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Though 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. For
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The Nationals are hoping Gio Gonzalez's success wasn't just due to Oakland's massive pitcher's park. One of the most valuable assets a club can hold is a young, established major league starting pitcher without impeding free agency. Everybody wants pitch
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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... View Photo »
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By Marc Topkin , Times Staff Writer Marc Topkin Tampa Bay Times In Print: Friday, February 3, 2012 Tino Martinez met Ted Williams only once, a chance passing at Fenway Park in the early 1990s when Martinez was first establishing himself as a major-league
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This news first broke some time ago. You'll forgive me for not immediately jumping to my blogging battle station. I saw it, I thought about it, and I decided I didn't need to hurry to get something up because traffic isn't going to blow up the website. I
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And since the Giants have won 75 percent of the Super Bowls in which they’ve played, it’s time to acknowledge the man who hatched this festive habit: Bill Parcells, the progenitor of the G-Men. Parcells developed a reputation as a handyman with holy tool
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Yankees: Cubs reunion! Jim Hendry joins Lou Piniella and Larry Rothschild on Yankees payroll
New York City Sports Report
By hiring Jim Hendry to work in their front office on Tuesday, the New York Yankees are continuing to cherry pick the brain trust of that unmistakable National League powerhouse, the Chicago Cubs. Reporter Bruce Levine of ESPN Chicago says that Hendry, w
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Lou Piniella’s mother, Margaret, died this week in Tampa, Fla. She was 92. Margaret was considered the athlete of the family, credited with playing a key role in developing Lou’s interest in sports as well as his temper. She famously once ran onto the co
About Lou Piniella
Wikipedia
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
