Sweet Lou hangs it up; Vinny stays

The "voice" will be around for another year.

Eighty-three year old Vin Scully will be back in the broadcast booth for the LA Dodgers in 2011. That's nice to hear. The Hall of Fame broadcaster announced over the weekend that he will back at the helm for his 62nd season. One baseball icon stays and another goes.

Chicago Cubs manager Lou Pinella called it quits today and announced to the world, in an emotional post-game interview, that he is stepping down as skipper of the club. Sad to see him go. The man had 1705 hits as a player in the major leagues, and as a manager, well he stepped into the dugout as a field general 3,547 times. He was on the winning side 1,835 times for a .517 winning percentage. Pretty darn good. At 66, Pinella will have a hard time staying away from the game, but the Chicago Cubs should be okay with 50-year-old Ryne Sandberg waiting in the wings to fill Lou's shoes.

As for the Dodgers, they get a reprieve for another year. Scully may give it up in 2012, but finding his replacement will be a tough task for the powers-to-be in Los Angeles.