Former Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella was passed over for the Baseball Hall of Fame once again. Piniella fell one vote short of election to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday night as part of the 2024 contemporary era ballot.
Former New York Yankees player and manager Lou Piniella fell one vote short of election to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday night as part of the 2024 contemporary era ballot.
Former Major League player and manager Lou Piniella is a candidate for the Baseball Hall of Fame this winter and nearly all of the teams he was associated with in his career are working together to get him to Cooperstown.
My goodness they were bad The 1969 Indians started 2-15, and it got worse. The end. There, I just saved you from having to read more about how awful this team was.
Again though, Piniella could never quite get Seattle to the World Series. They lost in the ALCS three times, first to the 1995 Cleveland powerhouse and then to the 2000-01 Yankees.
The committee will vote among eight managers, executives and umpires in December. Former Cubs manager Lou Piniella is up for Hall of Fame consideration along with seven other baseball managers, executives and umpires who will be voted on by the Contemporary Baseball Era (1980 to present) committee next month.
The Baseball Hall of Fame announced its eight nominees for the 2024 Era Committee.
Four former managers -- Cito Gaston, Jim Leyland, Lou Piniella and Davey Johnson -- are among eight candidates on the ballot for the Hall of Fame contemporary era committee that is scheduled to meet Dec.
Legendary Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds and Tampa Bay Rays manager Lou Piniella is one of eight people up for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum via the Contemporary Era Committee.
Former New York Yankees player and manager Lou Piniella is one of eight finalists on the Baseball Hall of Fame’s contemporary era ballot for 2024, per USA Today.
Former Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella is one of eight finalists on the Baseball Hall of Fame’s contemporary era ballot for 2024, per USA Today. Piniella, 80, managed the Cubs from 2007-10 before he resigned.
As we wait for the evening slate of games to get going on this Monday, it's fun to look back a little bit at baseball history. The National Baseball Hall
Lou Piniella and Bill “The Spaceman” Lee. Photo by Matt Graifer “The Young Professor” 47 years ago in May of 1976, Lou Piniella of the New York Yankees slid spikes up into home plate in a violent collision with catcher Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox in the midst of a pretty tumultuous chapter of the two teams’ epic rivalry.
Three decade legend Lindy McDaniel. The name alone never really inspired fear but make no mistake, in his time, Lyndall Dale McDaniel could pitch with the best of them.
On this date in Texas Rangers history, Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs in the same game. On August 27, 1977, the Rangers were in New York to face the Yankees at Old Yankee Stadium. Ken Clay was on the mound for the Yankees.
Success as a Major League Baseball player rarely translates to success as manager. Alan Trammell, Billy Herman, Ted Williams and Cookie Lavagetto are just a few great ballplayers who had poor managerial stints. In contrast, numerous great managers failed as players. Tony LaRussa, Sparky Anderson and Bobby Cox all had their cups of coffee. Walter Alston’s first major league at bat for the 1936 Cardinals was his last (he struck out). Sparky Anderson was given a full time job at second base with the Phillies 1959, but hit only .218 and lost his roster spot after the Phils finished 23 games behind Walter Alston’s World Champion Dodgers. Then there’s the rare case where an individual is as successful as manager as he was a player. Excluding several player-manager champs, this quiz presents examples of MLB who won World Titles during their playing days and tasted victory again as a manager. Can you name all 13?
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