Chicago Cubs defeat Colorado Rockies, 4-2

For all those people who want to talk about firing Lou Piniella, Marlon Byrd's got your answer right here.

''Lou's going to keep his job, bottom line,'' the Cub center fielder said, ''because we're going to win.

''Lou's going to keep his job. We're going to go to the playoffs. You can mark the day I said it, today.''

For those scoring at home, that would be Monday, May 17, 2010, roughly 5:41 p.m.

''Mark it,'' Byrd said. ''We will be in the playoffs. This team's...

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