5/10 Cubs (Zambrano) @ Giants (Cain) 9:15 CSNC TV/XM 189

[sethuel1]

I was on deck, and we lost, so I'm starting the next one. hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes.

 

This guy:

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/407296.jpg

vs.

this guy

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/430912.jpg

 

Based on head size, the Cubs should win.

 

I guess.

[Mark_R]

Cain is one fugly dude.

 

I'd say Go Cubs, but I know the hope is futile.

[oldstyle81]

Zambrano needs to throw a gem

 

Cain destroyed us last year

 

complete game 2 hitter, 1 er, 1 bb

 

only run was a HR by Lee

[soccer10k]

Bonds is going to hit 714 today. I predicted it during today's game but I figured I should do it here as well. Z is going to challenge him and is going to make a mistake and Bonds will take him deep. I don't want it to happen but I think it will.

[Sammy Sofa]

Reposted for truth:

 

http://home.comcast.net/~sauce1977/stop_sucking.jpg

 

Zambrano needs to pitch AND hit a gem. Somebody has to. But then Pierre would come up and hit into the rarely seen quintuple play, a special occurance only witnessed with players SO fast that they can't slow down around the basepaths and are thrown out at each base.

Edited May 10, 2006 by Sammy Sofa

[CubfaninCA]

My prediction in the words of Johnny Drama,"VICTORY!"

[sunnydoo]

Someone please kill me.

 

Thank you.

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

the question is will we ever win again

[UMFan83]

Keep the "Fire Baker" streak going!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday.......

 

CUBS are 2-3 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 0-1 vs. San Francisco

CUBS are 0-0 when they've lost their last 8 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 8-9 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 7-9 at night

CUBS are 6-12 on the road

CUBS are 11-4 when they score first in the game.... 3-14 when they don't

CUBS are 8-1 when they score in the first inning.... 6-17 when they don't

CUBS are 11-8 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 3-10 when they do

CUBS are 11-2 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-16 when they don't

CUBS are 10-4 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 4-14 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 71 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 608 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 127 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 446 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are on a pace to steal 137 bases this year..... compared to 64 last year

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 182 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year

CUBS are on a pace to commit 86 errors this year..... compared to 100 last year

CUBS are drving in 17.6% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.340 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

 

CUBS are 3-4 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 4 of 7 in quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.02.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.00

CUBS score 3.75 R/G overall.... 4.14 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 0.78 HR/G overall.... 0.71 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/03 - 05/09      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   235   29   50   11    1    5   78   27   26   52  0.213  0.292  0.332  0.624
CUBS overall     1056  120  260   41    9   25  394  110   88  179  0.246  0.306  0.373  0.679

 

Zambrano's last 5 starts (0-2).....

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/13  vs. Cincy       6.0    4    5    4    3    8    2   103  4.50 12.00  3.00  1.17  6.00
04/18  vs. L.A.        6.0    4    1    1    5    3    0   112  7.50  4.50  0.00  1.50  1.50
04/24  vs. Flor        7.0    6    3    3    3   12    1   114  3.86 15.43  1.29  1.29  3.86
04/30  vs. Milw        4.0    8    7    7    5    5    1   103 11.25 11.25  2.25  3.25 15.75
05/05  vs. S.D.        7.0    4    0    0    3   10    0   107  3.86 12.86  0.00  1.00  0.00

5 game totals         30.0   26   16   15   19   38    4   539  5.70 11.40  1.20  1.50  4.50

season totals         40.7   37   23   20   28   48    6   755  6.20 10.62  1.33  1.60  4.43

 

Zambrano's starts against San Francisco last year (1-0)......

 

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/27  vs. S.F.        7.3   11    3    3    4    4    0   120  4.91  4.91  0.00  2.05  3.68
09/08  vs. S.F.        7.0    6    3    3    3    6    1   125  3.86  7.71  1.29  1.29  3.86

totals vs. S.F.       14.3   17    6    6    7   10    1   245  4.40  6.28  0.63  1.67  3.77

season totals        223.3  170   88   81   86  202   21  3564  3.47  8.14  0.85  1.15  3.26

 

CUBS' season series vs. San Francisco .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
32  Tue 05/09  @ San Francisco N   1- 6  Hill        
33  Wed 05/10  @ San Francisco N    -    Zambrano      
34  Thu 05/11  @ San Francisco      -    Marshall      
134  Fri 09/01    San Francisco      -             
135  Sat 09/02    San Francisco      -             
136  Sun 09/03    San Francisco      -             

 

CUBS' offense during the last 14 games.....

 

04/25 - 05/09      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Barrett            29    2    9    1    1    1   15    1    6    3  0.310  0.444  0.517  0.962
Ramirez            52    8   13    4    0    3   26    4    5    5  0.250  0.310  0.500  0.810
Jones              47    2   13    2    0    2   21    4    2    9  0.277  0.306  0.447  0.753
Murton             42    4   13    2    0    0   15    6    5    7  0.310  0.396  0.357  0.753
Restovich           9    0    2    1    0    0    3    1    1    3  0.222  0.300  0.333  0.633
Cedeno             54    2   15    0    1    1   20    3    1    9  0.278  0.291  0.370  0.661
Walker             47    1   11    2    0    0   13    1    5    8  0.234  0.308  0.277  0.584
Bynum              15    0    3    0    1    0    5    1    1    6  0.200  0.250  0.333  0.583
Pierre             55    4    9    1    1    0   12    0    5    6  0.164  0.246  0.218  0.464
Perez              23    1    4    0    0    0    4    0    2    2  0.174  0.240  0.174  0.414
Hairston           29    2    5    0    0    0    5    3    2    6  0.172  0.226  0.172  0.398
Blanco             12    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    3    2  0.083  0.267  0.083  0.350
Mabry              14    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    5  0.143  0.200  0.143  0.343

14 game totals    451   27  100   13    4    7  142   25   40   77  0.222  0.289  0.315  0.604

season totals    1056  120  260   41    9   25  394  110   88  178  0.246  0.306  0.373  0.679

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games......

 

04/25 - 05/09        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marshall           20.3    9    2    2    6   18    0   276  2.66  7.97  0.00  0.74  0.89
Dempster            4.0    2    1    1    0    2    0    45  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.50  2.25
Howry               7.3    7    2    2    0    3    1   109  0.00  3.68  1.23  0.95  2.45
Ohman               9.0    9    4    4    3    8    0   144  3.00  8.00  0.00  1.33  4.00
Eyre                7.7    7    4    4    5   11    2   150  5.87 12.91  2.35  1.57  4.70
Novoa               7.0    8    6    4    5    9    0   173  6.43 11.57  0.00  1.86  5.14
Zambrano           11.0   12    7    7    8   15    1   210  6.55 12.27  0.82  1.82  5.73
Williamson          5.7    4    4    4    5    7    0   108  7.94 11.12  0.00  1.59  6.35
Guzman             15.0   17   14   12   11   16    2   291  6.60  9.60  1.20  1.87  7.20
Rusch               8.3    8    7    7    6    4    4   177  6.48  4.32  4.32  1.68  7.56
Maddux             14.7   27   14   14    3   15    2   244  1.84  9.20  1.23  2.05  8.59
Hill               10.0   14   10   10    5    5    3   167  4.50  4.50  2.70  1.90  9.00
Aardsma             2.3    4    3    3    3    2    2    60 11.57  7.71  7.71  3.00 11.57

14 game totals    122.3  128   78   74   60  115   17  2154  4.41  8.46  1.25  1.54  5.44

season totals     280.0  253  155  144  136  241   41  4792  4.37  7.75  1.32  1.39  4.63

 

This pretty well sums up the last 8 games.......

 

05/02 - 05/09      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS              269    9   59    5    3    4   82    9   21   44  0.219  0.277  0.305  0.582

 

05/02 - 05/09        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
CUBS               68.3   74   42   38   30   62    8  3.95  8.17  1.05  1.52  5.00

 

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              0   2   0   5   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       9
Opponents         7   3   7   8   4   6   3   2   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0      42

 

Go CUBS !!

[CubfaninCA]

CUBS are on a pace to hit 127 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

 

:shock:

 

CUBS are on a pace to draw 446 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

 

:)

[NCCubFan]

Time to turn the clock back to 2001. That year the Cubs had an 8 game losing streak immediately followed by a 12 game winning streak. Tonight we completed the 8 game losing streak part; tomorrow it's time to start the 12 game winning streak.

[soccer10k]

Dear Chicago Cubs,

 

I really don't care if you lose this game but please just score some runs. Lose 11-10 for all I care, just hit the ball. Show that you can hit better than a Rookie Ball team. Let's just end this offensive futility. We can work on that winning thing another day. Thank you.

 

Sincerely,

soccer10k

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

i'm about out of patient. these guys are only 4 under right now...they can turn this around but the window to do so is really startin to slowly shut. they can't afford to go too many under .500 just PUH-PUH-PUHLEASE SCORE SOME RUNS OR I MMMMIGHT DEVELOP A STTTUTTAH

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Has the season reached critical mass yet?

[WindyCity]

Has the season reached critical mass yet?

 

Nope -- but we are nearing terminal velocity.

[CubinNY]

Has the season reached critical mass yet?

 

Nope -- but we are nearing terminal velocity.

 

You can calculate the Cubs terminal velocity here:

 

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/termv.html

Edited May 10, 2006 by CubinNY

[Master Shake]

Tonight's gamewill bethe best chance the Cubs will have to win for a while.

 

I still don't feel confident.

 

 

What is the longest losing streak by a team, and who set it?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Cubs win, 6-1. :shock:

 

Zambrano goes 8, giving up only 4 hits and striking out 11.

 

(After predicting yesterdays score to be infinity to the entire Cubs team ending up dead, I couldn't go worse.)

[Master Shake]

I have only ever made one baseball prediction that came true...

 

 

1989, I predicted an earthquake would hit the bay area just before the start of the world series. :shock: :shock: :shock:

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Bullpen Rest  Dempster   Eyre      Williamson   Howry   Ohman     Novoa      Rusch
May 9          DNP      1IP/32p      DNP        DNP     1IP/14p    DNP        DNP          

May 8         1IP/17p    DNP         DNP       1IP/11p   DNP       DNP      2.1IP/47p

May 7          DNP       DNP         DNP        DNP     2IP/35p  .1IP/28p   1.1IP/23p

May 6          DNP     .2IP/17p      DNP       1IP/9p    DNP     1.1IP/23p    DNP

May 5          DNP      1IP/14p     1.1IP/30p  1IP/17p   DNP       DNP        DNP

May 4          DNP      1IP/11p      DNP        DNP     1IP/18p    DNP      2IP/26p

 

That makes 2 pitchers who haven't pitched in at least 2 games, and 5 who have pitched in 1 or fewer games in the last 3 games. That's with SP performances of 4.1, 3.2, and 6 IP in those games. It's pretty much impossible to overwork a 7 man pen.

Edited May 10, 2006 by Transmogrified Tiger

[C.C.]

I'm done with positive predictions. Cubs lose this game 6-2. And the streak goes on and on and on and o.....

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm still clinging to hope that they don't exceed 8 games lost in a row...that seems to have been their habit for losing streaks the last few years, but any more than that and I may lose my grip on my sanity.

 

Didn't they have an 8 game slide at pretty much exactly this time LAST year? If that means we have 2 more of these debacles to go through before season's end...Christ...

[Marco4]

How about not being complete dross today?

 

Just a thought.

[LoneStarCubFan]

Suck less.