Many may think that former Cubs manager quit on the team last year in August. Former Cubs manager Lou Piniella recently took a job with the San Francisco Giants as a scout. Piniella states that he had opportunities to join a few organizations or do work on television, but that decision made sense for Piniella. Lou also says that he and Giants General Manager Brian Sabean have been friends for a long time. Piniella’s duties will involve scouting American League clubs for the 2010 World Series Champions. He stated that the fact he will be able to stay at his home in Tampa Bay was the biggest key to accepting the position. Another good thing about the new job Piniella said is that six to seven teams have spring training in the area, along with Tropicana Field that is the home of the Tampa Bay Rays. Piniella retired as Cub’s manager during the 2010 season, his fourth year in Chicago, to return to his Florida home in Tampa Bay and help his suffering mother. He also spent time away from the Cubs due to the death of his uncle in July of last year. Lou also acknowledged that his fourth season and his last season wasn’t the success that he and the organization wished it would be. Piniella stated that he thought the players sensed that at times he wasn’t there to give them 100 percent support that a manager should. Despite a trying 2010 season, Lou left a legacy and one of the most successful managers in franchise history. As a whole, Piniella is proud of his accomplishments. In a statement by Lou, “I came here four years ago and the team lost 97 games, two years later they won 97.” Piniella led the Cubs to the playoffs back to back years. In those two playoff runs the Cubs were swept both times by the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The past winter storm that went through the mid-west damaged the press box at Wrigley Field. The damages were tiles to fall from the top press box. The damage was enough to close Clark Street between Grace and Roscoe streets and Addison Street between Sheffield and Racine avenues because of the wind blowing the tiles.
Recently the Harry Carry Statue was damaged outside of Wrigley Field. The statue was vandalized with white spray paint; the word Sox and another illegible word on it. Caray's statue was moved to the corner of Waveland and Sheffield avenues to make room for a new bronze statue of Hall of Famer Billy Williams. Caray's statue was rededicated in September.
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