If Eyre is in, Pie could go to Iowa

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Tuesday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
Published 5/6/2008 by carlheartscubs at A League of Her Own - Front Page
... Reds, but Lou Piniella wouldn't say how long the Cubs would work with Pie on his hitting at the major-league level. Pie robbed Ken Griffey of home run No. 598 in Monday night's fifth inning, when he leaped and reached over the wall to make the catch. It sounds like the Cubs wouldn't be averse to having Pie incorporate some new things at Class AAA Iowa. "Nothing's indefinitely," Piniella said before a long pause. "We'll just leave it at nothing's indefinitely." And an Aramis update From the Sun-Times: ...

Indefensible
Published 5/6/2008 by Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts
... It's the second great catch made by a Cub outfielder in the last two weeks -- both of which, including the Reed Johnson diving grab in Washington, came in games the Cubs lost 5-3. Good idea: Lou says he's going to skip Jason Marquis' turn on the off day Thursday and go with his three best pitchers -- Ted Lilly, Carlos Zambrano and Dempster -- against the Diamondbacks this weekend. Bad idea: Lou says the Cubs might send Felix Pie to Iowa when Scott Eyre returns, going with 13 pitchers. I cannot emphasize this enough: This is a ...