6/10 Cubs[Zambrano] @ Reds[Claussen] - 5:10 pm CT on CSN

[Fred Hornkohl]

Kearns flied out to left field

[Outshined_One]

Dusty...it's pouring rain and Z has been overworked in the past month.

 

Please for the love of all that is holy take Z down after this inning.

[JGalt73]

Anyone know what Pierre's SB total takes his OPS up to?

 

BP's metric for the addition to OBP that stolen bases should provide would give Pierre a boost from .277 to .290 (prior to today).

Wait, I'm confused. How would stealing a base, when a player is already on base (obviously), boost his OBP?

 

From BP...

 

Because OBP is essentially a measure of setting oneself up to score runs, whereas SLG is a measure of driving runs in. Compare, say, a single and a walk. Each of these outcomes makes it just as likely that you're going to score for yourself, but the former does more to advance other runners along; it makes sense that a single improves a player's slugging percentage while a walk does not. Similarly, compare a single and a subsequent stolen base to a double. Either way, the batter winds up on a second base, but the double does more to drive other runners in.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ross grounded out to third, 5-3

[Mizzou]

Dusty...it's pouring rain and Z has been overworked in the past month.

 

Please for the love of all that is holy take Z down after this inning.

I vote for lettting him stay in to get the shutout. He'll likely be under 100 pitches going to the 9th.

 

Quinton McCracken is still in baseball? Wow.

[cubs121]

Dusty...it's pouring rain and Z has been overworked in the past month.

 

Please for the love of all that is holy take Z down after this inning.

I vote for lettting him stay in to get the shutout. He'll likely be under 100 pitches going to the 9th.

 

Quinton McCracken is still in baseball? Wow.

hes got almost 100 plus now?! :shock:

[Mizzou]

Anyone know what Pierre's SB total takes his OPS up to?

 

BP's metric for the addition to OBP that stolen bases should provide would give Pierre a boost from .277 to .290 (prior to today).

Wait, I'm confused. How would stealing a base, when a player is already on base (obviously), boost his OBP?

 

From BP...

 

Because OBP is essentially a measure of setting oneself up to score runs, whereas SLG is a measure of driving runs in. Compare, say, a single and a walk. Each of these outcomes makes it just as likely that you're going to score for yourself, but the former does more to advance other runners along; it makes sense that a single improves a player's slugging percentage while a walk does not. Similarly, compare a single and a subsequent stolen base to a double. Either way, the batter winds up on a second base, but the double does more to drive other runners in.

Thanks for the explanation. I still think that if you're going to adjust things, a SB should result in a boost to a player's SLG, not his OBP.

[Outshined_One]

Terrible read on that one, Juanny.

[cubs121]

mccracken with A TRIPLE? :?

[Fred Hornkohl]

McCracken, pinch hitting for Yan, tripled to deep center field

[Jon]

That was an...interesting...route to the ball, Pierre.

[Mizzou]

Dusty...it's pouring rain and Z has been overworked in the past month.

 

Please for the love of all that is holy take Z down after this inning.

I vote for lettting him stay in to get the shutout. He'll likely be under 100 pitches going to the 9th.

 

Quinton McCracken is still in baseball? Wow.

hes got almost 100 plus now?! :shock:

Now he does. I had assumed that Quinton McCracken would be an easy out. I was wrong.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 0-10 when the opponent triples.... 24-26 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[cubs121]

uh oh common Z calm down!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Lopez walked

[Mizzou]

Anyone up in the pen?

[Shavo]

CMON REDS

[Geech]

uh oh common Z calm down!

 

If we egg him on, he might take care of our Juan Pierre problem for us.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 14-8 when they allow fewer than 4 walks.... 10-28 when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Outshined_One]

Anyone up in the pen?

 

Eyre just started warming up.

[Jon]

Where exactly were some of those pitches?

[da bears]

Nice Zambrano. Good pitching AGAIN.

[Shavo]

ugh

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Kearns flied out to left field

Ross grounded out to third, 5-3

McCracken, pinch hitting for Yan, tripled to deep center field

Lopez walked

Phillips flied out to right field

 

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs: CUBS: Barrett ( 8 )

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano   7.0  2  0  0  6  4  0 109 

[Outshined_One]

Wow, did anyone just catch what Z just did? That was hilarious!