All Things Carlos Zambrano Discussion Thread

[DewsSox79]

Zambrano To Make First Public Comments At 5:30CST On CTL

Zambrano To Make First Public Comments At 5:30CST On CTL

 

[Uman85]

Seriously? Kick this ****** to the curb, like the trash he is. He's had way too many chances with this organization. His on-field production no longer matters. He is a cancer to this team and needs to be quarantined.

 

[DewsSox79]

he was very very politically correct.

 

[Uman85]

Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano wants to remain with the Cubs - ESPN Chicago


Zambrano got text messages of support from Ozzie and Sammy Sosa.


The three stooges of Chicago baseball: Sammy Sosa, Carlos Zambrano and Ozzie Guillen.

 

[Diddy1122]

Though it is rather pointless to play the "What if?" game, but Cuban would have been 100x's the owner that Ricketts is. It's been fairly evident from Day 1 that Ricketts sees this solely as a business venture. Cuban, on the other hand, blends both his business & his fan side together because he truly enjoys the game & wants to see his team win it all. Also, it's quite different when you are a self-made billionaire than when you were given a job by daddy. Cuban is a business & marketing genius, Ricketts took, what?, 6 yrs to finish business school?

Everyone needs to watch the vid posted about 10 pages back with Joe Ricketts talking about his son & why they purchased the team. It's a real eye-opener.

 

[Diddy1122]

"I want to be a Cub for life" Well you fucked up that chance buddy. See ya later. There is no way the fans will accept you back. Atleast the ones with half a brain anyway.

 

[The Bandit]

I won't watch him pitch for this team again

 

[Mr. Cub]

I do like the guys intensity though! Sucks it had to end this way. (If it indeed ends)

 

[Mr. Cub]

Though it is rather pointless to play the "What if?" game, but Cuban would have been 100x's the owner that Ricketts is. It's been fairly evident from Day 1 that Ricketts sees this solely as a business venture. Cuban, on the other hand, blends both his business & his fan side together because he truly enjoys the game & wants to see his team win it all. Also, it's quite different when you are a self-made billionaire than when you were given a job by daddy. Cuban is a business & marketing genius, Ricketts took, what?, 6 yrs to finish business school?

Everyone needs to watch the vid posted about 10 pages back with Joe Ricketts talking about his son & why they purchased the team. It's a real eye-opener.

Yeah that whole "they sell win or lose" comment was a "wow wtf is this guy" moment. That clearly showed they are in it for money only and not turning this franchise around.

 

[Uman85]

Yeah that whole "they sell win or lose" comment was a "wow wtf is this guy" moment. That clearly showed they are in it for money only and not turning this franchise around.

I agree. When you get a new owner, you hope for a change of "business as usual" and a winning attitude to come to the organization, but unfortunately so far it just looks like more of the same.

 

[dabynsky]

Though it is rather pointless to play the "What if?" game, but Cuban would have been 100x's the owner that Ricketts is. It's been fairly evident from Day 1 that Ricketts sees this solely as a business venture. Cuban, on the other hand, blends both his business & his fan side together because he truly enjoys the game & wants to see his team win it all. Also, it's quite different when you are a self-made billionaire than when you were given a job by daddy. Cuban is a business & marketing genius, Ricketts took, what?, 6 yrs to finish business school?

Everyone needs to watch the vid posted about 10 pages back with Joe Ricketts talking about his son & why they purchased the team. It's a real eye-opener.

There something wrong with taking six years to finish college?

 

[Rice Cube]

Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano wants to remain with the Cubs - ESPN Chicago


Zambrano got text messages of support from Ozzie and Sammy Sosa.


The three stooges of Chicago baseball: Sammy Sosa, Carlos Zambrano and Ozzie Guillen.

Sammy Sosa ---> hit a shitload of homers and made the Cubs relevant again.

Carlos Zambrano ---> one of the best Cubs pitchers of all-time despite his recent decline.

Ozzie Guillen ---> won a World Series.

Yeah, there are reasons to hate them, but don't discount their accomplishments either.

 

[Rice Cube]

There something wrong with taking six years to finish college?

Depends on the degree

Maybe he decided to take some time off. It's not like he didn't have the financial resources to **** around a bit. I graduated in 3 years then got a masters before taking some time off and now am in a PhD program and about to graduate. To each their own.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

There something wrong with taking six years to finish college?

i agree with the point of his post..but going to college or whatever business thing he was doing for 6 years doesnt mean he's dumb lol

 

[dabynsky]

I was mostly defensive since I took 5 and 1/2 years to complete my BA. Granted a transfer and teacher certification was a big reason for it taking that amount of time but still.

 

[DewsSox79]

Though it is rather pointless to play the "What if?" game, but Cuban would have been 100x's the owner that Ricketts is. It's been fairly evident from Day 1 that Ricketts sees this solely as a business venture. Cuban, on the other hand, blends both his business & his fan side together because he truly enjoys the game & wants to see his team win it all. Also, it's quite different when you are a self-made billionaire than when you were given a job by daddy. Cuban is a business & marketing genius, Ricketts took, what?, 6 yrs to finish business school?

Everyone needs to watch the vid posted about 10 pages back with Joe Ricketts talking about his son & why they purchased the team. It's a real eye-opener.

They did watch it, and they find nothing wrong with it. atleast there are some people here like yourself that have a clue.

 

[Diddy1122]

Three stooges of Chicago baseball: Sammy Sosa, Carlos Zambrano and Ozzie Guillen.

I don't hate Ozzie or Sammy. Ozzie can be rather nutty at times, but it's almost always with a purpose. Sammy would showboat now & then, & had the horrible corked bat incident, but he always loved the game & loved the fans, even when they turned on him.

Zambrano is different. It started in 2005 when he became the defacto #1 when Wood & Prior went down. He got ejected from the Opening Day game (starting a 3yr streak of pitiful game 1 performances), got "Chat Room" Elbow, beat up his catcher, beat up Gatorade coolers, constantly showed up his teammates while on the mound, went after D Lee (one of my fave Cubs), & now this. I'm sure I've even missed several other incidents. Simply, there's never been much of a reason for me to like this guy other than pure statistics. Honestly I'm more embarrassed that this petulant man-child will forever be in Cubs History than I am of Sammy being an all-time great or Ozzie for the Sox.

 

[nwfisch]

I blame the Cubs for paying Zambrano. I always liked and always will like Zambrano.

 

[DewsSox79]

interesting take from hollandsworth, he believes that zambrano will be going to the marlins if guillen takes over that team next year. i think both sides of town will be happy with that.

 

[Jntg4]

interesting take from hollandsworth, he believes that zambrano will be going to the marlins if guillen takes over that team next year. i think both sides of town will be happy with that.

Ya, but Hendry would probably be dumb and keep him as a reliever...