Photos Of Carlos Zambrano From His Daytona Start On Sunday 5/17

by Al Yellon on May 17, 2009 8:31 PM CDT in Game Photographs

Thanks to BCB reader David K'Miller, who took these photos and emailed them to me:

I live in the Tampa area and we went up to Dunedin to catch [Carlos] Zambrano's rehab game today. I'd say at least ¾ of the fans had on Cubs gear and it seemed like the Cubs were the home team. Zambrano got a big hand when he went out to warm up and when he took the mound in the 1st inning. He graciously signed autographs out near the bullpen about an inning after getting pulled from the game.

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Great pics

Looks weird though

"They say we don't look good on paper. Well, we don't play on paper." Joe McCarthy (1926)

by Bricks and Ivy on May 17, 2009 9:48 PM CDT reply actions

why not give him #38

Drive, Monkey Drive!

by VegasCubFan on May 17, 2009 10:26 PM CDT reply actions

because it's a rehab start

who cares?

It's not about money. It's about winning and getting over the hump. We've had the appetizer now, but we left the main course on the table.
-rod beck

by laidbackliam on May 17, 2009 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe he CHOSE #13.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on May 18, 2009 3:50 AM CDT up reply actions

The pictures almost make him appear short and stocky, but great detail.

by DudeVf11 on May 17, 2009 11:25 PM CDT reply actions

lucky number 13

Guy at bar: "Do you just like that hat or do you like Chicago?"
Me: "I'm in Love, Obsessed and Addicted to the Chicago Cubs!"

by KC in OK on May 18, 2009 2:32 AM CDT reply actions

EeeeAHHH!!!

No wonder he chooses to wear those solid blue tops at home… >8)

by Shawon O Meter on May 18, 2009 9:18 AM CDT reply actions

This kid has some potential

Good fast ball, ok slider… has some mental control problems, but I think if he keeps his nose to the grindstone he might be a serviceable pitcher in the bigs someday! I hear he’s a decent hitter too.

by lswaidz on May 18, 2009 10:11 AM CDT reply actions

Needs work on his baserunning, though.

:-)

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on May 18, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions

but he knows how to bunt well

and is a switch hitter. Lou will love that lefty bat

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 18, 2009 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Sometimes he gets his nose too close to the grindstone

he needs to learn to pace himself, or else he risks wearing himself down and the inevitable injury.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on May 18, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions

I wonder what he does

with his uniform. Does he give it back? Is his name permanently attached? I wouldn’t mind having a Z $13 minor league shirt. :D

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 18, 2009 11:19 AM CDT reply actions

I think they'd charge more than that . . .

(Assuming you meant ‘#’, not ‘$’)

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on May 19, 2009 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions

so weird!

to see him in that uni! he does look shorter!

by spain2323 on May 18, 2009 12:11 PM CDT reply actions

Pictures from the seats...

Sorry for the crap pix. A mobile phone was the only camera I had on me.

Not exactly packed…But when will I ever pay 6 bucks for a front row seat to watch Big Z again?

Warming up…

Taking the mound for the first time. 2 innings later (3 walks, and 2 runs later Reed goes out to talk to Z. After that the wheels feel off…