5/13 Padres (Young) @ Cubs (Maddux) 1:20 CSN/XM188

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 14-12 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 1-8 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Master Shake]

Somebody shot me, but Jaque hasn't been too bad the last 6 games or so.

[Banedon]

Young getting wild. Jones best not swing till he gets a strike.

 

And he swings at the first 2 pitches...:P

[CubinNY]

CUBS are 14-12 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 1-8 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

There's one that corelates, Fred. Shame, shame.

[Flames24Rulz]

Jones grounds into a FC. Ramirez out at 2nd. Walker to 3rd.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jones grounded into a FC, 6-4, Ramirez out at second, Walker to third

[Careless]

hey, he failed to ground into a dp! Brenly praising speed now.

[Balsa]

*phew*

[Fred Hornkohl]

Somebody shot me, but Jaque hasn't been too bad the last 6 games or so.

 

05/03 - 05/12      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Jones              31    3   11    1    0    2   18    6    2    7  0.355  0.394  0.581  0.975

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Clearly, small ball wins games. This is the best possible lineup for offensive success, and I hope it becomes the default batting order from this point on.

 

Or would it be more appropriate to say winning ball clubs employ some small ball ? Just a thought.

 

I think that's a very appropriate question.

 

The stats tell us there are situations in which the offense might benefit from giving up an out or attempting a steal. Those situations are few and far between - ie, playing for one run late in the ballgame or trying to score against a particularly dominating pitcher.

 

FWIW, I think it would be interesting for someone to calculate how many runs Ozzie Guillen's "smart ball" helped the Sox score last year. Maybe focus specifically on Podsednik?

 

There were plenty of times last year when Iguchi would sac bunt Pods over only to have Konerko or Dye hit a homerun, but I'm sure there were times when Pods scored when he might not have otherwise.

 

The difference, of course, is that Sox starters and bullpen were much better than ours last season, and a one-run lead was much more likely to hold up for them.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING

 

Cedeno struck out swinging

Walker walked

Ramirez walked, Walker to second

Jones grounded into a FC, 6-4, Ramirez out at second, Walker to third

Hairston popped out (foul) to the third baseman

 

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base

 

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

[Balsa]

Sonuvacrap

[CubinNY]

Rhetorical Question:

 

Why didn't someone tell Jones to take a strike or two when the TWO guys in front of him both walked?

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 14-12 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 1-8 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

There's one that corelates, Fred. Shame, shame.

 

Well.... shame all over me !! :oops:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Giles grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

[CubinNY]

CUBS are 14-12 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 1-8 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

There's one that corelates, Fred. Shame, shame.

 

Well.... shame all over me !! :oops:

 

Actually I was wrong. I saw it as 14-2 and 1-8.

 

So, you are still batting 1.000. my bad.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 14-12 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 1-8 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

There's one that corelates, Fred. Shame, shame.

 

Well.... shame all over me !! :oops:

 

Actually I was wrong. I saw it as 14-2 and 1-8.

 

So, you are still batting 1.000. my bad.

 

Whew !! you had me worried there for a minute !! :wink:

[Flames24Rulz]

Pierre, Sheffield, Walker, Helton is my guess to the trivia question.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Piazza grounded out to third, 5-3

[Flames24Rulz]

Greene flies out to the LF track.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Giles grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

Piazza grounded out to third, 5-3

Greene flied out to deep left field

 

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

 

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

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Maddux     4.0  2  0  0  0  2  0  40 

[Balsa]

Maddog <3

[CubinNY]

Typical Maddux game. I'm not even done with my 1st inning beer yet.

[Balsa]

Rhetorical Question:

 

Why didn't someone tell Jones to take a strike or two when the TWO guys in front of him both walked?

 

Pitcher was throwing him strikes right from the get-go. I saw it.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Perez flied out to center field