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Zambrano gets Game 2 start...and needs to deliver

By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com

Monday, September 29, 2008

The stunner isn't that Carlos Zambrano is the Chicago Cubs' starter for Game 2 of the NLDS. The stunner is that he wasn't dropped to Game 3, or, I kid you not, even Game 4. The decision to have Zambrano follow Ryan Dempster in the playoff rotation must have been a toughie for manager Lou Piniella and pitching coach Larry Rothschild. They're dealing with a proud, spectacularly gifted player who can no-hit lineups or -- and this is what gives you the heebie jeebies about him -- leave crater marks ...

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