Zimmer: Our loss is their loss?

by WGNstatic on Dec 22, 2009 7:32 AM CST

I read this in Barry Rozner's column ( the main headline is a fairly far-fetched hypothesis regarding Joe Girardi managing the Cubs after his Yankee contract expires), and got a kick out of this tidbit:

Milton Bradley to the Mariners reminds me of the time a player was traded and I asked Cubs manager Don Zimmer what he thought of the deal from the other team's perspective.

Said Zimmer, "Our loss is their loss."

So here is a Cub history guessing game, what trade is he talking about? I googled around a bit and couldn't come up with anything.

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Players

at daver's request, Let's frontload this B**ch!

by N Oakley on Dec 22, 2009 7:47 AM CST reply actions

Clubhouse

at daver's request, Let's frontload this B**ch!

by N Oakley on Dec 22, 2009 7:56 AM CST up reply actions

Total guess

Looking at the players traded during Zimmer’s time in Chicago, maybe Mitch Williams?

by rlpete on Dec 22, 2009 8:56 AM CST reply actions

Other end of the Wild Thing Era

I wondered if it might have been an illusion to Rafael Palmeiro, based on rumors of his “relations” with other players wives, but honestly, I have never known what to make of those rumors.

Eamus Ursuli!

by WGNstatic on Dec 22, 2009 9:15 AM CST up reply actions

I saw him too

He was the only other one I could find.

by rlpete on Dec 22, 2009 9:22 AM CST up reply actions

I would say the George Bell trade of 1992...

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. - Dave Barry

by zm1217 on Dec 22, 2009 11:36 AM CST reply actions

Well, except Zimmer wasn't the manager then.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Dec 22, 2009 11:54 AM CST up reply actions

I just mentioned the possibility of Joe...

…coming back to manage the Cubs on another thread. I wonder… if Joe did show interest, and Lou does retire…. Who would Hendry (if he’s still GM) most likely hire of the two?

Joe Girardi or Ryne Sandberg?

by TheHawkRules on Dec 22, 2009 12:16 PM CST reply actions

Ryne...no doubt about it

by cozmotaylor123 on Dec 22, 2009 12:32 PM CST up reply actions

Had to be Goose Gossage.

Remember Gossage’s 1988 season, Zimmer’s first as Cubs manager? He made LaTroy Hawkins look like Mariano Rivera. The two of them got into a couple of times. The worst of which, which I remember vividly, involved Gossage getting booed off the field, giving the fans the finger, then getting into a shouting match with Zimmer in the dugout with the two of them disappearing down the tunnel still in each other’s faces.

"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004

by ctcoff99 on Dec 22, 2009 12:42 PM CST reply actions

wow

Didn’t remember that….

Haha… they sure didn’t bring that up during his HOF wait… lol

by TheHawkRules on Dec 22, 2009 1:51 PM CST up reply actions

Gossage

He was a Hall of Famer who hung around way too long. He was just an average relief pitcher after leaving San Diego. I hope all those Cubs fans who were unhappy with Lee Smith’s 12 blown saves in 1987 were happy with the Goose’s performance in 1988.

"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Dec 22, 2009 1:59 PM CST up reply actions

As I recall, Zimmer also hated Frank DiPino.

It could have been him too. I remember his first year away from the Cubs, which I think was 1989, he drilled Mark Grace in St. Louis igniting a bench-clearing brawl, with Zimmer right in the middle of it.

"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004

by ctcoff99 on Dec 22, 2009 12:47 PM CST reply actions