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Zambrano doing crazy training

Found December 14, 2011 on Sportress of Blogitude: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Carlos Zambrano
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs

After reading about the intense offseason workouts Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano is putting himself through down in Venezuela as he prepares to come into spring training hellbent on rebuilding the tattered reputation he has been recklessly destroying through years of volatile and all-out goofy behavior, it sure sounds like “Big Z” derived inspiration for [...]

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