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CHICAGO - It seems like everyone with the Chicago Cubs has an opinion about what's wrong with Carlos Zambrano. The results still aren't good for him, though.

Zambrano's velocity was down early, his mechanics were out of whack and his first-inning problems continued in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 6-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. The Pirates jumped all over Zambrano to take a 3-0 lead in the first.

"It's my opinion that we've got to get him a little closed," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said of Zambrano's delivery. "He's got to stay closed longer. I think hitters are getting a pretty good view of him."

Still waiting on a new, multiyear contract, Zambrano (3-3, 5.83 ERA) bristled ...

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