MLB may have suspended Cubs' skipper Lou Piniella for an undisclosed amount of time after his tirade during Saturday's game against the Atlanta Braves, but in hindsight, Lou's on-field outburst may have been a semi-intentional ploy to take the pressure off his players. The ploy may have succeeded on two fronts. First, it helped the team refocus their efforts on winning on the field, which the Cubs did in fine fashion today by a score of 10-1.
Second, Piniella took the focus away from Carlos Zambrano and Michael Barrett, who fought in the dugout and in the clubhouse during Friday's game. Funny thing happened since his tirade. The media stopped talking about the fight that broke out in front of 40,000+ fans Friday because Lou Piniella gave them something else to talk about. As any good manager will do, he took the pressure off his players and put it on himself. If Sweet Lou doesn't do something, you can bet the media would still be writing and talking ad nauseum about Friday's fight.
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