Lou Piniella Accomplishes Little for a Floundering Franchise
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CHICAGO - And there goes another one. Another year, another manager, another era. And the Cubs are still losers.
Lou Piniella announced Tuesday that he was quitting as Cubs manager at the end of the year, but the truth is, the Cubs had already beaten the life out of him nearly two years ago.
Piniella arrived known for his fire and passion. He hobbles off looking like a battered old man, Cubbed to death.
It was thrilling in Chicago when he arrived four years ago, an outsider who didn’t know about being a Cubbie, which I consider a swear word. He didn’t know there was a land where people found something cute and cuddly in generations of losing.
Old ladies and church groups took buses to Wrigley Field from the suburbs, from Iowa. People came to sit in the sun, watch the Cubs and convince themselves they had hope.
Piniella would crack the whip. They were finally spending money on free agents, too. Piniella was the final piece.
Well, goodbye, Lou. You failed.
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