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The apology was supposed to be made in front of teammates, not a microphone and a camera.
That was what the Cubs had said and, presumably, that's what Carlos Zambrano had been told. Before he would tell anyone else he was sorry for his volcanic dugout eruption a month ago, he would face his fellow Cubs, admit he had let them down and ask for forgiveness.
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