The high-strung Chicago Cubs hurler bitched about Carlos Marmol giving up the tying RBI double on a slider to Ryan Theriot in the ninth inning of their team's 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Zambrano, who clearly never makes mistakes, said after the game that the closer should have gone with a fastball instead.
Though he apologized to Marmol in person, he had this to say while explaining himself to the media on Monday:
"What I said yesterday was in a moment of frustration. I apologized to Marmol. Let’s move on."
Frustration is understandable when your club is fifth in the National League Central -- 11 games out of first place -- and coming off the ass end of a sweep by the rival first-place Cardinals. However, you need to learn to control yourself man.
This, just a few days after he flipped the eff out while whiffing on a rookie curveball.
[Hardball Talk]
3 comments:
High-strung is quite possibly the best description for the guy. He's intense, and that's good for a pitcher, but he needs to keep his trap shut sometimes.
Zambrano should apologize for insulting every AAA team by comparing them to the Cubs.
I'm a Cards fan, so it's in my nature to hate the Cubs. And with that said, why should Zambrano apologize for telling the truth? If anyone in that organization should apologize, it should be Jim Hendry for signing Soriano to that god-awful contract, and for thinking that getting Milton Bradley a couple years ago was a good idea.
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