Arcane Cub List of the Week: Thrown Overboard in Midstream
In honor of Lou Piniella, who is sounding more and more like a guy who should be looking for a new job—or perhaps, directed to find a new job—here is a list of Cub skippers who have been replaced in-season since 1970.
Noteworthy: only the 1972 move from Leo Durocher to Whitey Lockman saw the team climb in the standings and in only three circumstances did the team’s winning percentage increase after the switch.
All in all, not a compelling case for dumping Lou, though all of his self-pitying, “What’s a guy to do?” responses in the post-game interviews, not to mention the team’s pitiable performance this year, make it hard not to think about the Cubs installing a fresh body in the manager’s chair.
Finally, here’s an interview of the Cub manager conducted by Larry Stone of the Seattle Times, in which Lou sounds, yet again, like a tired soul.
