I've looked at the pics of Z after his no-hitter and I can't figure out how you are able to determine his ability to raise his left arm higher than his right. Still, wouldn't it be normal due to fatigue from pitching 9 innings?

Re: The Big Question. Heilman could also be the swingman in the rotation. Heck even Gaudin could. The Cubs seem like a really good team to attempt a 4-man rotation.

Will,

That Zambrano couldn't raise his right arm as high is just not true.

Visual proof is available

http://www.anothercubsblog.net/index.php/site/comments/bullshit1/

Scott.

When I think of Harden, I think of the old WW2 era Bugs Bunny cartoon...you know, the one where the gremlin is hitting a massive bomb on the nose with a sledgehammer. (Or maybe I'm so old that nobody else around here has any idea what I'm talking about.) Every swing of the sledgehammer is analogous to every pitch Harden throws.

Derek Lee is a Green? Seriously??

Will, as a Cub fan, and a Harden fan, I've been wondering if maybe he's not the perfect guy right now to use as the old school "Sunday Starter"... he knows when he's going to pitch, he has a set amount of rest between starts (that can be skipped in certain occasions) and also provides the occasional extra day of rest for Zambrano...

Do you think someday we'll see this again? It seems like it'd be a great idea here, or with guys like Smoltz, or with Clemens and/or Schilling before they retired for good.

It doesn't matter how high Z can raise his arm. Anybody that watched him towards the end of last year, knows that shoulder was "cranky". he was "shotputting" the ball instead of throwing it.