BILL MADDEN ON WFAN NAMES NAMES

MADDEN PREDICTS BUCK SHOWALTER WILL BE FIRED BY TONIGHT. MADDEN, ON WITH MIKE AND CHRIS ALSO SAYS ABOUT THE CUBS:

• THE CUBS DON'T LIKE IZTURIS, WILL BE LOOKING FOR A NEW SS.
• THINKS JUAN PIERRE WILL NOT BE BACK.
• THE CUBS DON'T LIKE CATCHER MICHAEL BARRETT, LOOKING FOR NEW ONE.

ABOUT JOE GIRARDI:

• HE'LL GET ANOTHER JOB, BUT NOT RIGHT AWAY.

ABOUT LOU PINIELLA:

• LOU HAS CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BRIAN SABEAN AND JIM BOWDEN. OBVIOUSLY THE CUBS HAVE AN OPENING.
• PAT GILLICK WAS PLANNING ON HIRING LOU MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEASON IN PHILLY, BUT AFTER CHARLIE MANUEL TURNED IT AROUND, THAT WAS SCRAPPED. EVEN THOUGH MANUEL DESERVES TO STAY, GILLICK STILL MIGHT BRING IN HIS FRIEND LOU TO THE PHILLIES.
• MONEY WILL BE A CONSIDERATION FOR LOU, BUT HE WILL MANAGE SOMEWHERE NEXT YEAR.

Bill Madden, a Hall of Fame voter, is with the NY Daily News.

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