Chicago's crappy newspapers (you know who dey are) are both reporting that the Cubs are preparing Angel Guzman to hopefully take over the closer role.
Current closer, Ryan Dempster, will reportedly serve as a mentor for Guzman the next several weeks as Dempster attempts to convert from closer to a starter....
As little as i think of Dump as a closer, he will certainly be more disastrous as a starter (see: the last time he was a starter*). Uh, why do they want to do this?? And if they feel Dempster should be in the rotation (again, WHY???--is he suddenly going to learn how to throw strikes?), why not make Howry or Wuertz the closer? Piniella wants to "create a closer" and hasten his heart attack and head back to Fox to be a talking idiot and....?
*More evidence:
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