Video: Lou Piniella Has A Problem With Steve Stone

White Sox announcer Steve Stone ripped Lou Piniella for not playing outfielder Tyler Colvin more.

That set off Lou Piniella, and he had another meltdown. Check it out below!


"We've got a lot of people people here that haven't managed and won any games in the big leagues that know everything," Piniella said before Friday's game against the White Sox. "I think they should try to put the uniform on and try this job, and see how they like it when they get criticized unjustly. That's all I've got to say about that issue."

But Lou didn't stop there.
"And another thing I'm going to say — I won over 1,800 games as a manager, and I'm not a damn dummy,That, I can tell you. OK? There are only 13 others that have won more games than me, so I guess I think I know what the hell I'm doing. All right?"

He then put a face on his critics, saying that Steve Stone has "enough problems doing what he does with the White Sox."

"What job has he had in baseball besides talking on television or radio?" Piniella asked. "What has he done? Why isn't he a farm director and bring some kids around? Why isn't he a general manager? Why hasn't he ever put the uniform on and been a pitching coach? Why hasn't he been a field manager? There's 30 teams out there that could use a guy's expertise like that, you know? I'm tired of some of these guys, I really am."

I have gotta say that Lou is right on this issue. I remember when Steve Stone was the Cubs analyst, alongside Chip Caray (And Harry Caray before that.) It is very convenient to say "A team needs to do this" from afar. If Stoney ever does put on a uniform, I think that would give a whole different perspective on the talking heads on Television.

Lou is right on in ripping Stone, but the Cubs have dropped the first two of a nine game stand, all against American League Teams. This is a make or break series for them.

What's the big deal? I think that Kosuke Fukudome and Xavier Nady will be gone next season anyway, and Tyler Colvin will be the Cubs starting Right Fielder in 2011.