Gotta Love it. Carlos Zambrano: Cubs embarrassing <object width="384" height="216" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="ESPN_VIDEO" data="http://espn.go.com/videohub/player/embed.swf" allowScriptAccess="always" allowNetworking="all"><param name="movie" value="http://espn.go.com/videohub/player/embed.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="wmode" value="opaque"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="flashVars" value="id=6629226"/></object> ST. LOUIS -- Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano went ballistic on the team, and particularly teammate Carlos Marmol, after another crushing loss resulted in a St. Louis Cardinals' sweep on Sunday. Albert Pujols hit his second walk-off home run in as many games -- this time in the 10th inning off Rodrigo Lopez -- but Zambrano placed the blame squarely on Marmol for allowing a game-tying double to former Cub Ryan Theriot on a flat slider with two outs in the ninth. "The problem wasn't Pujols," Zambrano said. "The problem was [Theriot's] at-bat. We should have known better than this. We are playing like a Triple-A team. This is embarrassing. Embarrassing for the team and the owners. Embarrassing for the fans. Embarrassing, that's the word for this team." "We should know that Ryan Theriot is not a good fastball hitter," Zambrano yelled after turning in the direction of Marmol's then-vacated locker. "We should know that as a team. We should play better here. We stink. That's all I've got to say." Marmol, when approached for the second time by reporters, was surprised to hear that Zambrano had pointed the finger at him. "I don't know what's going on," Marmol said. Zambrano threw seven innings on Sunday, allowing just one run on five hits, but got a no-decision after Theriot's double down the left field line sent the game into extra innings. Cubs catcher Koyie Hill said he suggested Marmol throw a fastball to Theriot, but Marmol shook him off and asked to throw the slider. "I think he's obviously frustrated," Hill said about Zambrano. "At some point you get tired of just saying, 'You have to play hard and keep playing hard.' Eventually you just say something else. "I don't think he means that the guys are Triple-A players or dogging it. I don't think he means that at all. But when you put together a string [of losses] like we have, you might think a Triple-A team would give us a run for our money. It's funny, but there's a big difference between being frustrated and being discouraged, in my opinion." Bruce Levine covers the Cubs for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN 1000. http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=6629129 Another article: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/colu...i_gene&page=wojciechowski/110605&sportCat=mlb
Funny thing is....he's right. That said, that's convo you need keep behind closed door in the clubhouse.
I'd still rather have that Carlos on my team....they make the same $$$ and have basicly same contract...I'd at least make the offer.
I would rather have Lee because his contract will be up before Zambrano's. I thought based on his melting down on the mound that was dumb to give him a contract like that. You don't give an ace's salary to a guy with a 4.60 ERA.
