Piniella not lifting Soriano from games
Published 5/3/2008 at chicagotribune.com - Sports
Says radio questioner 'created' controversy
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One day after venting at a reporter and asking, "You think I'm stupid or something?" Lou Piniella said Friday he was upset at a radio reporter for "trying to create" news with a question about whether he should've used a defensive replacement for Alfonso Soriano.
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