Eight is enough, already.
One day after being booed off the mound at Wrigley Field, Carlos Marmol, whom I thought was a pretty nondescript Cubs reliever, was named to the All-Star team Sunday to replace teammate Kerry Wood.
Wood has a blister on his finger and wouldn't be able to pitch in Tuesday's game. And apparently, Marmol was next in line in the players voting for NL relievers and would have replaced any injured NL reliever, not just Wood.
But it still means that the Cubs have eight All-Stars.
Marmol was jeered Saturday night after the Giants scored five runs in the ninth. Instead of being lectured by manager Lou Piniella the next day, he was told that he was going to our All-Star Game. Marmol said he was "surprised" by the news.
Hopefully between now and Tuesday, everyone else on the NL roster can somehow bow out in deference to the remaining Cubs who are not yet coming to Yankee Stadium as All-Stars.