The article also features some quotes from Gerald Perry on his firing.

… start a rehab assignment in two weeks. That may be a little early, but it still may put him on target to return right after the All-Star break.

Milton Bradley, the only Cub who knew Perry as a hitting coach before his stint with the Cubs (with Oakland in 2006), pointed the finger at himself and teammates for Perry’s firing

‘’I like Gerald personally. I felt for him when his father passed away earlier in the spring,’’ said Bradley, whose .227 seasonlong slump is emblematic of the team’s offensive woes. ‘’Most guys around the team who have been with him the past couple years said he didn’t really do anything different.

‘’If anything was different it was just us not hitting. We should all feel partly responsible for him getting fired.’’

I know we can all look at the article but this is what stood out to me. We debate on here day and night and sometimes we just think we know more than Lou. His reasoning makes sense even if it made our bench thinner. The bench wouldn’t even have been an issue had some of these guys hit like they’re capable of. So who are these pitchers that needed extra rest?

‘’I knew we weren’t going to stay long with 13 [pitchers],‘’ Piniella said. ’’I had a couple players that we didn’t want to report to the media that needed a little more rest, that had minor ailments. So we kept with 13 pitchers for four or five days. But I didn’t feel that we were going to stay that way long.

‘’If we need more than 12, we’ve got real problems.’’

Obviously, so do the Cubs.

He’s my current favorite Cub.