On August 22, Lou Piniella, who had already announced his retirement at the end of the season, announced that he would leave the Cubs prematurely to take care of his sick mother.

Piniella praised Wood's performance, stating " He threw the ball real good ", and " His breaking ball had some bite to it, and he threw it up there about 93-94, about what we expected ".

During their broadcast of Game 3 of the 2006 American League Championship Series, Piniella was commenting on player Marco Scutaro who had struggled during the regular season but was playing well during the series.

Piniella and his wife had been residents of Allendale, New Jersey before he accepted the managerial spot with the Seattle Mariners, a position his wife insisted that he not take, insisting that it was too far away from where they lived with their family and children.

Ina McGriff was responsible for supervising the parole of Supreme Team security chief Ernesto Piniella but had become romantically involved with him ; Younger had become romantically involved with Miller.

Upon receiving that information, Kenneth McGriff, who had just been arrested on federal charges, ordered that Page be killed ; Piniella subsequently arranged Page's murder.

Sánchez had not been playing every day, due to his inconsistent defensive play, and manager Lou Piniella said Sánchez was unhappy because he wanted to be an everyday player.

Royals outfielder Lou Piniella was one of several players who disagreed with Kauffman's decision, saying, "... Lemon deserved to manage the club next year.

In his career, Piniella made one All-Star team and compiled 1705 lifetime hits despite not playing full-time for just under half of his career.

Piniella is the only manager in Mariners history to have a winning record in a tenure of at least one season.

After parting ways with the Devil Rays in 2006, Piniella spent one season as an analyst for Fox Sports, joining Thom Brennaman and Steve Lyons in calling postseason baseball games.

Piniella and Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillén appeared in one commercial to advertise a local car dealership during the first half of the 2008 Crosstown series.

Later in the inning, the Yankees loaded the bases with one out, but Dodger reliever Elias Sosa struck out Lou Piniella and retired Bucky Dent on a forceout to end the threat.

With one out, Piniella singled Randolph to third.

O ' Neill clashed with Reds manager Lou Piniella, who wanted O ' Neill to change his swing to hit more home runs.

He and Lou Piniella are the only managers in history to lead four teams to seasons of 90 or more wins.

) Gaudin made only two more starts and posted an 0. 47 ERA for Orlando before Devil Rays ' Manager Lou Piniella summoned him to the big league club.

Piniella blamed the ' 08 post season failure on the lack of left-handed hitters, and a bevy of high caliber outfielders fit the bill.

Milton Bradley was traded to Seattle in the off-season, and was replaced by Marlon Byrd and Xavier Nady as Lou Piniella entered his fourth season with the team.

The team was quickly built through a number of trades engineered by its first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, including a trade for Lou Piniella, who won the Rookie of the Year during the Royals ' inaugural season.

Former manager Lou Piniella suggested that Sandberg, as manager of the Cubs ' top minor-league affiliate, would be in the mix to replace him when he retires after the 2010 season.

The Cincinnati Reds won another division title in 1979 -- losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLCS -- but did not return to the World Series until their championship season of, when manager Lou Piniella led the team to the team's most recent championship, a four-game sweep of the heavily-favored Oakland Athletics, a re-match of sorts from the 1972 World Series.

Prior to the 1966 season, Piniella was traded by the Orioles back to the Indians for Cam Carreon.

After the 1973 season, Piniella was traded by the Royals with Ken Wright to the New York Yankees for Lindy McDaniel.

Piniella was promoted to general manager to start the 1988 season and took over as manager after the firing of Billy Martin on June 23.

Following the 2002 season, Piniella left the Mariners to manage the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

") During the 2005 season, Piniella was critical of the Devil Rays ' front office for focusing too much on the future and not enough on immediate results, and for not increasing payroll quickly enough to field a competitive team.

On July 20, 2010, Piniella announced his intention to retire as manager of the Cubs following the end of the season.

His resignation at the end of the 1987 season lead to a flurry of moves as then-manager Lou Piniella was promoted to general manager, and ( for the fifth time ) Billy Martin was named Yankees manager.

In 2004, he missed the first five weeks of the season with a sore elbow, and near the end of the 2005 season his effectiveness was reduced to what he and Lou Piniella attributed to lower back pain.

In June 1982, Pepitone was hired as a batting coach with the Yankees, but was replaced by Lou Piniella later in the season.

He was replaced at the end of the season by Lou Piniella.

Also on hand for the game were Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, coach Yogi Berra, and players Reggie Jackson, Bucky Dent, Lou Piniella, Bobby Murcer, Goose Gossage, Tommy John, and Johnny Oates.

In the seventh inning, however, Lou Piniella opted to send Bob Howry to the mound, and most fans, eager to see Kerry back on the hill, mistakenly gave Howry a standing ovation, only to realize moments later it was actually not Wood.

In the sixth inning of this game, Piniella barreled into Fisk trying to score on an Otto Velez single.

This theory reached its zenith in 1990, when the factor " predicted " that the Oakland Athletics were " doomed " in that year's World Series, and the A's were swept by the Cincinnati Reds in a stunning upset ( coincidentally, then Reds manager Lou Piniella became the Cubs manager later on ).

Piniella was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent on June 9, 1962.

Tensions eventually made Piniella step down as the Devil Rays ' manager on September 21,.

However, on August 22, 2010, Piniella decided to resign after that day's game, stating that he wanted to care for his ailing 90-year old mother.

In 1989, Piniella worked as a color analyst for Yankees telecasts on Madison Square Garden Network.

Piniella then commented that player Frank Thomas needed to get " en fuego " which is Spanish for " on fire ", because he was " frio " meaning " cold ".

With Thurman Munson on second and Jackson on first, Lou Piniella hit a low, soft liner that shortstop Bill Russell fumbled ( some claim intentionally ).

The Yankees countered with a four-run third on a two-run single by Munson and RBI singles by Roy White and Lou Piniella.

Lou Piniella then scored Jackson on an opposite-field RBI single to make it 3 – 0.

Jackson hit a two-run homer in the fourth on the first pitch he saw from starter Burt Hooton to give the Yankees the lead .< ref name = mlbgame6 > Lou Piniella made it 5 – 3 by adding a sacrifice fly.

New York jumped out to an early 4 – 0 lead after innings on RBIs by Thurman Munson, Bucky Dent, Mickey Rivers, and Lou Piniella.