Fansided · Mar 11, 2021
Chicago Cubs: Team’s 2003 starting rotation was unforgettable
Chicago Cubs, Mark Prior (Photo by Jon Soohoo/Getty Images)
The 2003 Chicago Cubs are remembered for what happened in Game 6 of the NLCS. But before all that, the North Siders boasted one of the best starting rotations in the National League.
They were young. The “grizzled veteran” was 28-year-old Matt Clement, he of the, umm, unique beard. The next oldest was Kerry Wood, a 26-year-old most remembered for his fastball and 20 strikeout game against the powerful Astros and their “Killer B’s” in 1998. Then there was the mercurial 22-year-old Carlos Zambrano. The emotion was to come later as Big Z was just in his second full major league season.