What's the difference between Lou Pinella and Dusty Baker?

[The Dude]

The toothpick.

[vitaminB]

Dusty is better suited for days in the hot sun.

[Coldneck]

<!--quoteo(post=46348:date=Jun 26 2009, 12:20 PM:name=vitaminB)-->QUOTE (vitaminB @ Jun 26 2009, 12:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Dusty is better suited for days in the hot sun.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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[vegascub]

"dude"

[leonardsipes]

3 wins

If you count the playoffs, Baker had 3 more wins through game 69 of his 3rd season. Pinella has 3 more wins, if you just count the regular season.

[kbwsb]

I think that after 4 years of supreme mellowness, the Cubs needed somebody to come in and kick a little ass.
I think Lou has gone soft, though. I'd be up for a Buck Schowalter type.

[kbwsb]

Reasons I don't miss Dusty (#3,875):

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Since May 29, Willy Taveras has had kind of a rough time of it. He couldn't buy a hit. He couldn't rent a hit. He couldn't steal a hit. He couldn't even win a hit in the lottery.

He's a terrifying <b>1-for-46 since then -- with</b> (just to make this really interesting) <b>no walks</b>. That comes to a spiffy .022 batting average, <!--coloro:#0000FF--><!--/coloro-->for a man who has spent that entire stretch hitting at the top of the Reds' order (either first or second).<!--colorc-->
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Out of curiosity, to see where this might be leading, I went through every June in the last 25 years with baseballmusings.com's day-by-day database. The lowest June average I could find by any player who got this many plate appearances was .080, by Phil Nevin, who went 4-for-50 in June 1995. So Taveras would have to go on a tear in the next week and a half just to beat that number.

His 1-for-46 mess also includes an 0-for-32 funk that was the longest by any Red in 35 years -- since Denis Menke went 0-for-33 in 1973.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[jeffy]

<!--quoteo(post=46475:date=Jun 26 2009, 04:12 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Jun 26 2009, 04:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I think Lou has gone soft, though.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

We need to get his ass to a strip club then.......or at the very least, someone needs to slip some managerial Viagra into his Ensure.

[Ace]

Lou makes slightly less baffling decisions, and is slightly more likely to bend when someone is sucking.

But only slightly and slightly.

[veryzer]

i used to like lou because he held players accountable. as far as in-game management, i don't think he's all that different than a majority of managers. what's pissing me off is that he's to have retired already. he's sleepwalking. if yesterday's action indicate than he's waking up again, then i'll take him over dusty any day of the week. wouldn't even be close. if he stays the same as he has so far this year, than there really isn't that much of a difference.

[The Dude]

It's official, they are the same:

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->"We need to get Ramirez back," Lou Piniella said. "That would be almost like a trade for us for a bat."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,6210178.story

[SandbergMVP1984]

<!--quoteo(post=47103:date=Jun 29 2009, 05:29 PM:name=The Dude)-->QUOTE (The Dude @ Jun 29 2009, 05:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->It's official, they are the same:

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->"We need to get Ramirez back," Lou Piniella said. "That would be almost like a trade for us for a bat."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,6210178.story
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