Lou not happy with Steve Phillips, but who is?

[missionhockey21]

What's more surprising: Lou getting angry with Phillips for stating the obvious about his personality or it taking this long for Sweet Lou to lose respect for Phillips?

MESA, Ariz. — ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips might want to steer clear of Lou Piniella when the Cubs play Milwaukee on an April 12 ESPN telecast.

Piniella was fuming over a remark Phillips made recently on Chet Coppock's WMVP-AM 1000 radio show. Asked about Kosuke Fukudome's rookie season, Phillips criticized Piniella's handling of the Japanese outfielder.

"My view is Lou doesn't have a great deal of patience for assimilation into culture, assimilation into the team," Phillips said. "He is just not the most patient guy around, and he tends to verbalize his frustrations in an angry way. I think that may have affected Fukudome a little bit."

Piniella played Fukudome in 150 games and gave him 501 at-bats, sticking with the right fielder despite his struggles before sitting him for a brief stretch in September. Fukudome then started the first two playoff games before Piniella sat him in Game 3.

"I don't have much respect for Steve Phillips," Piniella said after hearing the comment Monday. "Let him be around a little more and see what transpires before he makes assumptions. I've lost total respect for this guy. If he had something to say, let him say it to me."

Lou Piniella outraged by ESPN analyst's criticism -- chicagotribune.com

[rockin500]

probably the latter!

[love_that_reefer]

**** Lou!! Concentrate on trying to win a game in October!! Be more pissed that the Cubs got you Milton Bradley for three years, no what someone at ESPN says.