Now What Will We Complain About?

Dave Van Dyck breaks news in Saturday's Chicago Tribune on something that I thought was resolved back in July:

Radio talk shows will have one less subject to rant about next season. The days of Alfonso Soriano batting leadoff are over.

Cubs manager Lou Piniella said Friday that even if Soriano returns completely healthy next spring that he won't return to the No. 1 spot in the lineup.

"No, no, no, that's over with," Piniella said emphatically. "No, we're not going to do that.

"No, if we stay the way we are, we have the option of [ Kosuke] Fukudome or [ Ryan] Theriot. If we add a speed player to the mix, that would change, obviously."

Well thank God. Now radio talk shows can finally concentrate on lobbying for Carlos Zambrano to be traded and for Lou Piniella to be fired. Also, Theriot leading off next year too? Really? If everyone hated having a guy who didn't draw walks and swung for the fences in the leadoff spot, why would you replace him with another guy who doesn't draw walks and swings for the fences, except he doesn't hit them out nearly as often?