suntimes.com - 9/6/2008
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So a manager, a coach and a rabbi go into a bar ... Make that a car. And leave out the rabbi. ''I don't know what happened,'' manager Lou Piniella said. ''I probably shouldn't have taken the nap.''
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Somebody Buy Lou Piniella a GPS
FanHouse —
... decided to make the drive together from Chicago to Cincinnati, but apparently all that time spent coaching baseball doesn't help a man's sense of direction. ...
Cub(s) Headed in the Wrong Direction
The Sporting Blog —
The Cubs have, at least temporarily, lost their way, dropping a half-dozen in a row. Via FanHouse, we learn their fearless leader Lou Piniella has also lost his way ... to Cincinnati.
Piniella and a fellow coach drove themselves from the CHI to the Great American Ball Park. They missed their turn in Toldedo and showed up in Cincinnati three hours late. The Cubbies then lost 10-2. The matters were probably unrelated.
Meanwhile, Carlos Zambrano hopes he can be Chicago's savior. Rich Harden is scheduled to start Wednesday in St. Louis, and ...
Here we go again…
Rumors and Rants —
... Or perhaps it’s the ever-increasing signs that Lou Piniella is going senile. The Reds series opened with Lou showing up late to the ballpark because he and first-base coach Matt Sinatro got lost in Ohio while driving to Cincy. Why the hell didn’t they just get on the team plane? Or buy a GPS system? ...
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