Colvin's Big Day Leads Cubs Past White Sox 8-6

So no, that would not be a platoon. Ka’aihue is a genuine prospect, though a bit old.

… if my tone is wrong, I apologize. Again, I merely want to know on what basis you said that Ozzie’s repeatedly trashed the Cubs.

I don’t know how to ask you in the appropriate manner other than to say I’m open to it. I don’t think I’m an Ozzie Guillen apologist, if he’s trashed the Cubs, heck I’ll trash him for it.

If you do, maybe you should just ignore him.

You’ve been crying about that (and most important, making that something that it wasn’t) for what over a year now. I should call you a name – a drama queen – but that would only give you something else to bitch about endlessly. BTW are you still against political correctness?

seems like the Trump/Blago combover is the way to go….

I trust you can see the difference between the situations.

That FYC by Heinz is what they server here in St. Louis. You end up getting used to just ignoring the waiters here when they want to put it on your burger after they see your son in a Soriano shirt.

Much like some fans got on Barkeley for hanging with MJ during the championship where the Bulls beat the Suns. You want your players to hate the other team and want to beat them in every facet of the game, which in theory at least is harder to do when you are friends with them off the field. I don’t know that dinner was a big deal at all, it may have helped Z when he was completely irrational, but I do understand the reason people have a problem with it here, given Z insulting the team in the first place.

I’d think it would come up. But who knows anything lol.

to the media would be. Yeah he can have perspective with this because it’s not his team. But Ozzie has no judgement…I don’t really have a problem with Z being able to vent with someone after being a pathetic child, but Ozzie is not the guy that’s going to lead him in a positive direction.

I am sure this happens all the time. The issue is the timing of the dinner, having come after the dugout tirade and Z not contacting ANY of his teammates nor his manager or GM, but going and having a lovely time with Ozzie.

Under those unique circumstances Z should have cancelled. Had the tirade not occurred, I would not have a problem with doing this.

Look at Lou’s comments on this:

‘’Look, let me tell you this,’’ Piniella said. ‘’I haven’t seen my daughter since I left for spring training. That was mid-February. She got in Friday night from Tampa, and I got home to my apartment, and my wife and daughter wanted me to go and eat dinner with them.

‘’I was sick from what happened. And I was very tired, and I was embarrassed. They both went out and ate by themselves. I stayed home. That’s all I’ve got to say about that situation.’’

Lou isn’t always the most articulate guy, but he nails it here. Z should have been sick and embarrassed from what happened, but apparently, he wasn’t, and isn’t.

In the same vein, I suppose that I should stop responding to him . . . but I don’t see why he needs to be condescending and/or outright rude to everything that he disagrees with.

MLB players have many friends on other teams, due to the movement around baseball. Look at any field before a game starts; you’ll often see players from the other teams yakking it up with each other. This is supposed to be against the rules, but they do it anyway.

Dinner with the enemy being a good way to “grease the skids” and overcome hate. you seem to be working here to stir things up. Z whining and complaining about how unfair everything is to the master of idiocy may help Z, but not because he is the enemy. How exactly does schmoozing with the enemy in particular help?

Z has been an asset to this team for years. But hell, let’s release him because of who he ate dinner with.

Unbelievable.

Added to his meltdown, added to Z’s inability to admit he was a petulant child, its a minor insult. That dinner is an unimportant thing just makes me wonder with the little time we have given to it overall in the STFU-gate why drew felt the need to yell at everyone over it. I think he does have some anger that needs to be released.

Probably just needed a fix of telling everyone they are wrong. See him next week.

Lou is following a pattern. He’s playing the helpless victim. He can’t fix the team’s losing ways. He can’t fix Z. He can’t go to dinner with his daughter. None of it is his fault but he’s taking the heat.

Attention Lou. That’s the job description.

so I could handle that also. Just call me. I promise better results. And I come with a money back guarantee.

I guess it depends on what you look at as the starting point – if you look at Lee trying to settle down Zambrano as the starting point, you’re 100% correct. If you look at it as Zambrano bitching at Lee, that’s different.

Actually, now that I think about it, you’re more correct than incorrect. Zambrano’s initial fit is analogous to a player not hustling.

Ok, I retract that part. As for his condescending tone, well, that’s his SOP.

He’s yelling at his team mates. Showing them up. And has done so for years. Bruce Miles, along with other writers, has acknowledged this and the fact that the players are tired of it.

spitting mad how everyone screwed up but himself and….it’s normal? Something the team should just ignore as he elbows his way by? I don’t think you would be thinking the same thing if you were in that dugout, He was yelling at the guys a few inches away, not beating up inanimate objects. It’s sure a lot less volatile watching it from your TV then if you’re standing next to him, knowing he’s just waiting to explode while he calls out everyone but himself.