08/24 CUBS (Zambrano) @ Washington (Lannan) 6:05 CDT, WGN TV

[BCVM22]

For the benefit of those of us who are listening to Pat & Ron..... you wanna share ??

 

Last night Len went on a bit of a ramble about the oddities of the letter Q, eventually leading Bob to deadpan, "this sounds like a Mitch Hedberg routine."

 

Tonight, Len was waxing eloquent on how he doesn't feel right eating yogurt when it's a certain length past the expiration date, prompting the production truck to ask "why do they put an expiration date on sour cream?"

 

And so on and so on.

[Guest]

Hope they don't trade Z for the sake of trading him (and having to pick up a hefty salary and get mediocre talent in return).

 

Nice play by Aramis. I see Brenly wasn't complaining there.

[Fred Hornkohl]

This is great. Seems like Mike Quade fixed Carlos Marmol's control issues, too !!

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[mlarner]

Marmol is sick!

[BCVM22]

This is great. Seems like Mike Quade fixed Carlos Marmol's control issues, too !!

 

Whoops.

[Old Style]

Can he fix them again, please?

[haubrich91]

This is great. Seems like Mike Quade fixed Carlos Marmol's control issues, too !!

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

Spoke too soon. #-o

[UMFan83]

Got them right where he wants them. Unless he doesn't.

[Fred Hornkohl]

This is great. Seems like Mike Quade fixed Carlos Marmol's control issues, too !!

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

Spoke too soon. #-o

 

Indeed, I did.

[BCVM22]

Crimeney.

[UMFan83]

I don't know if I could ever handle Marmol being the closer on a competitive Cubs team.

[Ballgame64]

One out, no one on base and a 1-2 count on the hitter turns into this because Marmol can't throw strikes.

[BCVM22]

One out, no one on base and a 1-2 count on the hitter turns into this because Marmol can't throw strikes.

 

Maddening, isn't it?

[BCVM22]

Ahehehe, Marmol just wanted to face Zimmerman, Wild Thing-style.

[haubrich91]

Holy crap, I thought he hit a walk-off. Haha, nice win Cubs. Z deserved this win.

[UMFan83]

Z would have ruined his anger management training if Marmol finished blowing that.

[Ballgame64]

Marmol is just trying to help the Cubs record in one run games.

[UMFan83]

Marmol is just trying to help the Cubs record in one run games.

 

For a second there i thought he was trying to help the cubs quest towards the record.

[JonJayCutler]

Best start of the year for Z.

[J.R.]

Z apparently had a lot on his mind last night.

 

WASHINGTON — After his best start of the season Tuesday night in a 5-4 victory over the Nationals, Carlos Zambrano flew back to Venezuela to deal with a family crisis.

 

Zambrano's 11-year-old nephew has contracted a deadly disease, he said, and the family needed him there.

 

"I have a nephew that's in bad condition," he said. "He had a (bacterial) infection and is in a hospital in Venezuela."

 

Zambrano will rejoin the team in Cincinnati this weekend, and make his next start Monday against the Pirates at Wrigley Field.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-0825-cubs-nationals-chicago--20100824,0,418199,print.story