Sox fan hits the nail right on the head. You couldn't be more right. If you really want to extrapolate it out (Steveism) you can say he quit going into the Dodgers series in the 08 playoffs.

HOV, I think that's EXACTLY what this was. Someone told him the same thing we've said for months... "Why don't you sit the next couple plays out, if you know what I mean."

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I agree. When most people talk about his HoF career in the future they will forget about this.

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As someone else mentioned he would have stuck around if they were in 1st place or had a chance to make the playoffs. Being with his mother gave him or the organization an out IMO.

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Lou crying in HD on WGN.

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I follow where my mind goes...

He gone!

What the hell does he have to cry about? He's retiring from the Cub. I'm stuck with the losers for the rest of my life.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Tears of Joy?

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team Mully & Hanley
team Meatpants

I think you got the situation pegged, Jake.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

I think at some point Reason Jr. said the same thing about his parents

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CSFMB copyright infringement.

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Lou starts the year with his team losing to the Braves 16-5.
Lou ends the year with his team losing to the Braves 16-5.

So perfect, it must be the Cubs.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I dont think thats true.
I think he was at the height of "Caring about the job" at that point.


But

It doesnt matter
I dont care
The Cubs fuckn blow



(And there is no move or moves to make them good in the near future, which is rare, even for these losers)

Why not let Ryno manage the rest of the season so he can get his feet wet?

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He earned a shot at the PCL playoffs, starting in a couple weeks?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
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Because he might end up not wanting the job, and how are they going to attract ticket buyers for next season then?

Funny how they call this "stepping down". Anything is a step up from where he just was.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

They have the best record in the PCL but I'm guessing he would still rather manage the AAAA team.

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It was not so long ago that I worked on the floor of a large slaughterhouse near Cincinatti. Well it was actually in Kentucky. Florence. Anyway, the deal there was that I was the guy who could run all the different saws, and gutters and forks. I was the guy who could sharpen the blades and rechuck the bits. When someone went to take a piss or cut a finger off I took control of his station until they returned or were replaced. Some of the older guys wore chain mail gloves, but the kids that worked there never realized how the cold rooms would affect their hands, making them slower, less reactionary, numb. I had seen quite a few of these younger kids cut fingers off and not realize they were hurt for 30 seconds or better. Sometimes they would not even bleed, because the cold had slowed the flow of blood nearly to the point of stopping near the end of a 14 hour shift.

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My Mother was a witch...she was burned alive
Thankless little bitch, for the tears I cried
Take her down now, don't wanna see her face.
All blistered and burnt, can't hide my disgrace.
Am I evil? Yes. I am.

They may not want to lose the bump his hiring would bring them on a failed season.

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I'd rather manage a "meaningless" playoff run than the shitfest known as the Chicago Cubs.

Even if Hendry can be credited for selecting Silva, from amogst the candidates available in trade, he has to accept blame for not trading him in June when he had the chance. It was reported that the Mets and a couple other teams had interest in Silva, before he slipped a bit and had a couple lousy starts. ANT chance to dump that contract should have been seized.


I understand Lou wanting to walk away from this mess, but in my eyes he shouldn't get another paycheck. If you want to walk, fine. But don't expect to be paid for days you chose not to work. The team didn't fire him. I know thats not the way it works in Baseball generally. But it shouldn't be any different than if he were an Electrician/Plumber...whatever. You need to take time off to go help your ailing Mother? Understood. I wish her the best and I'll say a prayer for her. But the checks, they're gonna stop.

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Go Cubs!!!!

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yes he was...it was mutual...Hendry wanted to give Quade a look and could see that Lou had enough

Im surprised noone on here has hinted at Lou being fired...i thought many on here would be speculating on that

Lou deserves to be paid, he has been a class act through this whole mess, and he went as far as he could, given his mom's health

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That destroys the big marketing splash they can create when the hire Saint Ryno right after the season.
Tourist Season is over at The Shrine.
Locals aren't going in September to see Ryne Sandberg do a Joey Amalfitano impersonation.

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WOO LIFE!!!!

Piniella basically slept in the dugout for the last two seasons.....the human statue at The Shrine.

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Murph's Union 76 Truck Stop....A great Thanksgiving Tradition!!!!

WOO LIFE!!!!

I certainly did say that.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

If the Cubs record were reversed, Lou would still be with this team.

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Lou Piniella can never say that he never quit anything. And that sucks for him. He'll have to live with quitting on this team back in May and officially in August.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I did argue that.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014