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Piniella To Retire At Season's End; 14th-Winningest Coach in MLB History
Topic Started: Tuesday Jul 20 2010, 02:59 PM (272 Views)
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Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella announced Tuesday that he will retire at the end of the season, ending a storied and often colorful career that included 18 years in the majors as a player and another 22 as a manager.

The 66-year-old Piniella, who has reached the World Series five times in his career and has three championship rings, said he was looking forward to spending more time with his family.

"I've grown to love the city and the fans but at my age it will be time to enter a new phase in my life," Piniella said in a statement released by the team.

Announcing his retirement now, Piniella added, gives the team time to find a replacement.

"I'm proud of our accomplishments during my time here and this will be a perfect way for me to end my career," he said. "But let me make one thing perfectly clear: our work is far from over. I want to keep the momentum going more than anything else and win as many games as we can to get back in this pennant race."

Entering Tuesday night's game against Houston, Piniella's overall record was 1,826-1,691 (.519) and he trails only Tony La Russa, Bobby Cox and Joe Torre in victories among active managers. The Cubs said Piniella will retire as the 14th-winningest manager in major league history.

His record with the Cubs was 307-271, and he is in the fourth and final year of his contract. After leading the Cubs to consecutive NL Central titles in 2007-08, Piniella and his team missed the playoffs last year and have struggled again this season with a new owner, the Ricketts family, in charge. The Cubs have gone 102 years without a World Series title.


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Piniella retires early:
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Lou Piniella's long and colorful career has spanned 48 years, from an aggressive outfielder with a sharp batting eye to a successful manager whose highlight-reel base-throwing tantrums sometimes overshadowed his baseball acumen.

His family, from his relatives to his teammates and players, always has come first. And that's why the leader of the Chicago Cubs decided to step down after Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves -- he wants to spend more time with his ailing mother.

"My mom needs me home and that's where I'm going," Piniella said before one last game in the dugout.

The Cubs couldn't send Piniella out a winner, playing some sloppy baseball and losing to the Braves 16-5 to fall 23 games under .500.


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