Soooo:that went ok, yeah? I was on the phone with G. Slim when Loney turned Dempster’s fastball around for a grand slam and I found myself yelling “Put it on the board, YES!” out my office window at the cars piled up at the red light outside. Greg was yelling in my year and whooping around the dry cleaners and all was right with the world. Unless you are a Cubs fan, of course.
Nobody wants go to down 0-2 in a best-of-five-series and Carlos “Your Guess is as Good as Mine” Zambrano will toe the rubber tonight, begging the question: which Z will show up? When viewed through the lens of Dempster’s shaky relationship with the strike-zone yesterday, Zambrano will probably be on a shorter leash than normal. While he does have a history of high (if effective) pitch-counts, Zambrano’s recent erratic performances may force Pinella to warm up the bullpen if the Dodgers are able to lay off Z’s sinker and work the pitch count. To me Zambrano has always been one of those guys that thrives on his own invincibility:if he gets going he’s almost unbeatable, but punch him in the mouth early and he can absolutely go into a shell. A quick look at his splits shows the marked difference between The Good Z and The Very, Very Bad Z. J Sagert and I will obviously be pulling for the Lowdown, Dirty Shame version of Zambrano tonight while we enjoy our pizzas and make fun of the VP Debate during the commercials. Godspeed, gentlemen.
