5/26: Cubs (Zambrano) VS: Braves (Hudson) - 1:20 P.M.- WGN

[baseball7897]

Well the Matchup:

 

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

3-2, 3.53

VS:

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/218596.jpg

4-3, 3.95

 

 

I like the Cubs chances in this game. Zambrano has been pitching well lately and should lead the Cubs to victory.

 

 

The other matchup:

 

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/pressbox/photos/headshots_players_coaches/110481_90x135.jpg

Shrek

 

VS:

 

http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/atl/photo/ph_coach_mugshot_cox_bobby.jpg

Cox(Are you ok?)

 

God help us in this matchup.

Edited May 24, 2006 by baseball7897

[otis89]

We'll lose.

[Flames24Rulz]

We absolutely suck.

[baseball7897]

We absolutely suck.

 

Who is we? Do you have a mouse in your pocket?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Bullpen Rest  Dempster   Eyre      Williamson   Howry   Ohman     Novoa      Wuertz      
May 25         DNP       DNP         DNP        DNP      DNP       DNP        DNP

May 24         DNP       DNP         DNP        DNP    1IP/17p   0IP/15p      DNP

May 23       .2IP/18p  1.1IP/22p   .2IP/16p    .2IP/9p  .1IP/9p    DNP        DNP 

May 22         DNP       DNP        1IP/12p     DNP    1IP/13p   1.2IP/28p   1IP/46p

May 21        1IP/12p  .1IP/13p      DNP       .2IP/8p   DNP       DNP        DNP

May 20        1IP/13p    DNP        .2IP/5p     DNP    .2IP/11p  1.2IP/30p    DNP

[Drew Doughty]

We absolutely suck.

 

Who is we? Do you have a mouse in your pocket?

 

Stop saying that, it's pretty ridiculous. A good portion of the forum says "we" so I'd probably stop worrying about it.

[baseball7897]

http://eteamz.active.com/northalabamagiants/images/WSdustybakerwteam.jpg

 

This team could probably beat the 06 Cubs

[baseball7897]

We absolutely suck.

 

Who is we? Do you have a mouse in your pocket?

 

Stop saying that, it's pretty ridiculous. A good portion of the forum says "we" so I'd probably stop worrying about it.

 

 

How about you Relax kid

[Drew Doughty]

We absolutely suck.

 

Who is we? Do you have a mouse in your pocket?

 

Stop saying that, it's pretty ridiculous. A good portion of the forum says "we" so I'd probably stop worrying about it.

 

 

How about you Relax kid

 

I'm pretty relaxed right now actually. No worries about a playoff race, etc.

 

Just pointing out that you've said it a few times and that it's probably not something you should worry about.

[baseball7897]

We absolutely suck.

 

Who is we? Do you have a mouse in your pocket?

 

Stop saying that, it's pretty ridiculous. A good portion of the forum says "we" so I'd probably stop worrying about it.

 

 

How about you Relax kid

 

I'm pretty relaxed right now actually. No worries about a playoff race, etc.

 

Just pointing out that you've said it a few times and that it's probably not something you should worry about.

 

Im not worried about it.

[soccer10k]

Bullpen Rest  Dempster   Eyre      Williamson   Howry   Ohman     Novoa      Wuertz      
May 25         DNP       DNP         DNP        DNP      DNP       DNP        DNP

May 24         DNP       DNP         DNP        DNP    1IP/17p   0IP/15p      DNP

May 23       .2IP/18p  1.1IP/22p   .2IP/16p    .2IP/9p  .1IP/9p    DNP        DNP 

May 22         DNP       DNP        1IP/12p     DNP    1IP/13p   1.2IP/28p   1IP/46p

May 21        1IP/12p  .1IP/13p      DNP       .2IP/8p   DNP       DNP        DNP

May 20        1IP/13p    DNP        .2IP/5p     DNP    .2IP/11p  1.2IP/30p    DNP

 

Haha. Novoa 0IP, 15 pitches. Novoa sucks.

[Andy]

http://disney.jbug.net/mvdata/data/Big_Green.jpg

 

This team could probably beat the 06 Cubs

Fixed

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Friday..............

 

CUBS are 3-4 on Fridays

CUBS are 0-0 vs. Atlanta

CUBS are 1-3 when they've lost their last 3 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 11-16 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 8-8 in games that start a series

CUBS are 2-1 in games that open a home stand

CUBS are 8-17 in day games

CUBS are 10-10 at home

CUBS are 9-23 without Derrek Lee

CUBS are on a pace to win 63 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 588 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 116 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 405 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are drving in 18.0% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.337 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

 

CUBS are 6-4 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 6 of 10 in quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.12.... pitching to Blanco it's 2.25

CUBS score 3.63 R/G overall.... 4.80 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 0.72 HR/G overall.... 0.90 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

Zambrano's starts this year (6-4)

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 1  Mon 04/03  @ Cincinnati       16- 7  Zambrano      
 4  Sat 04/08    St. Louis         3- 2  Zambrano      
 8  Thu 04/13    Cincinnati        3- 8  Zambrano      
13  Tue 04/18  @ Los Angeles   N   1- 2  Zambrano      
18  Mon 04/24    Florida       N   6- 3  Zambrano      
23  Sun 04/30    Milwaukee         0- 9  Zambrano      
28  Fri 05/05  @ San Diego     N   0- 1  Zambrano      
33  Wed 05/10  @ San Francisco N   8- 1  Zambrano      
38  Tue 05/16    Washington    N   4- 0  Zambrano      
43  Sun 05/21  @ white sox         7- 4  Zambrano      
47  Fri 05/26    Atlanta            -    Zambrano      

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/03 - 05/24      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   338   48   77   16    2    9  124   45   32   61  0.228  0.297  0.367  0.664
CUBS overall     1515  167  369   60   13   33  554  154  115  245  0.244  0.299  0.366  0.665

 

Zambrano's last 5 starts (3-1).....

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
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
05/10  vs. S.F.        8.0    5    1    1    5    6    0   110  5.63  6.75  0.00  1.25  1.13
05/16  vs. Wash        8.0    4    0    0    2    8    0   122  2.25  9.00  0.00  0.75  0.00
05/21  vs. CWS         7.0    4    4    4    3    9    3   113  3.86 11.57  3.86  1.00  5.14

5 game totals         34.0   25   12   12   18   38    4   555  4.76 10.06  1.06  1.26  3.18

season totals         63.7   50   28   25   38   71    9  1100  5.37 10.04  1.27  1.38  3.53

 

Zambrano's start against Atlanta last year (ND)......

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
08/22  vs. Atla        8.0    3    2    2    0   10    1   118  0.00 11.25  1.13  0.38  2.25

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. Atlanta last year (1-6) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
81  Mon 07/04  @ Atlanta       N   0- 4  Wood        
82  Tue 07/05  @ Atlanta       N   1- 5  Maddux        
83  Thu 07/07  @ Atlanta           0- 6  Prior        
84  Thu 07/07  @ Atlanta       N   4- 9  Williams      
125  Mon 08/22    Atlanta       N   2- 4  Zambrano      
126  Tue 08/23    Atlanta       N  10- 1  Williams      
127  Wed 08/24    Atlanta           1- 3  Prior      

 

 

CUBS' season series vs. Atlanta .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
47  Fri 05/26    Atlanta            -    Zambrano      
48  Sat 05/27    Atlanta            -    Marshall      
49  Sun 05/28    Atlanta            -    Wood        
141  Fri 09/08  @ Atlanta       N    -             
142  Sat 09/09  @ Atlanta       N    -             
143  Sun 09/10  @ Atlanta            -             
144  Mon 09/11  @ Atlanta       N    -             

 

CUBS hitters vs. Atlanta last year.....

 

vs. Atla           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee                14    3    5    2    0    1   10    1    4    5  0.357  0.500  0.714  1.214
Hollandsworth      12    1    4    0    0    1    7    2    0    1  0.333  0.308  0.583  0.891
Ramirez            24    3    7    0    0    1   10    3    2    1  0.292  0.346  0.417  0.763
Lawton             10    3    3    0    0    0    3    0    1    0  0.300  0.417  0.300  0.717
Walker             26    5    7    3    0    0   10    2    2    3  0.269  0.321  0.385  0.706
Barrett            18    0    5    0    0    0    5    2    2    3  0.278  0.350  0.278  0.628
Burnitz            22    1    4    0    0    0    4    5    6    5  0.182  0.357  0.182  0.539
Blanco              9    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    0  0.222  0.222  0.222  0.444
Macias             10    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    2  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400
Hairston           14    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    2    3  0.143  0.250  0.143  0.393
Perez              28    0    5    0    0    0    5    2    0    2  0.179  0.179  0.179  0.357
Patterson          15    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    5  0.067  0.125  0.067  0.192
Cedeno              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Dubois              4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Alta   224   18   50    5    0    3   64   17   20   36  0.223  0.289  0.286  0.574

season totals    5585  704 1505  313   23  190 2434  676  417  910  0.269  0.324  0.436  0.759

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Atlanta last year......

 

vs. Atla             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Mitre               2.3    3    0    0    1    1    0    50  3.86  3.86  0.00  1.71  0.00
Dempster            2.0    1    0    0    2    2    0    36  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.50  0.00
Remlinger           2.0    1    0    0    0    4    0    31  0.00 18.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Wuertz              2.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    24  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Zambrano            8.0    3    2    2    0   10    1   118  0.00 11.25  1.13  0.38  2.25
Williams           13.7   11    4    4    5    8    2   214  3.29  5.27  1.32  1.17  2.63
Ohman               2.3    1    1    1    1    2    1    38  3.86  7.71  3.86  0.86  3.86
Wood                7.0    8    5    5    3    8    2   144  3.86 10.29  2.57  1.57  6.43
Prior              11.3   11    9    9    8   12    1   234  6.35  9.53  0.79  1.68  7.15
Maddux              6.0    8    5    5    1    6    0    86  1.50  9.00  0.00  1.50  7.50
Novoa               2.3    5    3    3    1    3    1    52  3.86 11.57  3.86  2.57 11.57
Rusch               0.0    2    3    3    0    0    1    12  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00   inf

totals vs. Atla    59.0   55   32   32   22   57    9  1039  3.36  8.69  1.37  1.31  4.88

season totals    1439.3 1357  714  671  576 1255  186 23680  3.60  7.85  1.16  1.34  4.20

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

thru 24 May   BDI    LOB       PCT

Restovich       1     02     0.333
Walker         19     44     0.302
Lee             7     17     0.292
Barrett        15     50     0.231
Murton         16     58     0.216
Jones          12     49     0.197
Perez           7     30     0.189
Ramirez        14     64     0.179
Cedeno         12     56     0.176
Hairston        4     27     0.129
Bynum           2     14     0.125
Pagan           1     08     0.111
Blanco          2     17     0.105
Mabry           2     24     0.077
Pierre          2     53     0.036
Theriot         0     02     0.000

Team          121    551     0.180

 

Go CUBS !!

[Mizzou]

We suck so bad.

[Shilzzz]

http://eteamz.active.com/northalabamagiants/images/WSdustybakerwteam.jpg

 

This team could probably beat the 06 Cubs

 

baseball before steroids.... awww. look at little barry. :P

[B]

I like the Cubs chances in this game. Zambrano has been pitching well lately and should lead the Cubs to victory.

 

Why?

Edited May 25, 2006 by B

[Mark Priors Calves]

meh

[UMFan83]

If we don't show up, we can only lose 9-0. I suggest this option.

[Guancous]

Maybe I'll just save time and just ask someone to kick me in the groin tomorrow.

[fiver]

Is it time to discontinue the mlb.tv subscription? I opted to pay monthly instead of paying for the entire season for this very reason.

 

 

Go Cubs.

[A New Era]

Is it time to discontinue the mlb.tv subscription? I opted to pay monthly instead of paying for the entire season for this very reason.

 

 

Go Cubs.

 

Lucky you. Damnit next year I'm waiting till the ASB atleast.

[Mark_R]

http://CUBS are on a pace to score 588 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

 

Baseball statisticians, how epically bad would this total be?

[sweetpeteman]

http://CUBS are on a pace to score 588 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

 

Baseball statisticians, how epically bad would this total be?

 

Since 1996, (The 1st full year after the strike), only 3 teams have scored less than 600 runs. This is also an era were runs have skyrocketed.

 

2003 Dodgers 574

2003 Tigers 591

2002 Tigers 575

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://CUBS are on a pace to score 588 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

 

Baseball statisticians, how epically bad would this total be?

 

National League since 1961, excluding strike years 1972, 1981, 1994.........

 

2003  Los Angeles      574
1995  St. Louis        563
1993  Florida          581
1992  San Fancisco     574
1992  Los Angeles      548
1991  Washington       579
1990  Houston          573
1989  Atlanta          584
1989  Los Angeles      554
1988  St. Louis        578
1988  Atlanta          555
1985  Pittsburgh       568
1985  San Fancisco     556
1984  Los Angeles      580
1983  New York         575
1982  Houston          569
1982  Cincinnati       545
1980  San Fancisco     573
1979  Houston          583
1977  New York         587
1976  San Diego        570
1976  Washington       531
1975  Atlanta          583
1975  San Diego        552
1974  New York         572
1974  San Diego        541
1973  San Diego        548
1971  New York         588
1971  Cincinnati       586
1971  Houston          585
1971  Philadelphia     558
1971  San Diego        486
1969  Washington       582
1969  San Diego        468
1968  Pittsburgh       583
1968  St. Louis        583
1968  Philadelphia     543
1968  Atlanta          514
1968  Houston          510
1968  New York         473
1968  Los Angeles      470
1967  Los Angeles      519
1967  New York         498
1966  New York         587
1966  St. Louis        571
1965  Houston          569
1965  New York         495
1964  New York         569
1964  Houston          495
1963  CUBS             570
1963  Pittsburgh       567
1963  New York         501
1963  Houston          464
1961  Philadelphia     584

 

54 occurances of 588 runs or less out of 510 team seasons or 10.58%

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://CUBS are on a pace to score 588 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

 

Baseball statisticians, how epically bad would this total be?

 

Let me try to answer this again in a different way. Using a metric called a Z score, where you take an occurance (runs scored) subtract if from the mean, (average for the year in which the occurance happened) and divide the result by the standard deviation (also from the year in which the occurance happened), this year's CUBS team is arguably the worst offense in the National League since 1961.

 

This type of measurement will adjust for different numbers of game played (i.e. the strike years) and for changes in runs scored league wide over the years (different eras in terms of hitting) since each occurance is measured against the rest of the league in the year in which it occured, rather than over the span of 46 years.

 

A Z score of zero is exactly average. Scores above zero are above average, and scores below zero are below average. -2.4 is just pathetic !!

 

Year  Team           Runs   Lg Avg  Std Dev     Z score

2006  CUBS            164   217.88   22.436     -2.4013
1969  San Diego       468   657.50   81.254     -2.3322
1961  Philadelphia    584   700.00   50.522     -2.2960
1970  Philadelphia    594   730.92   59.689     -2.2938
1983  New York        575   666.08   41.106     -2.2158
1993  Florida         581   727.86   66.876     -2.1960
1989  Los Angeles     554   639.42   40.903     -2.0883
1982  Cincinnati      545   662.25   56.276     -2.0835
2003  Los Angeles     574   746.56   83.377     -2.0697
1964  Houston         495   651.70   78.512     -1.9959
1990  Houston         573   681.08   54.358     -1.9884
1985  San Fancisco    556   658.25   52.650     -1.9421
1965  New York        495   655.80   84.345     -1.9064
1967  New York        498   621.80   65.103     -1.9016
1973  San Diego       548   671.83   65.247     -1.8979
1977  New York        587   713.00   66.462     -1.8958
1971  San Diego       486   633.42   79.318     -1.8585
1999  Florida         691   810.38   65.048     -1.8352
1974  San Diego       541   672.50   71.976     -1.8270
1992  Los Angeles     548   628.25   44.572     -1.8004
1988  Atlanta         555   626.83   39.960     -1.7976
1995  St. Louis       563   666.36   57.576     -1.7952
2002  Milwaukee       627   719.75   51.777     -1.7914
1963  Houston         464   618.10   87.087     -1.7695
2004  Arizona         615   751.13   78.567     -1.7326
1985  Pittsburgh      568   658.25   52.650     -1.7142
1981  New York        348   419.58   41.820     -1.7117
2001  New York        642   761.63   69.897     -1.7114
1979  Houston         583   682.17   59.069     -1.6788
1987  Los Angeles     635   730.92   57.603     -1.6651
1982  Houston         569   662.25   56.276     -1.6570
1996  Philadelphia    650   758.79   66.868     -1.6269
1991  Washington      579   662.92   52.677     -1.5930
1975  San Diego       552   667.83   73.105     -1.5845
1967  Los Angeles     519   621.80   65.103     -1.5790
1980  San Fancisco    573   654.33   51.647     -1.5748