Struggling Marmol removed from closer role - Yahoo! Sports
This is not the year for closers is it?
This is not the year for closers is it?
After watching Carlos Marmol blow another ninth-inning lead in an all-too-familiar fashion, Cubs manager Dale Sveum decided enough was enough.
Sveum brought Marmol into his office Friday morning and told the erratic right-hander he was removing him from the closer's role, deciding to try a committee at the back end of games while hoping someone will step up and seize the job.
Sveum brought Marmol into his office Friday morning and told the erratic right-hander he was removing him from the closer's role, deciding to try a committee at the back end of games while hoping someone will step up and seize the job.
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