The Carlos Zambrano saga took another turn yesterday when the Cubs placed Big Z on the restricted list while he attends anger management training. The restricted list is used when players need to be away from the game for a reason other than injury or bereavement. Milton Bradley was placed on the resticted list earlier [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Zambrano Does Milton Bradley Impersonation
June 27, 2010 – 8:24 am
As you can tell from my lack of posts recently, I am finding the Cubs circa 2010 to be nearly impossible to watch and comment on. The team is just completely uninteresting. They seem to lack fire and passion. However, there is one guy on the team who exhibits both fire and passion, but not [...]
Hard To Be Excited About The Cubs
June 11, 2010 – 7:29 am
I haven’t written much in the past week. I thought about writing some doom and gloom after the team lost two-out-of-three to the hapless Astros last weekend. I felt better on Monday when the Cubs beat the Pirates for the first time this season in Pittsburgh. My joy was short-lived as the Cubs stumbled into [...]
Isn’t It a Little Early To Be Giving Up?
June 3, 2010 – 8:11 am
The Interwebs is/are ablaze with talk about the Cubs blowing up their underperforming team and starting anew. One rumor has the Angels in talks to acquire Derrek Lee. Another says the Cubs are talking to the Angels about Xavier Nady, not Lee. Other rumors have the Cubs trading Tom Gorzelanny to an undisclosed team. There [...]
