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Carlos Zambrano has grown up and apologized—a month later—and not face-to-face with anyone he wronged, unless he had done something to Pedro Gomez of ESPN.
On Monday, Zambrano apologized for his dugout tirade a month ago after the first inning versus the Chicago White Sox in which Zambrano felt runs were given up because of shaky defense. Gold Glover Derrek Lee took some of the heat, even though no one had a chance to catch Carlos Quentin's home run in the left field stands.
Zambrano has been on the restricted list following a three-game suspension after the outburst.
Zambrano additionally professed his love ...
The last time the Cubs starting pitcher Carlos Silva won a game was back on July 6 against the Diamondacks in Arizona. He then had two terrible outings suffering two consecutive losses and did not last more than two innings either time. Tonight, his teammates made sure that they were backing him up as they pounded the Astros early in the game to give him his 10th victory of the year. The Chicago Cubs defeat the Houston Astros 5-2 in the series' opener.
Silva (10-4) showed the Astros his good stuff tonight; he pitched five innings yielding only one run, five hits, ...
Bobby Valentine is said to be a solid strategist in the dugout, which would be a refreshing change from asleep-at-the-wheel Lou Piniella. And he is a winning manager.
So what's not to like, right?
Wrong.
Simply put, Valentine reportedly has an ego-driven personality and is much more interested in himself than the team he's managing.
Instead of "Bobby-V," he should be known as "Bobby-Me!"
But how can a manager be successful on the field if he doesn't care about winning?
Oh, but I never said that the man doesn't want to win. He does, if for no other reason other than to highlight his "legend in ...
The Cubs finished a pretty disappointing, albeit exciting week last night with an 11-inning, 4-3 loss to the Cardinals, which prevented them from sweeping the series.
The near sweep almost allowed us to forget that the Cubs dropped two of three to the Astros in the previous series to all but end any miniscule hope the Cubs had at getting back in the race.
Wednesday’s 12-inning loss was the killer, as the Cubs stranded seven guys in the ninth, 10th, and 11th innings combined.
Only the Cubs could find a way to get that many guys on base (including two straight innings with ...
The Chicago Cubs entered tonight’s game trying to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals to finish off their 10-game homestand at Wrigley Field, but the visitors did not let it happen. They handed a 4-3 defeat to the Cubs.
Cubs rookie reliever Brian Schlitter (0-1) gave up a home run to Cardinals third baseman Felipe Lopez in the 11th inning. The decisive run also handed him the first loss in his major league career.
The game was tie at 3-3 since the sixth inning; neither team could get the winning run until Lopez’s dinger.
The St. Louis Cardinals showed the aggressiveness right at the ...
by Evan Marx
A quick look at last week's Fantasy Baseball top performing and least owned players on the waiver wire. Starlin Castro is a hitting machine. Pedro Alvarez back to back double dingers. Fausto Carmona bringing it back to 2007. Can they really keep it up for another week? Check out who's a Must or a Bust. SLUGGERS Jack Cust (6% owned) 8 R / 4 HR / 10 RBI / .444 Jersey Boy Cust was the number one batter for this last week. The one thing he does extremely well is hit home runs ...
The Chicago Cubs don’t want to have to be sellers at the trade deadline. They feel, with a few hot streaks, they can make a run in the National League Central. A sweep of the division-leading Cardinals would be an uplifting start in that direction. They could accomplish that feat Sunday night and build an extraordinary amount of confidence in doing so. But missed opportunities hurt them considerably in their efforts. Lucky for them, their rivals struggled to make the most of their chances as well.
The series finale was very eventful. An inning didn’t go by without some sort ...
Sure, it's always nice to beat the Cardinals, and any win is a good win when you're a long-suffering Cubs fan as I am. That said, it may surprise you that I am not happy about the Cubs recent "surge", for lack of a better term.
By starting to win now, it may lead Jim Hendry and the Cubs brass into the false assumption that they actually are a contender.
That would also mean that they would hold off on trying to trade their movable pieces — a mistake that could prove costly for the Cubs in the long run.
Look, the ...
In a lot of ways, it has always been about the numbers in baseball. Fans, writers, and historians have long focused on the precious statistics in baseball, and there have been specific "standards" by which players are considered Hall of Fame material.
Well, all that's a thing of the past, for now the numbers have been deflated by steroid-cheating needle pushers like Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro and especially Barry Bonds, who has obliterated the most precious of all records with his insidious ways.
Meanwhile, people can debate the merits of one Andre Nolan Dawson until they're blue in the ...
With Lou Piniella retiring at the end of the season, many Cubs fans might be saying good riddance due to Chicago's disappointment recently.
The next question is obviously, "Who's next?"
Well, Ryne Sandberg has already thrown his hat into the ring. Sandberg, a Hall of Fame inductee and Cubs legend, would certainly bring big-name quality to the dugout and his experience might go over well with the players.
Sandberg is currently managing the Cubs' Triple-A Iowa club and explicitly said he wanted the job, "I am ready...I'm not interested in on-the-job learning or on-the-job training. At this point, I'm interested in winning ballgames ...
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