Over the course of a 162 game season, even the best teams have slumps. Particularly in this era of relatively balanced competition even the perennial division winners – teams like the Red Sox, Cardinals, and Angels – run into rough stretches. But the 2009 Chicago Cubs are currently enduring a slump that even the worst teams have to avoid staring directly at. The Cubs current play makes me wonder not when will this slump end, but rather when will this season end.
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I have a theory about Carlos Zambrano that I have stated repeatedly, and I will do so again here: Carlos Zambrano is pretty close to becoming the greatest pitcher in the history of Wrigley Field. There have simply been very few pitchers who have sustained success over several years pitching in Wrigley. The best pitcher is probably Ferguson Jenkins, and Zambrano is probably second. Already. At the age of 28.
Fact is, Wrigley Field chews up pitchers, and unfortunately f...
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Baseball Reflections:
PLAYERS:
Carlos Zambrano,
Rich Harden,
Kerry Wood,
Carlos Marmol,
Kevin Gregg,
Alfonso Soriano,
Micah Hoffpauir,
Ryan Theriot,
Derrek Lee,
Geovany Soto,
Aaron Miles,
Mike Fontenot,
Milton Bradley,
Aramis Ramirez,
Kosuke Fukudome,
Jake Fox
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees
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