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So sweet, in fact, that board president Todd Stroger, a south-sider, introduced a resolution honoring the Cubs pitcher that included some of the most eloquent language to flow from the halls of local government since Bill Beavers compared himself to a well-endowed farm animal: “Whereas Chicago Cubs pitcher and Cook County resident Carlos Zambrano is the staff ace for the first place Chicago Cubs. . . . Whereas the switch-hitting Carlos Zambrano has also been a leader with his bat. . .. Whereas on September 14, 2008, Carlos Zambrano took the mound after a 12-day layoff due to injury . . . ”
Of course, this being the county board, not everyone was satisfied with the measure. “If a Cub fan like myself would have been a sponsor of that resolution, we might have had Carlos Zambrano in for a few minutes,” said Joseph Mario Moreno.
