Cubs Making Roster Decisions

The Cubs made a few announcements in the last two days worth commenting on.  Kevin Gregg has won the closer job.  I like this move.  Gregg has experience closing and hasn't given up a single run this spring.  Carlos Marmol, while a much better pitcher than Gregg, can better serve the team in the 7th and 8th innings, getting out of jams and being the bridge to the 9th.  If you can't get out of the 7th, there's nothing to save in the 9th.  Smart move by Lou, although I must say it does kind of suck for Marmol personally.  Closers get the big bucks. The Cubs released Paul Bako.  It was a curious move to replace the dependable backup backstop Henry Blanco for the aging and less dependable Bako.  Especially since signing Bako was going to save only a half a mil in payroll.  For that piddly scratch, you might as well have kept Hank White, the ultimate backup.  Now the job falls to the dangly-fingererd Koyie Hill.&...