5-6 Cubs (Marshall) @ Padres (Peavy) 9:05 CT WGN TV

[Laura]

i've missed the last half of the game. do my eyes deceive me or have the cubs been 0-3 the last three innings w/ the 'get the leadoff guy on and then bunt him over strategy'? i mean, seriously, how many times does it have to NOT work before you quit trying it?????? unreal!!!!!!!

 

I WON'T BELIEVE THE DATA UNTIL I SEE IT WITH MY OWN EYES

[fallingpieces]

Stupid Hot Fries.

[CubinNY]

I still love the Cubs.

 

But damn it, this is ridicilous.

 

How do you have your #3 hitter bunting with the guy on deck sitting at 0-4.

 

somaanambeeech.

[killthegoat06]

COBS SUCK

[CaliforniaRaisin]

JJ actually looks like he has a clue, not.

 

I wonder if anyone has told him he is opening his front side way to early.

 

I haven't heard a lot about Cubs coaching affecting any player's hitting.

 

Jon posted this in yesterday's game thread, though:

 

This will make someone on the board happy:

Cubs.com[/url]"]The reason for his resurgence? Zambrano has found a better, higher arm slot. He sat down with Rothschild and looked at video from a start last July against St. Louis' Chris Carpenter and discovered the difference.

 

"There was a big difference with my body," he said. "My outing against [Milwaukee], I was throwing with my arm only and wasn't using my body. When I'm using my legs and my body, everything's different because I can drive the ball where I want."

 

Rothschild lives!

 

The sad thing is JC and a few others had recognized this a while ago.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE TENTH INNING

 

Bowen homered to right field

 

1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0      R H E
CUBS          0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0      1 9 0 
San Diego     0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1      2 7 0 

 

W: Cassidy (3-0)

S: none

L: Howry (2-1)

 

T: 3:17

A: 37,745

 

Home runs: CUBS: Ramirez (5), San Diego: Bowen (1)

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marshall   6.0  3  1  1  3  6  0  90 
Novoa      1.3  1  0  0  0  0  0  23 
Eyre       0.7  1  0  0  0  1  0  17 
Howry      1.0  2  1  1  0  0  1  09 

Edited May 7, 2006 by Fred Hornkohl

[oldstyle81]

This team has got worse every year for the past 3 now.

 

I cannot understand for the life of me how most of our management is still employed.

 

still employed WITH A DAMN EXTENSION

[Laura]

JJ actually looks like he has a clue, not.

 

I wonder if anyone has told him he is opening his front side way to early.

 

I haven't heard a lot about Cubs coaching affecting any player's hitting.

 

Jon posted this in yesterday's game thread, though:

 

This will make someone on the board happy:

Cubs.com[/url]"]The reason for his resurgence? Zambrano has found a better, higher arm slot. He sat down with Rothschild and looked at video from a start last July against St. Louis' Chris Carpenter and discovered the difference.

 

"There was a big difference with my body," he said. "My outing against [Milwaukee], I was throwing with my arm only and wasn't using my body. When I'm using my legs and my body, everything's different because I can drive the ball where I want."

 

Rothschild lives!

 

The sad thing is JC and a few others had recognized this a while ago.

 

I'm just grateful someone out there finally recognized it, given the other blatant oversights.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Another Saturday night well spent!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Watch. The Cubs will be blown out or blow out the Padres tomorrow and Dempster will be used in a meaningless game.

[CubfaninCA]

 

actually, it does. of course, you still have to get a hit.

 

Do you have numbers for that?

 

BP did a study that showed pretty conclusively that the only good times to sac bunt when playing for one run are 1) when there are no outs and a runner on second and 2) when the pitcher (or someone who hits just as poorly as a pitcher - Neifi Perez for example) is batting.

 

does the bp "study" conclude a that runner usually scores from 1st on a single?

[Irrelevant Dude]

Watch. The Cubs will be blown out or blow out the Padres tomorrow and Dempster will be used in a meaningless game.

He'll be brought in for the ever important 4 run save.

[Laura]

And Marshall's streak ends right after Maddux's, though not due to any fault of Marshall's, obviously.

[Guancous]

I can't even watch this team right now. The pitching has been excellent the last couple of games and I felt no threat of the Cubs scoring. I don't mean winning, I mean actually forcing a run across the plate. I can't imagine how frustrated everyone in that clubhouse must feel.

[CubinNY]

 

actually, it does. of course, you still have to get a hit.

 

Do you have numbers for that?

 

BP did a study that showed pretty conclusively that the only good times to sac bunt when playing for one run are 1) when there are no outs and a runner on second and 2) when the pitcher (or someone who hits just as poorly as a pitcher - Neifi Perez for example) is batting.

 

does the bp "study" conclude a that runner usually scores from 1st on a single?

 

no

[OleMissCub]

 

How do you have your #3 hitter bunting with the guy on deck sitting at 0-4.

 

somaanambeeech.

 

Completely absurd managing given the horrible slump our offense is in. Pretty dumb to waste an out at that moment, especially as you point, with a guy on deck who is 0-4 and pretty much sucks

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

actually, it does. of course, you still have to get a hit.

 

Do you have numbers for that?

 

BP did a study that showed pretty conclusively that the only good times to sac bunt when playing for one run are 1) when there are no outs and a runner on second and 2) when the pitcher (or someone who hits just as poorly as a pitcher - Neifi Perez for example) is batting.

 

does the bp "study" conclude a that runner usually scores from 1st on a single?

 

What are you talking about?

[abuck1220]

11 more sac bunts and the cubs would have won.

[oldstyle81]

 

How do you have your #3 hitter bunting with the guy on deck sitting at 0-4.

 

somaanambeeech.

 

Completely absurd managing given the horrible slump our offense is in. Pretty dumb to waste an out at that moment, especially as you point, with a guy on deck who is 0-4 and pretty much sucks

 

Dust for brains continues to prove the fans right

[Fred Hornkohl]

This is getting really depressing.

[CubfaninCA]

start the pie countdown

 

cedeno

walker

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jones

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barret

[cheapseats]

 

actually, it does. of course, you still have to get a hit.

 

Do you have numbers for that?

 

BP did a study that showed pretty conclusively that the only good times to sac bunt when playing for one run are 1) when there are no outs and a runner on second and 2) when the pitcher (or someone who hits just as poorly as a pitcher - Neifi Perez for example) is batting.

 

Same study shows that bunting a runner to second with not outs increases your chances to score one run slightly. You generally don't want to do it because it significantly decreses your chances to score more than one.

 

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2851

 

Numbers in this study show pretty conclusively that it's a very good idea to bunt when playing for one run with a runner on second an no outs. It's usually a bad idea to sac bunt with a runner on first with no outs, even when playing for one run.

 

If you've got a different study that shows bunting a runner from 1st to 2nd raises probability of scoring one run, I'd genuinely like to see it. It's something that interests me.

[OleMissCub]

start the pie countdown

 

cedeno

walker

lee

aram

jones

murton

pie

barret

 

hell with that! get JONES out of that lineup. not pierre.

[Guancous]

There is no way that Hendry gives up three pitchers for Pierre only to bench him in early May. The pitching decisions (except for Rusch) have worked out for the most part. Almost all the blame belongs to the outfield acquisitions.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

start the pie countdown

 

cedeno

walker

lee

aram

jones

murton

pie

barret

 

He's not ready. I'd rather see him work on his plate discipline, power and baserunning at AAA than come up with holes in his game and struggle.