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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hellfrozeover (view)
I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1.
crunch (view)
amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.
neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.
Eric S (view)
Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it).
crunch (view)
boo.
crunch (view)
smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.
this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.
crunch (view)
i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things. the default is delay. i would choose brown.
like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.
anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.
Childersb3 (view)
Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.
I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.
If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.
Give him a chance.
But Wesneski probably gets it
crunch (view)
alzolay...bro...
crunch (view)
wow. what a blown call. go cubs, i guess.