Sweet Lou is making the push for A-Rod and Ichiro.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2628823


And for you lazy no clicking fucks.

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"CHICAGO -- Lou Piniella, who will be formally introduced as the new Chicago Cubs manager Tuesday afternoon, wants to acquire embattled -- and possibly available -- New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. Tom Szczerbowski/US PRESSWIRE A-Rod, fresh off another forgettable postseason performance, spent his first seven big league seasons under Lou Piniella in Seattle. Sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.com that Piniella, who is extremely close to Rodriguez, expects the Cubs to aggressively pursue the 10-time All-Star. The 63-year-old manager and the 31-year-old Rodriguez have what amounts to a quasi-father/son relationship; Rodriguez was managed in Seattle by Piniella from 1994-2000. It is that relationship -- and the tantalizing talent of Rodriguez -- that has prompted Piniella to want to explore a trade with the Yankees. Despite the Yankees' insistence that they have no intention of trading Rodriguez, the former two-time American League MVP seems to have alienated fans and perhaps even teammates with his postseason failures. For the second consecutive year, Rodriguez failed to drive in a run and helped contribute to an early exit by the Yankees, most recently a 3-1 Division Series loss to the Detroit Tigers. In the final game of that series, Rodriguez was dropped to an unheard-of eighth in the batting order. He finished the series 1-for-14 with no extra-base hits and is 4-for-41 (.098) with no RBI in his last 12 postseason games. Rodriguez has a no-trade clause and could veto any proposed deal. But the idea of playing for Piniella, in the slightly less-pressurized Chicago market, and for a franchise that loves star power could appeal to Rodriguez. So could a chance for a fresh start after a .290-35-121 regular season that wasn't good enough for Yankees fans. For the Cubs, whose management experienced the rare and unnerving sight of empty seats at Wrigley Field this past season, the attraction of Rodriguez is obvious. He would immediately strengthen a lineup in dire need of power. He is normally an accomplished defensive player. And despite his postseason difficulties, he has a career .305 batting average and 464 career home runs in 13 major league seasons. With the hiring of Piniella, it is understood that the Cubs will expand their payroll, which was close to $100 million in 2006. Depending on how much they want to spend, the Cubs are one of the few teams capable of taking on Rodriguez's salary. He is owed $95 million for the remaining four years of the landmark 10-year, $252 million deal, he signed with Texas. The Yankees are responsible for paying $66.6 million; the Rangers are paying the other $28.4 million. A Cubs deal with the Yankees potentially could include third baseman Aramis Ramirez (career highs of 38 home runs and 119 RBI in the regular season), but Ramirez can opt out of his contract and become a free agent this offseason. It is thought the Yankees would also want a quality starting pitcher in any deal involving Rodriguez. Piniella, who replaces Dusty Baker after the latter's four-season tenure in Chicago, agreed to a three-year deal, with a club option for a fourth, earlier Monday. He has hired most of his coaching staff and has decided, sources say, to retain Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild. Gene Wojciechowski is the senior national columnist for ESPN.com."

10/17/2006 2:11:18 AM

i dont care who is on the team as long as the yanks win the world series next year

10/17/2006 2:13:50 AM

please tell me where in that article it says he is also making a push for Ichiro, because i sure as hell dont see it

10/17/2006 2:44:04 AM

^

It doesn't... I was listening to ESPN radio when I made the thread and they threw the Ichiro part in, saying that Lou was interested in him too.

10/17/2006 2:46:12 AM

doesn't matter

the cubs will suck ass next year

10/17/2006 3:06:45 AM

Sweet Lou is making the push for A-Rod and or Ichiro.

the cubs would be the perfect team for Arod

they would be used to the post season choking

10/17/2006 9:07:05 AM

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=438515

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"a-rod will end up a cubbie"

10/17/2006 9:13:19 AM

Im down with this

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"Yanks will trade/get/buy Dontrelle and Zito prolly."

i'll take the former Mudcat playing for my big league team

10/17/2006 9:16:30 AM

it will never happen

10/17/2006 9:27:43 AM

get Soriano back

dont fuck up and trade Melky or Cano

keep your young talent

get another good closer

if 2/3 value is possible, see ya Arod

pitching

pitching

pitching

10/17/2006 9:33:39 AM

if this did happen, would ARod go back to short?

or would they trade Aramis (or change his position?)

10/17/2006 9:39:10 AM

I think if Lou pushed to bring in his "boy" from the yanks

he'd play his natural SS

but i dont know

10/17/2006 9:43:22 AM

i'm watching Chicago Comcast right now and they're saying that Kenny Williams was the first to contact A-Rod

that's news to me

I guess he's trying to collect the best homerun hitters like a classic car collection: Thome, Dye, Konerko, A-Rod (Crede)

10/17/2006 9:48:36 AM

aha id love to face arod more next year


btw, the cubs would be morons to give up aramis ramirez and a top pitching prospect or 2 for arod

look at ramirez's stats vs arod's

about the damn same, just ramirez had to hit in a crappy lineup.

10/17/2006 10:00:44 AM

Good Lord the Giants are awful this year. LOL @ Bobby Abreau.

7/28/2013 12:08:18 AM

Quote :

"dont fuck up and trade Melky"

7/28/2013 12:10:10 AM

raise your hand if you read the thread title, thought it was a recent story, got to Piniella at the Cubs and thought "wtf?? Piniella is still there??

7/28/2013 12:26:27 AM

*raises hand*


Also, more like A-ROID, AMIRITE?

7/28/2013 1:33:38 AM

no

7/28/2013 6:48:39 AM

^^^I was like, "What the hell? When did I fall asleep and miss them firing sveum and hiring lou back?"

7/28/2013 8:19:46 AM

It took me til the a rod being 31. I probably couldn't have told you who the cubs manager was

7/28/2013 10:29:57 AM

oh look

another old thread bumped for no good goddamned reason

7/28/2013 10:40:50 AM

^ he's right. Annoying as hell.

7/28/2013 1:35:15 PM

^ he's right. Annoying as hell.

7/28/2013 7:19:36 PM

pwnt by my own thread

7/28/2013 9:37:52 PM

Someone lock this motherfucker

7/28/2013 9:41:17 PM

This latest AROD saga has to be a Yankees haters wet dream. He'll get booed worse than usual in Yankee Stadium if he manages to get at bats this year.

7/28/2013 10:35:33 PM