BREAKING: Piniella Retiring After Today's Game

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He's had all he can stands, he can't stands no more...

Well, so much for Chicago Cubs Manager Lou Piniella staying on for the rest of the regular season.

The Cubs have become so much of a dumpster fire, the current-soon-to-be-ex manager is out after a leisurely Sunday game against the Atlanta Braves.

The HQ will remember Piniella for his fire as a player and a manager...
Kinda like this... thanks, humidor70


And like this... thanks, mouthpiecesports


The Chicago Tribune got a hold of one of those lovely prepared statements:

"When I previously announced my intentions to retire at the end of the season, a primary reason for my decision was that it would allow me to spend more valuable time with my family," Piniella said in a statement released by the ballclub. "That time has unfortunately gotten here sooner than I could have ever expected.

"As many know, the several weeks since that announcement was made have been very difficult on a family level, requiring two leaves of absence from the club. While I fully intended to manage this club the rest of the season, a family situation at home now requires my full attention."

Piniella Set To Retire At Seasons End

Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella announced that decision Tuesday before a game against the Houston Astros. He is looking forward to spending more time with his family.

He says announcing his retirement now - just after the All-Star break - gives the team time to find a replacement.

Piniella is in the fourth and final year of his contract with the Cubs, who have struggled this year and have gone 102 years without a World Series title.

He has been a manager for more than 22 years. He led the New York Yankees (1986-88), Cincinnati Reds (1990-92), Seattle Mariners (1993-2002) and Tampa Bay (2003-05) before arriving in Chicago. He won the World Series as a manager with Cincinnati.

Which is what the HQ remembers him for in the first place...
Here's some of Lou's Greatest Hits from Chicago...
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Paul Sullivan, in his Chicago Tribune piece, had some hints from Piniella that this was it a few weeks ago...

"I'm not going anymore," he said. "When I'm done here, I'm going home. I'm going to enjoy my family, enjoy my friends and do things I haven't been able to do for the past 50 years of my life. Im going to enjoy myself a little bit. I bought myself a boat last year. It's sitting over there at the marina. My kids use it, which is good. But yeah, I'm not going anywhere. When I'm finished here, Im going home and that's it."

So, the HQ guesses he's headed for the marina...

Milton Bradley sinks his Battleship

It appears that Milton Bradley's act is starting to wear a bit thin in Chicago. You see Mr. Bradley was kindly told to leave the game by his manager Lou Piniella who is apparently gotten tired of seeing his players take out there frustration on the teams water coolers. Piniella told Bradley to take off the uniform, pack it up and go home. The 2 apparently took the "Conversation" back to the clubhouse.

The story and Bradley's lamenting his fate from the Chicago Tribune here .

((Milton Bradley pre-implosion/Courtesy: Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune))

This just adds to the legend that is Milton Bradley...if he were only as beloved as the board games made by the company of the same name. Who knows if this will be the end, he isn't exactly lighting it up as a Cub...we can only hope that he sticks around, if for no other reason than for bloggers like us to have material to write about.

Enjoy a Bradley "Blooper" reel...Courtesy: You Tube