Chicago Cubs Baseball

There was a lot more falling from the Chicago sky than just a few snowflakes this past week.

After dropping the first two games in the 2007 Wrigley Field debut, Chicago Cubs baseball manager Lou Piniella dropped a snowball of his own.

”I was telling our general manager today (Monday), the way we’re put together as a team, if we play in 40-degree (weather) all year, I don’t think we’re going to do very well because we don’t have that type of team,” Piniella said. ”We have more power in our lineup. We need to bang it a little more, and once the weather warms up, we will.”

Uh. Excuse me, Skip. But aren’t we talking about Chicago? Like Midwest, Chicago? Where there’s as much chance of an April snowstorm as there is of an 80-degree sunny day?

And Skip? Just so you know. It can get a might chilly in October. I’m telling you, just in the event you have any thoughts that you might still be playing then.

And, uh, out of curiosity, Lou. After 100 years of playing in the same city and pretty much in the same weather, wouldn’t you tailor your team to match the conditions and the ball park?

Just asking.