4/21 Cubs (Williams) @ Cardinals (Mulder) 7:10 PM WGNTV

[Mark Priors Calves]

Williams: 0-1 2.45 ERA

 

Mulder: 1-0 4.05 ERA

[rawaction]

This should be an interesting game with a LHP on the mound. Lee's only backups are LH (Walker, Mabry). I'm sure Jones will be in the lineup too, so that's 2 LH hitters that are gonna have to play against Mulder. Good thing Mulder sucks though. Cubs will score. Bad matchup for Williams, though. Cards will take walks, he will issue them. He has to keep the lesser players in the lineup off base via BB, and keep Edmonds struggling. Walks to non-Pujols, Rolen, Jedmonds hitters are a recipe for disaster.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Let's just hope nobody in a Cubs uniform gets hurt today.

[C.C.]

Never felt so bad after a great win last night. :(

 

Let's just hope that DLEE comes out of this alright. I was just telling my friend last night that I love the makeup of this team. Let me do a shout out to the big man upstairs to heal DLEE fast!

[LoneStarCubFan]

Dear Jerome:

 

Please earhole Edmonds.

 

Just because.

 

Yours in baseball,

 

LoneStar

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

winning is fun...let's do it again.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

My flight leaves tomorrow at 5:55 AM for St. Louis. 9I have a two-hour stop in Houston along the way.) I'll arrive at my in-laws around 11:30 and get ready to head to the game.

 

I'll be at all three of these, so I hope the Cubs can find a way to keep winning.

 

Williams had a decent start against the Cardinals in St. Louis last year, so let's hope he can do it again. I'm going to have fun shouting at Ponson on Saturday from the Party Room.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

We are awesome.

[Derwood]

I'm going to have fun shouting at Ponson on Saturday from the Party Room.

 

Save your voice....his neck fat blocks his ear from hearing anything further than 2 feet away

[da bears]

Go Cubs! Win this series.

[UMFan83]

This should be an interesting game with a LHP on the mound. Lee's only backups are LH (Walker, Mabry). I'm sure Jones will be in the lineup too, so that's 2 LH hitters that are gonna have to play against Mulder. Good thing Mulder sucks though. Cubs will score. Bad matchup for Williams, though. Cards will take walks, he will issue them. He has to keep the lesser players in the lineup off base via BB, and keep Edmonds struggling. Walks to non-Pujols, Rolen, Jedmonds hitters are a recipe for disaster.

 

So much for Dusty's praise about our Bench being so versital(sp). I guess no one expected DLee to get hurt

[Big Fergie J]

Go Cubs.......Mulder scares me...I sense a big year for him...ugh...regardless we will win...Go Cubs !

[C.C.]

Go Cubs! Win this series.

 

I think we might win this series. The team will rally around with DLEE being hurt and may take this series. We aren't seeing Carpenter so you never know....

[EricG]

Dusty will give Neifi a start against the lefty. I'll probably be Walker at 1B, Neifi at 2B and Hairston in RF.

[SouthSideRyan]

Go Ewing theory!

[Big Fergie J]

Go Ewing theory!

 

Haha...good one

[C.C.]

Go Ewing theory!

 

Haha...good one

 

It'll be intersting to see if DLEE is out for a period of time if the Cubs try to get Choi from Boston? If I remember right didn't Choi have a good glove?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Some worthless stats of the day for Friday.......

 

CUBS are 2-0 on Fridays

CUBS are 3-0 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 5-3 on the road

CUBS are 4-2 at night

CUBS are 5-2 when they get a quality start

CUBS are 7-1 when they score first

CUBS are 4-1 in games that open a series

CUBS are 4-1 when Pierre steals at least one base

CUBS are 7-2 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning

CUBS are 2-3 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 5-1 when attendance exceeds 38,000

CUBS are 6-1 when their pitchers average less than 17 pitches per inning

CUBS are 9-0 when the opponent's starter goes less than 6-1/3 inning

CUBS are 6-0 when the lead after 6 innings

CUBS are 8-2 when the starter is Marshall, Maddux, or Zambrano

CUBS are on a pace to score 879 runs

CUBS are on a pace to win 104 games

CUBS are on a pace to steal 150 bases

CUBS are on a pace to draw 405 walks

 

CUBS are 6-11 when Williams starts

Williams is 10 of 17 in quality starts

Williams's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.98.... Williams has not pitched to Blanco

CUBS score 4.34 R/G overall.... 3.76 R/G when Williams pitches

CUBS hit 1.20 HR/G overall.... 1.53 HR/G when Williams pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Williams.....

 

04/04 - 10/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Williams   575   64  138   25    2   26  245   64   43  108  0.240  0.295  0.426  0.721
CUBS overall     5585  703 1506  322   23  194 2456  674  419  920  0.270  0.324  0.440  0.764

 

Williams's first start this year (0-1).....

 

Willliams               IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/15  vs. Pitts       6.0    4    2    1    4    3    0    94  6.00  4.50  0.00  1.33  1.50

 

Williams's starts vs. St. Louis in 2005 (1-1) .....

 

Williams                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/23  vs. St. L       6.0    7    4    3    3    3    0   105  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.67  4.50
08/13  vs. St. L       6.0    4    3    3    4    7    1   113  6.00 10.50  1.50  1.33  4.50

totals  vs. St. L     12.0   11    7    6    7   10    1   218  5.25  7.50  0.75  1.50  4.50

overall              106.0   98   50   46   45   59   12  1676  3.82  5.01  1.02  1.35  3.91

 

CUBS season series vs. St. Louis.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 3  Fri 04/07    St. Louis         5- 1  Maddux        
 4  Sat 04/08    St. Louis         3- 2  Zambrano      
 5  Sun 04/09    St. Louis     N   8- 4  Marshall      
15  Fri 04/21  @ St. Louis     N    -    Williams      
16  Sat 04/22  @ St. Louis          -    Rusch        
17  Sun 04/23  @ St. Louis          -    Maddux        
53  Fri 06/02  @ St. Louis     N    -             
54  Sat 06/03  @ St. Louis     N    -             
55  Sun 06/04  @ St. Louis          -             
101  Thu 07/27    St. Louis     N    -             
102  Fri 07/28    St. Louis          -             
103  Sat 07/29    St. Louis          -             
104  Sun 07/30    St. Louis          -             
121  Fri 08/18    St. Louis          -             
122  Sat 08/19    St. Louis          -             
123  Sun 08/20    St. Louis          -             
128  Fri 08/25  @ St. Louis     N    -             
129  Sat 08/26  @ St. Louis     N    -             
130  Sun 08/27  @ St. Louis          -             

 

CUBS' offense over the last 7 games......

 

04/13 - 04/19      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Walker             23    5    9    0    1    2   17    6    0    3  0.391  0.375  0.739  1.114
Murton             24    4    7    2    1    1   14    6    2    6  0.292  0.346  0.583  0.929
Jones              11    1    4    0    0    0    4    0    1    2  0.364  0.417  0.364  0.780
Mabry               8    1    3    0    0    0    3    1    0    4  0.375  0.375  0.375  0.750
Lee                22    3    6    1    0    0    7    3    5    3  0.273  0.393  0.318  0.711
Ramirez            23    3    5    1    0    1    9    3    2    3  0.217  0.308  0.391  0.699
Hairston           11    1    3    1    0    0    4    0    1    4  0.273  0.333  0.364  0.697
Cedeno             21    1    6    1    0    0    7    4    2    1  0.286  0.348  0.333  0.681
Pierre             29    4    9    1    0    0   10    0    1    4  0.310  0.333  0.345  0.678
Pagan               8    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500
Blanco              7    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    1  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393
Barrett            20    3    3    0    0    0    3    2    1    3  0.150  0.190  0.150  0.340
Bynum               9    2    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    3  0.111  0.111  0.111  0.222
Perez               9    1    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    3  0.111  0.111  0.111  0.222

totals            242   32   63    7    2    4   86   28   16   50  0.260  0.307  0.355  0.662

 

CUBS' pitching during the last week.....

 

 

04/13 - 04/19        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Dempster            4.0    2    0    0    0    4    0    67  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Williamson          4.0    2    0    0    0    5    0    45  0.00 11.25  0.00  0.50  0.00
Eyre                3.3    2    0    0    2    1    0    55  5.40  2.70  0.00  1.20  0.00
Novoa               1.7    1    0    0    1    0    0    16  5.40  0.00  0.00  1.20  0.00
Maddux              8.0    3    1    1    0    6    0    87  0.00  6.75  0.00  0.38  1.13
Willliams           6.0    4    2    1    4    3    0    94  6.00  4.50  0.00  1.33  1.50
Howry               4.3    3    1    1    2    1    1    77  4.15  2.08  2.08  1.15  2.08
Zambrano           12.0    8    6    5    8   11    2   215  6.00  8.25  1.50  1.33  3.75
Rusch               6.0    5    3    3    1    5    1    88  1.50  7.50  1.50  1.00  4.50
Marshall           10.0    7    6    6    4    6    2   165  3.60  5.40  1.80  1.10  5.40
Ohman               1.7    2    3    3    2    3    0    35 10.80 16.20  0.00  2.40 16.20
Aardsma             0.7    1    2    2    3    0    0    34 40.50  0.00  0.00  6.00 27.00
Wuertz              0.0    3    2    2    0    0    2    15  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00   inf

totals             61.7   43   26   24   27   45    8   993  3.94  6.57  1.17  1.14  3.50

 

Go CUBS !!

[rawaction]

Go Ewing theory!

 

Haha...good one

 

It'll be intersting to see if DLEE is out for a period of time if the Cubs try to get Choi from Boston? If I remember right didn't Choi have a good glove?

 

No, not really. He projected to be a pretty good defender in the minors, but never really developed that part of his game.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Go Ewing theory!

 

Haha...good one

 

It'll be intersting to see if DLEE is out for a period of time if the Cubs try to get Choi from Boston? If I remember right didn't Choi have a good glove?

 

No, not really. He projected to be a pretty good defender in the minors, but never really developed that part of his game.

 

BP has him slightly above average for his career, so does PMR(2005 season).

[rawaction]

Go Ewing theory!

 

Haha...good one

 

It'll be intersting to see if DLEE is out for a period of time if the Cubs try to get Choi from Boston? If I remember right didn't Choi have a good glove?

 

No, not really. He projected to be a pretty good defender in the minors, but never really developed that part of his game.

 

BP has him slightly above average for his career, so does PMR(2005 season).

 

Yeah, I figured he was right around average. But I figured he was slightly below rather than above.

[Big Fergie J]

Go Ewing theory!

 

Haha...good one

 

It'll be intersting to see if DLEE is out for a period of time if the Cubs try to get Choi from Boston? If I remember right didn't Choi have a good glove?

 

No, not really. He projected to be a pretty good defender in the minors, but never really developed that part of his game.

 

BP has him slightly above average for his career, so does PMR(2005 season).

 

Hey, TT, The Farns was lights out ystdy vs. the Blue Jays in the NYFY 3-1 win. He worked 2/3 of the 8th and was hitting 97 on the scoreboard Juggs.

 

He didn't look quite as Superman-like in pinstripes though.....

[soccer10k]

Go Ewing theory!

 

Haha...good one

 

It'll be intersting to see if DLEE is out for a period of time if the Cubs try to get Choi from Boston? If I remember right didn't Choi have a good glove?

 

I hope not. Choi is a bum.

[soccer10k]

 

Hey, TT, The Farns was lights out ystdy vs. the Blue Jays in the NYFY 3-1 win. He worked 2/3 of the 8th and was hitting 97 on the scoreboard Juggs.

 

He didn't look quite as Superman-like in pinstripes though.....

 

I can't wait for Farnsworth to blow a couple games. First off, it will probably lead SportsCenter because it's the Yankees. Second, the New York media will be all over him. Third, I can't wait for Steinbrenner to rip into him. It's only a matter of time, you know it's going to happen.

[Productive Outs]

 

Hey, TT, The Farns was lights out ystdy vs. the Blue Jays in the NYFY 3-1 win. He worked 2/3 of the 8th and was hitting 97 on the scoreboard Juggs.

 

He didn't look quite as Superman-like in pinstripes though.....

 

I can't wait for Farnsworth to blow a couple games. First off, it will probably lead SportsCenter because it's the Yankees. Second, the New York media will be all over him. Third, I can't wait for Steinbrenner to rip into him. It's only a matter of time, you know it's going to happen.

 

why would you want this? if you say it's because farnsworth is "gutless," well, i don't know what i'll do.