Carlos Zambrano
Carlos Zambrano
Carlos Alberto Zambrano, nicknamed "Big Z" or "El Toro", is a former Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseballfrom 2001 to 2012 for the Chicago Cubs and Miami Marlins. Zambrano, who stands 6 feet 4 inchesand weighs 275 pounds, was signed by the Cubs as a free agent in 1997 and made his debut in 2001. After being used in both starting and relief duties, he enjoyed his first full season as a starter in 2003, finishing with a...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth1 June 1981
change mistakes
When you know yourself, you know you can change and do something. You think of the mistakes you make and don't make the same mistake again.
talking
We're talking to each other. All we want to do is win.
bother move
It's not how you start, it's how you finish. We have to move on. I have 30 more starts. This doesn't bother me.
gift
That's a gift from God. I'm there to pitch.
body care good hard job season strength
I've been working hard on strength and conditioning. When you do a good job and take care of your body, at the end of the season you feel strong.
best great guys hard pitchers possible win wood
It's going to be hard to win without Wood and Prior. We have to do the best things possible with the other pitchers we have. We have a great offense. When those two guys come back, we'll be much better.
I told him, 'Run the bases, don't try to be cocky,'
fastball game hand happens next situation throw tried walk win
I tried to throw a fastball inside, and the ball kind of slipped out of my hand where I didn't want to throw it. That was a big mistake. If I walk Chipper in that situation and get a groundball with the next hitter, then nothing happens and I should win the game 2-0.
close games good hanging prior staying three within wood
We're hanging in there, staying within two or three games of first place. That we're pretty close without Prior and Wood is a good sign.
case embarrass scream somebody teammates thinking
Years before you scream at somebody or embarrass one of your teammates without even thinking about it. That's not the case anymore. They are there for you. You have to be there for them. They don't want to make errors.
way emotion knows
I pitch with emotion. I don't know any other way.
team successful thinking
I don’t know. But it’s my option. I don’t want to leave Chicago. I want to be successful here. I want to help this team, like I always say, be in the pennant race… I don’t want to leave, and I don’t think I will leave.
player mind
I put it into my mind to become a complete player, a complete player.
years umpires feels
Ten years from now I will tell you how I feel about umpires.