Update – VIDEO: Cubs Lou Piniella rips baseball analyst Steve Stone
By6/11 15:01: Here’s the video from Fred Mitchell of the Chicago Tribune (via The Huffington Post):
6/11 13:54: Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella criticized baseball analyst Stone Stone for questioning how he’s handling rookie outfielder Tyler Colvin. Piniella defended himself by questioning why Stone is using his expertise to talk about baseball instead of using it to work in baseball.
“We’ve got a lot of people people here that haven’t managed and won any games in the big leagues that know everything,” Piniella said before Friday’s game against the White Sox. “I think they should try to put the uniform on and try this job, and see how they like it when they get criticized unjustly. That’s all I’ve got to say about that issue.”
“And another thing I’m going to say—I won over 1,800 games as a manager, and I’m not a damn dummy,” Piniella said. “That, I can tell you. OK? There are only 13 others that have won more games than me, so I guess I think I know what the hell I’m doing. All right?”
Stone, a White Sox broadcaster, used to work in the Cubs broadcast booth until 2004. He believes Colvin needs 30 at-bats a week. Colvin is batting .290 with six homers and 16 RBIs in limited playing time.
“I think Lou conveniently forgets that I was one of the champions for him to get the job when a lot of people wanted Joe Girardi at that time,” Stone said.
Information from Andrew Seligman of the Associated Press and Kevin Kaduk of BigLeagueStew.com was used in this article.

