06-26-2010, 08:36 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/ne...id=5331982
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano will return to the bullpen following his suspension for Friday's tirade at U.S. Cellular Field.Tom Gorzelanny will return to the starting rotation.
"[Zambrano's stay in the bullpen] is not short term, that's for sure," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said before Saturday's game against the Chicago White Sox. "We don't know how long [the suspension] will be. I guess it will be cleared up the following week."
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"Is it a relationship that can be repaired with the team? I definitely believe so," Ted Lilly said.
Alfonso Soriano said he planned to call Zambrano to "see how he's doing." A year ago, Soriano had strong words for Milton Bradley after he got sent home by Piniella following an outburst in the dugout at U.S. Cellular Field, but he called this "a totally different situation."
"When Milton did it, he'd been doing it the whole year -- getting upset for nothing," Soriano said.
The Cubs called a team meeting to address the Zambrano situation and other topics before Saturday's game.
"It's a time I felt we needed to talk about some things," Piniella said. "We had a very open discussion where players got involved. I'm not going to divulge what we talked about, but one of the things we did was the fallout from yesterday."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano will return to the bullpen following his suspension for Friday's tirade at U.S. Cellular Field.Tom Gorzelanny will return to the starting rotation.
"[Zambrano's stay in the bullpen] is not short term, that's for sure," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said before Saturday's game against the Chicago White Sox. "We don't know how long [the suspension] will be. I guess it will be cleared up the following week."
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"Is it a relationship that can be repaired with the team? I definitely believe so," Ted Lilly said.
Alfonso Soriano said he planned to call Zambrano to "see how he's doing." A year ago, Soriano had strong words for Milton Bradley after he got sent home by Piniella following an outburst in the dugout at U.S. Cellular Field, but he called this "a totally different situation."
"When Milton did it, he'd been doing it the whole year -- getting upset for nothing," Soriano said.
The Cubs called a team meeting to address the Zambrano situation and other topics before Saturday's game.
"It's a time I felt we needed to talk about some things," Piniella said. "We had a very open discussion where players got involved. I'm not going to divulge what we talked about, but one of the things we did was the fallout from yesterday."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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