Please tell me this is April Fools Day.
Look, the Cubs have done a lot of dumb things in their history, but moving Carlos Zambrano to the bullpen may be the craziest thing they have done since the "College of Coaches."
For those of you not up to date on Cubs history, the College of Coaches was the brainchild (or brain-dead decision) of then-owner P.K. Wrigley back in 1961, and consisted of rotating eight coaches as managers.
This did not turn out well. Without firm and consistent leadership, chaos reigned in the Cubs' dugout and this became the laughingstock of major league baseball.
Likewise, the decision to take your highest-paid pitcher and make him your eighth inning bullpen guy will someday be viewed in almost similar ridicule.
Cubs' senile manager Lou Piniella thinks it's a good idea ...
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Article written by Bob Warja
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