You have been the best Cubs manager I have seen in my 22 years of living and probably the best any true Cubs fan has ever seen. You took this team from the cellar to one of the best teams in baseball. It took talent, skill and some luck.
If Chad Gaudin, Kevin Hart, Neal Cotts or Bob Howry are on the playoff roster, then do not bother going to the playoffs. Please save us the frustration and do not even show up.
Fire Ryan Poles | Fire Ben Johnson 
September 26, 2008 at 11:14 am
Hell, I couldn’t win with Ernie, Billy, Santo, Fergie, stop me before I roll over.
Lou, do you honestly think you can win with Howry, Cotts, Hart and Gaudin?
BOO BOO BOO BOO BOO
September 26, 2008 at 11:25 am
Good tune up for the playoffs, bullpen. I guess Marmol and Wood will have to pitch every inning of relief in the playoffs for us to have any chance
September 26, 2008 at 1:44 pm
ESPN has been talking about how bad the Mets bullpen is…it’s hard to believe that the Cubs is much better.
September 27, 2008 at 12:11 am
fuck this talk of 11 pitchers on the roster. As far as I’m concerned, I’d only put 8 out there-all 5 starters plus Marhall, Marmol. and Wood. Samardzija maybe-only if he pitches when the Cubs are down big.
September 27, 2008 at 12:52 am
I told myself after the Cubs clinched the division last Saturday, that I would just “kick back” and wait until the playoffs begin. But from the bullshit that I have seen in the past week with some stupid decisions by Piniella, has brought my stress level much higher than I was expecting. I’m all for giving some of the regulars some rest, but Lou just pissed two wins away in the Mets series. They could have, and should have, swept that fucking series. Thursdays game had my blood pressure boiling. With a three run lead and two fucking innings to go, why not pitch Marmol in the 8th, and Kingsford in the 9th to put the Mets out of their misery. Instead, Lou let the cocksuckers get up off the ground. Bad decision.
I understand that Piniella is frantically searching for one of these useless motherfuckers in middle relief to make a statement berore the playoffs begin, but nobody wants to step it up and earn the job. It looks like all they will have is Marshall and Marquis to get the game to the 8th inning.
Lou did not play to win all week, and that really pisses me off. You don’t want to go into the playoffs on a string of losses. I hope Piniella handles the post-season better than he did this week.
September 27, 2008 at 8:46 am
ksmc, you just saved me some time, thank you.
and, nemo makes a great point re: # of pitchers, too: it’s the post-season—ALL or NOTHING.
i won’t be surprised to see the Cubs exit quickly if they don’t turn it around and win the next 2 games…or at least play with some fire/intensity.
September 27, 2008 at 12:33 pm
The Cubs deliberately lost Thursday’s Mets game and might have deliberately lost yesterday’s game against the Brewers too. The weather was bad on Thurs. and it was raining hard during the last three innings of the game.
Going into postseason without feeling the team is up to it, at this point, is playing the hand that won this division. But resting or protecting players who aren’t injured has to accomplish something. We won’t necessarily play the Brewers or Mets in postseason, but if we do the Cubs had better win. That’s all I can say.
September 27, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Lou deliberately did not use most of his best players on Thursday-but I think it’s inexact to say they deliberately lost. Hoffpauir was trying. Presumably all the scrubs were trying to secure a spot on the postseason roster. For playing all their scrubs, but still had a 6-3 lead going into the bottom of the 7th. And the bullpen gave up 4 runs in the last three innings. I hardly think the bullpen deliberately gave up runs to lose. Especially considering NONE of the relief pitchers (Gaudin, Howry, Cotts, and Hart) had a secure spot in the bullpen for the playoffs. Certainly the Cubs had a much better chance had Marmol and Wood been used, but Lou has so little confidence in the middle relief that he is holding open auditions thru tomorrow. And THAT is the concern I think comes out of this game-the middle relief. The Cubs need 7 strong innings from their starter and no extra innings or we are likely looking at L’s.
September 27, 2008 at 8:50 pm
bob howry is on the postseason roster
September 27, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Re: Howry. I hope that doesn’t come back to haunt the Cubs….and us.
I don’t get it. He has sucked most of the year. What a bum.
September 28, 2008 at 9:34 am
If he’s there for any other reason than to wash Lou car, we’re doomed. And I wouldn’t even trust him to do that!
September 28, 2008 at 1:23 pm
The only thing I’d trust Howry to do is to be a production worker at a human manure factory.