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Yet is it so simple, and so blameless for Piniella? Two years in a row his team arrived too tight for the playoffs — much too tight this year — and got swept. That’s partly Piniella’s fault. And I’ve got to say, even as a self-interested member of the media, I found the Cubs’ behavior on and off the field disgusting Saturday night, when it took Piniella an hour to address the media after the final out, and not at the usual interview-room podium. In fact, rookie catcher Geovany Soto, the Cubs’ heir apparent as captain, took a rare leadership role where the media are concerned and was the first to address reporters. Meanwhile, Piniella basically threw his players under a bus.
Does it make Guillen feel better to be the last Chicago team standing? “Not really,” he said after Sunday’s game. “It feels good because I won one game and didn’t get swept. I don’t care about the Cubs. I have feeling for those guys. I know the situation they’re in.
