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Rays executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman first teased Maddon by calling him baseball's Benjamin Button for the way he has morphed from white hair to his current sandy-colored hirsute fashion statement. Later, Friedman...
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Yippee!!!) Best idea yet: Make Vlad, Damon, Ibanez, Matsui, Branyan, Vazquez, and Dmitri Young live in the same house throughout Spring Training. Make a reality show out of it. Winner gets DH spot and salary paid through advertisers. We get the...
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Former Seattle Mariners manager Lou Piniella, left, addresses the crowd as he stands with players and coaches from the Mariners 2001, 116-win season, prior to a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, July 16, 2011, in Seattle. The group was... View Photo »
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He would recount stories from when Ron Guidry was young and electrifying, Louisiana Lightning! He recalled how my favorite player, Don Mattingly even played a little outfield when he first came up. Billy Martin, Paul O’Neil and Lou Piniella were some...
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FIU’s softball team begins its season Friday with a home game against Michigan State, Saturday is the baseball and softball programs’ official kickoff and fundraising event, the Diamond Dinner. And this year’s event has sold out all 600 seats. Former...
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So why did teams willingly trade such assets this winter in numbers we haven't seen in years? And among the five young starters teams dared to move, might we see the next Pedro Martinez -- or the next Dontrelle Willis? Former manager Lou Piniella once...
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Former Seattle Mariners manager Lou Piniella (14) greets Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, right, and former Mariner Edgar Martinez prior to a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, July 16, 2011, in Seattle. Piniella and the players were on the... View Photo »
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He came up as the Mariners rose to prominence and starred for the Yankees, then spent two years with the Cardinals, one at home with the Devil Rays and finished with a 2005 encore in New York. He played for, and learned from, three of the game's best...
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His cough had turned his throat as raw as sandpaper. His sheets were damp from the fever he was running. And the bed, which had become his haven, was becoming harder and harder to leave. Teammates said he had been ill and had occasional nosebleeds, but...
About Lou Piniella
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Louis Victor Piniella (pronounced /pɨˈnɛlə/) (born August 28, 1943 in Tampa, Florida, United States) is the current manager of the Chicago Cubs and a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He has been nicknamed "Sweet Lou," both for his swing as a major league hitter and, facetiously, to describe his demeanor as a player and manager. He... Full Article
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Former Seattle Mariners manager Lou Piniella (14) greets Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, right, and former Mariner Edgar Martinez prior to a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, July 16, 2011, in Seattle. Piniella and the players were on the field for recognition of the 10th...
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Former manager Lou Piniella, left, now an adviser to the San Francisco Giants, sits with another former manager, Jim Fregosi, now special assistant to the Atlanta Braves general manager, as they watch the Philadelphia Phillies play the Toronto Blue Jays in a spring training baseball...
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Former Seattle Mariners manager Lou Piniella (14) greets Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, right, and former Mariner Edgar Martinez prior to a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, July 16, 2011, in Seattle. Piniella and the players were on the field for recognition of the 10th...
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