Take Down the “Sunday Night” Marquis

Whenever the Cubs are slated for Sunday Night Baseball, can we petition to scratch Jason Marquis if he’s scheduled to start that night? This is the third or fourth time since he signed last year. Every single night, Joe Morgan gushes about how great a hitter Marquis is and every single time, Marquis goes 0-fer and usually fails to get down a bunt. Plus it’s one less start for him and besides, is he really the guy we want representing us on national TV?

If Marquis must start, I move that we pull ourselves from the nightcap in favor of a nice afternoon game on WGN, while introducing Morgan to a fellow by the name of Micah Owings… and in the process, possibly a team named the Arizona Diamondbacks. Not sure if he got the memo about the expansion in ’98.