Zambrano Answers Questions About Arm Issues with No-Hitter

Saw the score on the XM ticker as we got in the car after dinner at a friend's house. No chance to see it on TV, but am praying for an ESPN instant classic. Zambranono is awesome.

He only hit 89 on the gun with his FB a couple times. Whaddya think? Rotator cuff surgery?

Awesome. I hope this is a sign of good things to come for the rest of Z's season.

The Brewers watched the end of the game, and were officially rooting for the Cubs now that they're tied for the WC lead.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=2...

Watched it on MLB.tv. Best baseball watching moment in my life. Awesome. He looked brilliant.

It is amazing how much energy Zambrano brings to this team (and city). I think Soriano and Zambrano are the spiritual leaders of the club. Both of them add far more than their stats could ever reflect (even though their stats are good, and particularly Zambrano's tonight). Understatement.

THey're just the guys you want on the field. I think Z has a competitive spirit perhaps only matched by Walter Payton and Michael Jordan.

I see Soriano as more of a Ernie Banks . . . (not as talented) but PRETTY talented. But he loves the game and always radiates that.

Watching the game in retrospect, various thoughts:

When Soriano hits the 3rd pitch of a game for a home run: We win!

When they mention Hunter Pence's 13 game hitting streak: Not for long...

Long littany of excuses about travelling and playing etc: Tough luck, you could have come to Milwaukee Friday with your families (most of you are millionares, you know), if you wanted.

96 on the game score, two better than Lester's No hitter for highest score of the season.

rally pink was in full effect on parachat. hehe...wes was rocking the rally teal and everyone was cap'd up for the hell of it. ah, pointless stupidity.

great game...glad the 9th was on ESPN even if i had to follow the rest online.

out of the ashes of prior and wood emerges a guy who has pretty much cemented his place in the "legend" area of cubs history.

he was that "other guy" lost in the prior/wood mix for too long. about time he got a piece of history to go along with his obviously superior play.

Hey, I won't be embarrassed or apologize for my unbridled enthusiasm after watching one of the greatest baseball games of my entire life. That I got to share it with crunch, Andy, Brick, Chad, ryno, bizmarquis, and all the other PChat all stars made it that much better.

I even woke up my kids cheering on the last pitch!

I was watching on TV when Holtzman no-hit the Braves. Went the next day and the Cubs lost.
I was watching on TV when Holtzman pitched his second no-hitter.
Was going to go to the Hooton no-hitter but the weather was so crappy that we stayed home thinking the game would be cancelled. Watched the final four innings on TV.
For some reason was sitting inside with my Dad and watched the final four innings of the Pappas no-hitter.
Watched the first and final five innings of the Z no-hitter.

And these were just a few of the sad number of notable games. The rest of my life is filled with images of Mike Vail flying to the warning track and Bill Bonham giving up gargantuan homers to Mike Lum.

Just from the comments on this blog, it's so obvious already what kind of a psychological and emotional impact Z has on Cubs fans when he is on the field and playing well. I can just imagine what the impact is in that clubhouse. Electric!

I'd never seen a no-hitter before, but I always imagined that the 9th inning would be nerve-wracking. It kind of was, but I had a rock-bottom confidence in Z's ability to do it. I think that feeling started on the play in the 8th where he came over to catch that pop fly by himself; he looked like he was going to catch the ball, then eat it. Fantastic.

I got to see part of the game with my 5-year-old son. He went to bed at 8 or so, but for some reason, he was awake when I was getting ready for bed, so I told him: "Hey, buddy, when you were watching the game, did you see any of the Astros get a hit off Zammy?" (thinks) "No." "Yeah. Neither did I." (thinks)(grins)

"I felt good, I like the mound," Zambrano said. "This is a beautiful ballpark. Gosh, I wish we could have a new ballpark."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs...

"We want [the Cubs] to win," Braun said.

(from the link in #4)

My mom, yes, my mom, texted me and that's how I found out. I had shut off my mlb radio-cast thinking that they had this wrapped up after Lee's double. Wow, just wow. Go Cubs and go Big Z.