Posted: October 16, 2006 4:29 pm
Oakland fired Ken Macha today.
Wow.LIPH wrote:Oakland fired Ken Macha today.
Tough crowd!368-280 in four seasons still wasn't enough, I guess.
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Posted: October 16, 2006 4:39 pm
Tough crowd!368-280 in four seasons still wasn't enough, I guess.
Posted: October 16, 2006 8:33 pm
Mets get a huge break. Tonight's game is rained out, so Glavine can pitch on full rest. The game is going to be made up tomorrow and there will be no off-day for travel.
Posted: October 16, 2006 8:46 pm
I was surprised........but apperantly he had a tough time with players that were hurt and not playing!!!....wasn't to liked by the players!!!....but he won!!LIPH wrote:Oakland fired Ken Macha today.
Posted: October 16, 2006 9:42 pm
How far-fetched would this be....
Bochy, given "permission" to do so, leaves SD to manage OAK
Macha, fired from OAK, gets hired in SD
Billy Beane is known to admire Bochy
Sandy Alderson knows Macha from OAK days
hmmmmm
Bochy, given "permission" to do so, leaves SD to manage OAK
Macha, fired from OAK, gets hired in SD
Billy Beane is known to admire Bochy
Sandy Alderson knows Macha from OAK days
hmmmmm
Posted: October 16, 2006 9:49 pm
TommyBahama wrote:I was surprised........but apperantly he had a tough time with players that were hurt and not playing!!!....wasn't to liked by the players!!!....but he won!!LIPH wrote:Oakland fired Ken Macha today.
Interesting listening to Bay Area Sports radiom talking about Billy Ball, managers, etc. Macha shoud be furious the way this was handeled. How would you like to be Macha looking for a job as a manager and the press confrence report was YOU don't get along with the players? BUT HE WON!!
Posted: October 17, 2006 9:51 am
If Buck Showalter could get hired by 3 different teams, I don't think Macha will have any problems getting another job.Tequila Revenge wrote:TommyBahama wrote:I was surprised........but apperantly he had a tough time with players that were hurt and not playing!!!....wasn't to liked by the players!!!....but he won!!LIPH wrote:Oakland fired Ken Macha today.
Interesting listening to Bay Area Sports radiom talking about Billy Ball, managers, etc. Macha shoud be furious the way this was handeled. How would you like to be Macha looking for a job as a manager and the press confrence report was YOU don't get along with the players? BUT HE WON!!
Posted: October 17, 2006 2:58 pm
And now that we know it is true, I am officially ecstatic!Cubbie Bear wrote:Both Chicago papers & WGN-radio are all reporting a probable Tuesday press conference to announce Lou Piniella as the 48th manager of the Chicago Cubs.
WGN-reports that he was given a guarantee of increased payroll to $115M, or about $20M over last year and a four year deal. The later is interesting since hendry has only a two year deal. WGN is owned by the Tribune Company, which owns the Cubs so they should have pretty good sources
Posted: October 17, 2006 3:38 pm
You have been estatic every year around April.iuparrothead wrote:And now that we know it is true, I am officially ecstatic!Cubbie Bear wrote:Both Chicago papers & WGN-radio are all reporting a probable Tuesday press conference to announce Lou Piniella as the 48th manager of the Chicago Cubs.
WGN-reports that he was given a guarantee of increased payroll to $115M, or about $20M over last year and a four year deal. The later is interesting since hendry has only a two year deal. WGN is owned by the Tribune Company, which owns the Cubs so they should have pretty good sources
And frustrated by May.
Posted: October 17, 2006 3:43 pm
Close, so closeCubbie Bear wrote:Guessing, Bob Brenly. Although I hear Piniella is lobbying pretty hard. Been there for broadcasts and twice on his own.live2ski wrote:Cubbie, In your opinion, who will be managing the Cubs next year?
Posted: October 17, 2006 3:44 pm
This is why I call you the smartest baseball person I know.Cubbie Bear wrote:Close, so closeCubbie Bear wrote:Guessing, Bob Brenly. Although I hear Piniella is lobbying pretty hard. Been there for broadcasts and twice on his own.live2ski wrote:Cubbie, In your opinion, who will be managing the Cubs next year?
Good call Cubbie.
Posted: October 17, 2006 3:59 pm
live2ski wrote:You have been estatic every year around April.iuparrothead wrote:And now that we know it is true, I am officially ecstatic!Cubbie Bear wrote:Both Chicago papers & WGN-radio are all reporting a probable Tuesday press conference to announce Lou Piniella as the 48th manager of the Chicago Cubs.
WGN-reports that he was given a guarantee of increased payroll to $115M, or about $20M over last year and a four year deal. The later is interesting since hendry has only a two year deal. WGN is owned by the Tribune Company, which owns the Cubs so they should have pretty good sources
Uhh, that's because she and I are Cubs Fans. Wait until next year is our official mantra
And frustrated by May.
Posted: October 17, 2006 8:07 pm
GAME 5 TONITE METS VS CARDS!!!!
LET'S GO METS!!!!!
Hopefully they can pull it off and win this game. I hope then for a chance at a Game 6 clincher.....It will be hard but I hope they can do it....
Fu Corleone-Lodge Sec 8 Row B GAME 6!!!!
LET'S GO METS!!!!!
Hopefully they can pull it off and win this game. I hope then for a chance at a Game 6 clincher.....It will be hard but I hope they can do it....
Fu Corleone-Lodge Sec 8 Row B GAME 6!!!!
Posted: October 17, 2006 9:08 pm
You should be! Lou has a much better track record with keeping pitchers healthy than Dusty did. Maybe Prior and Wood will actually pitch this year?iuparrothead wrote:And now that we know it is true, I am officially ecstatic!Cubbie Bear wrote:Both Chicago papers & WGN-radio are all reporting a probable Tuesday press conference to announce Lou Piniella as the 48th manager of the Chicago Cubs.
WGN-reports that he was given a guarantee of increased payroll to $115M, or about $20M over last year and a four year deal. The later is interesting since hendry has only a two year deal. WGN is owned by the Tribune Company, which owns the Cubs so they should have pretty good sources
Posted: October 17, 2006 9:56 pm
Or maybe pigs will fly.CaptainP wrote:You should be! Lou has a much better track record with keeping pitchers healthy than Dusty did. Maybe Prior and Wood will actually pitch this year?iuparrothead wrote:And now that we know it is true, I am officially ecstatic!Cubbie Bear wrote:Both Chicago papers & WGN-radio are all reporting a probable Tuesday press conference to announce Lou Piniella as the 48th manager of the Chicago Cubs.
WGN-reports that he was given a guarantee of increased payroll to $115M, or about $20M over last year and a four year deal. The later is interesting since hendry has only a two year deal. WGN is owned by the Tribune Company, which owns the Cubs so they should have pretty good sources
Posted: October 17, 2006 10:28 pm
True they are keeping the pitching coach.jonesbeach10 wrote:Or maybe pigs will fly.CaptainP wrote:You should be! Lou has a much better track record with keeping pitchers healthy than Dusty did. Maybe Prior and Wood will actually pitch this year?iuparrothead wrote:And now that we know it is true, I am officially ecstatic!Cubbie Bear wrote:Both Chicago papers & WGN-radio are all reporting a probable Tuesday press conference to announce Lou Piniella as the 48th manager of the Chicago Cubs.
WGN-reports that he was given a guarantee of increased payroll to $115M, or about $20M over last year and a four year deal. The later is interesting since hendry has only a two year deal. WGN is owned by the Tribune Company, which owns the Cubs so they should have pretty good sources
Posted: October 18, 2006 9:33 am
CaptainP wrote:True they are keeping the pitching coach.jonesbeach10 wrote:Or maybe pigs will fly.CaptainP wrote:You should be! Lou has a much better track record with keeping pitchers healthy than Dusty did. Maybe Prior and Wood will actually pitch this year?iuparrothead wrote:And now that we know it is true, I am officially ecstatic!Cubbie Bear wrote:Both Chicago papers & WGN-radio are all reporting a probable Tuesday press conference to announce Lou Piniella as the 48th manager of the Chicago Cubs.
WGN-reports that he was given a guarantee of increased payroll to $115M, or about $20M over last year and a four year deal. The later is interesting since hendry has only a two year deal. WGN is owned by the Tribune Company, which owns the Cubs so they should have pretty good sources
Was Larrry Rothchild the Cubs pitching coach this season? If so he was with Lou in Tampa Bay.
Posted: October 18, 2006 9:41 am
Larry begins his fifth season as the Cubs' pitching coach in 2006...has spent the last 31 seasons in professional baseball as a player, coach or manager winning World Series rings as a member of Cincinnati's coaching staff in 1990 and as Florida's pitching coach in 1997...went to the postseason for the third time as a big league coach in 2003...since joining the Cubs in 2002, Cubs pitchers have led the majors in strikeouts every year, including setting a major-league record 1,404 batters in 2004...was the first manager in Tampa Bay Devil Rays history. u during his time with the Devil Rays, he served as a member of Joe Torre's 2000 American League All-Star coaching staff...the Chicago native is a 1971 graduate of suburban Homewood-Flossmoor High School...attended both Bradley University and Florida State University where he received a degree in business management...at Florida State, he played on the Seminoles' 1975 NCAA regional championship squad.
Posted: October 18, 2006 11:55 am
Lou Piniella is pretty much the reason I like baseball. I never watched baseball as a kid other than a couple Cubs innings here or there because games were always on WGN during the day in the summertime. But I do distinctly remember Lou managing the Reds. That WS Reds team was fun and I remember Lou being feisty and entertaining. He worked in a similar way as Bob Knight, who I still adored at that time. Then Piniella went to the M's. I spent most of the '98 summer in the state of Washington and watched lots of M's games... I paid attention to Lou. I liked his style and his team with A-Rod, Jr & Randy Johnson was fun to watch. Then his 2001 team came very, very close to going to the WS. Lou kind of became my coaching inspiration while I was coaching basketball. So having him coach my Cubbies is kind of a dream come true! Will he win a WS with the Cubs? Probably not. But I'm so excited to have him here and optimistic that he will produce winning teams that right now, I don't even care to think about a WS... again, for now at least... 
Posted: October 18, 2006 11:46 pm
Still tapping fingers waiting for an opponent for the Tigers....