Topic: Lou Piniella

Manager of the Year

The Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award is given the the best manager in both the American League and National League. In 2008, Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon was named the American League Manager of the Year, while Chicago ...
In one of the more bizarre statements of the preseason, Carlos Zambrano recently guaranteed a Cy Young award for himself and a World Series win for the Cubs in 2007. "And besides that, we will win the World Series. " Later in the ...
On the same day, Lou Piniella and Jennie Finch announced their retirements from baseball and softball respectively. For ?Sweet Lou? it is the end of a ride that began in 1962 when he was signed by the Cleveland Indians , and for Finch ...
I remember when Lou Piniella was in the broadcast booth in 2006, providing color commentary for an ESPN game of the week. One of his colleagues asked Lou if he missed being a manager. Signing a contract with the Chicago Cubs was ...

Lou Piniella

Lou Piniella is currently the manager of the Chicago Cubs and a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played primarily for the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees during his 18-season career. Lou Piniella On November 12, 2008, Lou Piniella ...
A second consecutive century of futility continues for the Chicago Cubs and one has to wonder how long the Lou Piniella era will continue. Piniella teased the Cubs faithful with two crash and burn playoff appearances prior to last year's debacle ...

Cubs hire Quade as manager for next two seasons

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs have decided to stay with interim manager Mike Quade, hiring him to guide the team for the next two seasons, the Cubs said Tuesday.Quade, 53, and the Cubs reached an agreement on a two-year contract with ...

Cubs pick Quade as new manager

The Chicago Cubs picked Mike Quade as their new manager Tuesday, choosing to go with the guy who ran the team well for the last six weeks of last season rather than a higher-profile name.. He served as interim manager after Lou ...
As a longtime Cubs fan, Tom Ricketts knew well the history of the team he now owns and its long tradition of grabbing headlines without winning a World Series title. And Year One under Ricketts ended just like the previous 101 - without ...
Cubs get 1st wins for interim manager Quade, pitcher Coleman in 9-1 victory over NationalsMike Quade got his first major league win, and so did Casey Coleman. The post-Piniella Chicago Cubs are off to quite a start.Coleman, a rookie right-hander, took ...