Free Republic

Carlos Zambrano just no-hit the Houston Astros in Milwaukee, where they were playing due to the Hurricane Ike rain-out in Houston. Zambrano gave up only one walk, got a hit and scored a run in the 5-0 Chicago Cubs victory.

You’d think there were slightly more significant things to talk about the day after Labour Day than Carlos Zambrano wishing he could give the Wrigley Field boo birds a date with the fricasee. Pedro Martinez comes off the disabled list after missing the first five months of the season recovering from rotator cuff surgery, maybe he isn’t one hundred percent ready, but he throws stuff that looks like an imitation of Pedro Martinez and wins anyway, nailing his 3,000th career strikeout for good measure (ok, that’s cheating: he needed a mere two to get there) . Roger Clemens, maybe the...

Carlos Zambrano's dugout and clubhouse run-in with teammate Michael Barrett ended with Barrett going to the hospital with a split lip. CHICAGO -- Instead of swinging for the fences, the Cubs now are taking swings at each other. Chicago pitcher Carlos Zambrano, apparently angered by Michael Barrett's defensive mistakes, took a swing at the catcher in a dugout scuffle Friday in the Atlanta Braves' 8-5 win over the Cubs. Zambrano (5-5) and Barrett had to be separated after a skirmish in the dugout in the fifth inning. The Braves had just scored five runs, including one on a combination passed...