"After a long lull, another chapter of the Carlos Zambrano saga will be written over the next few months as the Cubs' new management decides what to do with the recidivist offender.

Zambrano has been suspended, placed on the restricted list, sent to anger management, suspended again and placed on the disqualified list, all in a span of about 14 months.

The Cubs were so anxious to get him out of the clubhouse they let him take an extended paid vacation in the final weeks of the 2011 season rather than take him back into the clubhouse at the tail end of a losing season."