Cubs: Big Z suspended indefefinately

UPDATE: According to Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune, the Cubs have suspended Carlos Zambrano indefinitely for his actions during Friday's game.

"His conduct was not acceptable," Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said. "It has become a bit of a tired act."

According to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com, Hendry said, "We'll play with 24 before we tolerate that behavior."

Wow.

Zambrano was sent home by Cubs manager Lou Piniella, who called the whole incident "embarrassing" during a post-game press conference. Speaking of embarrassing, Big Z reportedly jawed at some cameramen on the way out of the stadium, according to Sullivan. Film at 11!


Oh, and just a reminder, Zambrano is in the third year of a five-year, $91.5 million contract. Fun.

5:05 PM: Today's starter Carlos Zambrano went nuts during the first inning of today's Cubs-White Sox game, after which he was removed from the game by Lou Piniella and asked to leave the ballpark.

The details: The first batter he faced was Juan Pierre, who doubled down the first base line. Zambrano then gave up another double, a single and a three-run home run to Carlos Quentin, and ended the inning behind 4-0. Once he got back to the dugout he got up in Derrek Lee's face, obviously jawing at him over his failure to field Pierre's hit before it made it down the line.

And he might have had a point. I'm not watching the game, but those who are say that the ball was probably playable for Lee. But if Zambrano had any moral high ground on that point he lost it the second he decided to yell at rather than talk to Lee, and then when he decided to smash the Gatorade cooler and throw water on the field. That was enough for Piniella, obviously, who replaced Zambrano with Tom Gorzelanny. I'm sure we'll be hearing more about this one after the game.

Just another day at the ballpark for Big Z. Just another summer of dealing with a freakin' head case for the Chicago Cubs.

You know as well as I do, Big Z always keeps his emotions on his sleeve.....within reach for him to blow up within an instant!!

Originally Posted by rtm27

You know as well as I do, Big Z always keeps his emotions on his sleeve.....within reach for him to blow up within an instant!!

Exactly! The sad thing is Big Z isn't playing well enough lately to pardon those blow ups. He's always been emotional, but yelling and screaming at D.Lee, one the classiest, most soft spoken gentleman in the majors? Please. If Lee could've grabbed that liner on a dive, he would have. He is a gold glover afterall.