So apparently Chicago Cubs manager, Lou Piniella, loves Mark McGwire.  Recently he has been cited as saying all of the following:

“He worked on his swing endlessly,” Piniella said. “He swung and missed a lot early in his career. He learned how to make contact more and more. With his strength, the ball flew out of the ballpark.” …

Will McGwire have trouble gaining the respect of Cardinals players after acknowledging that he cheated?

“I don’t think so,” Piniella said. “I really don’t.

“He confessed. In this country, they forgive and forget. Who is out there that can’t confess to something? We in this baseball fraternity forgive him.”

Piniella said that since McGwire has been welcomed by Pujols, the Cardinals’ team leader, the rest of the players will accept him.

“Albert Pujols is on his side and that helps him immensely,” Piniella said. “He’s got to look at it as now he has a job to do. He’s got some good hitters to work with. Pujols is the best hitter in the game, so that’s a good start. Give them a little mental confidence and some fine tuning and you let them go. They’re all professionals.”

Although McGwire’s success could mean a few losses for Piniella’s team in its battle for the National League Central title, Piniella wishes the rookie coach well.

“I think he’ll do a nice job,” he said.

Piniella said he does not feel McGwire’s presence on the road will make it difficult for the Cardinals to concentrate on playing baseball.

“I don’t think it will be a distraction,” he said. “It would have been a distraction if he did not have his press conference. That would have been the topic all year long. Now that it’s old news, maybe when he shows up for spring training, the first week or so that topic will be revisited. But hopefully, they’ll leave him alone and let him do his job.”

Another test for McGwire will be how he is treated by boisterous Cubs fans when he visits Wrigley Field.

“I think Cub fans will treat him fine,” Piniella said. “We have a great rivalry. He’ll be accepted well. I think they feel he confessed and it’s over with.” NYTimes.com.

Thanks to some Chicago Cubs blog for pointing all of these out to me.  But honestly, does this sound like a manager of the Chicago Cubs?  He’s talking so positively about the Cardinals.  Worry about your own team buddy  :)  If I didn’t know better I’d think he was the Cardinals GM or something.  If your manager likes the opponent better than your own team Cub fans, you are going to be in big BIG trouble for 2010.

The Chicago Cubs are one of the smartest franchises in Major League Baseball history from the signing of big time talent like Alfonso Soriano to the acquisitions of such great players as Nomar Garciaparra and Rich Harden. These players are among just the few superstars that have propelled the Chicago Cubs to the greatness they are today. The Cubs just keep on improving their championship team with their absolute genius offseason moves by acquiring Xavier Nady.

The Cubs have found the missing link to their playoffs woes with Xavier Nady. Nady is looking like a key addition in right field for this team from Chicago since they did not take back the sure fire hall of famer in Milton Bradley. The other teams in the MLB passed on Nady, probably from fear that his two Tommy John surgeries will fail, but not the Cubs.

“(Xavier) Nady is a rare player,” Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry exclaims “Tommy John surgery is just a minor blip in a amazing career, like I always say, if it doesn’t kill you it only makes you stronger.”

That is a good motto; I believe they first practiced it with former Cubs legend Mark Prior. The Cubs know what they are doing with the Xavier Nady signing and will show us in the World Series or when hell freezes over, whichever comes first.

The Cubs travel to Houston to lose to the Astros in a small 2 game series.  After Lincecum dominated them last night, they stay in 3rd place and 2.5 out of first.  The Astros are about ready to put a beat down on the little bears though.  Astros fans?  You out there?

In other news… Is Errormiss ever going to be healthy?  Zambdumbo goes on the 15 day DL – UH OH.  It’s going to be a long long year for you Cubby fans.  Hey Houston what do you say, the Cubs are gonna lose today!

The freakin sucky Cubs are like an online slot machine.  Each day they march out onto the field and you just never know what you are going to get.  Much like yanking the slot machine lever with hopes of getting something great, only to be disappointed by the suckiness thats to follow.  Sure, you might hit a few jackpots and play in the positive for a while, but in the end, everything sucks and you just lose it all.  Likewise, the Cubs may win a few here or there along the way.  But when it’s all said and done… They are losers and will continue the losing tradition.

Ok, now that I’ve done this comparison I want to invite all you Cubs Suck members to a FREE slot tournament.  They are giving away a $150,000 prize pool.  $65k to the winner.  You are crazy NOT to just get an account, and register for FREE, and spin the slots a few times to see what you hit.  You  hit a jackpot and you may be thanking me for telling you about this.  Or, more likely you won’t hit a thing and be out an hour of your time.  Anyways, it starts here in May and runs for a few weeks.  It is FREE.  $65,000 to the winner… Here is how:

1. Download the software
2. Register for a “real money” account
3. GO to tournaments and Register for the May Flowers FREEROLL

See all you haters on the leaderboard.  If you win it remember me!

Well our behated Cubbies lost game one of their first “rival” series with the Cardinals yesterday.  Did you expect anything different?  They are the Cubs?  So the Cardinals decided that the Cubs suck SO BAD that they would throw a rookie pitcher today against Zambrano.  Not only a rookie – but his first ever MLB start.  Shows how little respect Tony Larussa and crew have for ZamDumbo who is on the mound for the Cubs today.

Anyone going to the game?  Expect more Cubs Sucktastic Tweets during todays afternoon fest.  What are the odds that Milton Bradley (let’s start going with Milton BADley) will be thrown out of the game again today? Heck the freakin umpire is filing a report on BADley.  Tough day for Cubs fans I’m sure.  Have you figured out yet that your team is JUST NOT THAT GOOD??????