Carlos Zambrano
Lieber and Eyre Rehabbin' at Fitch
Jon Lieber and Scott Eyre threw in rehab outings with the AZL Cubs at Fitch Park Field #3 this morning, as Larry Rothschild, Lester Strode, and Carlos Zambrano (who was visiting buddy Angel Guzman) watched from the bench, and a gaggle of Cubs brass watched from the observation tower.
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Game 91 Thread / Reds @ Cubs (2 of 3)
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SP | Johnny Cueto | SP |
Carlos Zambrano |
7-8, 4.63, 91 K, 38 BB, 105 IP |
9-3, 2.96 ERA, 73 K, 38 BB, 112.1 IP | ||
CF |
*Jay Bruce | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
SS |
Jeff Keppinger | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
RF |
*Ken Griffey Jr. |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
2B |
Brandon Phillips | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
LF |
*Adam Dunn |
C |
Geovany Soto |
3B |
Edwin Encarnacion | CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
1B |
*Joey Votto |
2B |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
*Paul Bako | LF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
Johnny Cueto |
P |
#Carlos Zambrano |
The amazing Wrigley Field All-Stars continue their tour through the Windy City with the Venezuelan Bull taking the mound against the Red Legs of Queen City and their proimising ace-in-waiting, Kid Cueto. Although he dazzled in his first two starts, he ended up with a 5.40 ERA in April and it wasn't until this past month that he put up the ERA that is expected of him, with a strong 3.47 for the month of June. This will be his second start versus the Northsiders, the first one resulting in a win for him and his team back in May.
Zambrano looked strong after a little disabled list rest and kept the Cardinals bats baffled in his start on Friday. He's been baffling the NL Central his entire career. His career won-loss record, ERA and innings pitched versus his Central foes.
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Game 87 Thread / Cubs @ Cardinals (1 of 3)
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Game 75 Thread / White Sox @ Cubs (2 of 3)
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Game 72 Thread / Cubs @ Rays (2 of 3)
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Game 67 Thread / Braves @ Cubs (3 of 3)
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SP | Tim Hudson |
SP |
Carlos Zambrano |
7-4, 2.86 54 K, 23 BB, 91.1 IP | 8-2, 3.01, 63 K, 29 BB, 92.2 IP | ||
SS |
Yunel Escobar | LF |
*Eric Patterson |
2B |
*Kelly Johnson |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
3B |
Chipper Jones | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
1B |
#Mark Teixeira | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
C |
*Brian McCann | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
RF |
Jeff Francoeur |
C |
Geovany Soto |
LF |
#Greg Norton |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
CF |
*Gregor Blanco |
2B |
Mark DeRosa |
P |
Tim Hudson | P |
#Carlos Zambrano |
I believe this is what our ancestors called a pitching duel. They probably called it that in 1948 as well, which is the year they will be honoring with today's "Turn back the clock" event. Both teams will break out the 1948 uniforms in honor of WGN's 60th anniversary. I hope they had a better logo in 1948 then they do now. To keep in the 1948 spirt, the first two innings will be broadcast in black and white with similar camera angles that they used back then and minimal graphics. I believe the plan is to add more graphics and cameras as the game goes on. Len and Bob will be wearing authentic 1948 garb as well.
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Game 53 Thread / Dodgers @ Cubs (3 of 3)
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SP | Derek Lowe |
SP |
Carlos Zambrano |
2-5, 5.03, 44 K, 19 BB, 62.2 IP | 7-1, 2.47, 52 K, 20 BB, 73 IP | ||
LF |
*Juan Pierre |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
2B |
Luis Maza |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
RF |
*Andre Ethier | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
C |
Russell Martin |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
1B |
*James Loney | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
CF |
Matt Kemp | C |
Geovany Soto |
3B |
*Blake DeWitt |
2B |
Mark DeRosa |
SS |
Chin-lung Hu | CF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
Derek Lowe |
P |
#Carlos Zambrano |
Carlos Zambrano is fresh off that remarkable game in which he stroked four hits off a trio of Pittsburgh pitchers and, oh, yeah, also threw the first seven innings in a 12-3 Cubs win.
Z was 1-1 last year against the Dodgers, including a horrible outing last September at Wrigley. Lowe pitched twice against Piniella's men in '07 and came away with a pair of ND's. Derrek Lee, who is 10-for-22 lifetime (1136 OPS) against the former Bosoxer probably couldn't get to the ballpark today early enough. For his part, Lowe hasn't won a game in more than a month and has a 7.29 ERA in his last six starts.
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Don't Quit Your Day Job, Carlos
From a link on the new blog by Paul DePodesta (really), here's Carlos Zambrano helping out "career minor leaguer Ron Stilanovich" and his Hardball video series.
Lesson #19: Taking One For the Team
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Game 19 Thread / Mets @ Cubs (1 of 2)
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SP | John Maine |
SP |
Carlos Zambrano |
1-1, 3.78, 10 K, 12 BB | 2-1, 3.04, 23 K, 3 BB | ||
SS |
#Jose Reyes |
CF |
Reed Johnson |
2B |
#Luis Castillo | 2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
3B |
David Wright | 1B |
Derrek Lee |
CF |
#Carlos Beltran |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
1B |
*Carlos Delgado |
RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
RF |
*Ryan Church | LF |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
#Raul Casanova |
C | Geovany Soto |
LF |
*Endy Chavez | SS |
Ronny Cedeno |
P |
John Maine |
P | #Carlos Zambrano |
The first-place Chicago Cubs--has a nice ring to it, don't you think?--are coming off a weekend drubbing of the Pirates, two games in which they scored 26 runs, amassed 30 hits, and still required seven innings of duty from their busy bullpen.
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Game 14 Thread / Reds @ Cubs (2 of 3)
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SP | Josh Fogg |
SP |
Carlos Zambrano |
1-1, 7.00, 6 K, 3 BB | |
1-1, 3.20, 18 K, 2 BB | |
CF | *Corey Patterson | 2B |
*Mike Fontenot |
SS |
Jeff Keppinger | SS |
Ryan Theriot |
RF |
*Ken Griffey |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
2B |
Brandon Phillips | 3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
LF |
*Adam Dunn | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
3B |
Edwin Encarnacion | LF |
Mark DeRosa |
1B |
*Joey Votto | C |
Geovany Soto |
C | #Javier Valentin | CF |
Reed Johnson |
P |
Josh Fogg | P | #Carlos Zambrano |
As reported by the Trib's Paul Sullivan, the Soriano-less Cubs will have Mike Fontenot leading off, Mark DeRosa will be manning left field, and Eric Patterson will be in the wings. (This will be the first time in Fontenot's Major League career he has been penciled into the leadoff spot.)
As for E-Pat, he was hitting just .222 at Triple-A, with 1 HR, 3 RBI and 12 K/3 BB in 36 at-bats for the I-Cubs. He stole one base.
Tonight's head-scratchers and eye-openers:
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crunch (view)
“I respect his track record of what he’s accomplished,” Counsell said on Sunday morning. “And you go through these. He’s gone through -- maybe not this particular stretch -- but stretches where you’re not pitching the way you want to and struggling. And you figure it out.” -- Counsell on Hendricks
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...
i respect his track record of no longer being in the rotation. in 2016 he threw 2 innings out of the pen, his only work out of the pen. the cubs won the world series that year. let's repeat that magic. the formula is obvious. stats don't lie. etc etc whatever...
small sample size and all, but how about this craziness...
"Entering Sunday, Hendricks had allowed an .843 OPS against hitters in their initial plate appearance, followed by a 1.056 OPS in a second meeting and a 2.449 OPS when seeing batters for a third time."
Finwe Noldaran (view)
Phil: Great to see what Rosario is doing!
Do you think having Rosario may have influenced/impacted the front office's decision on including Hope in the trade for Busch at all?
crunch (view)
it's so crazy we got a new "barnstorming" harlem globetrotters-type baseball product that was introduced less than 5 years ago and is wildly popular all over the nation.
a notion left long in the past, unearthed, polished for modern audiences and popular as ever.
Arizona Phil (view)
No question right now Alfonsin Rosario is one of the Cubs Top 20 prospects (probably Top 15). Rosario is to the Cubs what Zyhir Hope is to the Dodgers.
Arizona Phil (view)
The Savannah Bananas will be playing the Party Animals at Sloan Park in Mesa this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. The games are sold out (15,000+ each night), and berm tickets are going for well over $100.
Arizona Phil (view)
RAISIN: In the game versus the A's at Fitch Park last Friday, Mule threw half FB and half SL (16/16), and one CH (which coincidentally was the only hard-hit ball off him -- a near HR line-drive double off the LF fence). FB was 91-94 and the SL (really more of a "slurve") was 80-82, and he got three swing & miss on each pitch (six swing & miss total out of his 20 strikes). So I think it is safe to say that right now, Mule is strictly a two-pitch pitcher (FB/SL),
Sonicwind75 (view)
Recalled it was sampled in a Nas song. Did a little sleuthing. It was a Nas song called "Hate Me Now" that featured Puff Daddy. Imploring the crowd to hate somebody seems a bit overly dramatic for a keyboardist but perhaps there is some other connection to the song.
In general there has been a weird overuse of Carmina Burana's O Fortuna in sports and commercials in past decade or so. Maybe it is a fallback choice if there isn't anything else.
Sidenote, while the O Fortuna part has become a bit pop-culture cliched; the overall piece is very interesting and rather expansive in scope. I played percussion in a production of it while in college. There is a rather jovial movement set in a tavern. In the score it calls for the clinking of beer steins. Let's just say we did a lot of research to determine the best sounding beer steins.
crunch (view)
ooof...this is just as likely as anything. professional organists are weird humans.
SheffieldCornelia (view)
Maybe it is only played when the hitter thus far in the game is "oh for two"-na at the plate?
crunch (view)
who was AB when it was being played? it could be something as corny as playing it for nick fortes because fortes/fortuna...fortes...marlins...fish...tuna...sigh.
while the cubs organ player isn't a frequent groaner weaponizing the organ song selection, they all dabble in it.