Where's Lou?

The Cubs took off their boxing gloves and put on their baseball gloves for Sunday's game with the Braves.

They then proceeded to hammer Atlanta 10-1.

Pitcher Sean Marshall limited the Braves to only one run and three hits for almost seven innings. Cubs batters gave Marshall more than enough support, starting in the first inning, when Mark DeRosa hit a grand slam homer.

But where was Manager Lou Piniella? Was he drunk? Did he have a tummy ache? Was he in jail?

No to all the above. He was, as everyone knows, serving his suspension after Saturday's kicking and shouting match with third-base umpire Mark Wegner.

Bench coach Alan Trammell managed the team on Sunday, and Lou had to watch the game from somewhere other than the dugout.

All this may have energized the Cubs.

Maybe Lou should stay suspended for the rest of the season.