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Carlos Zambrano may have thrown his last pitch as a member of the Chicago Cubs -- or any other club. And if that is indeed the case, it happened in typically bizarre Zambrano fashion.
Zambrano was ejected in the fifth inning of Friday's game after twice pitching aggressively inside on Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones. After the ejection, Zambrano cleaned out his locker, left the visitors' clubhouse before the game was over and told Cubs team personnel he was considering retiring, according to manager Mike Quade.
Quade said he is "really disappointed" in Zambrano and said "he's talking about retiring."
Zambrano's apparent attempts to hit Jones came after the Braves hit back-to-back homers -- off the bats of Freddie Freeman and Dan Uggla. Zambrano surrendered five homers in the game prior to his ejection, tying a club record. Zambrano's second inside pitch caused numerous Braves to leave the bench, but none got past the first-base foul line.
On the night, Zambrano gave up eight runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings pitched.
Zambrano was ejected by plate umpire Tim Timmons.
Said Quade: "I can't have a guy walking out on 24 guys, that's for damn sure."
Source: AP
Zambrano was ejected in the fifth inning of Friday's game after twice pitching aggressively inside on Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones. After the ejection, Zambrano cleaned out his locker, left the visitors' clubhouse before the game was over and told Cubs team personnel he was considering retiring, according to manager Mike Quade.
Quade said he is "really disappointed" in Zambrano and said "he's talking about retiring."
Zambrano's apparent attempts to hit Jones came after the Braves hit back-to-back homers -- off the bats of Freddie Freeman and Dan Uggla. Zambrano surrendered five homers in the game prior to his ejection, tying a club record. Zambrano's second inside pitch caused numerous Braves to leave the bench, but none got past the first-base foul line.
On the night, Zambrano gave up eight runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings pitched.
Zambrano was ejected by plate umpire Tim Timmons.
Said Quade: "I can't have a guy walking out on 24 guys, that's for damn sure."
Source: AP