Back when the Cubs traded for Steve Trachsel, all ten days ago, I wondered what kind of benefit the Cubs were hoping to see by adding the middling veteran to their rotation. Apparently, the Cubs weren't willing to look too hard for whatever it was they wanted to see. After one decent start and one bad start that both ended in Cub losses, Lou Piniella is already thinking about dropping the veteran from his rotation. But when asked after the game what he'd do with the recently acquired veteran after he lasted only two innings Sunday, Piniella said: ''I don't know. We've got to think about this. And I don't know what we're going to do Thursday, to be honest with you.It's nice to know that Sweet Lou can still find time to crackwise while his team's shot at the playoffs disintegrates, but it shouldn't require much thinking for Piniella to know what to do with Trachsel at this point, and that's to toss him back on the shelf. Sean Marshall may not have much experience throwing this deep into the season, but Trachsel was almost single-handedly responsible for the Cubs' loss to the Pirates yesterday. The Cubs tried to fix something that wasn't broken. The best they can do now is try to put it back to the way that it was.
''I might have to have a nice dinner and a glass of wine thinking about it.''
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Sean Marshall Will Miss a Start to Make Room for Steve Trachsel
