Zambrano says he is retiring

[Bruno7481]

Aramis: "I've never seen somebody just pack their stuff and leave."

[UMFan83]

What a weird dude. God bless Zambrano. I hope he gets the help he clearly needs.

[XZero771679666304]

Because they're idiots who don't offer any kind of insight or thought out analysis.

 

Zambrano's throwing a tantrum and it's ridiculous, but it's not like Kapman and co. are going to have anything intelligent to say about it.

 

Whatever they say isn't going to make things any worse at this point. They say some idiotic stuff, but hard not to when they are continually fed this type of crap on a silver platter.

 

It's hard not to? Really?

 

These guys were/are tripping all over themselves to get to their computers to type whatever racist, sensationalist swill they will spew forth on the issue. They love it.

 

It may be hard not to comment on a story like this at all, but it's not difficult to not get off on using it to instigate.

 

Yeah, it's not like I'm expecting people to not talk about it. I'd just prefer a less meatball, sensational/hysterical approach.

 

 

If people like Bruce and the like comment/criticize, that's one thing. But you can practically hear and read the implications of the atmosphere of brown skinned uppity-ness being behind it all that will come from the meatball segment.

[UMFan83]

I wonder what happened that we don't know about, because on the surface it looks like Z had a horrible game, gave up 5 HRs, threw at Chipper Jones in frustration, got ejected, and then packed up his things and left during the game and retired.

[Bruno7481]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

[Vanilla Ice]

There's no way he actually retires right now................................. right?

[Keener98]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

 

Im assuming this was said with the biggest [expletive] smile on Hendrys face ever.

[Guest]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

 

What a bizarre response.

[Bruno7481]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

 

What a bizarre response.

 

Well, it is a convenient way to tear up that contract.

[Keener98]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

 

What a bizarre response.

 

Why? The fact that if he actually retires, rids Hendry and the Cubs of his contract, and the sideshow that Z brings at times has to thrill the hell out of him. Yea Z will need to be replaced but a boatload of money just possibly opened up for that replacement.

[Sammy Sofa]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

 

Im assuming this was said with the biggest [expletive] smile on Hendrys face ever.

 

I seriously doubt that, since ultimately this reflects very poorly on him, too.

[Keener98]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

 

Im assuming this was said with the biggest [expletive] smile on Hendrys face ever.

 

I seriously doubt that, since ultimately this reflects very poorly on him, too.

 

I dont think it will reflect on Hendry at all. Almost everybody in the media and such think Z is a headcase and such, so they will all give Hendry a reprieve that Z was just a lost cause, and has a mental problem. All the blame will reflect on Z

[Sammy Sofa]

What a weird dude. God bless Zambrano. I hope he gets the help he clearly needs.

 

Yeah, I find this sad more than anything. Sad that he's potentially not pitching anymore, but more sad that this is a man with apparently less emotional maturity than the children he has.

[Guest]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

 

What a bizarre response.

 

Why? The fact that if he actually retires, rids Hendry and the Cubs of his contract, and the sideshow that Z brings at times has to thrill the hell out of him. Yea Z will need to be replaced but a boatload of money just possibly opened up for that replacement.

 

Well yeah, I understand there are benefits to Z retiring. That doesn't make it any less weird to have Hendry acknowledge a player's emotional outburst(especially Zambrano, and especially 2nd hand like this was) like it was a reasoned career decision.

[UMFan83]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

 

Im assuming this was said with the biggest [expletive] smile on Hendrys face ever.

 

I seriously doubt that, since ultimately this reflects very poorly on him, too.

 

I dont think it will reflect on Hendry at all. Almost everybody in the media and such think Z is a headcase and such, so they will all give Hendry a reprieve that Z was just a lost cause, and has a mental problem. All the blame will reflect on Z

 

Hendry signed him to the long term contract. It's not like the crazy stuff started showing up only after the contract extension.

[Sammy Sofa]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

 

Im assuming this was said with the biggest [expletive] smile on Hendrys face ever.

 

I seriously doubt that, since ultimately this reflects very poorly on him, too.

 

I dont think it will reflect on Hendry at all. Almost everybody in the media and such think Z is a headcase and such, so they will all give Hendry a reprieve that Z was just a lost cause, and has a mental problem. All the blame will reflect on Z

 

That wasn't the case with Bradley, and it won't be the case here. I guarantee people will be wondering why the team invested so much in someone like this. Right or wrong as those arguments are, it's not like this came out of nowhere. It's very easy to blame Hendry in this mess, and people will.

[Keener98]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

 

What a bizarre response.

 

Why? The fact that if he actually retires, rids Hendry and the Cubs of his contract, and the sideshow that Z brings at times has to thrill the hell out of him. Yea Z will need to be replaced but a boatload of money just possibly opened up for that replacement.

 

Well yeah, I understand there are benefits to Z retiring. That doesn't make it any less weird to have Hendry acknowledge a player's emotional outburst(especially Zambrano) like it was a reasoned career decision.

 

Yea I see your point, but also at this point, Hendry sure as hell isn't going to bend over backward to try and talk Z out of retiring, because quite honestly, him retiring benefits the Cubs more than him playing.

[Little Slide Rooter]

What a weird dude. God bless Zambrano. I hope he gets the help he clearly needs.

 

Yeah, I find this sad more than anything. Sad that he's potentially not pitching anymore, but more sad that this is a man with apparently less emotional maturity than the children he has.

 

And I'm sad that our pitching rotation will be Matt Garza, Ryan Dempster, Randy Wells, Rodrigo Lopez, and Casey Coleman.

[Sammy Sofa]

Hendry:

"We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward."

 

What a bizarre response.

 

Why? The fact that if he actually retires, rids Hendry and the Cubs of his contract, and the sideshow that Z brings at times has to thrill the hell out of him. Yea Z will need to be replaced but a boatload of money just possibly opened up for that replacement.

 

Well yeah, I understand there are benefits to Z retiring. That doesn't make it any less weird to have Hendry acknowledge a player's emotional outburst(especially Zambrano, and especially 2nd hand like this was) like it was a reasoned career decision.

 

Yeah, but he's not going to rant and rave about it or tear him down. Some GM's do, but most are going to take the "diplomatic" route, and that's always been Hendry's M.O..

[XZero771679666304]

What a weird dude. God bless Zambrano. I hope he gets the help he clearly needs.

 

Yeah, I find this sad more than anything. Sad that he's potentially not pitching anymore, but more sad that this is a man with apparently less emotional maturity than the children he has.

 

And I'm sad that our pitching rotation will be Matt Garza, Ryan Dempster, Randy Wells, Rodrigo Lopez, and Casey Coleman.

 

At this point, who cares?

[Keener98]

And Hendry will spout the "we tried getting him help, anger management, etc.." but it just didnt work. We gave him that contract expecting Carlos to mature and grow as a person but it just didnt work out." Then the media goes back to ripping Z and such

[Sammy Sofa]

What a weird dude. God bless Zambrano. I hope he gets the help he clearly needs.

 

Yeah, I find this sad more than anything. Sad that he's potentially not pitching anymore, but more sad that this is a man with apparently less emotional maturity than the children he has.

 

And I'm sad that our pitching rotation will be Matt Garza, Ryan Dempster, Randy Wells, Rodrigo Lopez, and Casey Coleman.

 

At this point, who cares?

 

No kidding. The recent wins have been fun, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over this season. That said, it creates an unfortunate hole in the rotation next season. Granted, this year might have just been an indicator of how he was going to be next year (or worse), but it does place a pretty big strain on the rotation. I reeeeeeeeeeallllly hope they take a good long look at signing Wilson, and I reeeeeeeeeeeealllllly hope Cashner is able to contribute to the rotation, too (and McNutt, if needed).

[Sammy Sofa]

And Hendry will spout the "we tried getting him help, anger management, etc.." but it just didnt work. We gave him that contract expecting Carlos to mature and grow as a person but it just didnt work out." Then the media goes back to ripping Z and such

 

Again, none of that flew with Bradley. It's not going to fly here. Zambrano is going to be ripped to shreds, but so is Quade, Hendry and the rest of the organization.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Again, I'll be shocked is he does retire, and we don't end up trading him and eating most of his salary, but he really does, this could potentially be a huge® offseason.

[Keener98]

And Hendry will spout the "we tried getting him help, anger management, etc.." but it just didnt work. We gave him that contract expecting Carlos to mature and grow as a person but it just didnt work out." Then the media goes back to ripping Z and such

 

Again, none of that flew with Bradley. It's not going to fly here. Zambrano is going to be ripped to shreds, but so is Quade, Hendry and the rest of the organization.

 

I dont know you may be right, and if so hopefully its just another step out the door for Hendry.