* Happy birthday, Sweet Lou

August 28, 2008

(Not to be confused with “Sweet Lou” Johnson of the Los Angeles Dodgers of the 1960s)

Lou Pinella, now in the midst of guiding the Cubs to the promised land of the post-season, was born this date in 1943. Younger fans don’t realize what a good player he was “in the day: a .291 average in 18 seasons, primarily with for the New York Yankees in their resurrection of the 1970s. He was also a two-time AL manager of the year (1995, 2001).

The Amazon Report on Lou Pinella:
Sweet Lou

 

Pinella then...

Pinella then...

  

and now

and now (note the similarity in stance to the video above)
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