Cubs tell Zambrano to save right arm...

[A Happy Medium]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2066296

 

I think it is funny the Cubs are blaming Zambrano's typing on part of his arm troubles.

[Carnival]

internet porn is to blame.

[Jericholic82]

espn said he claimed he was online, emailing his brother, for 4 HOURS A NIGHT?

 

yea, right.

[A Happy Medium]

You know, I do alot of typing on the computer daily. For some odd reason, I don't hurt my elbow. Maybe if they watched his pitch, they wouldnt be making claims that sound ridiculous.

[UZI Suicide]

Of course, his arm problems are from typing, not from Dusty Baker having him throw 140 pitches every game.

[Bruiser Chong]

Of course, his arm problems are from typing, not from Dusty Baker having him throw 140 pitches every game.

Yeah, except he's never thrown anywhere close to that many pitches every outing.

[UZI Suicide]

140 is obviously an exaggeration, but he gets over 100 pitches almost every start. For someone who's only what, like 23 years old? That can't be helping his arm any.

[Stephen Joseph]

Yeah, well, he's a damn good pitcher when healthy

[Bruiser Chong]

140 is obviously an exaggeration, but he gets over 100 pitches almost every start. For someone who's only what, like 23 years old? That can't be helping his arm any.

Very few starters don't go over 100 pitches in every start unless they're getting shelled or are in a later-inning jam.

[A Happy Medium]

He throws 105.8 pitches a start.

[nl5xsk1]

espn said he claimed he was online, emailing his brother, for 4 HOURS A NIGHT?

 

yea, right.

Maybe that's a euphemism for "looking at tranny porn and punching my clown."

 

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to email my brother.

[Guest]

140 is obviously an exaggeration, but he gets over 100 pitches almost every start. For someone who's only what, like 23 years old? That can't be helping his arm any.

Last I checked there are a ton of pitchers in the Hall of Fame that threw at least 120 pitches a game and they didn't have arm trouble.

[A Happy Medium]

Most pitchers aren't hall of fame material though, and do not have hall of fame arms.

 

Zambrano MAY win 170-200 games by the end of his career, if he doesn't get burnt out and has run support.

 

So I think it is important that he doesn't throw over 100 pitches every time out. It's funny, going six innings instead of seven innings could save a pitchers hundreds and then thousands of pitches over years.

[Guest]

I wasn't necessarily implying that he was Hall of Fame material, but I don't think his throwing 100 pitches every start will really hurt his arm as much as some think that it will. If he had more respect for the umpires, it could save him some pitches as he may get the borderline call more often.

[A Happy Medium]

Going back to the original point of the thread...I dont see how being on the computer is more hazardous to a pitching arm than throwing a baseball 95 miles an hour 100 times a game.

[razazteca]

So Zambrano has carpal tunnel due to playing too much Doom 3?

[The Czech Republic]

Here's the problem. Yes, Zambrano should go 6 rather than 7. But GOD. The BULLPEN.

[Jericholic82]

espn said he claimed he was online, emailing his brother, for 4 HOURS A NIGHT?

 

yea, right.

Maybe that's a euphemism for "looking at tranny porn and punching my clown."

 

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to email my brother.

Hey we've got a new phrase "emailing my brother" Ok now everyone try to use it in real life at least once.

 

Perhaps he was playing one of the MLB videogames all night? He figured it was the only way He'd ever win a world series (rimshot)

 

sorry to cubs fans for the cheap shot.

[Bruiser Chong]

Don't worry. It'd only be offensive if it were actually original or intelligent.

[Jericholic82]

Don't worry.  It'd only be offensive if it were actually original or intelligent.

I wasnt trying to actually bash on them cuz its been done to death, I was just joking that maybe he was playing an mlb game and got so into it he hurt his arm, the joke was so easy and lame that I had to go for it (as I'm a sucker for lame, sarcastic humor).

 

 

I promise no more cheap jokes.

[nl5xsk1]

Hey, Yankees fan, there's a lot of teams with shorter WS droughts than your team has. (well, maybe not a lot ... but 3 or 4)

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

Hey, Yankees fan, there's a lot of teams with shorter WS droughts than your team has. (well, maybe not a lot ... but 3 or 4)

Four of them, including the Boston Red Sox, if I remember correctly.

 

Fun fact: The Yankees have not won a World Series during a Republican Presidential reign since 1958.

[Jericholic82]

It's fun to be hated.

 

That's my point, they get all this hate and they haven't even won a championship in 5 years. what gives?

 

Sorry I can't help it, I'm A Yankee fan for life. You don't choose where you are from, well at least at birth.

 

 

Again I am sad to see that no one got that my joke was done purposely to be corny and lame.

 

I actually feel bad for Cubs fans and White Sox fans, as opposed to Boston fans of course (well when the so called curse was still alive).

 

Anyhow, emailing your brother can be a bitch huh?

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

The Yankees buy every free agent they can get their grubby little hands on, spend $200 Million on their team, but because they haven't one the big prize in FOUR YEARS it's odd to hate them?

 

The Yankees losing the World Series is not enough. I will only be happy when I see the complete destruction and collapse of the Yankee dynasty. I don't want disappointment. I want blood. I want 100 losses, at $2 Million a loss.

 

As for the joke, it sucked.

[Bruiser Chong]

wow, I knew most Cubs fans are dicks, but Bruiser has absolutelyNO sense of humor, christ, lighten up. Zambrano may well be more overrated than Kerry Wood. He has potential, but has yet to prove anything.

 

Go Sox!

If I had no sense of humor, I would've thought that "joke" he made was funny.