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When the Seattle Mariners fired Scott Servais on Aug. 22 of last season, they let go of the only manager in the franchise's history aside from team Hall of Fame ...
(And the same goes for Lou Piniella if/when he deservedly gets in for his managing career.) Given the somewhat standard roster churn, few players will spend their whole careers with the Rays.
We followed it almost every single day that it was on.” Like other Cubs fans during the Lou Piniella era, Johnson’s younger brother put his name down for season tickets in 2007. “It took ...
Exasperated, manager Lou Piniella finally asked Ichiro if he ever pulled the ball. Ichiro gave a nonchalant answer — “Sometimes” — and that afternoon launched a home run to right field.
In Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, the Baseball Writers Association delivered quite an eclectic trifecta to ...
True or not, it likely traces back to this repartee between Ichiro and his first manager, Lou Piniella, during his very first spring training. ESPN's Tommy Tomlinson wrote: "Pull the ball ...
Rather than burn a pinch hitter early in a game the Cubs expected to use several relievers, manager Lou Piniella sent up Carlos Zambrano to pinch hit leading off the third. Zambrano could hit.
Manager Lou Piniella and his coaching staff wanted to know if he could “turn on the ball.” As Jake Kring-Schreifels recounted for The Ringer in 2021, the 27-year-old made his statement ...