Hide the youngsters! Pad the water coolers! Get Derrek Lee into protecting custody! Heads up, people — Big Z is again on the town! Yep, former Cubs pitcher and one-time strolling volcano Carlos Zambrano — all 6-Four and 275 kilos (or so) of him — is suiting as much as play baseball as soon as once more in Chicago at age 37. But the large fellow’s not again with the Cubs, for whom he performed 11 of his 12 major-league seasons, from 2001 to 2011. No, he’s making a comeback as a reduction pitcher for the Chicago Dogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. Never heard of the Dogs? Well, they’re named after scorching
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White Sox rating lots for Carlos Rodon in victory in opposition to
DETROIT — Yoan Moncada hit a 458-foot dwelling run to jump-start the White Sox on a chilly, windy evening, Jose Abreu collected the 499th and 500th RBI of his profession and Carlos Rodon allowed one run in six innings in a 7-Three victory Friday in opposition to the Tigers at Comerica Park. After Rodon (3-2, 2.89 ERA) restricted the Tigers to a few hits — together with a homer to Josh Harrison — struck out six and walked three, the Sox scored 5 instances within the seventh in opposition to Jordan Zimmermann (0-3) and Daniel Stumpf. Leury Garcia had a two-run single, Abreu a two-run double and Yonder Alonso an RBI single within the inning. ‘‘I really wasn’t
Former Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano launches comeback with
MIAMI — Tiger Woods at some point, Carlos Zambrano the following? ‘‘Why not?’’ the burly former Cubs right-hander stated as he mingled Monday with gamers and employees on the sphere at Marlins Park earlier than the crew’s recreation in opposition to the Marlins. ‘‘Bartolo [Colon] pitched until he was 45. I’m 37.’’ Of course, Colon by no means beat up his catcher, by no means went after his first baseman within the dugout and by no means ‘‘retired’’ in the course of a recreation after getting ejected for drilling Chipper Jones with a pitch. And Colon by no means went seven seasons between major-league pitches.Ben Zobrist chats with former pitcher Carlos Zambrano earlier than the Cubs’ recreation Monday
49ers’ Carlos Hyde Convinced San Francisco Will Win Super Bowl Next Season
San Francisco 49ers running back Carlos Hyde will be a free agent after this season, but he doesn’t want to go anywhere. That’s because the Niners — who are 5-10 heading into the final week of the regular season — are going to win the Super Bowl next season. At least that’s what he thinks. Following San Francisco’s 44-33 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, its fourth win in a row, Hyde was understandably feeling pretty good. So he decided to let the media know that not only are they playing well, but also that they will hoist the Lombardi Trophy come February 2019. While it’s certainly a bold take, it’s not totally
Carlos Asuaje’s Mom Tweets At Padres To Check On Her Son During Game
All of our parents embarrass us at some point in our lives, but it usually doesn’t happen during a Major League Baseball game. Second baseman Carlos Asuaje, who was among the players the Boston Red Sox shipped to San Diego for closer Craig Kimbrel ahead of the 2016 season, started for the Padres on Wednesday in their split-squad spring training game against the Colorado Rockies. The 25-year-old still is pretty new to the big leagues — he made his MLB debut and appeared in just seven games last season — so his mother apparently has been keeping a close eye on him. So when Asuaje was taken out of the game, which wasn’t televised,
Balotelli: We can cope without Carlos Tevez
Mario Balotelli is hoping Manchester City team-mate Carlos Tevez decides to stay at Eastlands but insists the club will be able to cope should the talismanic Argentine leave. PA PhotosMario Balotelli believes Carlos Tevez can easily be replaced should he leave Man City • Tevez Corinthians deal hits hurdle• Mancini expects Aguero bid• On The Move: Transfer Blog The Tevez transfer saga took a new twist on Wednesday when Corinthians pulled out of a move to sign him, leaving the former Manchester United star's future very much up in the air. He has consistently stated over the past few months that he wants to leave City to move closer to his family in South America, but that now looks unlikely to materialise. The latest development in his Tevez's
Professional footballer Carlos Tevez has a new girlfriend
No, it’s not her on the right… read on Confirming The Spoiler’s suspicions that beneath the facade, Carlos Tevez is probably something of a Perrier drinking lothario, with a fine line in self-penned love poems, he has bagged himself an actress/singer. The lady in question is Brenda Asnicar, who is most famous for her role as a superbitch in the Argentinian version of the classic fish-out-of-water fashion drama, Ugly Betty. (more…)