Baker to keep tabs on Zambrano's WBC starts.(Sports)

Byline: Bruce Miles Daily Herald Sports Writer MESA, Ariz. -Even though Carlos Zambrano will leave the Cubs on Friday to take part in the World Baseball Classic, he'll pitch in Thursday's Cactus League opener against the Oakland Athletics at HoHoKam Park. "We're trying to get him set on a schedule," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said Sunday.

"We were told he was going to pitch sometime that first game (March 7 for Venezuela in the WBC). If he goes the second (of March) and the seventh, it's the start after that we're more concerned about because it depends who starts ...

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