Lou Piniella Retiring After Today's Game

[Valadius]

He apparently decided he couldn't wait until the end of the season. His 90-year-old mother has been very ill, it seems.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AsUj7itfQNwJt12NEoiDq4wRvLYF?slug=tsn-166180

[metirish]

The poor woman didn't even see the Cubs win their last one, old but not that old.

[Zvon]

I think he just can't take watching the Cubs play anymore.

I am surprised that he is stepping down.
I hope his mom is around for many more years.

[MFS62]

Nice career, Lou.
I remember you as being a very loud Yankee manager.
Have a nice retirement.
But right now I'm more concerned that the Mets offense looks like it retired before today's game.

Later

[Zvon]

If you haven't seen it try and catch the "Best Of Lou" collection of clips they have been running on ESPN.

I didn't realize it til I saw these clips.
I am gonna miss this guy.

I've seen the bit 3 times so far today and the one clip, where he goes to kick the hat and misses it, cracks me up every time.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Managed 5 teams for 23 seasons over 25 years. Just 9 losing seasons but only 1 league title and WS championship, with the mercurial 1990 Reds.

[Valadius]

That Reds team looks like such an aberration when you look back on the historical record. It was bookended by two 5th-place seasons of 75 wins and 74 wins, respectively. And they only won 91 games to finish in first that year.

[Frayed Knot]

And Oakland was such a ridiculously heavy favorite that year that whoever bet the Reds to not just win the WS but sweep probably made a fortune ... except that I doubt anyone actually did.


At least half of Lou's losing seasons came while in TB




The other high/low point of his career is probably the 2001 Mariners. 116 wins and then barely competitive in the playoffs

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

They put on a great show in the NLCS to beat a very strong Pittsburgh team then swept the WS

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Pinella coached against the Pirates when they were good? Damn, Pinella was around a long, long time.

[HahnSolo]

Frayed Knot wrote: And Oakland was such a ridiculously heavy favorite that year that whoever bet the Reds to not just win the WS but sweep probably made a fortune ... except that I doubt anyone actually did. At least half of Lou's losing seasons came while in TB The other high/low point of his career is probably the 2001 Mariners. 116 wins and then barely competitive in the playoffs

My dad knew a guy who was having a good run in Vegas in October of '90, so he threw a few bills down on a Reds sweep and won 30K.

The '01 Mariners, great as they were, did not have the rotation to make an extended run in the postseason, unfortunately.

[Fman99]

Frayed Knot wrote: And Oakland was such a ridiculously heavy favorite that year that whoever bet the Reds to not just win the WS but sweep probably made a fortune ... except that I doubt anyone actually did.

Hey!

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I think he'll be back.