Zambrano finishes penicillin regime
Huh?
Quote from: Yeti on February 22, 2011, 04:11:51 PM
Huh?
If only there was some kind of a network where you could find out all kinds of useful information. (http://muskat.mlblogs.com/archives/2011/02/222_big_z_im_cured.html)
Quote from: PenPho on February 22, 2011, 04:13:07 PM
Quote from: Yeti on February 22, 2011, 04:11:51 PM
Huh?
If only there was some kind of a network where you could find out all kinds of useful information. (http://muskat.mlblogs.com/archives/2011/02/222_big_z_im_cured.html)
If only there was just one site that I'd need
Quote from: CBStew on February 22, 2011, 03:58:11 PM
Zambrano finishes penicillin regime
It had to be done though. Penicillin was a ruthless dictator. Arab Spring, female doges.
"I got approval from the psychologists that I can be by myself," Zambrano said, laughing.
That is very reassuring
"Dusty Baker claims someone always left a 'crap' in Cubs' dugout"
That wasn't a "crap" Dusty, it was one of your second basemen.
Quote from: CBStew on February 23, 2011, 01:32:07 PM
"Dusty Baker claims someone always left a 'crap' in Cubs' dugout"
That wasn't a "crap" Dusty, it was one of your second basemen.
Goddamn, I love you, sir.
I look forward to filling this thread up with my seed while Big Z goes 15-9 with a 3.40 ERA. No pause intended.
Quote from: CBStew on February 22, 2011, 06:13:14 PM
"I got approval from the psychologists that I can be by myself," Zambrano said, laughing.
That is very reassuring
Well, he wasn't wearing a colander on his head, was he?
Quote from: Wheezer on February 23, 2011, 11:53:07 PM
Quote from: CBStew on February 22, 2011, 06:13:14 PM
"I got approval from the psychologists that I can be by myself," Zambrano said, laughing.
That is very reassuring
Well, he wasn't wearing a colander on his head, was he?
No. Just the regular aluminum foil.
Next week at Wrigley Field, do they retire Zambrano's number or only put up a statue?
Quote from: Brownie on August 12, 2011, 09:59:08 PM
Next week at Wrigley Field, do they retire Zambrano's number or only put up a statue?
Needs fewer legs.
What the hell? (http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-0813-cubs-braves-chicago--20110813,0,2460261.story) I usually follow them with At Bat but
Carrie someone writing for Cubs.com called "Chris Cox" (predictably) didn't say one word about the whole retirement thing. I guess Z did the Cubs' job of trashing their trade bait's value for them.
QuoteAs Zambrano stared at Jones while walking off the field, the Braves dugout emptied. Curiously, the Cubs' dugout did not budge, and there were no incidents.
It's because they wanted to watch him get his ass kicked by 25 guys.
I feel bad for Apex. He's caught in a Sophie's choice situation between chugging Zambrano's dong and chugging Quade's dong.
Quote from: Tinker to Evers to Chance on August 12, 2011, 11:44:23 PM
I feel bad for Apex. He's caught in a Sophie's choice situation between chugging Zambrano's dong and chugging Quade's dong.
He'll pick Quade, it's hairless.
Quote"I have nothing against the Cubs," Zambrano told Gomez. "I have the Cubs in my heart. I was upset with myself because I wasn't pitching the way I am supposed to. It's frustrating. One of the things affecting me is that I'm being paid $18 million a year and I feel like I'm pitching like a $2 million dollar a year pitcher.
"I feel like I haven't been pulling my weight. I did want to retire for a short while that night but I changed after taking some time. I still feel like I could pitch for the Cubs, but it's obviously their decision at this point."
Hendry didn't discuss Zambrano's latest comments.
"Nothing else needs to be said (about Zambrano's situation)," Hendry said. "The process will run its course."
Quote"That (talk of retirement) never should have come out of my mouth, but I said it," Zambrano said on Comcast. "But at same time ... so many people talked to me that night. I appreciate that Sammy Sosa called me ...
"The organization has been good to me. It's great. I've been with the Cubs 14 years, and they've been great to me, and the fans have been great to me. Nothing to complain. I've made some mistakes, yes. And when I make a mistake I accept it. But this time it was for something I say. For something I say I was punished or disciplined. So now I can't say nothing."
QuoteZambrano said he has a good relationship with manager Mike Quade even though "some of the decisions that he made I didn't like" and called Hendry "a great person." Even so, he didn't understand why he was being punished. He said he deserved it following the blowup with Lee, but this time?
"This one I really don't understand," Zambrano said.
Zambrano was ejected Friday for throwing two pitches at Chipper Jones after surrendering five home runs to the Braves.
"Why would I be hitting Chipper that night," Zambrano said on Comcast. "He's the main guy on the Braves.
"I threw some cutters inside because I don't want them to extend their arms. They were too comfortable. If I want to hit somebody, I hit him. I have a good target when I want to hit somebody. I don't miss players. They were cutters. When a pitcher is trying to hit somebody, they do it with a fastball."
As for his future, Zambrano isn't sure what will happen. He did make it clear he hopes to stay put, though.
"If the Cubs welcome me, I'll be with the team again," he said. "If they decide to do something else, I'll have to play for somebody else. In the bottom of my heart, I will be a Cubbie forever."
Sincere, or what people want to hear? (http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/6864438/chicago-cubs-pitcher-carlos-zambrano-wants-remain-cubs)
Maybe he's posturing for the Cubs to buy him out but I would like to see him back. Though I'm sure he'll be sacrificed for the meatheads in the media and the stands.
After watching his interview with the Orange One on CTL this evening I am firmly in Z's camp. Honestly, Mike Fucking Quade and his big mouth shouldn't have said shit. Yeah, someone could have questioned the nameplate being gone and Quade could have easily said he was pissed off and took it out on his locker and that he'd be back tomorrow after a good night's sleep. But no, he spoke from his inner-butthurt and whined about how Zambrano quit on the team.
Then there's David Haugh. Why and how does this guy have a job? He's got no idea what the fuck he's talking about. It's like he's never watched sports in his entire goddamn life. Suddenly he's an expert on how people are supposed to behave. I wish someone would follow him around and then hold a panel discussion on live television to dissect the way he closed up his laptop and left work early the other day after someone ate his Stouffer's Turkey Tetrazzini again and now he's going to have to send out a mass email begging people to stop eating other people's lunches and everyone's going to save that email until the end of time and forward it around every so often to remember the time that chinless dickload thought it was a good idea to send an email to everyone (even the directors) about lunch etiquette and what a whiny twat he sounded like.
Quote from: Slaky on August 15, 2011, 09:27:58 PM
After watching his interview with the Orange One on CTL this evening I am firmly in Z's camp. Honestly, Mike Fucking Quade and his big mouth shouldn't have said shit. Yeah, someone could have questioned the nameplate being gone and Quade could have easily said he was pissed off and took it out on his locker and that he'd be back tomorrow after a good night's sleep. But no, he spoke from his inner-butthurt and whined about how Zambrano quit on the team.
Then there's David Haugh. Why and how does this guy have a job? He's got no idea what the fuck he's talking about. It's like he's never watched sports in his entire goddamn life. Suddenly he's an expert on how people are supposed to behave. I wish someone would follow him around and then hold a panel discussion on live television to dissect the way he closed up his laptop and left work early the other day after someone ate his Stouffer's Turkey Tetrazzini again and now he's going to have to send out a mass email begging people to stop eating other people's lunches and everyone's going to save that email until the end of time and forward it around every so often to remember the time that chinless dickload thought it was a good idea to send an email to everyone (even the directors) about lunch etiquette and what a whiny twat he sounded like.
Why would you be in Z's camp? Like SKO said, had he followed through on the retirement, it would have been the perfect Z way to end his career, instead he's just another gutless fucking asshole.
He can stay, he can go, I don't care. He's just another Cub.
You don't have to choose sides, you're allowed to hate all of them.
Except Starlin.
Edited to agree that David Haugh is one of the dumbest pieces of shit to ever put pen to paper in Chicago.
Quote from: CT III on August 15, 2011, 10:01:01 PM
Quote from: Slaky on August 15, 2011, 09:27:58 PM
After watching his interview with the Orange One on CTL this evening I am firmly in Z's camp. Honestly, Mike Fucking Quade and his big mouth shouldn't have said shit. Yeah, someone could have questioned the nameplate being gone and Quade could have easily said he was pissed off and took it out on his locker and that he'd be back tomorrow after a good night's sleep. But no, he spoke from his inner-butthurt and whined about how Zambrano quit on the team.
Then there's David Haugh. Why and how does this guy have a job? He's got no idea what the fuck he's talking about. It's like he's never watched sports in his entire goddamn life. Suddenly he's an expert on how people are supposed to behave. I wish someone would follow him around and then hold a panel discussion on live television to dissect the way he closed up his laptop and left work early the other day after someone ate his Stouffer's Turkey Tetrazzini again and now he's going to have to send out a mass email begging people to stop eating other people's lunches and everyone's going to save that email until the end of time and forward it around every so often to remember the time that chinless dickload thought it was a good idea to send an email to everyone (even the directors) about lunch etiquette and what a whiny twat he sounded like.
Why would you be in Z's camp? Like SKO said, had he followed through on the retirement, it would have been the perfect Z way to end his career, instead he's just another gutless fucking asshole.
He can stay, he can go, I don't care. He's just another Cub.
You don't have to choose sides, you're allowed to hate all of them.
Except Starlin.
Edited to agree that David Haugh is one of the dumbest pieces of shit to ever put pen to paper in Chicago.
David Haugh drove me to this. Blame him.
Journalists have been trying to chase Carlos out of Chicago for years. He's either too stupid or too stubborn to take the bait.
Quade is a useless sack of shit. It is not surprising that he was Jim Hendry's hire. I hope they both stay in Chicago for as long as the other, because I can't handle the abortion of another Hendry hire.
I have a ZBoner
Quote from: Slaky on August 15, 2011, 09:27:58 PM
After watching his interview with the Orange One on CTL this evening I am firmly in Z's camp. Honestly, Mike Fucking Quade and his big mouth shouldn't have said shit. Yeah, someone could have questioned the nameplate being gone and Quade could have easily said he was pissed off and took it out on his locker and that he'd be back tomorrow after a good night's sleep. But no, he spoke from his inner-butthurt and whined about how Zambrano quit on the team.
Then there's David Haugh. Why and how does this guy have a job? He's got no idea what the fuck he's talking about. It's like he's never watched sports in his entire goddamn life. Suddenly he's an expert on how people are supposed to behave. I wish someone would follow him around and then hold a panel discussion on live television to dissect the way he closed up his laptop and left work early the other day after someone ate his Stouffer's Turkey Tetrazzini again and now he's going to have to send out a mass email begging people to stop eating other people's lunches and everyone's going to save that email until the end of time and forward it around every so often to remember the time that chinless dickload thought it was a good idea to send an email to everyone (even the directors) about lunch etiquette and what a whiny twat he sounded like.
I think Z, despite his hotheadedness, is looking the best here. The Cubs look like they're overreacting. Z might be playing us, but I buy he was pissed and said something out of frustration he didn't mean. He's a competitive guy and he's stuck playing for a shitty team that everyone knew wasn't going anywhere before the season even started. On top of that, his abilities are slipping away from him and he's lost figuring it out. We later learned that within two hours of this episode he informed the team he didn't mean it. And we've never had a very solid source on who overheard him talking retirement in the clubhouse. His own teammates found out from reporters, and it's not like reporters have the players' best interests in mind by telling them. It's only after all this blew up that assholes like Dempster gave those gutless quotes. So, it would be a plausible story for Z to claim he never said it, or that someone misheard him. But instead he owned up to it. So why have Hendry and Quade acted like this is unforgivable? (For that matter, why did Quade handle this through the media instead of behind closed doors? He's embarrassed not just Z but himself and his employer. Maybe there's a good reason he has toiled in the minor leagues for so long.)
Zambrano has yelled face to face with Derrek Lee with the cameras rolling. (For which, yes, he was suspended...but not fired.) He bumped an umpire and mock ejected him from the game. He literally fought one of his teammates in the dugout, also on television for everyone to see. Somehow being upset after getting lit up in the most embarrassing game of his career is the worst offense of them all. What kind of standard is that? And as for the Cubs' alluding to "other issues" with Z this season, it's possible he's been a horrible human being behind the scenes all year, but making excuses for suspending him and/or backing up Quade seems more likely. Everyone involved could use a fresh start elsewhere, starting with Hendry, but you just don't get rid of the architect of a juggernaut like the 2011 Chicago Cubs.
Quote from: Slaky on August 15, 2011, 09:27:58 PM
After watching his interview with the Orange One on CTL this evening I am firmly in Z's camp. Honestly, Mike Fucking Quade and his big mouth shouldn't have said shit. Yeah, someone could have questioned the nameplate being gone and Quade could have easily said he was pissed off and took it out on his locker and that he'd be back tomorrow after a good night's sleep. But no, he spoke from his inner-butthurt and whined about how Zambrano quit on the team.
Then there's David Haugh. Why and how does this guy have a job? He's got no idea what the fuck he's talking about. It's like he's never watched sports in his entire goddamn life. Suddenly he's an expert on how people are supposed to behave. I wish someone would follow him around and then hold a panel discussion on live television to dissect the way he closed up his laptop and left work early the other day after someone ate his Stouffer's Turkey Tetrazzini again and now he's going to have to send out a mass email begging people to stop eating other people's lunches and everyone's going to save that email until the end of time and forward it around every so often to remember the time that chinless dickload thought it was a good idea to send an email to everyone (even the directors) about lunch etiquette and what a whiny twat he sounded like.
It's comical watching Hendry, Quade, Soriano, Dumpster, the sacks of shit in the Cubs organization, and David Haugh wet themselves over Big Z like this. He blows up, that's what he does. Afterward, he comes back and he is fine. Shouldn't these idiots know by now that you just ride out the storm with Big Z.
With Ricketts, Crane, Jimbo, Quade, and the defacto captain Dumpster this team is going to suck for many years to come.
Z will get dumped this winter for pennies on the dollar and spend the next 5 years sticking it up the Cubs' ass. It's gonna hai.
Quote from: Sterling Archer on August 15, 2011, 11:49:10 PM
Somehow being upset after getting lit up in the most embarrassing game of his career is the worst offense of them all. What kind of standard is that?
"Being upset" isn't the worst offense he did. He left the park before he was supposed to without permission.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on August 16, 2011, 08:52:12 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on August 15, 2011, 11:49:10 PM
Somehow being upset after getting lit up in the most embarrassing game of his career is the worst offense of them all. What kind of standard is that?
"Being upset" isn't the worst offense he did. He left the park before he was supposed to without permission.
Which could have easily been covered up. Instead Quade blabs to the media not only leaving his player unprotected but exposing the fact that he has no control over the clubhouse. Zero.
"I told Carlos to just head back to the hotel and shake this off as best as he could. He was very upset and I thought it was the best thing for him and the team at the time."
HOW HARD IS THAT? Then deal with the "fallout" of bailing on the team internally. What a novel concept.
Quote from: Slaky on August 16, 2011, 09:47:53 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on August 16, 2011, 08:52:12 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on August 15, 2011, 11:49:10 PM
Somehow being upset after getting lit up in the most embarrassing game of his career is the worst offense of them all. What kind of standard is that?
"Being upset" isn't the worst offense he did. He left the park before he was supposed to without permission.
Which could have easily been covered up. Instead Quade blabs to the media not only leaving his player unprotected but exposing the fact that he has no control over the clubhouse. Zero.
"I told Carlos to just head back to the hotel and shake this off as best as he could. He was very upset and I thought it was the best thing for him and the team at the time."
HOW HARD IS THAT? Then deal with the "fallout" of bailing on the team internally. What a novel concept.
Quade is not blameless in this. You know, after giving up 4 dingers in 4 plus innings, perhaps a decent manager would have the bullpen up.
Quote from: Slaky on August 16, 2011, 09:47:53 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on August 16, 2011, 08:52:12 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on August 15, 2011, 11:49:10 PM
Somehow being upset after getting lit up in the most embarrassing game of his career is the worst offense of them all. What kind of standard is that?
"Being upset" isn't the worst offense he did. He left the park before he was supposed to without permission.
Which could have easily been covered up. Instead Quade blabs to the media not only leaving his player unprotected but exposing the fact that he has no control over the clubhouse. Zero.
"I told Carlos to just head back to the hotel and shake this off as best as he could. He was very upset and I thought it was the best thing for him and the team at the time."
HOW HARD IS THAT? Then deal with the "fallout" of bailing on the team internally. What a novel concept.
Time for a Quade bashing of Castro in the media to show his reestablishment of his control over the clubhouse.
Quade's teams finish strong, dude. With or without their horses.
I've been away and haven't read Quade's comments or anything more than what's been in a couple of Sullivan articles. I really liked Zambrano for a long time but I'm just done with the whole thing. When things are going well, we never have problems with Zambrano. When things get bad, he gets worse. Some of the comments from his teammates, including Soriano calling him, "mentally weak," are starting to resonate with me.
I'm not on the ZOMG, DISQUALIFY! bandwagon or anything but I've got one fewer reprieve for my fire barn. Castro, Marmol and Quade. That's it.
/fin
Quote from: CT III on August 15, 2011, 10:01:01 PM
Like SKO said, had he followed through on the retirement, it would have been the perfect Z way to end his career
That.
Quote from: Fork on August 16, 2011, 07:48:14 AM
Z will get dumped this winter for pennies on the dollar and spend the next 5 years sticking it up the Cubs' ass. It's gonna hai.
I doubt this. But, at this point, I think I'd probably root for him.
Quote from: Waco Kid on August 16, 2011, 09:52:49 AM
Time for a Quade bashing of Castro in the media to show his reestablishment of his control over the clubhouse.
Or at least bench him for a week for dogging it to first on a pop fly.
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 16, 2011, 10:15:09 AM
Quade's teams finish strong, dude. With or without their horses.
I've been away and haven't read Quade's comments or anything more than what's been in a couple of Sullivan articles. I really liked Zambrano for a long time but I'm just done with the whole thing. When things are going well, we never have problems with Zambrano. When things get bad, he gets worse. Some of the comments from his teammates, including Soriano calling him, "mentally weak," are starting to resonate with me.
I'm not on the ZOMG, DISQUALIFY! bandwagon or anything but I've got one fewer reprieve for my fire barn. Castro, Marmol and Quade. That's it.
/fin
I like you but Mike Quade is a moron.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 16, 2011, 10:22:27 AM
Quote from: CT III on August 15, 2011, 10:01:01 PM
Like SKO said, had he followed through on the retirement, it would have been the perfect Z way to end his career
That.
Quote from: Fork on August 16, 2011, 07:48:14 AM
Z will get dumped this winter for pennies on the dollar and spend the next 5 years sticking it up the Cubs' ass. It's gonna hai.
I doubt this. But, at this point, I think I'd probably root for him.
Quote from: Waco Kid on August 16, 2011, 09:52:49 AM
Time for a Quade bashing of Castro in the media to show his reestablishment of his control over the clubhouse.
Or at least bench him for a week for dogging it to first on a pop fly.
Not sure where the Quade destroying Castro meme came from. But it's reeks of meatballery. Castro's getting better all the time and Quade has been in charge of coaching him. Whatever he's doing is working so hash tag etc.etc.etc.
Quote from: Slaky on August 16, 2011, 10:23:03 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 16, 2011, 10:15:09 AM
Quade's teams finish strong, dude. With or without their horses.
I've been away and haven't read Quade's comments or anything more than what's been in a couple of Sullivan articles. I really liked Zambrano for a long time but I'm just done with the whole thing. When things are going well, we never have problems with Zambrano. When things get bad, he gets worse. Some of the comments from his teammates, including Soriano calling him, "mentally weak," are starting to resonate with me.
I'm not on the ZOMG, DISQUALIFY! bandwagon or anything but I've got one fewer reprieve for my fire barn. Castro, Marmol and Quade. That's it.
/fin
I like you but Mike Quade is a moron.
So am I. This just feels right.
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 16, 2011, 10:24:38 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 16, 2011, 10:22:27 AM
Quote from: CT III on August 15, 2011, 10:01:01 PM
Like SKO said, had he followed through on the retirement, it would have been the perfect Z way to end his career
That.
Quote from: Fork on August 16, 2011, 07:48:14 AM
Z will get dumped this winter for pennies on the dollar and spend the next 5 years sticking it up the Cubs' ass. It's gonna hai.
I doubt this. But, at this point, I think I'd probably root for him.
Quote from: Waco Kid on August 16, 2011, 09:52:49 AM
Time for a Quade bashing of Castro in the media to show his reestablishment of his control over the clubhouse.
Or at least bench him for a week for dogging it to first on a pop fly.
Not sure where the Quade destroying Castro meme came from. But it's reeks of meatballery. Castro's getting better all the time and Quade has been in charge of coaching him. Whatever he's doing is working so hash tag etc.etc.etc.
Rudolpho Jaramillo is the guy behind the guy.
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 16, 2011, 10:24:38 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 16, 2011, 10:22:27 AM
Quote from: Waco Kid on August 16, 2011, 09:52:49 AM
Time for a Quade bashing of Castro in the media to show his reestablishment of his control over the clubhouse.
Or at least bench him for a week for dogging it to first on a pop fly.
Not sure where the Quade destroying Castro meme came from. But it's reeks of meatballery. Castro's getting better all the time and Quade has been in charge of coaching him. Whatever he's doing is working so hash tag etc.etc.etc.
Who ever said anything about "destroying"?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 16, 2011, 10:27:54 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 16, 2011, 10:24:38 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 16, 2011, 10:22:27 AM
Quote from: Waco Kid on August 16, 2011, 09:52:49 AM
Time for a Quade bashing of Castro in the media to show his reestablishment of his control over the clubhouse.
Or at least bench him for a week for dogging it to first on a pop fly.
Not sure where the Quade destroying Castro meme came from. But it's reeks of meatballery. Castro's getting better all the time and Quade has been in charge of coaching him. Whatever he's doing is working so hash tag etc.etc.etc.
Who ever said anything about "destroying"?
Did he really bench him for a week for dogging it on a pop fly? I admit, I've not been watching.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 16, 2011, 10:27:54 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 16, 2011, 10:24:38 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 16, 2011, 10:22:27 AM
Quote from: Waco Kid on August 16, 2011, 09:52:49 AM
Time for a Quade bashing of Castro in the media to show his reestablishment of his control over the clubhouse.
Or at least bench him for a week for dogging it to first on a pop fly.
Not sure where the Quade destroying Castro meme came from. But it's reeks of meatballery. Castro's getting better all the time and Quade has been in charge of coaching him. Whatever he's doing is working so hash tag etc.etc.etc.
Who ever said anything about "destroying"?
Mike Quade is a retarded bald dumbfuck. He has done nothing to help this team or this franchise, other than keep the manager's seat warm for a RYNOREVIVAL and an eventual world series ring. He has handled the pitchers terribly, he has handled the clubhouse terribly, and he has frightened everybody within a 5 mile radius of wherever he is walking at the current moment. He sucks. What a waste of albino skin. Zambrano is a dumb, shitty pitcher, but he should still have whupped Quade's naired ass if he had the chance for throwing him under the caboose.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 16, 2011, 10:27:54 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 16, 2011, 10:24:38 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 16, 2011, 10:22:27 AM
Quote from: Waco Kid on August 16, 2011, 09:52:49 AM
Time for a Quade bashing of Castro in the media to show his reestablishment of his control over the clubhouse.
Or at least bench him for a week for dogging it to first on a pop fly.
Not sure where the Quade destroying Castro meme came from. But it's reeks of meatballery. Castro's getting better all the time and Quade has been in charge of coaching him. Whatever he's doing is working so hash tag etc.etc.etc.
Who ever said anything about "destroying"?
Thinking Mike Quade is a sack of hairless shit (as opposed to hairy shit) doesn't automatically denote meatballery and I'm pretty sure I resent the inference. I was meh on Quade until this. Zambrano isn't blameless but Quade fucked this up, too.
This whole organization fucking sucks. What are we supposed to do? Who has it worse? When you combine spending power and size of fan base with ineptitude of an organization is there a combination in pro sports to match the Cubs? The Raiders and Bengals come to mind but they don't have nearly the size of fan base that the Cubs have. They also aren't considered amongst the richest teams in their league.
I mean really - this is as bad as it gets in sports. Right here. And I fully realize that claiming that the Cubs are the worst and no one is worse is part of the reason why Cub fans are universally reviled. When they stink, we piss and moan about how it's so hard for us. Woe is the Cub fan. When they have a good team, which we have to admit does happen from time to time it's Go Cubs Go and wow, way to go - the team spending north of a hundred million dollars on payroll is actually winning a majority of their games - WAY TO GO.
Fuck this. I don't even care if none of that made sense.
Quote from: Slaky on August 16, 2011, 10:40:36 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 16, 2011, 10:27:54 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 16, 2011, 10:24:38 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 16, 2011, 10:22:27 AM
Quote from: Waco Kid on August 16, 2011, 09:52:49 AM
Time for a Quade bashing of Castro in the media to show his reestablishment of his control over the clubhouse.
Or at least bench him for a week for dogging it to first on a pop fly.
Not sure where the Quade destroying Castro meme came from. But it's reeks of meatballery. Castro's getting better all the time and Quade has been in charge of coaching him. Whatever he's doing is working so hash tag etc.etc.etc.
Who ever said anything about "destroying"?
Thinking Mike Quade is a sack of hairless shit (as opposed to hairy shit) doesn't automatically denote meatballery and I'm pretty sure I resent the inference. I was meh on Quade until this. Zambrano isn't blameless but Quade fucked this up, too.
This whole organization fucking sucks. What are we supposed to do? Who has it worse? When you combine spending power and size of fan base with ineptitude of an organization is there a combination in pro sports to match the Cubs? The Raiders and Bengals come to mind but they don't have nearly the size of fan base that the Cubs have. They also aren't considered amongst the richest teams in their league.
I mean really - this is as bad as it gets in sports. Right here. And I fully realize that claiming that the Cubs are the worst and no one is worse is part of the reason why Cub fans are universally reviled. When they stink, we piss and moan about how it's so hard for us. Woe is the Cub fan. When they have a good team, which we have to admit does happen from time to time it's Go Cubs Go and wow, way to go - the team spending north of a hundred million dollars on payroll is actually winning a majority of their games - WAY TO GO.
Fuck this. I don't even care if none of that made sense.
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Quote from: Waco Kid on August 16, 2011, 09:52:49 AM
Time for a Quade bashing of Castro in the media to show his reestablishment of his control over the clubhouse.
Or at least bench him for a week for dogging it to first on a pop fly.
Not sure where the Quade destroying Castro meme came from. But it's reeks of meatballery. Castro's getting better all the time and Quade has been in charge of coaching him. Whatever he's doing is working so hash tag etc.etc.etc.
Who ever said anything about "destroying"?
Thinking Mike Quade is a sack of hairless shit (as opposed to hairy shit) doesn't automatically denote meatballery and I'm pretty sure I resent the inference. I was meh on Quade until this. Zambrano isn't blameless but Quade fucked this up, too.
This whole organization fucking sucks. What are we supposed to do? Who has it worse? When you combine spending power and size of fan base with ineptitude of an organization is there a combination in pro sports to match the Cubs? The Raiders and Bengals come to mind but they don't have nearly the size of fan base that the Cubs have. They also aren't considered amongst the richest teams in their league.
I mean really - this is as bad as it gets in sports. Right here. And I fully realize that claiming that the Cubs are the worst and no one is worse is part of the reason why Cub fans are universally reviled. When they stink, we piss and moan about how it's so hard for us. Woe is the Cub fan. When they have a good team, which we have to admit does happen from time to time it's Go Cubs Go and wow, way to go - the team spending north of a hundred million dollars on payroll is actually winning a majority of their games - WAY TO GO.
Fuck this. I don't even care if none of that made sense.
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Quote from: Slaky on August 16, 2011, 10:23:03 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 16, 2011, 10:15:09 AM
Quade's teams finish strong, dude. With or without their horses.
I've been away and haven't read Quade's comments or anything more than what's been in a couple of Sullivan articles. I really liked Zambrano for a long time but I'm just done with the whole thing. When things are going well, we never have problems with Zambrano. When things get bad, he gets worse. Some of the comments from his teammates, including Soriano calling him, "mentally weak," are starting to resonate with me.
I'm not on the ZOMG, DISQUALIFY! bandwagon or anything but I've got one fewer reprieve for my fire barn. Castro, Marmol and Quade. That's it.
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I like you but Mike Quade is a moron.
That moron has managed this team to victory in 12 of the last 15 games. The Cubs are the hottest team in baseball!
Quote from: Slaky on August 16, 2011, 10:40:36 AM
I mean really - this is as bad as it gets in sports. Right here. And I fully realize that claiming that the Cubs are the worst and no one is worse is part of the reason why Cub fans are universally reviled. When they stink, we piss and moan about how it's so hard for us. Woe is the Cub fan. When they have a good team, which we have to admit does happen from time to time it's Go Cubs Go and wow, way to go - the team spending north of a hundred million dollars on payroll is actually winning a majority of their games - WAY TO GO.
Are the fans that piss and moan the annoying ones? Or is it the "go Cubbies go" fans that get excited about meaningless wins the annoying ones? The dancing and singing when we're a thousand games out has to be more embarrassing then booing would be. If I was not a Cub fan but saw the post game celebration in the stands on a national WGN broadcast I'd wonder why the stadium was full of retards.
I wonder what the attendance numbers would be at Cub games if they didn't sell beer?
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I wonder what the attendance numbers would be at Cub games if they didn't sell beer?
Or if there were nails sticking up out of the seats.
Quote from: Slaky on August 15, 2011, 09:27:58 PM
After watching his interview with the Orange One on CTL this evening I am firmly in Z's camp. Honestly, Mike Fucking Quade and his big mouth shouldn't have said shit. Yeah, someone could have questioned the nameplate being gone and Quade could have easily said he was pissed off and took it out on his locker and that he'd be back tomorrow after a good night's sleep. But no, he spoke from his inner-butthurt and whined about how Zambrano quit on the team.
It seems like a pretty well orchestrated effort by Quade and Hendry to get out from what is left on Z's contract. Like most everything else they try, it is likely to fail.
Cubs.com must have missed the part where Z said he wasn't retiring:
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There is something in the drinking water in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP)—Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba was suspended Monday from Venezuela's professional baseball league for 66 games for striking an umpire.
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There is something in the drinking water in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP)—Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba was suspended Monday from Venezuela's professional baseball league for 66 games for striking an umpire.
Chavez's piss?