It seems that the Cubs have been getting a lot of press from this site as of late, so if you’re a Cubs hater, than I apologize. However, this needs to be known.
Carlos Zambrano is back on track. Maybe getting rid of Michael Barrett was the magic elixir to make him go.
Zambrano has been absolutely untouchable over his last 7 starts. Including Friday’s effort, he has pitched 51.1 innings over that time and allowed only 8 earned runs against. Add all that up and you end up with a killer 1.40 ERA. Zambrano had a 5.38 ERA before this nice run, and has lowered it to a far more respectable 3.83. Maybe his preseason prediction that a Cy Young Award would be adorning his mantle this fall wasn’t so off the mark.
The Cubs have made up some serious ground on Milwaukee over the past month trimming their lead significantly and Zambrano has been one of the main reasons. His temper can flare at any time but since the now infamous blow up with Barrett, Big ‘Z’ has lit it up and appropriately focused all of his energy towards pitching.
He is a smoldering volcano that could go off anywhere at anytime but there’s pretty much no other pitcher that you’d rather have throwing in game 7 for you. Come to think of it, there’s really no other pitcher I’d rather have throwing beside me in a bar fight either.
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