larrybrownsports.com - 10/6/2008
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Last year at this time I was criticizing Cubs manager Lou Piniella for his decision to yank Carlos Zambrano after six innings in Game 1 of the NLDS with the score tied 1-1, while Arizona elected to stick with ace Brandon Webb for another inning. At the time I criticized Piniella before the ...
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+ Dan Snyder is pumped. Again. {Mister Irrelevant.}
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Piniella Throws Fukudome Under Bus —
Sons of Steve Garvey
Disappointed at an 0-for-8 performance in the NLDS, Cubs manager Lou Piniella publicly blasted Cubs RF Kosuke Fukudome, benching him for Game 3 if not beyond.
Cubs manager Lou Piniella has all but written off right fielder Kosuke Fukudome for the rest of the playoffs and maybe longer.
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Walkoff Walk
Dodgers beat writer and badass blogger Tony Jackson got the inside information on the Cubs travel plans after Game 2 of the NLDS ended last night. Turns out that instead of immediately hopping on the private plane to jet out to the coast, Lou PIniella and his team are going to get a good ...
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River Avenue Blues
The last time Joe Torre and Lou Piniella met in the postseason, Sweet Lou guaranteed a six-game series while the 2001 Yankees dispatched the 116-win Mariners in five. Piniella again has the superior team, record-wise, and Joe Torre is attempting to regain some of the playoff mojo that has ...
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Filed: October 1st, 2008
I should have known.
My breakfast was interrupted yesterday by a rather loud man behind me on his cell phone, proclaiming that the White Sox would beat the Twins senseless in the tiebreaker game Tuesday night. Now, if you've followed the Twins, or for that ...
