Lou Retiring today

[wekim81]

They just broke it on ESPN. I think it's about time. Edited August 22, 2010 by wekim81

[Thurman Merman]

Whats funny is that Quade will be managing the team

[OleMissCub]

You should go to advanced edit and change your thread title to get rid of the question mark:

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=5483775

 

Cubs manager Lou Piniella says he is retiring after Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves.

 

The Cubs quickly named third base coach Mike Quade manager for the rest of the season, starting with Monday's game at Washington.

 

The rest of the coaching staff would stay for now, the team said.

[Old Style]

Why Quade? I guess this rules out Trammell for next year.

[Guest]

We'd better not go on any silly winning streak to ruin our draft status after this.

[Guest]

Official Pressers:

 

CUBS MANAGER LOU PINIELLA ELECTS

TO STEP DOWN AFTER TODAY’S GAME

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2010

 

CHICAGO – Lou Piniella today announced he has elected to step down as manager of the Chicago Cubs following this afternoon’s game against the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field for family reasons.

 

“When I previously announced my intentions to retire at the end of the season, a primary reason for my decision was that it would allow me to spend more valuable time with my family,” said Piniella. “That time has unfortunately gotten here sooner than I could have ever expected. As many know, the several weeks since that announcement was made have been very difficult on a family level, requiring two leaves of absence from the club. While I fully intended to manage this club the rest of the season, a family situation at home now requires my full attention.

 

“As I said last month, I couldn’t be more appreciative of the Cubs organization for providing me the opportunity to be their manager. I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything in the world and I consider this the ultimate way to end my managerial career.

 

“I am thankful to the Ricketts family for their support – Cubs fans are fortunate to have an owner like the Ricketts family to lead this organization for the long-term. I also couldn’t be more thankful to Jim Hendry for bringing me to Chicago. We enjoyed a great deal of success together and I’ll always value the relationship we had during our time together. Thank you to Crane Kenney and the Cubs front office for your support throughout the years.

 

“I couldn’t be more appreciative of my coaches and training staff. They have been professional and supportive. And thank you to my players for the successes we shared and their efforts.

 

“Finally, to the Cubs fans, thank you for four wonderful seasons. You are the best, most deserving fans in all of baseball and it has been an honor to manage your ballclub.”

 

Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts and General Manager Jim Hendry released the following statements:

 

“The Chicago Cubs are honored to have had Lou Piniella as our manager for the last four years,” said Ricketts. “My family and I respect Lou's decision to retire from the game he loves and thank him for his years of dedicated service. He is an icon in the world of baseball and we are grateful for his time with this organization.”

 

“Lou helped raise the bar here for this entire organization and for that we’ll be forever thankful,” said Hendry. “We understand he needs to be with his family and respect his decision to retire at this time. We salute his tremendous career and wish him and his family long-term health and happiness.”

 

One of only five skippers to win at least three Manager of the Year Awards, including 2008 with the Cubs, Piniella retires the 14th winningest manager in major league history. He enters this afternoon’s game with 1,835 wins in his near 23 big league seasons as a manager. Piniella is the first Cubs manager in more than 70 years to post a record of .500 or better in each of his first three seasons leading the club.

 

Piniella enters his final game with the Cubs with a 316-292 record in his three-plus seasons in Chicago. Only seven managers have won more games than Piniella in club history, while his .520 winning percentage is the best since Charlie Grimm’s .547 combined mark from 1932-38, 1944-49 and 1960 (minimum 500 games). Piniella is the first Cubs manager in 100 years to lead the club to consecutive post-season appearances in 2007 and 2008.

[Guest]

CUBS NAME MIKE QUADE MANAGER THROUGH 2010 SEASON,

EFFECTIVE MONDAY IN WASHINGTON

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2010

 

CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today named Mike Quade manager of the major league club for the rest of the 2010 season, starting with tomorrow’s game at Washington. Quade becomes the 51st manager in franchise history. The remainder of the coaching staff will remain intact and corresponding coaching assignment announcements are forthcoming.

 

Quade, 53, is in his eighth season in the Cubs organization. Prior to his time on Lou Piniella’s major league staff as third base and outfield coach starting with the 2007 campaign, Quade spent the previous four seasons as manager of Chicago’s Triple-A Iowa affiliate (2003-06). He guided the I-Cubs to a 289-279 mark, a pair of first-place finishes and one appearance in the Pacific Coast League Championship Series (2004).

 

Overall, Quade has 17 years and 2,378 games of experience as a manager at the minor league level, compiling a career 1,213-1,165 mark (.510 winning percentage) and seven years of experience on a major league coaching staff (2007-10 with the Cubs and 2000-02 as first base coach with Oakland).

 

In addition to Chicago, Quade has served as a minor league manager in the Montreal, Philadelphia and Oakland farm systems, guiding the Athletics Triple-A Vancouver club to the 1999 Pacific Coast League and Triple-A World Series Championships. He is a two-time minor league manager of the year with Double-A Harrisburg in 1991 and Triple-A Ottawa in 1993.

 

A native of the Chicago area, Quade spent five seasons as an outfielder in Pittsburgh’s minor league system (1979-82) before retiring and entering the coaching ranks. He received his first managerial position in 1985 with Single-A Macon.

[cardslesson101]

The thing that puzzles me the most in this whole thing is why Trammell wasn't named the interim manager?

[wekim81]

You should go to advanced edit and change your thread title to get rid of the question mark:

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=5483775

 

Cubs manager Lou Piniella says he is retiring after Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves.

 

The Cubs quickly named third base coach Mike Quade manager for the rest of the season, starting with Monday's game at Washington.

 

The rest of the coaching staff would stay for now, the team said.

Done. Good point, Thanks.

[NotSoSober]

:roll: at Quade being named interim manager. Gotta feel like a slap in the face to Trammell

[Guest]

It may just be that Quade is a purely interim manager while Trammell is considered a real candidate for the job. It can be considered slightly strange logic, but if Tram, Sandberg and others are considered equal candidates for the job, they may not want to bias the future decision by putting one of them in the position now.

[OleMissCub]

Excellent point, Tim.

 

Personally I think we should have the first player-manager since Pete Rose and let Zambrano run the team.

[bleedingblue]

It may just be that Quade is a purely interim manager while Trammell is considered a real candidate for the job. It can be considered slightly strange logic, but if Tram, Sandberg and others are considered equal candidates for the job, they may not want to bias the future decision by putting one of them in the position now.

 

Hendry said that Quade is a candidate but Trammell isn't.

 

[Guest]

It may just be that Quade is a purely interim manager while Trammell is considered a real candidate for the job. It can be considered slightly strange logic, but if Tram, Sandberg and others are considered equal candidates for the job, they may not want to bias the future decision by putting one of them in the position now.

 

Hendry said that Quade is a candidate but Trammell isn't.

 

nevermind, then. :D

[erik316wttn]

It may just be that Quade is a purely interim manager while Trammell is considered a real candidate for the job. It can be considered slightly strange logic, but if Tram, Sandberg and others are considered equal candidates for the job, they may not want to bias the future decision by putting one of them in the position now.

 

Hendry said that Quade is a candidate but Trammell isn't.

 

 

God forbid. :roll:

[Old Style]

That's weird. I wonder what happened with Trammell and Hendry.

[imb]

We'd better not go on any silly winning streak to ruin our draft status after this.

 

nowhere in piniella's quote did he call the team "little bitches" so I think we can rule out a winning streak

[UMFan83]

WTF did Trammell do? Wow

[erik316wttn]

That's weird. I wonder what happened with Trammell and Hendry.

 

Trammell has a brain. Hendry is intimidated. And jealous.

[rawaction]

Wow. Sad to see Lou go out like this if this is truly his last time managing. He deserved more fanfare than he will get today. I probably would not stay along for the ride if I were Trammel at this point. I don't know that I wanted him to manage next year anyway, but he's as lame duck as they get as a bench coach.

[rynefan]

I've long felt a big issue with this team's bad season was Piniella. Seems like he had no fire, no interest. He looked tired and worn. If he's had these family issues on his mind and didn't have his heart in it, then he should have just done the right thing and stepped down a long time ago. I can respect that reason, but you have to do the right thing by your job, team and family.

[rynefan]

It may just be that Quade is a purely interim manager while Trammell is considered a real candidate for the job. It can be considered slightly strange logic, but if Tram, Sandberg and others are considered equal candidates for the job, they may not want to bias the future decision by putting one of them in the position now.

 

Or it could be the opposite. They have no intention of giving it to Trammell next season, so they don't want to create any false pretenses. Who knows.

[RynoRules]

Feel bad for Lou on this one since this is likely the end. I hope he's at least able to enjoy his retirement. He had a good couple of years and certainly wasn't anywhere near as bad as the last guy.

[erik316wttn]

Feel bad for Lou on this one since this is likely the end. I hope he's at least able to enjoy his retirement. He had a good couple of years and certainly wasn't anywhere near as bad as the last guy.

 

Near the end he was getting pretty Dusty-esque.

[Backtobanks]

Rogers in today's Tribune:

Unless there's a Joe Girardi Hail Mary at the buzzer, the next Cubs manager isn't going to be a big name like Lou Piniella or Dusty Baker. A source close to the search says the focus is on finding someone who can be a teacher as well as push buttons. Ryne Sandberg's hopes could depend on how well-prepared players such as Darwin Barney, Welington Castillo and Sam Fuld appear down the stretch. … Alan Trammell, Piniella's bench coach, is definitely a teacher. Ditto third base coach Mike Quade and outside possibilities Ted Simmons, Fredi Gonzalez, Eric Wedge, DeMarlo Hale and Gary Varsho. …

 

It looks like the Cubs want a young manager to relate with the young players. So much for "not rebuilding."