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chicagotribune.com - 2/18/2009
Cubs manager Lou Piniella to players: Don't take division title for granted
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Piniella warns Cubs against focusing on October > MESA, Ariz. — As the Cubs gathered as a team for the first time since their playoff collapse last October, manager Lou Piniella sounded a familiar theme.
The Last of the Optionless Cubs or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crowded Bullpen
bleachernation.com - 2/17/2009
The Last of the Optionless Cubs or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crowded Bullpen
— bleachernation.com — Earlier in the off-season, the Cubs moved Felix Pie, Ronny Cedeno, and Michael Wuertz out of town... - major league caliber players, for whom there was likely not a spot on the 2009 Chicago Cubs. And because they were out of minor league options (typically, a player has three “option ... (more) The Last of the Optionless Cubs or: How I Learned to ...

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chicagotribune.com - 2/16/2009
Piniella tells Cubs: No predictions this season -
— chicagotribune.com — MESA, Ariz. — Carlos Zambrano predicted a Cubs championship in the spring of 2007, and Ryan Dempster... did the same last spring. On Sunday, manager Lou Piniella predicted no one would make any predictions this spring. "I told the players: 'No ... (more) Piniella tells Cubs: No predictions this season -

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chicagotribune.com - 2/17/2009
Piniella may move Soriano out of leadoff spot
— chicagotribune.com — Lou Piniella knew he was opening up a family-sized can of worms on Monday when he announced... he may move Alfonso Soriano out of the leadoff spot. Phil Rogers: Same old, something new for Cubs Milton Bradley: Wants to be a Cub, not man ... (more) Piniella may move Soriano out of leadoff spot

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A League of Her Own — HiYAH! Lou advises team not to take division for granted From the Trib: "Don't take for granted, from talking to the media, that you're going to win a division and your season is going to be defined if you play well in the postseason," Piniella told his players Tuesday. "You have to earn winning your division. We won more games than anybody in the National League last year and we're going to have a target on our back, so we have to be ready." Derrek Lee, on the other hand, said he ...

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