Lou Piniella To Step Down As Cubs Manager After Today's Game

HacheMan · Aug 22, 2010

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Sweet Lou to step down after Sunday's game </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Carlos Zambrano - R - CHC - Aug. 22 - 11:54 a.m. ET</B> </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Lou Piniella will step down as manager of the Cubs after Sunday's game due to the declining health of his mother.
Piniella was set to retire at the end of the season, anyway, but it's a shame to see him go out like this. Piniella's reign in Chicago obviously didn't go as he had hoped, but he's had a nice managerial career that includes a World Series championship with the Reds in 1990. Third base coach Mike Quade, not bench coach Alan Trammell will manage the team for the rest of the season. Quade will be considered for the full-time job after the season, along with Triple-A manager Ryne Sandberg and a host of other candidates.
Source: Gordon Wittenmyer on Twitter
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zeketaylor · Aug 22, 2010

wow...could be safe to bet on cubs then...mike cuaty wont be on autopilot being indifferent to outcome......guys will be playing for spotsd next year and he will be actually trying to win games other than just pull their own weight to get to a total like lou was doing

MackDonald · Aug 22, 2010

"Old" Lou needs to step-down for an assortment of reasons; I am sad that one of them is because of the health of his mother.

ATLSLIM · Aug 22, 2010

Excellent info, Mr. Hache man. Lou looked like he could barely tolerate it in the dugout yesterday. Thanks again!! ATLSLIM

simonboy · Aug 22, 2010

good-bye SWEEt LOU!! Sorry to hear of mothers failing health. Now he can enjoy his grandchikdren and the fishing in ALASKA he always wanted to do!! Good memories for me of Lou at wrigley___WINNING isnt everything!!!!:howdy:

zeketaylor · Aug 22, 2010

simonboy said:
good-bye SWEEt LOU!! Sorry to hear of mothers failing health. Now he can enjoy his grandchikdren and the fishing in ALASKA he always wanted to do!! Good memories for me of Lou at wrigley___WINNING isnt everything!!!!:howdy:

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simonboy · Aug 22, 2010

zeke taylor said:
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