Topic: Carlos Zambrano
The Chicago Cubs have slapped Carlos Zambrano with a 30 day ban after the volatile pitcher cleaned out his locker and left the ballpark when he gave up five home runs to Atlanta on Friday.The right-handed pitcher has been ordered to take ...
Dan Uggla has blasted two home runs to extend his hitting streak to an Atlanta Braves-record 32 games as they beat the Chicago Cubs 10-4.Uggla surpassed Rico Carty's 31-game streak in 1970 for the longest in Atlanta Braves history when he opened ...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Phillies held off a spirited rally to defeat the Chicago Cubs 7-5 at Citizens Bank Park on Friday.Philadelphia built a 7-0 lead on the strength of seven strong innings from starter Roy Halladay and a grand slam ...
Consider that Roy Oswalt, Corey Hart, Prince Fielder, Jayson Werth, Jorge Cantu, Ty Wigginton, Jake Westbrook, Fausto Carmona, and possibly Adam Dunn and Austin Kearns are available along with Carlos Zambrano and Ted Lilly, and there are plenty of impact players around. ...
In one of the more bizarre statements of the preseason, Carlos Zambrano recently guaranteed a Cy Young award for himself and a World Series win for the Cubs in 2007. "And besides that, we will win the World Series. " Later in ...
In 1995, the Chicago Cubs drafted pitcher Kerry Wood with the 4th overall pick in the amateur draft. For the first time ever, Zambrano began a year in the same league he had finished in the year before. Twenty-five-year-old Kerry Wood's K ...
The Cubs, Yankees and Red Sox are probably the three most historic franchises in baseball?and for years the Sox and Cubs were known as hard-luck losers. Fergie Jenkins (2038)?Fergie Jenkins was pretty much a journeyman, but played the bulk of his career ...
The Cubs have a very good, All Star level, Catcher in Geovany Soto. Then there is the matter of what to do with Carlos Zambrano.. Soto does have a very good walk rate (16%), and the strike out rate is not bad ...
As a longtime Cubs fan, Tom Ricketts knew well the history of the team he now owns and its long tradition of grabbing headlines without winning a World Series title. And Year One under Ricketts ended just like the previous 101 - ...
Matt Cain, bullpen combine on three-hitter, Buster Posey homers as Giants beat Cubs 1-0Matt Cain and three relievers combined on a two-hitter, Buster Posey homered and the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants beat Carlos Zambrano and the Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Tuesday.Cain ...