like he might've stepped in it. Not Don Imus stepped in it, but potentially stepped in it pretty good. Piniella was asked about Alfonso Soriano's .
214 start and said, You have to remember that he's from the Dominican Republic, where it's warm. And a lot of those Latin kids … they start swinging a little better when it warms up a little. Hmmm, where's that .
440-hitting Aramis Ramirez from? And the .500-hitting Miguel Cabrera?
And the .500-hitting Victor Martinez? But more than that, if Piniella were losing like Dusty Baker instead of being the new guy who has lifted the team to the rarefied air of .
500, wouldn't he be getting killed for stereotyping and racist comments? When Baker made that comment about African-American slaves and skin color and being prepared to play in sunshine, sociologists puked. Hey, in this smothering, fearful and breathlessly accusatory world of political correctness, you're never more than five minutes from being fingered.
is hitting a ton because everyone around him is hitting so be doesn't have to be clutch, just consistent. No, the surprise is that he has been hustling, taking extra bases, looking like a ballplayer who's afraid of his manager. Or maybe this year he realizes he has an actual manager instead of a $4 million cheerleader.
I will say this about Ramirez's last manager: His coaching staff motivated him to become a better defensive player, and that stab he made in Milwaukee Sunday is just the most recent example. If you wondered how somebody -- and Sam Zell is a somebody, let me tell you -- could sell the Cubs but not Wrigley Field and then try to do something with Wrigley that doesn't involve the Cubs, who conceivably could move elsewhere, then read this. Historic buildings are historic on the outside.
The inside could be a food court for all the city wonks apparently care. By the way, Sam, it was 5:40 a.m.
Monday at a 7-Eleven on Irving Park Road. The Sun-Times was there. I know you like to ask a lot of questions, so I'm thinking you should start with, Why?
Cubs players, of course, Michael Barrett wants to put a dome on it, then says, I'd hate to lose the tradition. Still feeling the effects of Pierzynski's hit, apparently. Derrek Lee believes Chicago is such a great sports city that whatever you do is going to turn out all right.
Yeah, what a bang-up job the Daley mopes and Bears wonks did on Soldier Field to the point that it was de-listed as a national historic monument. Ozzie Guillen announced the decision on his fifth starter by calling the winner Mr. In my colleague Rick Morrissey's column Sunday, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire talked about the Sox starter's debut and referred to him as Mr.
So, it's official: He is to be referred to as Mr. First-name use is optional; The Mr. So, you can say, Mr.
John Danks gave his team a chance to beat the Twins in his major-league debut, or you can say, Mr. Danks wasn't the guy getting only one hit off Johan Santana. I've been all over Javier Vazquez because he never seemed to be able to make it to the sixth inning, which even Little Leaguers can do.
But there he was Saturday, firing strikes right into the seventh inning. Now, can he do it when there's no windchill? without a home sellout for the first time in 46 years -- about the same length of time since they last won the Stanley Cup, the most embarrassing active futility streak in then NHL.
But here's the thing about the sellout streak: It used to be that the Red Wings could sell out the building with all of their fans coming down here, but the Hawks apparently are such a non-entity and such big losers that not even Wings fans will take the gimme. I think the Bulls just left Anthony Parker open again. of Cavaliers coach Mike Brown on the Pistons' pounding LeBron James in a Detroit win Sunday: They are very physical and they are a veteran team, so they are able to get away with a lot that other teams can't.
They've learned how to play that part of the game. Call it the LeBron rules. he threw up, he nearly forgot to tape his stick.
And then he helped lead his team to an unexpected national title. The more the pros look like you and me, the better. Welcome to real life.
If you are the best in the world, go act like it. And weren't the golf writers the ones talking about Tiger-proofing Augusta? in Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Lou Piniella, Sam Zell, Wrigley Field | View this letter only | Comments (8) | TrackBack (0) in that cockamamie proposal for Lance Briggs - taking Briggs and the Bears’ 31st overall draft pick in the first round in exchange for Washington’s sixth overall pick and … and … and a handful of magic beans.
Please tell me the Bears are not seriously considering this thing. Please tell me they are merely using that to see what other interest there is around the league and hoping teams come to them with raised antes. Tell you what, if the Bears seriously consider this, fans ought to seriously consider marching on Halas Hall and kicking Michael McCaskey’s lovely array of bougainvillea.
I mean, do the Bears realize they just came off a Super Bowl and might not get back there for another generation if they start getting rid of good players? If the Bears make this deal, every player who wants a new deal will threaten to sit out 10 games and show up for the minimum six, but worse, Jerry Angelo will never have a chance at making a good trade because he will have panicked and essentially gotten himself something worth a mid-first-round draft choice while having to pay a ransom of a signing bonus that would be at least twice what the team would owe Briggs. Jerry, take the advice of Mike McDermott, the Matt Damon character in “Rounders.
” “Listen, here’s the thing: If you can’t spot the sucker in the first 30 minutes at the table, then you are the sucker.” the Bears have is the NFC North, the worst division outside of the National League Central. The Bears rode this cruddy division to home-field advantage throughout the conference playoffs last year, and there’s no reason to think it will be any different this season.
So, the Bears could let Briggs sit out, even use Adam Archuleta in Briggs’ spot because the new guy has those skills, and figure to win without him. like he might've stepped in it.
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