Thought of the Day
Carlos Zambrano, my favorite Cub for the better part of this decade, now holds the title for the best ejection ever. You disagree? Try telling that to Big Z's face.
Yesterday, after a Pirates runner was called safe at the plate following a wild pitch, Z argued that he shouldn't have been out. He protested, pointed at the plate, still not luck. Then he bumped the ump, earning an ejection. So what did Zambrano do? He gave the heave-ho sign back to the man behind the plate. Finally Z walked off the filed, but he was far from done. First a baseball was thrown into the crowd, and then, like his fist did to Michael Barrett's face in 2007, Zambrano's bat destroyed the Gatorade cooler in the dugout. The tirade earned him a six-game suspension, just as the Cubs are starting to play better. And you know what? I couldn't be prouder of my favorite player.
Yesterday, after a Pirates runner was called safe at the plate following a wild pitch, Z argued that he shouldn't have been out. He protested, pointed at the plate, still not luck. Then he bumped the ump, earning an ejection. So what did Zambrano do? He gave the heave-ho sign back to the man behind the plate. Finally Z walked off the filed, but he was far from done. First a baseball was thrown into the crowd, and then, like his fist did to Michael Barrett's face in 2007, Zambrano's bat destroyed the Gatorade cooler in the dugout. The tirade earned him a six-game suspension, just as the Cubs are starting to play better. And you know what? I couldn't be prouder of my favorite player.
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