Unfair Attack on Big Z

Right off the bat let me stipulate that Carlos Zambrano had a bad day yesterday and made some bad mental errors. But to even mention the Lee Elia obscenity laced rant in the same article about Big Z's post game interview yesterday is a travesty. There may have been more to this interview than I've found but Zambrano remained calm despite having a bad day and being booed off the field. And on many levels I have to agree with what he said.

"[Fans] pay to see a good show," he said. "They pay to see a good pitcher. Right now, I'm not doing too well. I just call [out to] the fans, 'I want a little support.' That's all. When you're struggling, or you have a brother who's struggling, you show him love. You don't show him you want to kick him out. That's what I ask of the fans—a little support.

"And not only [for] me. I go out there and try to do my best, but not everybody is like Carlos Zambrano [and can] keep his head up and keep trying to do a good job. There are people on this team who are struggling and going down and down …

"When you're booing somebody, you're booing the 25 men on this ballclub, and that's not fair. That happened before to some of my teammates, and that's not right. I think we go out there to give Cubs fans a good show and to go to the playoffs, and that's what I want. No one wants to do a bad job. … Every single player in that clubhouse wants to do a great job for the city, believe me."