Piniella Hiring

Only in Cubdom does doing the obvious earn you kudos.

Phil Rogers in the Chicago Tribue writes:

Jim Hendry, a gambler by nature who has been stuck too long at a table where the guys rolling the dice were ice cold, is making perhaps the boldest move ever by a Cubs executive in hiring Piniella. It was the obvious play for Hendry to make, but that doesn't change the audacity or the execution especially given that he has a new boss who seemed to be leading him in the direction of the easy choice, Joe Girardi.

Rogers continues on to lay out, in another well written article, the behind the scenes maneuvering Hendry made to get Piniella -- but still, isn't it odd that the Cubs with their steady, strong revenue stream are patted on the back for picking up a guy like Piniella? Plaudits for doing what you are supposed to be doing and making moves consistent with your team's market size shows just how hard of times the Cubs have fallen upon.