04/05 CUBS (Zambrano) @ Atlanta (Lowe) 3:05 CDT, WCIU & ESPN

[jersey cubs fan]

That escalated quickly.

 

Heyward killed a man with a trident.

[treebird]

Marshall or Silva time? Z is laboring.

 

if we pull zambrano every time he gives up one hard hit ball, he's going to throw 41 innings this year

[kujay]

I can't believe Z didn't throw that ball into LF going for the double play.

[Cubswin11]

Get out of the inning here and we are fine, Z isn't pitching THAT bad.

[erik316wttn]

Marshall or Silva time? Z is laboring.

 

he's got to eat some innings here.

 

He can eat more than innings right now as far as I'm concerned.

[CDBears1259]

My son was born last Tuesday, I guess I should go ahead and change the station to avoid getting him hooked on the Cubs. What should I do?

[Eric Clipperton]

THERIOT

 

>:-(

 

Yeah, it didn't take long for me to remember that I don't like Theriot. My guess is he'll rack up a solid negative UZR number this year after last year's decent showing on D.

 

Well, I expected no less from Z on opening day (why do they even start him on opening day? one win out of six, really?) but on the bright side we get to see what Marshall can do as essentially a second starter and we're only down another Marlon Byrd 3-run HR?

[CubbieBum]

Not sure if it is accurate but when I saw that replay I immediately saw flashes of Fred McGriff in my head. A tall, left-hander who just golfed one out with a huge elongated swing.

 

I didn't get to see much of McGriff and I'm not sure if his swing looked like that but that was the thought I got.

[Ski]

Zambrano's ERA is 81.00.

[rynefan]

How quickly we lower the bar... from winning the Cy Young to getting out of the inning.

[J.R.]

Get out of the inning here and we are fine, Z isn't pitching THAT bad.

 

This.

[witty alias]

Now, I'm kind of glad I'm missing this.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Marshall or Silva time? Z is laboring.

 

if we pull zambrano every time he gives up one hard hit ball, he's going to throw 41 innings this year

 

What about when he gives up two walks and a home run in an inning?

 

(also, the single up the middle was hard-hit).

[erik316wttn]

My son was born last Tuesday, I guess I should go ahead and change the station to avoid getting him hooked on the Cubs. What should I do?

 

Do everything in your power to make sure he doesn't grow up a Cubs fan if you truly love him.

[Guest]

this is hilarious. i'm so glad i have no expectations for this team so i can just sit back and not get upset.

 

Ditto.

[jersey cubs fan]

You know, I really hate when idiots bitch and moan at the pitcher in innings like this, they just show how completely ignorant they are about the game of baseball.

[apete6]

Zambrano's ERA is 81.00.

 

Down to 54.00. Awesome job, Z!

[Alacrity]

Good thing the Carlos Zambrano of Opening Day returned.

[BCVM22]

one win out of six, really?

 

If you're going to go by Opening Day W-L, it's not as if Z lost on Opening Day '08.

[Cubswin11]

THERIOT

 

>:-(

 

Yeah, it didn't take long for me to remember that I don't like Theriot. My guess is he'll rack up a solid negative UZR number this year after last year's decent showing on D.

 

Well, I expected no less from Z on opening day (why do they even start him on opening day? one win out of six, really?) but on the bright side we get to see what Marshall can do as essentially a second starter and we're only down another Marlon Byrd 3-run HR?

Theriot started that cluster [expletive] of an inning, catch that flyball and it could be a completely different outcome. Z looked decent, they had 3-4 hits that totaled less distance than Heyward's homerun that inning and they were all hit extremely weakly.

[Butterscup1679666578]

My son was born last Tuesday, I guess I should go ahead and change the station to avoid getting him hooked on the Cubs. What should I do?

 

Take him to a Cards game

[UMFan83]

No worries guys. If Z gives us a bad start, we still have Randy Wells, Tom Gorzelanny and Carlos Silva ready to go later in the week. That's the beauty of having a rotation that goes 5 deep.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Not sure if it is accurate but when I saw that replay I immediately saw flashes of Fred McGriff in my head. A tall, left-hander who just golfed one out with a huge elongated swing.

 

I didn't get to see much of McGriff and I'm not sure if his swing looked like that but that was the thought I got.

 

and the blackness

[Hawk4Hall]

At this rate, I'm going to be hammered by dinner.

[SouthSideRyan]

Well, I expected no less from Z on opening day (why do they even start him on opening day?

 

I don't have it on TV, but all I'm reading is single to shallow OF, single to shallow OF, single ON A POP UP. Looks to me like he walked a couple gave up a big HR, and got dinked and dunked.