Carlos Marmol's First Night As A Closer Could Have Been Better

Thankfully for Lou Piniella, Tylenol can prevent heart attacks. And a nice glass of Johnny Walker can settle a guy down an hour later. After Kevin Gregg was made unavailable with a "tired arm"(translation: he sucks), Marmol got his audition on Monday night to be the Cubs' closer. He got a nice layup of an opportunity, too. Randy Wells had been solid into the eighth inning, newcomer John Grabow got it to the ninth and Marmol only had to hold on to a three-run lead against a Reds team that had dropped 13 of their previous 14 games. But that's before Marmol made things interesting. Marmol gave up a walk, a single, and then an RBI double surrounding a couple of strikeouts. Not to mention Willy Tavarez was batting with the tying run in scoring position. Thankfully, Tavarez hasn't yet figured out how to get the ball out of the infield. So how'd the audition go? Was he David Cooke or William Hung? I guess that depends on your cholesterol level. Piniella looked lik...