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Friday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
Published 5/2/2008 by carlheartscubs at A League of Her Own - Front Page
Yuck Blah From the Trib: After a disheartening 4-3 loss to the Brewers on Thursday at Wrigley Field, the Cubs find themselves on a downward spiral that has seen them lose five of their last seven games and four of six to Milwaukee, which is only one game behind the North Siders. This one, in which the Brewers rallied for three runs in the ninth inning, included some sloppy defense, questionable baserunning and a blown save by Kerry Wood. And it provoked manager Lou Piniella into a ...

Morning Juice: No sir, Lou Piniella does not like your question
Published 5/2/2008 at Big League Stew
... Thar he blows!: So, a reporter asks Piniella, "Did you think about Johnson over in left?" Piniella responds, "You're damn right I thought about it. You think I'm stupid or something? God, darnit." Video of the exchange can be enjoyed at Chicagosports.com. The presser ended with Piniella muttering unprintables under his breath out the door. ...

I Do Not Think Lou's Stupid, or Something
Published 5/2/2008 by In a Nutsack at wrigleyville23
Further proof that I adore Lou Piniella. Look, yesterday sucked pretty hard. The Cubs staked Carlos a 2-run lead against a pretty good pitcher in Gallardo. Carlos Marmol came in and dominated, as usual. Kerry Wood blew a two-run lead and lost the game. I hate it just as much as you do. I know, I know...Ryan Dempster only blew three saves all year last year and Wood has three through 31 games. He actually blew this lead against the bottom of the Brewers lineup, which features the Ned Yost Pitcher-Hitting-Eigth Specialty (even thought that spot was ...

MLB Daily Walk-Off
Published 5/2/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... lineup adjustments in the 9th. You see, Alfonso Soriana and his suck returned to the lineup Thursday, which means he was guaranteed to sort of kind of chase after any balls hit in his direction. Gabe Kapler sent a Kerry Wood floater deep to left field in the bottom of the 9th, a solid rope, but one 90% of left field would get to. In fact, the Cubs very own Reed Johnson would have easy corralled the hit had Lou made that adjustment. Asked after the game if he even gave it a thought: "You're damn right I thought ...

Northwest Sports: In the Morning
Published 5/2/2008 by Seth at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... Because McLaren probably said some shit like "we just didn't get it done" after yesterday's game (no fun!), here's video of Lou Piniella's rant at a reporter after the Cubs blew a late lead yesterday. "The briefing ended with Piniella muttering profanities on his way out the door," writes Dave van Dyck. [ ...

PM Roundup: 8th Grader Commits to Kentucky
Published 5/2/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
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