Back to the Future is one of my favorite movies and the Cincinnati Reds are taking a page out of the Robert Zemeckis classic by bringing back ‘Sweet’ Lou Piniella to the organization for the first time since 1992. Today, the Reds have hired Piniella as senior advisor to baseball operations. That’s right, 25 years later and we have some real baseball scouting and development brain trust back in charge.
Think about it. Where ever Piniella has gone in development phases of an organization from Cincinnati to Seattle to Tampa Bay, he has brought his contacts, scouts, and baseball operations networking with him.