06-29-2009, 07:53 AM
<!--quoteo(post=46889:date=Jun 29 2009, 04:36 AM:name=Runnys)-->QUOTE (Runnys @ Jun 29 2009, 04:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->But he is a legitimate front of the rotation guy.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No he isn't. Legitimate front of the rotation guys are guys like Billingsley, Santana, Haren, Lincecum, etc.....Zambrano is a #2 at best these days. He does not have the makeup to be an ace. Unfortunately, we have no one that can be the ace of this team so Z gets it by default. But he is by no means a front of the rotation guy (by front of rotation I mean #1).
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I interpreted "front of the rotation" as #1 or #2, so I think this may just be a difference in how you guys view the term.
And even if cherp meant only a #1 guy, even though he isn't an "ace" per se, there aren't enough of those true ace guys to go around among all contending teams. I think Zambrano can be the best pitcher on a World Series team, as long as you have a good rotation behind him, which the Cubs do.
No he isn't. Legitimate front of the rotation guys are guys like Billingsley, Santana, Haren, Lincecum, etc.....Zambrano is a #2 at best these days. He does not have the makeup to be an ace. Unfortunately, we have no one that can be the ace of this team so Z gets it by default. But he is by no means a front of the rotation guy (by front of rotation I mean #1).
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I interpreted "front of the rotation" as #1 or #2, so I think this may just be a difference in how you guys view the term.
And even if cherp meant only a #1 guy, even though he isn't an "ace" per se, there aren't enough of those true ace guys to go around among all contending teams. I think Zambrano can be the best pitcher on a World Series team, as long as you have a good rotation behind him, which the Cubs do.
The thing you need to remember is that all Cardinals fans and all White Sox fans are very bad people. It's a fact that has been scientifically proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Being a Cubs fan is the only path to rightousness and piousness. Cardinal and White Sox fans exist to be the dark, diabolical forces that oppose us. They are the yin to our yang, the Joker to our Batman, the demon to our angel, the insurgence to our freedom, the oil to our water, the club to our baby seal. Their happiness occurs only in direct conflict with everything that is pure and good in this world.
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