4/24 Marlins (Vargas) @ Cubs (Z!) 6:05 PM WCIU/ESPN

[anemic offense]

I'd like to see Ronny lay one down here.

[fiver]

for the love of beer...we have to get some runs this inning

[Soul]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

Doesn't matter when you consistently walk batters and give up crucial hits. If he Ks 15 and gives up 3 in 5 it's still not good enough.

 

Come on though, man. Other teams give up 3 runs and baseball tonight is praising their solid pitching. Z gives up 3 and he's terrible?

 

That's not right.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING

 

Abercrombie struck out swinging

Treanor flied out to center field

Vargas struck out swinging

 

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
Florida       2 0 1 0 0 0          3 6 0 
CUBS          0 0 0 0 0            0 1 0 

 

Home runs: Florida: Cabrera (4)

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano   6.0  6  3  3  3 10  1 103 

[A New Era]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

Doesn't matter when you consistently walk batters and give up crucial hits. If he Ks 15 and gives up 3 in 5 it's still not good enough.

 

It's all in perspective. If we had 4 runs you wouldn't be saying that. This game is all on the offense. Zambrano has performed well, it's the offenses job to get 3-5 runs a game. .

[Blueheart05]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

It's not about the strikeout. He's pitched poorly overall. I don't buy that this was a "quality start." He made some poor decisions on the mound and allowed himself to be beaten by their few good hitters (namely Cabrera).

[badger1679666666]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

 

And isn't 6 innings, 3 ER considered a "quality start?" Or is it 7 innings?

 

Well I guess 6 inninges, 3 ER, and 10 K's isn't doing ANYTHING right according to Anemic Offense.

 

I think he should be more pissed about the correctness of his name, rather than Z's showing today.

 

It's one thing to say Z has made some mistakes, it's another to say he hasn't done anything right.

[Flames24Rulz]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

It's not about the strikeout. He's pitched poorly overall. I don't buy that this was a "quality start." He made some poor decisions on the mound and allowed himself to be beaten by their few good hitters (namely Cabrera).

 

he's had good stuff tonight, just Cabrera has owned him. Our offense really needs to pick him up.

[anemic offense]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

Doesn't matter when you consistently walk batters and give up crucial hits. If he Ks 15 and gives up 3 in 5 it's still not good enough.

 

Come on though, man. Other teams give up 3 runs and baseball tonight is praising their solid pitching. Z gives up 3 and he's terrible?

 

That's not right.

 

I know, but when he's your "ace" and playing a young inexperienced team this kind of performance isn't what you're looking for. With Z's penchant for pitching well in Wrigley I expected nothing less than 7 IP and 2 Rs.

[Vinestal]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

 

And isn't 6 innings, 3 ER considered a "quality start?" Or is it 7 innings?

 

Despite what many people seem to be thinking, this hasn't been a horrible game by Zambrano, simply mediocre. It doesnt matter if you shut out the other team for 9 innings but dont score any runs yourself you havent accomplished much.

[cubfan75]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

 

And isn't 6 innings, 3 ER considered a "quality start?" Or is it 7 innings?

 

Well I guess 6 inninges, 3 ER, and 10 K's isn't doing ANYTHING right according to Anemic Offense.

 

I think he should be more pissed about the correctness of his name, rather than Z's showing today.

 

It's one thing to say Z has made some mistakes, it's another to say he hasn't done anything right.

 

I've already called for a name change twice.

[rawaction]

Cubs should score this inning, based on the ABs last time thru. The Cubs should score.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Yay for taking pitches.

[badger1679666666]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

It's not about the strikeout. He's pitched poorly overall. I don't buy that this was a "quality start." He made some poor decisions on the mound and allowed himself to be beaten by their few good hitters (namely Cabrera).

 

Well then maybe you should go and redefine QS. Because he's had one. I didn't say he didn't make mistakes, but he's done plenty right and he has a quality start.

 

Our offense needs to stop swinging at 1st pitches.

Edited April 25, 2006 by badger

[anemic offense]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

 

And isn't 6 innings, 3 ER considered a "quality start?" Or is it 7 innings?

 

Well I guess 6 inninges, 3 ER, and 10 K's isn't doing ANYTHING right according to Anemic Offense.

 

I think he should be more pissed about the correctness of his name, rather than Z's showing today.

 

It's one thing to say Z has made some mistakes, it's another to say he hasn't done anything right.

 

If you can honestly say you've been impressed with Z tonight I'd be shocked. Ks not withstanding.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cedeno flied out to right field

[CubinNY]

Damn swinging at the first pitch. STOP IT NOW!!!

[Soul]

oooooHHHHHHhhh.

 

Hendry lays down DA LAW on Prior & Wood?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Stop swinging you impatient schmucks.

[Choonch]

This offense is just terrible. We have such a small margin for error. It's not fun watching when you know that there is very little chance that we will score more than 2 or 3 runs.

[TrueBlueCubFan]

Is this NSBB or did I just Google Cubssuk.com? Help I can't tell the difference!

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

come onnnnnnnn

[sweetpeteman]

HEY GUYS! THIS GUY ISNT THROWING STRIKES! THEREFORE WE SHOULD BE SWINGING RIGHT AWAY TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T CLAUG THE BASEPATHS!

 

 

 

 

Imagine, if we had anybody who knows what they were doing we could be winning this game and Vargas woould be long gone.

[RyCubsFan]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

It's not about the strikeout. He's pitched poorly overall. I don't buy that this was a "quality start." He made some poor decisions on the mound and allowed himself to be beaten by their few good hitters (namely Cabrera).

 

Like Meat&Potatoes with Ronnie, I call out your anti-Z bias!

 

It's a quality start. 6 innings, 3 earned runs. I'll take it everytime.

[anemic offense]

Come on Z. You could have done at least ONE thing right tonight

 

He's struck out NINE!!!!!!!

 

 

And isn't 6 innings, 3 ER considered a "quality start?" Or is it 7 innings?

 

Despite what many people seem to be thinking, this hasn't been a horrible game by Zambrano, simply mediocre. It doesnt matter if you shut out the other team for 9 innings but dont score any runs yourself you havent accomplished much.

 

Horrible? No. However given the circumstances it hasn't been very good.