Lou explodes in the post game.

[ChiCubsfan0502]

Lou:

 

"Teams who play like this in September will end of getting caught. We do not have a big enough lead to be playing like this".

"You have to roll up the sleeves and go kick someones ass".

 

I like this.

[UMFan83]

Lou wasn't irrationally flipping out. He was very stern and to the point. It was actually quite an effective speech.

[UMFan83]

Lou:

 

"Teams who play like this in September will end of getting caught. We do not have a big enough lead to be playing like this".

"You have to roll up the sleeves and go kick someones ass".

 

I like this.

 

He really stressed that last part

 

"you have to ROLL UP THE SLEEVES and go KICK SOMEONES ASS"

[big_shooter17]

Not quite as upset at Piniella after that in some ways, but more mad in others.

[Gingerballs Lives]

Oh man, these callers that love the bunt. Talking about Pujols being able to bunt.

 

Last time Pujols executed a sac bunt, Geo was 18.

 

 

Kaplan is pretty much calling Geo mentally weak.

 

Are you serious?? That's terrible.

 

Soto was killing the ball tonight. Bunting with him was a terrible decision.

[David]

Kaplan called Soto mentally weak?

 

What a dbag.

[ChiCubsfan0502]

"We're trying but trying isn't good enough. We need to get the job done". It wasn't quite the explosion as Cory Provus said it was, but it was a direct message and stern.

[Hall7810]

Oh man, these callers that love the bunt. Talking about Pujols being able to bunt.

 

Last time Pujols executed a sac bunt, Geo was 18.

 

 

Kaplan is pretty much calling Geo mentally weak.

 

Are you serious?? That's terrible.

 

Soto was killing the ball tonight. Bunting with him was a terrible decision.

 

Yeah, he said "hitter's talk themselves out of being able to bunt." "It's part of the game, everyone should be able to do it." Then some idiot called about Pujols and Rolen being able to bunt.

[Guest]

Kaplan called Soto mentally weak?

 

What a dbag.

 

Without a doubt.

 

I hope someone explodes at Lou for managing like Howry.

[abuck1220]

 

Yeah, he said "hitter's talk themselves out of being able to bunt." "It's part of the game, everyone should be able to do it." Then some idiot called about Pujols and Rolen being able to bunt.

 

i've actually heard lots of idiots make this argument. i think it stems from jealousy over players making millions of dollars and not being able to do something said idiots (incorrectly) believe they can do.

[abuck1220]

Lou:

 

"Teams who play like this in September will end of getting caught. We do not have a big enough lead to be playing like this".

"You have to roll up the sleeves and go kick someones ass".

 

I like this.

 

me too. way better than the "hey, guys, let's lay down and take a beating tonight" speech he had been giving.

[ChiCubsfan0502]

Lou:

 

"Teams who play like this in September will end of getting caught. We do not have a big enough lead to be playing like this".

"You have to roll up the sleeves and go kick someones ass".

 

I like this.

 

me too. way better than the "hey, guys, let's lay down and take a beating tonight" speech he had been giving.

 

LOL. Seriously though, Piniella has to do something to shake things up.

[Hall7810]

Now Soriano should've bunted Fuku over. :shock:

[Gingerballs Lives]

Oh man, these callers that love the bunt. Talking about Pujols being able to bunt.

 

Last time Pujols executed a sac bunt, Geo was 18.

 

 

Kaplan is pretty much calling Geo mentally weak.

 

Are you serious?? That's terrible.

 

Soto was killing the ball tonight. Bunting with him was a terrible decision.

 

Yeah, he said "hitter's talk themselves out of being able to bunt." "It's part of the game, everyone should be able to do it." Then some idiot called about Pujols and Rolen being able to bunt.

 

What horrible reasoning. I've always thought that Kaplan guy was an idiot.

 

If bunting is part of the game and "everybody should be able to do it", then everybody should be able to hit the ball out of the ballpark, right? I mean, it's part of the game.

 

Eff you Kaplan, you don't know spit.

[SouthSideRyan]

Kaplan called Soto mentally weak?

 

What a dbag.

 

Without a doubt.

 

I hope someone explodes at Lou for managing like Howry.

 

Nobody's questioned Lou since they asked him about taking out Soriano 4 months ago. The media is scared of the crazy old man routine.

[sneakypower]

well if all they need to do is roll up their sleeves

 

that sounds like an easy enough thing to do, wonder why nobody ever noticed that in the past

[Wilson A2000]

This is going to be a fun September. I wanted an exciting finish, and I think we are going to get it.

 

The Cubs got to 20 over pretty quick. Then they plateaued. Then they got to 35 or so pretty quick. Now they regressed. This is just the ebb and flow of the season.

[big_shooter17]

I like how everyone is assuming that Lou asked Soriano to bunt and he said no

[UMFan83]

well if all they need to do is roll up their sleeves

 

that sounds like an easy enough thing to do, wonder why nobody ever noticed that in the past

 

I don't think its that easy to do. The Brewers were told all they needed to do was untuck their shirts, but they haven't been able to do that for awhile either :)

[imb]

well if all they need to do is roll up their sleeves

 

that sounds like an easy enough thing to do, wonder why nobody ever noticed that in the past

 

sosa did it for years and we never won howry, this is all a bunch of lies

[Ding Dong Johnson]

2 minutes of Kaplan has made me forget nearly everything I've ever heard in life

[SouthSideRyan]

I like how everyone is assuming that Lou asked Soriano to bunt and he said no

 

138 million dollars!!

[Hall7810]

2 minutes of Kaplan has made me forget nearly everything I've ever heard in life

 

You listening? The fans are just as bad.

[ChiCubsfan0502]

Kaplan needs to get off Soto's jock. No, he didn't get the bunt down, but he should never be bunting there. Perhaps Geo should be asked to steal bases since it's a part of the game. You don't ask players to steal second who can't steal and you don't ask a guy who can't bunt to bunt.

[UMFan83]

I just love how these people are focusing on Soto's inability to bunt rather than whether Soto should have been bunting at all.