And your bizarre, yet somewhat fitting story from the All-Star Game goes to…..

July 12th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

JOEY CORA and CARLOS ZAMBRANO!

We’ll let the Chicago Tribune take over for a bit here:

The team’s only All-Star, pitcher Carlos Zambrano, was hit above the right elbow with a fungo bat during pregame practice Tuesday by White Sox coach Joey Cora. Neither Zambrano nor Cora was available for comment afterward. Cora said through a Sox spokesman that Zambrano was doing an interview with a Venezuelan journalist behind the batting cage and Cora hit struck with a backswing while he was hitting ground balls to infielders. X-rays taken at PNC Park were negative.

The article later indicated that Zambrano’s ‘elbow tendon contusion’ as they are calling it, was the reason he didn’t see any action in the All-Star Game, as he was slated to pitch the fourth and fifth inning.

We’re at a loss for why Cubs fans seem to hate A.J. Pierzynski so much. (OK, actually we’re not, but follow us here.)

Wasn’t it Cora who got involved in the brawl and may or may not have used his teeth as a weapon? And now, he goes ahead and injures the only Cubs starter of any value?

It’s time to reevaluate your hating priorities, Cubs fans.