Comments on: The Cubs tried to deal Carlos Zambrano to the Yankees http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/27/the-cubs-tried-to-deal-carlos-zambrano-to-the-yankees/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bigharold http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/27/the-cubs-tried-to-deal-carlos-zambrano-to-the-yankees/comment-page-1/#comment-170423 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:06:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=74570#comment-170423 I don’t think getting Zambrano is a good idea but the Cubs bring the idea to the Yankees doesn’t seem that far fetched.

If anyone in the Yankee FO had suggested at the end of last season that the Yankees would have Colon and Garcia as important parts of their rotation and that they would be doing as well as they have been they would have been sent for drug testing on the spot. Circumstances forced the Yankees to think out of the box and try things that they normally wouldn’t have given a second thought to. If the Cubs were willing to eat a big part of his salary why would it be so far fetched for the Yankees take a chance on him?

That being said, .. hey lets not over do it with the come back stories.

]]> By: kingbuccaneer http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/27/the-cubs-tried-to-deal-carlos-zambrano-to-the-yankees/comment-page-1/#comment-170022 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:29:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=74570#comment-170022 Boy am I glad not to be a Scrubs fan….

]]> By: nudeman http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/27/the-cubs-tried-to-deal-carlos-zambrano-to-the-yankees/comment-page-1/#comment-170018 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:27:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=74570#comment-170018 Reported to camp the 1st year of more rigorous PED testing noticeably lighter. Fastball went from 96 to 92-3. Pretty much hasn’t been worth a shit since.

You figure it out.

]]> By: quintjs http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/27/the-cubs-tried-to-deal-carlos-zambrano-to-the-yankees/comment-page-1/#comment-170014 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:19:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=74570#comment-170014 It would have been nice if Rosenthal had been more honest in his tweet.

“#Cubs called #Yankees on Zambrano. Yankees’ laughed in their face”

]]> By: deathmonkey41 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/27/the-cubs-tried-to-deal-carlos-zambrano-to-the-yankees/comment-page-1/#comment-170005 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:03:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=74570#comment-170005 “at best he is now a middle of the rotation guy”

And a very expensive middle of the rotation guy at that.

]]> By: willcoop http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/27/the-cubs-tried-to-deal-carlos-zambrano-to-the-yankees/comment-page-1/#comment-170000 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:58:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=74570#comment-170000 This is what happens when an athlete becomes the sole focus of the team, but in a negative way. Now he has made himself practically untradeable and to a team that’s always in the hunt year after year. The Cubs will be stuck with this contract until the end, and at best he is now a middle of the rotation guy, no longer an ace.

]]> By: Jonny 5 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/27/the-cubs-tried-to-deal-carlos-zambrano-to-the-yankees/comment-page-1/#comment-169998 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:56:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=74570#comment-169998 I’m guessing they sprayed whatever they were drinking at the time, everywhere….

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