The thing people seem to be neglecting at this point and the reason why this instance might be the last straw is the declining performance of Carlos Zambrano. For only the second time in the past 7 or 8 years his k/9 is under 7 and his velocity has been on a steady decline since when he was truly a dominant pitcher. Right or wrong I think the Cubs would be a lot more willing to deal with this if he was pitching like he was in 2007 and 2008, but when you are underperforming you no longer are allowed to be a headcase as well.
Understandable, but I'm old school. Even if Z was still dominant, there's simply no way I would put up with his antics if I was running the team. It's about respect, not just for your employers & teammates, but the fans & the game of baseball itself. After more than half a decade of this crap, he still doesn't get this. He's made comments that he doesn't understand the suspension. This guy is on a planet of his own. If he can't understand what he did wrong, he never will.
Honestly I put alot of the blame on the jellyfish in the locker room. Soriano implied in his comments that people are afraid of him cause he's big. I can tell you if I was a player in that lockerroom, Z & I would've tusselled a long, long time ago. I don't care how big he is. Bruce Lee was 5'6" & was the baddest mofo on the planet when he was alive. The Cubs players are a bunch of tampons.
