Lou Piniella is a lot of fun. Sometimes I don't think he can even remotely think about the words that come out of his mouth before he says them. Today, in the Chicago Sun-Times, he's asked about his catchers. He gives this response: ''They've all done a nice job -- all of them who have been here,'' Piniella said of Michael Barrett and Rob Bowen (traded), Koyie Hill, Henry Blanco (disabled list), Geovany Soto (returned to Class AAA Iowa) and Jason Kendall.Holy cow. Barrett punched their ace in the face and was so irritable that he was traded for Bowen, who was so terrible that he was traded for Kendall, who's caught in a whole three games for the Cubs (and gone 0-for-8). Of course, all of this juggling of starting catchers has been necessary because the backups are Hill (OPS is under .600), Blanco (under .500 before his injury), and Soto (who they've only trusted enough to start in two games this year).
Nice. That's definitely the first word that comes to mind when I think of how the Cubs' catchers have performed this year.
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7-22-2007 @ 8:50PM
docfcc said...
When things are going well, everything looks nice...they don't call him sweet Lou for nothing.
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7-22-2007 @ 10:01PM
Greg said...
Nice is right. Ha Ha. They sure didin't help themselves when they traded Barrett. He was a defensive liability but I haven't seen much differnce with the rest of them. At least Barrett could hit.
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