I would consider buying a ticket to a Royals game if that would smooth this deal out. Since that would make me a significant part of their attendance, they should seriously consider my offer.
Of course, we almost went to see the Cubs play the Royals. That would really ice it. A game where Z pitched against the Cubs is a ticket I'd have to have.
You guys would end up paying his salary anyway. When all the Cub fans flock to KC when they play in interleague (I know probley not next year) you guys make up for about a third of their yearly revenue from ticket sales. But at least you would get some enjoyment out of it this time.
Did Zambrano write that himself?From the article,
"Carlos Zambrano is actually a very pleasant, easy going, classy person off the field. Sometimes, as with all of us the competitiveness takes over and brings out qualities in us that we are not proud of."
How many times have Cubs fan been fed this line of BS and now the Royals are saying it? I really don't care how he is OFF the field. I care that he's a maniac ON the field.
Almost guaranteed he wins the Cy Young 3 or 4 times after he gets there.....THAT's what being a Cubs fan is all about.
To be more accurate, Z will be a Cy Young winner after the Royals give up a top level prospect for him and then subsequently trade Z for a 38 year old veteran journeyman.
I must have missed when Dayton Moore has made one of those deals... Care to enlighten me?
I wouldn't mind him, but who would we get for him? He needs to be fixed mentally though. There's plenty of other pitchers out there who are better, maybe not pitching wise, but clubhouse wise. Like another person posted on here, we need veterans who will show this team how to play in the MLB. We have 38/40 players who are under the age of 30 so it would be nice to have a good role model. Again though, who would we trade him for? We have no pitching and I certainly wouldn't want to trade a position player for him.