Zambrano: 'I must go' if no deal

[Rex Grossman 8]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>MESA, Ariz. -- After announcing at the Cubs Convention he wouldn't discuss a contract extension with the Cubs if they don't come to an agreement before Opening Day, Carlos Zambrano said Monday he's gone if he has to play out the season.Zambrano, seeking a long-term deal with an annual salary in the range of Barry Zito's $18 million-a-year contract with San Francisco, dropped the bombshell in an interview with WGN-Ch. 9."I'm ready to sign, and I would do my job anyway with the Cubs this year," Zambrano said. "Whatever happens, I don't want to know [anything]about a contract during the season. I want to sign with the Cubs before the season starts. If they don't sign me, sorry, but I must go. That's what Carlos Zambrano thinks."The Cubs can still negotiate with Zambrano if he becomes a free agent. They re-signed Aramis Ramirez in November after he considered free agency.Zambrano recently requested $15.5 million in arbitration. The Cubs offered $11.025 million, a sizable gap that could lead to an arbitration hearing Feb. 20.Asked at the Cubs Convention about his upcoming free agency, Zambrano repeatedly said "This is a business" and that Zito's seven-year, $126 million deal helped raise his market value.As the Cubs' most valuable pitcher, Zambrano can make the Cubs squirm. He apparently intends to do just that."When you're a great pitcher and have talent, you deserve the money no matter who gives it to you," he said. "Zito is a great pitcher. Good for him he has that contract, and I think that will help me."[Cubs general manager] Jim [Hendry] spent a lot of money. I hope he has more for 'Big Z.'"</div>

 

[Jon_Vilma]

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Well he's being a little arrogant about deserving his money... so Jeter will have to set him straight, and Mussina can help.

 

[DevinHester23]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Feb 13 2007, 11:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well he's being a little arrogant about deserving his money... so Jeter will have to set him straight, and Mussina can help.</div>No, Vilma, he is not going to the Yuckies

 

[AdropOFvenom]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Feb 13 2007, 09:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well he's being a little arrogant about deserving his money... so Jeter will have to set him straight, and Mussina can help.</div>Worry about your own team and the so called 'Greatest Closer of all Time' :whistling:

 

[iknobaer]

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well, Mariano Rivera deserves his props. dont do that. Rivera is easily one of the best arguably the best closer ever. however, no way zambrano goes to the yanks, stop thinking it. and jeter is not the be all end all, and mussina is certainly not.

 

[Jon_Vilma]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Feb 13 2007, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Feb 13 2007, 09:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well he's being a little arrogant about deserving his money... so Jeter will have to set him straight, and Mussina can help.</div>Worry about your own team and the so called 'Greatest Closer of all Time' :whistling:</div>He'll get his respect. The media is making a bigger story out of it that it is. He said he wants to retire a Yankee, and didn't make some huge ultimatum like Big Z did.The Yankees and Redsox combine for 40% of the MLB. There is a reason that the Mets-Dodgers series was beaten out by Big East football. :whistling:

 

[Brooksie5]

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Well looks like Mo don't care as much about retiring a Yankee anymore. Wants an extension or a new team now...

 

[Jon_Vilma]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Feb 13 2007, 09:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well looks like Mo don't care as much about retiring a Yankee anymore. Wants an extension or a new team now...</div>Not near what he said, and Cashman is already on working it out.

 

[AdropOFvenom]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Feb 13 2007, 08:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Feb 13 2007, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Feb 13 2007, 09:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well he's being a little arrogant about deserving his money... so Jeter will have to set him straight, and Mussina can help.</div>Worry about your own team and the so called 'Greatest Closer of all Time' :whistling:</div>The Yankees and Redsox combine for 40% of the MLB. There is a reason that the Mets-Dodgers series was beaten out by Big East football. :whistling:</div>Yeah, because the Dodgers couldn't even compete. Half the games were over by the 4th inning.

 

[AdropOFvenom]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Feb 13 2007, 10:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Feb 13 2007, 09:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well looks like Mo don't care as much about retiring a Yankee anymore. Wants an extension or a new team now...</div>Not near what he said, and Cashman is already on working it out.</div><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"if they don't give the respect that I deserve, I have to move on,""The Yankees always give me the respect," Rivera said Monday. "When the time comes, if they want me back, they want me back. Otherwise, I'm not going to sit in my house crying. I have to move on."</div>I'd call that wanting an extension or him going elsewheres for it, wouldn't you?

 

[Jon_Vilma]

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[quote name='AdropOFvenom' post='84808' date='Feb 14 2007, 08:44 AM'][quote name='Jon_Vilma' post='84790' date='Feb 13 2007, 10:18 PM'][quote name='Brooksie5' post='84784' date='Feb 13 2007, 09:40 PM']Well looks like Mo don't care as much about retiring a Yankee anymore. Wants an extension or a new team now...[/quote]Not near what he said, and Cashman is already on working it out.[/quote]

"if they don't give the respect that I deserve, I have to move on,""The Yankees always give me the respect," Rivera said Monday. "When the time comes, if they want me back, they want me back. Otherwise, I'm not going to sit in my house crying. I have to move on."

I'd call that wanting an extension or him going elsewheres for it, wouldn't you?[/quote]You can't take one quote, out of context, at the end of a long line of Press questions pestering him on his contract coming up.

 

[DevinHester23]

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Back on topic:Hendry stays calm after Zambrano's ultimatum

 

[AdropOFvenom]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Feb 14 2007, 09:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You can't take one quote, out of context, at the end of a long line of Press questions pestering him on his contract coming up.</div>Really, that's pretty much what this entire article about Zambrano is. :whistling:

 

[AdropOFvenom]

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I figured I'd post this just to piss off 2 different fanbases at once. :whistling: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>TEMPE, Ariz. -- With six days left to reach a contract extension before Opening Day, Carlos Zambrano is discussing the possibility of wearing a New York Mets uniform next year.Asked by SI.com if he'd consider the New York Yankees, Zambrano said: "I like the Yankees, but I don't see myself pitching at Yankee Stadium. Too many rules. <u>If I play in New York, it's going to be with the Mets. First of all, because I get to hit. And I love hitting.</u> I can't say ? that I would never play for the Yankees. Hopefully no, but you never know."</div>http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines

 

[DevinHester23]

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Those 2 fanbases would be the Cubs and Yankees. Yes??

 

[AdropOFvenom]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DevinHester23 @ Mar 27 2007, 03:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Those 2 fanbases would be the Cubs and Yankees. Yes??</div>Of course.

 

[GotSkillz92]

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Big Z is coming to the Mets. It's a perfect fit for him. We have the money to spend to bring em in.

 

[Jon_Vilma]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Mar 27 2007, 01:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I figured I'd post this just to piss off 2 different fanbases at once. :whistling: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>TEMPE, Ariz. -- With six days left to reach a contract extension before Opening Day, Carlos Zambrano is discussing the possibility of wearing a New York Mets uniform next year.Asked by SI.com if he'd consider the New York Yankees, Zambrano said: "I like the Yankees, but I don't see myself pitching at Yankee Stadium. Too many rules. <u>If I play in New York, it's going to be with the Mets. First of all, because I get to hit. And I love hitting.</u> I can't say ? that I would never play for the Yankees. Hopefully no, but you never know."</div>http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines</div>What rules? No facial hair? Lol. Once Cashman has a talk with him, he'll get into the groove.