The Associated Press: NL-best Cubs pick up Piniella's option for 2010
ap.google.com 10/1/2008 — NL-best Cubs pick up Piniella's option for 2010 7 hours ago CHICAGO (AP) Manager Lou Piniella plans to stick with the Chicago Cubs for a while. The Cubs picked up their $4 million option on Piniella's contract for 2010 on Tuesday, a day before the NL ...

TBS Dicks Over Cubs
rumorsandrants.com 10/1/2008 — My worst fears have come to fruition. Just a few days ago, I was convinced that the Cubs were unquestionably the team to beat heading into the National League playoffs — the first time I’ve felt that way since I was a naive ...

Piniella, Cubs lock in through 2010
suntimes.com 10/1/2008 — Cubs manager Lou Piniella repeatedly said he doesn't want to keep managing long term.

Shanoff's Wake-Up Call: Root AGAINST Cubs?!
sportingnews.com 10/1/2008 — Today's Calls: Cubs vs. The Field, Jim Thome vs. Ken Griffey, Lane Kiffin vs. Al Davis, Ricky Williams vs. Tony Mandarich vs. Alonzo Mourning, Mike D'Antoni vs. the Knicks and More. The Opening Pitch: In this year's baseball playoffs, rooting ...

Old Hands, Winning Touch
nytimes.com 10/1/2008 — 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. >

Pressure packed — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 10/1/2008
From the first question of spring training about the 100-year drought and Cub curses, Lou Piniella has said the 2008 Cubs stand on their own merit.

Blagojevich: I'm the Piniella of politics — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 10/1/2008
His typical garb is a suit and tie. But embattled Gov. Blagojevich said Tuesday he finds a kindred spirit in a man who wears a white uniform and a blue ball cap to work: Cubs manager Lou Piniella.

Pairing pits longtime friends again — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 10/1/2008
Two years ago, Lou Piniella and Joe Torre were being dogged by the same rumor: The New York Yankees were looking to replace manager Torre with former Yankees player and manager Piniella. Piniella denied it and took the job with the Cubs instead.

Lou & Cubs make date with history — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 10/1/2008
In Lou Piniella's case, just managing the Cubs to the postseason for the second straight year, a feat not accomplished since 1906-08, isn't nearly enough to satisfy the rabid Wrigley faithful - and doesn't he know it.

In a series made for Hollywood, Angels will top Dodgers — The Seattle Times: Sports 10/1/2008
My heart tells me to go with the Cubs, and the feel-good spectacle of 100 years of misery ending in a Wrigley Field dogpile, with Lou Piniella...