Lilly Rotation; Zambrano Bullpen

[Powdered Toast Man]

He'd also probably get to pitch more IF HE WERE FUCKING STARTING!

[SKO]

He'd also probably get to pitch more IF HE WERE FUCKING STARTING!

THI!

[PenPho]

Hold that thought...

Carlos Zambrano was sent to a local hospital Wednesday afternoon with appendicitis-like symptoms.
Zambrano was not available for Wednesday's game against the Dodgers and an appendectomy, unfortunately, could force him to miss a month. Big Z was scheduled to return to the Cubs' rotation against the Pirates next week.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Hold that thought...

Carlos Zambrano was sent to a local hospital Wednesday afternoon with appendicitis-like symptoms.
Zambrano was not available for Wednesday's game against the Dodgers and an appendectomy, unfortunately, could force him to miss a month. Big Z was scheduled to return to the Cubs' rotation against the Pirates next week.

Good news?

"According to MLB.com's Carrie Muskat, tests on Carlos Zambrano's lower right side Thursday came up negative for appendicitis.

There's still something wrong with his abdominal region, but for now it sounds like he will not require surgery. Zambrano is still tentatively scheduled to rejoin the Cubs' starting rotation next week against the Pirates."

[Saul Goodman]

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

[Yeti]

Why is Z so determined to making me feel so bad for defending him?

[CubFaninHydePark]

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

You know, Z had value gathering a head of steam out of the pen and destroying someone in the event of a bench-clearing brawl...

So nice of the Cubs to contribute to the White Sox run to contention.  The two teams were only one game apart in the loss column when the previous series started...now...

Back to the College World Series.  Pingball is still kinda fun to watch.

[Yeti]

Wait a minute... I just heard on the radio that he got suspended? My comment a minute ago was a result of me just checking his line for the game. What the hell did he do?

[Saul Goodman]

Wait a minute... I just heard on the radio that he got suspended? My comment a minute ago was a result of me just checking his line for the game. What the hell did he do?

What did you think FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT meant?  The first inning started with a grounder down the line that Lee couldn't get, a double for Juan Pierre.  Zambrano proceeded to give up four runs, including a meatball of a breaking ball to the great Carlos Quentin.  So when Zambrano returned to the dugout, he was screaming, and he knew whose fault it was.

Derrek Lee.

Since Lee didn't magically come up with that slapdick Pierre's lucky grounder down the line, those four runs and the three-run bomb were all his fault.  Zambrano was in Lee's face, screaming at him, and they had to be separated.  According to Steve Stone, Lou took them down into the clubhouse to give them a talkin' to.  Gorzelanny started warming up.  Zambrano came back up to the dugout, then was told he's being taken out.  Somewhere in there he destroyed a Gatorade cooler, according to Muskrat.  So now he's indefinitely suspended and the Cubs will once again erase any trade value he might've had through the media before dealing him and eating almost all of his salary for some underwhelming talent.  Hooray.

Edit for video.

[Wheezer]

Wait a minute... I just heard on the radio that he got suspended? My comment a minute ago was a result of me just checking his line for the game. What the hell did he do?

What did you think FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT meant?  The first inning started with a grounder down the line that Lee couldn't get, a double for Juan Pierre.  Zambrano proceeded to give up four runs, including a meatball of a breaking ball to the great Carlos Quentin.  So when Zambrano returned to the dugout, he was screaming, and he knew whose fault it was.

Derrek Lee.

It's unclear to me that it wasn't a general frenzy with Lee's vector simply being to tell Zambrano to plug the miasma.

[Yeti]

Hmmmm. I wasn't sure why you said it. I just kind of moved past it. After I thought about it I Rosendouched it and figured out what you meant. Just watched the video.  I'm really sad. Unless this results in lee getting traded and the Cubs coming back to win the central, Z may have lost me as a fan.

[Saul Goodman]

Hmmmm. I wasn't sure why you said it. I just kind of moved past it. After I thought about it I Rosendouched it and figured out what you meant. Just watched the video.  I'm really sad. Unless this results in lee getting traded and the Cubs coming back to win the central, Z may have lost me as a fan.

Unless this makes Lee come alive and win the MVP on the way to a World Series title, in which case Z is my favorite Cub ever.

[Wheezer]

Another angle. This seems to be nothing that 20 mg of DOM and a lot of hand-holding and chanting couldn't repress.

[Lance Dicksons Arm]

It's unclear to me that it wasn't a general frenzy with Lee's vector simply being to tell Zambrano to plug the miasma.

You are I are suffering from the same lack of clarity.

There has to be more that occurred in the clubhouse out of sight to call for this "suspension".   At least I think so.   I can only hope that Jim Hendry learned something from the Bradley thing last year...that indefinitely suspending people has a shitload of negative trade symptoms. 

 

[MAD]

I just got home, had no idea what happened today, and you know what?  Fuck this, I'm watching Lebowski.