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Article: Zambrano, pitching for Venezuela, promises to take ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  February 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... but few have players as emotional as the Cubs' Carlos Zambrano. The possibility of Zambrano overextending himself while pitching for his home country of Venezuela is a concern. Zambrano knows only one speed, and he's as excitable as they ...

Article: Z message is clear: Pitch counts count Zambrano's ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  July 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... When he touched Zambrano's forearm, it was ... and asked him to keep pitching. Hopefully, this decision ... t come back to haunt Zambrano. There is no way of ... he pondered removing Zambrano in the fifth, Baker ... go away because our pitching was upside- down ...

Article: 'Z' has staying power: Zambrano interested in ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  July 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... s 8-1 with a 2.46 ERA over his last 13 starts. Zambrano said pitching for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic had nothing ... doing, and I wasn't pitching, just throwing." Zambrano thinks he can win 18 to 20 games, though he'll get ...

Article: In Cubs' win, Zambrano pitching with an ace up his ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... but when spring training began, Carlos Zambrano was considered the Cubs' fifth starter ... over Los Angeles, there's no arguing Zambrano has performed more like the staff's ... six of his seven starts. Instant ace? Zambrano wants no part of that. "Everybody here ...

Article: Zambrano's pitching packs a punch
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  June 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano throws a pitch to the Brewers' Ryan ... Chicago victory. MILWAUKEE - When Carlos Zambrano picked up back-to-back victories ... career-worst 13 hits against Atlanta, Zambrano was Good Carlos again Wednesday. He ...

Article: Zambrano's pitching, hitting lead Cubs over Padres
AP Online;  June 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Carlos Zambrano was as animated as he was good, helping ... night, the Cubs' eighth straight win. Zambrano (8-1) allowed three runs in the first ... Gonzalez was 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Zambrano left after five innings, having allowed ...

Article: Connecting on all fronts: Zambrano's pitching, rare ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  July 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... games. What really matters is that Carlos Zambrano has four of those eight victories during a ... of May. "Hopefully, this continues," Zambrano said. Victories come easily when Zambrano (10-3) pitches. He has allowed two or ...