Lou Piniella On Twitter

Lou's not a Twitter kind of guy. Here's what he said when someone explained it to him:

'What is Twitter?'' Cubs manager Lou Piniella said when told of the Ozzie Guillen-Twitter account uproar.

When the short-message, public-text concept was explained to him, Piniella said, ''Ozzie needs more space than that.''

over 2 years ago Al Yellon 19 comments 0 recs |

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“I’m really not a Facebook or Twitter guy. I’m a prime rib and baked potato.”

Prime Rib & Baked Potato? I have never heard of that site.

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by Goodie1969 on Feb 25, 2010 8:28 AM CST reply actions

well we know...

he’s not a pie guy

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by DartmouthCubsFan on Feb 25, 2010 8:40 AM CST up reply actions

That's because Lou was referring to two separate sites

http://www.primerib.com/ and
www.bakedpotatoe.com

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim

by Doggie Stalker on Feb 25, 2010 8:45 AM CST up reply actions

"Potatoe"?

Who’s writing your posts? Dan Quayle?

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

by Al Yellon on Feb 25, 2010 9:06 AM CST up reply actions

hehehe...

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on Feb 25, 2010 9:09 AM CST up reply actions

Internet sites deliberately misspell things

to get people who type stuff in wrong. I actually used both spellings and got the same place but only put in the 2nd one.
For all I know there was was prymerib.com too.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim

by Doggie Stalker on Feb 25, 2010 9:21 AM CST up reply actions

I hoped I could have Facebook and Prime Rib

Alas, Lou is right that I can’t have it both ways.

Farewell, Facebook!

by madcow256 on Feb 25, 2010 9:22 AM CST up reply actions

Anyone hear Lou interviewed on Dave Kaplan's show last night?

He basically admitted that he’s still not completely clear on what Twitter is. And I kind of prefer it that way.

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by daver on Feb 25, 2010 10:10 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

I was kind of hoping he would tweet me

@sweetheart Actually I know about as much about Twitter as Lou. I think if he just gets GPS, that should suffice for his technological needs.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim

by Doggie Stalker on Feb 25, 2010 10:21 AM CST up reply actions

If you do sign up for Twitter...

… you’ll have to use the user name “sweetheart”.

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

by Al Yellon on Feb 25, 2010 10:46 AM CST up reply actions

by Madison Cub Fan on Feb 25, 2010 11:00 AM CST up reply actions

But...

… “Look, what do you want me to do?” fits very easily in 140 characters.

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

by Al Yellon on Feb 25, 2010 11:02 AM CST up reply actions

He'd be automatically down five characters on every tweet.

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by daver on Feb 25, 2010 11:05 AM CST up reply actions

Yeah, he's got more than enough on his mind.

The only other ML manager that I know of on Twitter, aside from Ozzie, is Tampa Bay Rays Joe Maddon.

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by daver on Feb 25, 2010 11:09 AM CST up reply actions

Ah, HA!

I have one up on the Twitter expert (you). Tony LaRussa started tweeting last fall. Yes, I know there were some fake TLR twitter accounts; this one is apparently legit.

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

by Al Yellon on Feb 25, 2010 11:12 AM CST up reply actions