tantrums, and Blowups
Emotions run sky-high in sports, so it’s not hard to scroll through hundreds of instances of mouthing off and water cooler-tossing. Sometimes these tirades are scathing beratings, hilarious acts of violence against inanimate objects, and, at their worst, episodes of “When Animals Attack.” I chose a smattering of all three types because variety is the [...]
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Picture Of The Day: Even for a Cardinals Fan, this is tough to see
Here’s a pic of Lou Piniella crying during his final game as the Chicago Cubs manager, and also his final game in a big league uniform ever. But contrary to popular belief, those are tears of joy. He just quit THE CUBS people! He’s stoked. Why? THEY SUCK. They haven’t won a world series since [...]
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9 Awesome Baseball Manager Tirades We Will Never Forget
As Lou Piniella lays down his spikes this week and retires from the Cubs, he gives us a legacy to look back on unlike any other active manager. While much of his legacy takes the form of wins, losses, and pennants, there is another quality about Lou that we mustn’t ever forget: the ability to [...]
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The Stat Line of the Night – 8/22/10 – Jason Heyward
Yesterday marked the end of an era in baseb, all, as long-time manager Lou Piniella managed his last game in baseball. He had announced that he would retire after the season, but in the days leading up to Sunday’s game he decided to call it quits sooner. He was a great manager for many years, [...]
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9 Coaches Who Should Call It Quits
We live in the era of www.fire_____.com (fill in the blank with your local sub .500 coach). Since that’s the way it is, and considering the amount of effort it would take to change it, who am I to buck the trend? Besides, didn’t Al Gore say that his primary motivation for inventing the internet [...]
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The Stat Line of the Night — 7/20/10 — Aramis Ramirez
Tuesday was a huge day for the Chicago Cubs. Their manager and leader Lou Piniella announced his retirement at the age of 66. Lou has been in the league for many years as a player, coach and manager. As the Cubs manager, he had taken the team to the playoffs twice but flamed out in [...]
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Cubs Fan Throws A Beer At Phillies Shane Victorino [Video]
Total Pro Sports - From now on expect the unexpected from baseball fans in the Windy City!!!! Yesterday at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the Philadelphia Phillies were in town to take on the hometown Cubs. What was dubbed as the return to the MLB for starting pitcher Pedro Martinez, turned out to be a game [...]
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For One Day In His Life Lou Piniella Was A Pot Head
Total Pro Sports – So what if Geovany Soto smoked some weed before the World Baseball Classic. Lou Piniella doesn’t think it’s that big of a deal. Heck, he even smoked some dope one time as well, and look at him now. Piniella’s experience with smoking the chronic has helped him cope with Soto’s actions, [...]
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Milton Bradley’s Kindness Results In Terrible Error
Total Pro Sports – Friday June 12th may go down as Milton Bradley’s worst day of work ever. When considering the types of days this Chicago Cubs outfielder has had, that can be quite scary. If he is looking for ways to deal with the expected taunting from fans, he will likely want to avoid [...]
