CHICAGO -- Johnny Vander Meer's record is safe. There was no repeat no-hitter for Carlos Zambrano on Friday. There was no whiff of champagne for the Cubs either.
Zambrano, who had flown to Venezuela Wednesday after his grandmother died, didn't last through the second inning as Adam Kennedy hit a grand slam in the first to spark the St. Louis Cardinals to a 12-6 victory Friday over the Cubs.
I dont know if everyone is aware of this, but he was in Venezuela the Weds before he got torched by the Cardinals. Im not making any excises for the guy, but after tossing a no hitter then having to fly all the way down there for a funeral...he couldnt have been mentally in that game.
Zambrano, who had flown to Venezuela Wednesday after his grandmother died, didn't last through the second inning as Adam Kennedy hit a grand slam in the first to spark the St. Louis Cardinals to a 12-6 victory Friday over the Cubs.
I dont know if everyone is aware of this, but he was in Venezuela the Weds before he got torched by the Cardinals. Im not making any excises for the guy, but after tossing a no hitter then having to fly all the way down there for a funeral...he couldnt have been mentally in that game.
so what are you saying?? are you saying he will concentrate more today or not?CHICAGO -- Johnny Vander Meer's record is safe. There was no repeat no-hitter for Carlos Zambrano on Friday. There was no whiff of champagne for the Cubs either.
Zambrano, who had flown to Venezuela Wednesday after his grandmother died, didn't last through the second inning as Adam Kennedy hit a grand slam in the first to spark the St. Louis Cardinals to a 12-6 victory Friday over the Cubs.
I dont know if everyone is aware of this, but he was in Venezuela the Weds before he got torched by the Cardinals. Im not making any excises for the guy, but after tossing a no hitter then having to fly all the way down there for a funeral...he couldnt have been mentally in that game.
I would assume that he would probably be in a better spot mentally today. Im not going to try and play the shrink role, but I would assume that his whole mental mind frame was a bit out of whack going all the way down to Venezuela to handle a funeral wherein Im sure he is the one that funded and had to do many of the things for the family considering his wealth. Im also assuming that if he went down there on Wednesday then he probably wasnt on his normal routine in terms of throwing in between starts and working out. I guess I was jsut posting that to say that he probably had other things on his mind during preperation. If you have seen Carlos pitch, you know what a mental midget he is, and I dont think it would be that far fetched to say his strange week had something to do with his poor outing. I dont know, jsut trying to help.
