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Lou Piniella Reportedly Set to Become Giants Consultant

You knew Lou Piniella wasn't walking away from baseball forever when he left the Cubs last August, and it appears he's found a comfortable fallback gig. Piniella will join the Giants' front office as a consultant, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The longtime player and manager is expected to serve as an adviser...

Milton Bradley Arrested in L.A. After Allegedly Making Threats

Seattle Mariners' much-embattled outfielder Milton Bradley was arrested Tuesday morning in Encino, Calif., and booked on a felony charge of making criminal threats. The arrest, first reported by KING-5 in Seattle, was made by members of the Los Angeles Police Department's West Valley Branch about 10:40 a.m. According to...

2010's Managerial Exodus Will Give Dugouts Different Look Next Spring

All this week, the FanHouse staff will look back at the most significant baseball storylines of 2010. When the 2010 baseball season started, four of the top 14 managers all-time in terms of win total were at the helm of big league teams. When 2011 starts, only one of those four, St. Louis' Tony La Russa, will still be...

Tony La Russa Mulls Offer From Cardinals to Return in 2011

Way back in 1995 , when he left his job as the Oakland manager to head to St. Louis, Tony La Russa said that one reason for moving on was that you can spend too much time in one place. "It gets to the point where everybody's heard everything you have to say, and they sort of tune you out," he said at the time. "It gets to...

Entangled in Poison Ivy and Curses, Cubs Need Exorcism

Stuff keeps happening to the Chicago Cubs, and that stuff keeps happening in brutal ways. Even before the decades of gloom thickened over Wrigleyville this weekend after Lou Piniella bolted more than a month before his scheduled retirement as a sure-fire Hall of Fame manager, I've been thinking about something. I've been...

Lou Piniella News From the Web

02/22/12 Lou Piniella officially joins YES Source: Bombers Beat The YES Network officially announced today that Lou Piniella has joined the broadcast team as a special contributor.
02/10/12 FIUs Diamond Dinner a sellout; Piniella to speak Source: Miami Herald - Miami FL 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.

Background on Lou Piniella

Louis Victor Piniella ( usually /pɨˈnɛlə/; born August 28, 1943 in Tampa, Florida, United States) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager.

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