No hurrah for Lou?

Cubbie's manager, Lou Piniella, coached his final game today against Atlanta. Cubs got murdered at the hands of Jason Heyward, but that's not the point of this article. Lou Piniella was one of the greatest managers ever in the game of baseball. Not only that, he was, without a shadow of a doubt, the most exciting manager in the history of the game. From his "lectures" at the umpires, to his fiery post-game press conferences, you could always count on Lou to give you some entertainment.

ESPN, otherwise known as the TMZ of professional sports, seems to not really know where they need to have their priorities. Today, they gave the topic of Lou's retirement about 3 minutes of airtime where the "experts" discussed how they didnt think the 14th winning-est manager shouldn't make the Hall of Fame. This seems a little odd, considering that in the past 4 years, ESPN has filled at least 20 days worth of airtime with Brett Favre retirement specials, and he's even still playing.

Who doesn't think Lou will make the Hall of Fame? (Aside from our friends at ESPN) 14th in wins, sure that isn't the highest there is, but hey lets look at some other 14th's and see if they made the hall...

Batting Average 14th: GEORGE SISLER. Hmm, ESPN didn't he make the hall?

Home Runs 14th: MIKE SCHMIDT, thats right, Mike f'n Schmidt was 14th

Now, your probably saying, hey there's alot more players than managers. Okay heres 70th in homers: JOE DIMAGGIO. No question

RBI 14th: Currently occupied by Rafael Palmeiro, who was on the juice, so how about I move down to 28th? ERNIE BANKS. Case Closed.

Now I have a question, who is Lou ahead of in wins? How about TOMMY LASORDA. Actually Lou has 200 more than Lasorda. Lasorda was no doubt Hall of Fame, but E! News cough cough excuse me ESPN, thinks that Piniella doesn't quite cut it. Who knows what they're thinking, but they do have a few writers that do have seats on the voting committee, so their say can end up being the "right" one, even if it isn't ethical or correct.

-JhC