- Zambrano hopes to remain a Cub. He wanted to return to the team Saturday but could not because he was suspended.
- Carlos says that he did not try to hit Chipper Jones.
- He does not think that the punishment is fair.
- Zambrano did say that he was thinking about retiring but it was because he was frustrated. The comments were supposed to be private.
- He received text messages of support from Sammy Sosa, Marlon Byrd, Jason Giambi, Carlos Pena, Alfonso Soriano and Ozzie Guillen.
- Soriano and Zambrano are on good terms despite their confrontation.
Believe it or not, I actually side with Carlos Zambrano on this situation. I do not think that the 30 day suspension was in order. I know that they are sick of thing like this, but he did not do much wrong. He was ejected from the game so technically he did not walk out on his team. He cleaned out his locker but returned his things that night. Z told a clubhouse worker that he was thinking about retiring... does that violate a team rule? The only thing that I think he did that was truly wrong was throw at Jones. I'm not buying his claim this the pitches were not on purpose. I think a 3-5 day team suspension would have made more sense than a trip to the 30-day inactive list. What do you think? Please comment with your thoughts!
That's it for now, but I'll keep you posted on everything Cubs as always!
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