Reflections of Loco Lou

Sweet" Lou Piniella is the best thing to happen to the Chicago Cubs ever. He has given the team a huge boost by instilling a great chemistry in the clubhouse and hatred of losing.

The Cubs have always had the mindsets of failures, they expected to lose and accepted it. Not anymore, Sweet Lou has changed that and taught the Cubbies that LOSING IS NOT O.K., it is unacceptable.

For the first two months of the season, the Cubs played like, well, the Cubs. Bad base-running, pitching, defense and a lack of clutch hitting continued to plague the group commonly referred to as the Lovable Losers.

Then Sweet Lou became Loco Lou on June 2. Since Loco Lou berated and kicked dirt all over poor Mark Wegner the Lovable Ones have the best record in all of baseball. They have eliminated nearly all of the mental mistakes, the bullpen quit sucking and the Cubbies are now in first place in the N.L. Central.
Many Cubs fans, including myself, were clamoring for Joe Giradi, Ryne Sandberg or even Jody Davis to get the managerial job before the season. Now, we all say, Thank God for Lou Piniella.