Unrepentant Zambrano Apologist

With the most recent El Toro Loco Opening Day Meltdown®, I'm sure Cub fans, bloggers, and sportswriters alike are screaming that the Cubs should have traded Zambrano this offseason, "while he still had some value." Despite the poor outing yesterday, I couldn't disagree more, for a couple of reasons:First of all, Zambrano always sucks on Opening Day. In six Opening Day starts, he's won once. That win came last year and preceded the worst season he's posted as a Cub since joining the rotation. As exciting as it is to have baseball back, let's try to remember that Opening Day is one game. Out of 162 games. Let's take a look at some stats (Yay, stats!):2005: 14-6, 3.26 ERA Opening Day 4.2 IP, 3 ER, 4 BB, 8K Cubs defeat Dbacks 16-6 Rusch WP 2006: 16-7, 3.41 ERA Opening Day 4.2 IP, 5 ER, 5 BB, 5K. Cubs defeat Reds 16-7 Ohman WP 2007: 18-13, 3.95 ERA Opening Day 5 IP, 5ER, 5 BB, 2K Reds defeat Cubs 5-1 2008: 14-6, 3.91 ERA Opening Day 6.2 IP...