The escalating crybaby tantrums that so poignantly characterize the 2009 Chicago Cubs are about as interesting to me as reading People Magazine's cover story on Bristol Palin and her five-month old child. Still, I admit: they're both fun to look at.
Carlos Zambrano lost his cool again? Ya don't say. If he's not cussing himself out on the mound he's throwing at someone's head or beating the crap out of Michael Barret or, like yesterday, bumping umpires, throwing balls into left field, or bashing that poor Gatorade machine in the dugout.
Look, I like fiery baseballers just as much as the next pretentious a-hole, but when is enough finally going to be enough for Zambrano? If I threw such a fit at my job you can be sure that I'd be in the unemployment line that same afternoon; and my job doesn't affect 24 other millionaires in the clubhouse and a neighborhood so jaded, so disgusted, so unruly that its people would actually run a guy out of town, fearing for his life.
Big Z, Milton Bradley, Ted Lilly...
Cub fans, this is why you don't win championships. The World Series crown is reserved for respectable men who handle adversity with poise and class, who lift each other up with their actions, not tear the team apart. One would think that having Lou Piniella -- the skilled master of argumentative persuasion who perfected competitive bluster without hurting his team, himself or others -- would teach these rascals how to go about being grown men.
Editor ContentBut such logic always seems to get lost in Wrigleyville.
On July 19, 2006, after beaning Jim Edmonds twice for allegedly showboating on a homerun trot, Carlos had this to say: "This is not a baby's game. This is a man's game."
Yet Carlos Zambrano (along with spoiled co-whiner Milton Bradley) remains one of the biggest babies in this "man's game". The last time I threw a fit like Zambrano I was ten years old and my father did to me what someone should have done to Carlos a long time ago: he spanked the holy bejeebies outta me.
Until someone does that, there is no team -- just a bunch of selfish individuals looking to cause a scene, which will ultimately lead to yet another year of hopeless dreams on the Northside.
Hate me 'cuz I'm callous, hate me 'cuz I use big words, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
Peace,
Jeff
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