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Man I really hope the line is better than this. That did not look like an NFL caliber line out there tonight.

Cutler is gone from the game. Did not throw an overhand pass in his first preseason game. The oline needs a ton of work. First three plays in the second series: 2 yard run and back to back sacks. About as brutal of a start for the line as you could possibly have. $20 million left in cap space....

Major Wright looking fairly sharp so far.

Wow, not a good start for the line. Cutler dropped back to pass 3 times, once the play quickly broke down and he threw an underhanded to forte for no gain, the 2nd time the play broke down again and Cutler scrambled for a first. The third time he was sacked. Also several running plays went for little gain. Also Corey Wooten wa injured on the kickoff and out for the game.

Dude that's awesome by Soriano. Most know I'm one of the biggest Soriano haters on the board, sometimes almost always irrationally. But he won a lot of respect from me by doing that.

I'm not sure the last time the nfl had a must-watch defensive player, maybe LT, but suh is pretty much in that category Clay Matthews. LOL

Yeah where is HoopsCubs at?

What about when he didn't shy away from Bonds after throwing up and in at him? I think that was in 03. I miss bad ass Z. That was Prior.

I'm trying to think up all the zany things that Zambrano has done as a Cub...anyone got any I missed? July 2004: Gives up a home run to Jim Edmonds, and points and yells at him while rounding the bases. Later on in the game, he gives up a homer to Scott Rolen, and immediately plunks Edmonds with his next pitch and is ejected. 2004ish: Throws a temper tantrum on the mound and throws his hat after an error by Todd Walker. April 2005: Gets the opening day start, and manages to get ejected for arguing balls and strikes after 4 2/3 innings with the Cubs holding a big lead. July 2006: Has to sit out the All Star game after getting hit by Joey Cora's fungo bat during pregame warmups. June 2007: Gets into a fight with Michael Barrett in the dugout after Barrett allows a passed ball and commits in error during a big inning for the opponents. After punches were thrown in the clubhouse, the fight eventually continues inside the clubhouse. The next day, it is revealed that Barrett was rushed to the hospital to put stitches in his lip after a Zambrano punch. September 2007: Fans boo Zambrano while he's walking off the mound following a very poor performance during a pennant race. Zambrano responds by pointing to his head and yelling to himself. Later, he calls out Cubs fans, saying they only care about themselves and that he doesn't accept the booing. May 2009: Zambrano is ejected from a game against the Pirates for arguing a close play at the plate. Zambrano then loses it, getting into a shouting match with the umpire, and bumping him in the process. He then throws the game ball into left field and tossed his glove aside as well. Finally after leaving the field, he takes out his frustrations out on the new Gatorade machine, striking it several times with a baseball bat, effectively destroying it. He ends up suspended for 6 games for bumping the umpire. The next day, he misses the team flight to Atlanta and is temporarily missing. May 2010: After a slow start to the season, Zambrano is randomly moved to the bullpen. Zambrano takes the demotion well in public and is moved back into the rotation 3 weeks later. June 2010: After a bad 1st inning, Zambrano throws a tirade in the dugout, which leads to an altercation with Derrek Lee caught on camera. He is removed from the game and immediately sent home. He is later suspended indefinitely by the team and ordered to take anger management classes. May 2011: After a poor performance by Carlos Marmol where he blows a game to the rival Cardinals, Zambrano lashes out at the team, saying they "stinks" and are playing like a minor league team and are embarrassing. He then questions Marmol's pitch selection and decision making, drawing angry responses from Cubs management. August 2012: After a very poor start where he gives up 5 home runs in less than 5 innings, Zambrano responds by throwing inside on Chipper Jones on consecutive pitches, the second one way inside and leading to an immediate ejection. After he leaves the game, Zambrano packs up his locker and leaves, telling various Cubs personnel that he is retiring on his way out the door. Didn't even get into the numerous times he has had to leave starts due to craps in his arm due to too much texting and/or not eating enough potassium. Also haven't mentioned the number of times he has struck out and then broken a bat over his knee.

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.

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.

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

That's 7. And 4 in the last 9 games.

I thought he was better this year with his anger management. Really bush league if he really was throwing at Chipper. We all laughed when he did it to Edmonds, but that act gets old real fast.

I guess Z really isn't going to be able to get his ERA below 4 this year. It would be the first full season in his career with an ERA above 4

Monday will never be all but forgotten by Cubs fans for this reason:http://images.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/_photos/2006-04-24-rick-monday.jpg One of the guys who lit the flag in that photo looks like Vinny Chase.

That's what they said, and I think they said that's the record Hmm, this says Seaver had 10. Looks like the AL record is 8. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_strik.shtml I seem to remember Wood having a similar streak agianst the Braves in 2004. I can't remember how many in a row he had though. Might have only been 6-7

I love it. We're 18 games under .500 in mid-august, and our manager wants to play a 35 year old part time player over a young guy who everyone wants to see what he can give us, because the young guy hasn't earned the PT. Man the management of this team is bat [expletive] crazy and stupid.

Straight from the Jim Hendry school of general managing

Soto's slash numbers the last 36 games: .276/.357/.496/.856. Good stuff

damn Tottenham-Everton postponed due to the riots? dammn you fools chill out!

I dunno, "I'm having a tough year, but despite this, I am glad I can still contribute in some ways."

Great.

Excuse me, you are proud of your performance? I guess its reasonable to be proud of working hard, but's its not like the hard work, concentration and passion for the game has much effect on his numbers, as he is down to .243/.283/.460/.743 for the season.