.500 by the ASB

[Scott G. F.]

So here we are in the darkest days of the Cubs season and the darkest streak the Cubs have gone through for quite a while. As the voices and calls for firings up and down the management chain increase it doesn't help the players on the field. The current players still have to go out day-in and day-out and play the game they get paid well to play. For them I will support the team and hope to see .500 again this season which looks like an impossible feat considering things as they are.

 

The Cubs are so completely bad right now I don't have the writing ability to describe it.

 

I do believe Zambo will go out tomorrow and get a win for us (I hope they let him bat).

 

Perspective : the Cubs have played .500 ball the last 6 games.

 

A bad loss to the Sox still counts as one loss doesn't it?

 

Teams are not as bad as you think they are when there are losing and not as good as you think they are when their winning.

 

Hang in there guy and girls of Diehard cub fandom.

[Balsa]

Oh god. Here's that line again. As if once we make it to the ASB, magic fairies and elves will help us stop swinging at pitches three feet above our heads or grounding into double plays or getting picked off second base or missing the cutoff man or not taking walks or bunting over runners to second or making double switches. The ASB means nothing, except we won't have to watch the Cubs continue to SUCK for a couple days.

 

I'm sorry, I'm being incredibly negative here, but I can't help it when the Pirates are nipping at our heels in MAY.

[Omar]

Teams are not as bad as you think they are when there are losing and not as good as you think they are when their winning.

 

Nice prespective there, Joe Morgan.

 

Ahahahahaha. Zambo.

[Scott G. F.]

Teams are not as bad as you think they are when there are losing and not as good as you think they are when their winning.

 

Nice prespective there, Joe Morgan.

 

Ahahahahaha. Zambo.

 

 

Not familur with that saying being attached to J Morgan.

[Outshined_One]

Roundabout weird statement, imo.

 

TANK FOR STOCK!

[Scott G. F.]

Oh god. Here's that line again. As if once we make it to the ASB, magic fairies and elves will help us stop swinging at pitches three feet above our heads or grounding into double plays or getting picked off second base or missing the cutoff man or not taking walks or bunting over runners to second or making double switches. The ASB means nothing, except we won't have to watch the Cubs continue to SUCK for a couple days.

 

I'm sorry, I'm being incredibly negative here, but I can't help it when the Pirates are nipping at our heels in MAY.

 

 

Yes you are being very negative.

 

BTW.....you see the fairies and elves too?

[TomAZZ]

Teams are not as bad as you think they are when there are losing and not as good as you think they are when their winning.

 

Nice prespective there, Joe Morgan.

 

Ahahahahaha. Zambo.

 

wow,,,looks like you're pulling a Barrett and taking some frustrations out on someone :roll:

[UMFan83]

Oh god. Here's that line again. As if once we make it to the ASB, magic fairies and elves will help us stop swinging at pitches three feet above our heads or grounding into double plays or getting picked off second base or missing the cutoff man or not taking walks or bunting over runners to second or making double switches. The ASB means nothing, except we won't have to watch the Cubs continue to SUCK for a couple days.

 

I'm sorry, I'm being incredibly negative here, but I can't help it when the Pirates are nipping at our heels in MAY.

 

 

Yes you are being very negative.

 

BTW.....you see the fairies and elves too?

 

Your right our storied past of championships and 90+ win seasons really makes it nonsense to be negative.

[oldstyle81]

Zambrano can pitch like he did the last 2 times out and lose mainly because pitching isint the real problem, our complete lack of offense is

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Roundabout weird statement, imo.

 

TANK FOR STOCK!

 

I'm up for that. :D

Edited May 21, 2006 by CaliforniaRaisin

[sweetpeteman]

.500 the last 6 games?

 

Uh, no. they are .333.

 

 

And the two wins? Against the Nationals, one of the worst teams in the league. Face it, this is NOT a .500 team, and to get to .500, they have to play ABOVE .500 ball, and I don't think they can.

 

And Z isn't going to bat, Busty doesn't think like that. Everybody has a role and they should fill it, and if they don't, nothing changes.

[Sammy Sofa]

What good is Z batting going to do? Offensively, he's crapping the bed, just like everyone else on this team.

[Jon]

Don't make things personal.

[SouthSideRyan]

Teams are not as bad as you think they are when there are losing and not as good as you think they are when their winning.

 

Nice prespective there, Joe Morgan.

 

Ahahahahaha. Zambo.

 

That's an old saying, and it's true in all aspects of life.

[Soul]

Teams are not as bad as you think they are when there are losing and not as good as you think they are when their winning.

 

Nice prespective there, Joe Morgan.

 

Ahahahahaha. Zambo.

 

That's an old saying, and it's true in all aspects of life.

 

As Cub fans, we know by now that our team doesn't follow the rest of the world. In the Cubbie universe, losing happens even when it shouldn't , couldn't, and most certainly wouldn't.

 

But in the case of this season, we just suck bones and that's why we can't win.

 

There's no mystery to 2006. It is what it is. Bad baseball.

[Banedon]

Perspective : the Cubs have played .500 ball the last 6 games.

 

Hmmm...yeah...that's not true.

 

Sun. 14 San Diego L 9-0 15-22 Hensley (2-2) Hill (0-3)

Tue. 16 Washington W 4-0 16-22 Zambrano (2-2) Hernandez (1-5)

Wed. 17 Washington W 5-0 17-22 Marshall (3-1) Day (2-4)

Thu. 18 Washington L 5-3 17-23 Ortiz (1-4) Wood (0-1) Cordero (4)

Fri. 19 at Chicago Sox L 6-1 17-24 Buehrle (5-2) Maddux (5-3)

Sat. 20 at Chicago Sox L 7-0 17-25 Garcia (7-1) Hill (0-4)

 

Perspective: The Cubs have 5 wins in their last 23 games...good for a .278 winning percentage.

[SouthSideRyan]

Teams are not as bad as you think they are when there are losing and not as good as you think they are when their winning.

 

Nice prespective there, Joe Morgan.

 

Ahahahahaha. Zambo.

 

That's an old saying, and it's true in all aspects of life.

 

As Cub fans, we know by now that our team doesn't follow the rest of the world. In the Cubbie universe, losing happens even when it shouldn't , couldn't, and most certainly wouldn't.

 

But in the case of this season, we just suck bones and that's why we can't win.

 

There's no mystery to 2006. It is what it is. Bad baseball.

 

The point is, no matter how godawful this team has been lately, it isn't a .278 winning % team. Nor was it a 600+ winning % team that the record showed earlier in the year.

[Banedon]

The point is, no matter how godawful this team has been lately, it isn't a .278 winning % team. Nor was it a 600+ winning % team that the record showed earlier in the year.

 

Well if this team can't play .600 ball the rest of the season, it isn't going to make the playoffs. And if it's not going to make the playoffs...again...then changes need to be made. But instead we're sitting our hands, hoping things magically get better, and the "breaks" start to go our way.

[SouthSideRyan]

The point is, no matter how godawful this team has been lately, it isn't a .278 winning % team. Nor was it a 600+ winning % team that the record showed earlier in the year.

 

Well if this team can't play .600 ball the rest of the season, it isn't going to make the playoffs. And if it's not going to make the playoffs...again...then changes need to be made. But instead we're sitting our hands, hoping things magically get better, and the "breaks" start to go our way.

 

I'm not taking issue with that, nor is Scott, as far as I can tell talking like that. The point is the poster replied to Scott, obnoxiously, calling him out for the quote, and he was dead wrong.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Perspective : the Cubs have played .500 ball the last 6 games.

 

Hmmm...yeah...that's not true.

 

Sun. 14 San Diego L 9-0 15-22 Hensley (2-2) Hill (0-3)

Tue. 16 Washington W 4-0 16-22 Zambrano (2-2) Hernandez (1-5)

Wed. 17 Washington W 5-0 17-22 Marshall (3-1) Day (2-4)

Thu. 18 Washington L 5-3 17-23 Ortiz (1-4) Wood (0-1) Cordero (4)

Fri. 19 at Chicago Sox L 6-1 17-24 Buehrle (5-2) Maddux (5-3)

Sat. 20 at Chicago Sox L 7-0 17-25 Garcia (7-1) Hill (0-4)

 

Perspective: The Cubs have 5 wins in their last 23 games...good for a .278 winning percentage.

 

If you check that, you'll find that 5 out of 23 is a .217 winning percentage.

[Scott G. F.]

Perspective : the Cubs have played .500 ball the last 6 games.

 

Hmmm...yeah...that's not true.

 

Sun. 14 San Diego L 9-0 15-22 Hensley (2-2) Hill (0-3)

Tue. 16 Washington W 4-0 16-22 Zambrano (2-2) Hernandez (1-5)

Wed. 17 Washington W 5-0 17-22 Marshall (3-1) Day (2-4)

Thu. 18 Washington L 5-3 17-23 Ortiz (1-4) Wood (0-1) Cordero (4)

Fri. 19 at Chicago Sox L 6-1 17-24 Buehrle (5-2) Maddux (5-3)

Sat. 20 at Chicago Sox L 7-0 17-25 Garcia (7-1) Hill (0-4)

 

Perspective: The Cubs have 5 wins in their last 23 games...good for a .278 winning percentage.

 

If you check that, you'll find that 5 out of 23 is a .217 winning percentage.

 

 

I stand corrected I was counting todays game as a win people. That would be 3 losses 3 wins the last 6 games.

 

I'm not even talking about the last 23 games. My question is why look?

There is no reason.

 

I hope Z can reset/reboot the Cubs team today.

[srbin84]

Just looking at the standings, the Cubs are still in it. The problem is they don't have the players to make a run or even get a nice 8 or 9 game winning streak. This team reminds me a lot of the 99 and 00 teams as far as just being flat out bad and lacking talent all over the diamond.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

There's no way this team gets to 500 by the All-Star break. I've tried to be optimistic....but it isn't happening. This team is sliding hopelessly into oblivion.

[Guest]

Just some food for thought;

 

Through yesterday's game, the Cubs were averaging 3.62 runs per game, compared to the NL average of 4.78 runs per game. That means the Cubs score 75.6% as many runs as an average team in their league, and only five teams in the last 50 years have fared worse. (The '69 Padres, '02 Tigers, '65 Mets, '03 Tigers, and '63 Astros.) If you were to pick a team at random from the expansion/franchise shift era there's a 99.6% chance they would have a better offense than the 2006 Cubs.

 

I'm not even talking about the last 23 games. My question is why look?

To steal a response from an old history teacher of mine: Those who do not learn from their mistakes are doomed to repeat them.

Edited May 21, 2006 by Anonymous

[USSoccer]

Just some food for thought;

 

Through yesterday's game, the Cubs were averaging 3.62 runs per game, compared to the NL average of 4.78 runs per game. That means the Cubs score 75.6% as many runs as an average team in their league, and only five teams in the last 50 years have fared worse. (The '69 Padres, '02 Tigers, '65 Mets, '03 Tigers, and '63 Astros.) If you were to pick a team at random from the expansion/franchise shift era there's a 99.6% chance they would have a better offense than the 2006 Cubs.

 

And that's BK, with your "Depressing Cubs Stat of the Day!"