that I wish it had been Howry? Well, its true.

I completely agree with you reddevil. I mean, perhaps it’s the case that because we didn’t see Eyre pitch enough we didn’t see how bad he was. Maybe if Lou was tossing him out there in inappropriate situations like he does with Howry, we would want him DFAed more… I don’t know..

Eyre was a lefty. Plenty of RHP in AA that can throw a 92 mph with no movement.

Sean is the 2nd lefty in the pen behind Cotts now. His role in the pen will be really big IF the Cubs should make the playoffs. I find bullpens are more important in postseason play than regular season play.

He always seemed like a good guy on the Radio, and it’s too bad he won’t be able to ride the rest of this season out.

I wish the best for him, but why him and not Howry?

...Cubs will regret this, perhaps even this year.

A veteran lefty will be picked up quickly by other teams. He can still be effective.

We will likely face him at some point in the postseason.

And I admit I’m biased, because I personally like the guy. Nonetheless, he’s a true situational lefty that always comes in handy down the stretch. He had a bad first part of 2007, but was great the second half, and started out rough this year, but he WAS injured. It will be a real shame if the Cubs make it to the Series this year and he’s not a part of it. Good luck Scott. You’re a cool guy and a good pitcher.

He broke up in the interview he did (was shown on Comcast pre-game). Hopefully he can do well wherever he lands.

He was no Manny… I always hate to see guys go who like being here…

... but I hope he catches on with either Philly or Houston, because I’ll be seeing those teams at Wrigley at the end of the month. I’d like to stand and give him some applause as a thank you.

made me alittle sad to see him go.

With Chabba getting hurt I wonder if NYY comes a calling….

Eyre is not 100% and/or simply has little in the tank. This move also says to me that the Cubs have legitimate faith in Sean Marshall and Neal Cotts. Hard to quibble with the move. Playoff contending teams in major league baseball are a case of Darwinism at work…only the strong and those who can contribute are going to stay. To me this is enormously refreshing after watching years of Cubbie futility complete with it’s national branding campaign of the Luvable Losers.

As noted above, he got off to a bad start in ‘07 and never quite got out of Lou’s doghouse. I thought he pitched well the 2nd half of last year and most of this year till he got hurt.

I wish him the best.

Howry was pitching MUCH worse yet even today Lou left him in a crucial situation.
Lou defintatly DOES have a doghouse and while Eyre struggled he was clearly better than Howry. He was exeptionally good person and I saw him to some very nice things for a disabled kid at the convention one year. That does not make him a good pitcher
and while I have not yet had time to go through the game threads today how would
it not have been better to use Eyre than once again OVERUSE Marmol in a non save
situation. Lou is a a VERY bad manager re the bullpen. He is lucky he has a lot of good
pitchers to work with but as with Howry today it bites him in the ass a lot.

I wish Eyre a lot of luck and I am sure he will land somewhere that a manager
knows how to use him.

Eyre can still get guys out every now and then… Howry can’t

A handful of Cubbie fans who think Lou is a tired old man who has no basis making evaluative judgment on players. “Scott Eyre is a swell guy and attends charity functions, so gee wilikers we MUST keep him on the roster even though he can’t get major league hitters out!!!!” “Felix Pie didn’t get a chance to prove himself and big bad Lou screwed him over!!!!” And the other funny thing about this sickening phenomenon is that the doorknobs don’t think Jim Hendry, Larry Rothschild, and others within the organization have input on these decisions.

So tell me, does this mean that Ronny Cedeno is now on Lou Piniella’s “doghouse” because the manager pays him marginal attention??

Pass the barf bag.

I know this name isn’t very popular around here, but, on his 8/5 Boers and Bernstein podcast, Steve Stone divulged some intriguing, if maddeningly vague, insight on the Scotty Eyre situation. Stone said:

“I think that there were some problems with Mr. Eyre on one of the flights as far as a delayed flight and maybe a little bit…ah…things got out of hand a touch and he was escorted to the back of the plane…I know he was most unhappy he wasn’t activated…”

He didn’t provide much context for this statement and, when asked to clarify, Stone said, “I can’t really get into it specifically.” I would dare to speculate that he was referring to a recent flight and that perhaps Eyre confronted Lou on the plane. Anyway, take it for what it’s worth.

Later in the same podcast, Stone lamely says, “They’re letting a lefthander go, leaving only one lefthander in their bullpen.”

FAIL