Cubs Place Zambrano on Disqualified List
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Cubs Place Zambrano on Disqualified List
The Chicago Cubs placed Carlos Zambrano on the disqualified list Saturday and said the right-hander would get no pay and have no part in team activities for 30 days.
Zambrano cleaned out his locker and left the team soon after giving up five homers and getting ejected from Friday night's 10-4 loss towards the Braves. He did not return to the team Saturday.
Common manager Jim Hendry stated Saturday that Zambrano's actions, including a brush-back pitch to Chipper Jones that led towards the ejection, had been "intolerable."
"This was essentially the most stringent penalty we could enforce without a release," Hendry stated.
Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster had similarly strong words.
"He's made his bed. Let him sleep in it," Dempster stated.
"It's not like it is one thing new."
Hendry stated Main League Baseball plus the players' association would discuss Zambrano's statements about his baseball future.
Cubs manager Mike Quade said Friday night that Zambrano told team personnel he might retire.
"There's not a lot worse than running out on your teammates inside the middle of a ballgame," Hendry stated on a conference call.
Hendry said he apologized to Braves common manager Frank Wren for the actions by Zambrano on the very same night Atlanta honored former manager Bobby Cox.
Zambrano was ejected by plate umpire Tim Timmons within the fifth inning following throwing two inside pitches to Jones, the second going all of the solution to the backstop. The brush-back pitches followed homers by Freddie Freeman and Dan Uggla.
"It was uncalled for, the pitch to Chipper Jones," Hendry said.
Carlos Zambrano
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Chicago Cubs beginning pitcher Carlos Zambrano... View Full Caption
"I really feel that anything at all to detract from Bobby Cox's night other than usual competition is totally intolerable."
Asked if he knew where Zambrano was on Saturday, Hendry stated: "I have no idea."
Jones stated Hendry's comments were "a class move. I appreciated it."
Added Jones: "I like Carlos. I've constantly liked Carlos. He's an intense competitor. However, sometimes that hurts him."
Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez stated Zambrano would be welcomed back by his teammates, but only if he made adjustments.
"If he modifications his attitude, he's much more than welcome," Ramirez said.
"He's got to feel just a little bit extra. He's 1 man. It is not just one time. A great deal of persons have attempted to help him. He won't let them."
Zambrano was placed on the restricted list for six weeks and sent to anger management last season after a verbal altercation with then-teammate Derrek Lee.
In 2009, he was suspended following a tirade against an umpire in which he threw a baseball into the outfield and slammed his glove against the dugout fence.
Outfielder Marlon Byrd said he talked with Zambrano.
'He stated that he's performing much better nowadays," Byrd said. "That's it."
Asked about Zambrano becoming placed on the disqualified list, Byrd stated: "That's business enterprise. They have to do what they've to do."
In 2007, Zambrano signed a deal adding $91.5 million over 5 seasons through 2012. He was to earn $17.85 million this season and $18 million in 2012.
The Chicago Cubs placed Carlos Zambrano on the disqualified list Saturday and said the right-hander would get no pay and have no part in team activities for 30 days.
Zambrano cleaned out his locker and left the team soon after giving up five homers and getting ejected from Friday night's 10-4 loss towards the Braves. He did not return to the team Saturday.
Common manager Jim Hendry stated Saturday that Zambrano's actions, including a brush-back pitch to Chipper Jones that led towards the ejection, had been "intolerable."
"This was essentially the most stringent penalty we could enforce without a release," Hendry stated.
Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster had similarly strong words.
"He's made his bed. Let him sleep in it," Dempster stated.
"It's not like it is one thing new."
Hendry stated Main League Baseball plus the players' association would discuss Zambrano's statements about his baseball future.
Cubs manager Mike Quade said Friday night that Zambrano told team personnel he might retire.
"There's not a lot worse than running out on your teammates inside the middle of a ballgame," Hendry stated on a conference call.
Hendry said he apologized to Braves common manager Frank Wren for the actions by Zambrano on the very same night Atlanta honored former manager Bobby Cox.
Zambrano was ejected by plate umpire Tim Timmons within the fifth inning following throwing two inside pitches to Jones, the second going all of the solution to the backstop. The brush-back pitches followed homers by Freddie Freeman and Dan Uggla.
"It was uncalled for, the pitch to Chipper Jones," Hendry said.
Carlos Zambrano
AP
Chicago Cubs beginning pitcher Carlos Zambrano... View Full Caption
"I really feel that anything at all to detract from Bobby Cox's night other than usual competition is totally intolerable."
Asked if he knew where Zambrano was on Saturday, Hendry stated: "I have no idea."
Jones stated Hendry's comments were "a class move. I appreciated it."
Added Jones: "I like Carlos. I've constantly liked Carlos. He's an intense competitor. However, sometimes that hurts him."
Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez stated Zambrano would be welcomed back by his teammates, but only if he made adjustments.
"If he modifications his attitude, he's much more than welcome," Ramirez said.
"He's got to feel just a little bit extra. He's 1 man. It is not just one time. A great deal of persons have attempted to help him. He won't let them."
Zambrano was placed on the restricted list for six weeks and sent to anger management last season after a verbal altercation with then-teammate Derrek Lee.
In 2009, he was suspended following a tirade against an umpire in which he threw a baseball into the outfield and slammed his glove against the dugout fence.
Outfielder Marlon Byrd said he talked with Zambrano.
'He stated that he's performing much better nowadays," Byrd said. "That's it."
Asked about Zambrano becoming placed on the disqualified list, Byrd stated: "That's business enterprise. They have to do what they've to do."
In 2007, Zambrano signed a deal adding $91.5 million over 5 seasons through 2012. He was to earn $17.85 million this season and $18 million in 2012.
