06-26-2010, 10:07 PM
http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/4279
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->--Lou held a 15-minute team meeting at 3:45 this afternoon. In it, he said he opened the floor to criticism of his managing style.
“This was a time I felt we needed to talk about some things,” Lou said. “We had very open discussion where players got involved. I’m not going to divulge what we talked about, but one of the things we did was the fallout from yesterday.
“Part of it is to get their input, yeah. I told them that if they wanted to criticize me as a manager, so be it. I want what’s best for this organization. I want to win baseball games. They had some things like posting the (next day’s) lineup at a little earlier times.
“The whole thing here basically is to stick together and to play hard and be aggressive and take it to the other team.”
--Randy said the Cubs sent a letter to Major League Baseball Friday night about Zambrano’s suspension. The Cubs also say owner Tom Ricketts has been kept apprised of developments, and Randy added there could be a “sit-down” this coming week involving Ricketts and the baseball people regarding Zambrano.
--Asked if the Cubs had considered trading Zambrano, Randy said: “We haven’t given any kind of thought to that yet. Ozzie said in the paper yesterday he’d like to have him. No, we haven’t.”
--On Z’s dinner with Ozzie, Randy said: “I’m disappointed in that from Carlos’ perspective. Nothing against Ozzie. I think the world of Ozzie. I would have thought that with the events of yesterday, Carlos would have gone home, spent some time reflecting on what happened, thought about his career and his teammates and maybe where he was at. I’m disappointed he was out yucking it up at dinner.”
--Lou reiterated the need for Zambrano to apologize to his teammates. That will be only the beginning. When pitcher Ted Lilly was asked if Z could pitch again for the Cubs, he said: “He’s certainly physically capable of (it).”<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->--Lou held a 15-minute team meeting at 3:45 this afternoon. In it, he said he opened the floor to criticism of his managing style.
“This was a time I felt we needed to talk about some things,” Lou said. “We had very open discussion where players got involved. I’m not going to divulge what we talked about, but one of the things we did was the fallout from yesterday.
“Part of it is to get their input, yeah. I told them that if they wanted to criticize me as a manager, so be it. I want what’s best for this organization. I want to win baseball games. They had some things like posting the (next day’s) lineup at a little earlier times.
“The whole thing here basically is to stick together and to play hard and be aggressive and take it to the other team.”
--Randy said the Cubs sent a letter to Major League Baseball Friday night about Zambrano’s suspension. The Cubs also say owner Tom Ricketts has been kept apprised of developments, and Randy added there could be a “sit-down” this coming week involving Ricketts and the baseball people regarding Zambrano.
--Asked if the Cubs had considered trading Zambrano, Randy said: “We haven’t given any kind of thought to that yet. Ozzie said in the paper yesterday he’d like to have him. No, we haven’t.”
--On Z’s dinner with Ozzie, Randy said: “I’m disappointed in that from Carlos’ perspective. Nothing against Ozzie. I think the world of Ozzie. I would have thought that with the events of yesterday, Carlos would have gone home, spent some time reflecting on what happened, thought about his career and his teammates and maybe where he was at. I’m disappointed he was out yucking it up at dinner.”
--Lou reiterated the need for Zambrano to apologize to his teammates. That will be only the beginning. When pitcher Ted Lilly was asked if Z could pitch again for the Cubs, he said: “He’s certainly physically capable of (it).”<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->