According to Lou Piniella's comments before the game, Carlos Marmol will be the closer in 2010.
"I see that, yes," Piniella said Monday. "I really do. I think he's
done enough and shown enough. We have confidence in him enough going
into spring training next year. It's his job. We'll leave it just at
that."
Short-term memory loss is becoming a problem for our manager, who just on Saturday had this to say about his future 2010 closer.
"You know, you just can't keep walking people like that
late in the game," said Cubs manager Lou Piniella, whose team fell to
72-68 as its four-game winning streak ended. "It catches up to you. And
it did today.
"With Marmol, it's the walks. This young man wants to
be a closer. And that's OK. But you've got to have command. If you
don't have command, you can't close."
Ah Lou, your sl...
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