7/14 Mets (Trachsel) vs. Cubs (Maddux) 1:20PM CT CSN/ESPN

[WindyCity]

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Three game win streak! Maddog needs to stop pitching like an old dog if the Cubs want their first 4-game win streak of '06.

 

 

fu·til·i·ty (fyü-'ti-l&-tE)

n. pl. fu·til·i·ties

 

1. The quality of having no useful result; uselessness.

2. Lack of importance or purpose; frivolousness.

3. A futile act.

 

futility

 

n : uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

 

 

100 years ago, the Cubs put together what is still regarded as the greatest regular season in baseball history. Unfortunately for Cubs fans, the 2006 Cubs bear no resemblance.

 

2006 Fecal League Standings (as of 7/13/06)

Team            W       L       PCT     GB
=============   ==      ==      ====    ===
Chicago Cubs    34      54      .386     - 
Kansas City     31      57      .352    3.0
Pittsburgh      30      60      .333    5.0

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Cubs suck, Maddux will turn to dust after throwing pitch #18.

[otis89]

Bold prediction: Trachsel homers.

[Andy]

The Cubs are back! :D

 

*remembers how the season has gone*

 

The Cubs are back... :x

[Flames24Rulz]

I can't say I'll be spending a Friday afternoon watching the Cobs play a meaningless game.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

With Trachel pitching, this game is bound to last four hours.

[Brian]

here comes the second half surge :^o

 

(:lol: if you look at my post and then look at the pic in my sig it looks like Z is wondering "WTF is this guy talking about????")

[CaliforniaRaisin]

With Trachel pitching, this game is bound to last four hours.

 

But speedy Maddux is pitching too. Wonder who will win out...probably Trachsel.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from historic Baton Rouge, LA. (Go Tigers !)

 

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

 

CUBS are 6-8 on Fridays

CUBS are 0-0 vs. New York

CUBS are 4-8 vs. the NLE Division

CUBS are 0-3 when they've won their last 3 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 12-20 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 12-17 in games that start a series

CUBS are 2-4 in games that open a home stand

CUBS are 14-31 in day games

CUBS are 14-25 at home

CUBS are 22-14 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 15-31 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 27-14 when they score first in the game.... 7-40 when they don't

CUBS are 15-11 when they score in the first inning.... 19-43 when they don't

CUBS are 27-26 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 7-28 when they do

CUBS are 29-11 when they score at least 4 runs.... 5-43 when they don't

CUBS are 22-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 11-44 when they don't

CUBS are 24-35 when Barrett starts.... 8-19 when Blanco starts

CUBS are 25-27 when one of Maddux, Marshall, or Zambrano start

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

CUBS are on a pace to score 657 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 142 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 398 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are scoring 4.06 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year

CUBS are seeing 3.67 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year

CUBS are drving in 18.7% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.346 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 30.2% compared to 35.8% last year

CUBS have 5 GIDP's in their last 13 games

CUBS have 12 SB in their last 23 games

CUBS have 6 sac bunts in their last 22 games.... 8 sac bunts in their last 27 games

CUBS have 33 home runs in their last 32 games

CUBS have drawn 57 BBs in their last 27 games..... 77 BBs in their last 33 games

CUBS have 4 sac flys in their last 23 games

CUBS have allowed 3 HR in their last 6 games

CUBS have hit 9 batters in their last 12 games

 

CUBS are 7-11 when Maddux starts

Maddux is 7 of 18 in quality starts

Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.43 ... pitching to Blanco it's 4.29

CUBS score 4.06 R/G overall.... 3.83 R/G when Maddux pitches

CUBS hit 0.84 HR/G overall.... 0.61 HR/G when Maddux pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Maddux.....

 

04/03 - 07/09      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Maddux     596   69  164   31    6   11  240   62   45   87  0.275  0.325  0.403  0.727
CUBS overall     3007  357  796  139   24   77 1214  335  216  479  0.265  0.316  0.404  0.720

 

Maddux's pitching lines (7-9).....

 

Maddux                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/07  vs. St. L       6.3    4    1    1    2    1    1    87  2.84  1.42  1.42  0.95  1.42
04/12  vs. Cincy       6.0    3    1    1    2    7    0    86  3.00 10.50  0.00  0.83  1.50
04/17  vs. L.A.        8.0    3    1    1    0    6    0    87  0.00  6.75  0.00  0.38  1.13
04/23  vs. St. L       7.0    5    0    0    1    4    0    93  1.29  5.14  0.00  0.86  0.00
04/28  vs. Milw        6.0    8    2    2    1    6    0    89  1.50  9.00  0.00  1.50  3.00
05/03  vs. Ariz        5.0   10    5    5    0    5    1    85  0.00  9.00  1.80  2.00  9.00
05/08  vs. S.D.        3.7    9    7    7    2    4    1    70  4.91  9.82  2.45  3.00 17.18
05/13  vs. S.D.        7.3    4    1    0    1    3    0    73  1.23  3.68  0.00  0.68  0.00
05/19  vs. CWS         5.7    9    6    6    5    1    1    96  7.94  1.59  1.59  2.47  9.53
05/24  vs. Flor        6.0    8    6    6    2    4    1    97  3.00  6.00  1.50  1.67  9.00
05/30  vs. Cincy       5.7    7    3    3    0    1    0    64  0.00  1.59  0.00  1.24  4.76
06/04  vs. St. L       5.0    9    6    6    2    0    0    76  3.60  0.00  0.00  2.20 10.80 
06/09  vs. Cincy       5.3    4    2    2    0    2    2    66  0.00  3.38  3.38  0.75  3.38
06/14  vs. Houst       7.0   11    5    5    0    1    0    90  0.00  1.29  0.00  1.57  6.43
06/20  vs. Clev        7.3    7    4    4    1    4    1   107  1.23  4.91  1.23  1.09  4.91
06/26  vs. Milw        7.0    7    5    5    0    7    3    89  0.00  9.00  3.86  1.00  6.43
07/01  vs. CWS         6.0   10    4    4    0    3    2    78  0.00  4.50  3.00  1.67  6.00
07/06  vs. Milw        6.0    6    2    2    1    3    0    78  1.50  4.50  0.00  1.17  3.00

Home                  51.3   54   22   21    6   29    6   656  1.05  5.08  1.05  1.17  3.68
Road                  59.0   70   39   39   14   33    7   855  2.14  5.03  1.07  1.42  5.95

Day                   55.3   60   27   26   16   29    5   775  2.60  4.72  0.81  1.37  4.23
Nite                  55.0   64   34   34    4   33    8   736  0.65  5.40  1.31  1.24  5.56

season totals        110.3  124   61   60   20   62   13  1511  1.63  5.06  1.06  1.31  4.89

 

Maddux's starts against New York last year (1-1)......

 

Maddux                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/10  vs. Mets        6.7    3    0    0    3   10    0   100  4.05 13.50  0.00  0.90  0.00
08/06  vs. Mets        7.0    4    2    2    2    5    0    99  2.57  6.43  0.00  0.86  2.57

totals  vs. Mets      13.7    7    2    2    5   15    0   199  3.29  9.88  0.00  0.88  1.32

season totals        225.0  239  112  106   36  136   29  3098  1.44  5.44  1.16  1.22  4.24

 

CUBS' bullpen usage for the last week......

 

              Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             13 Jul     12 Jul     11 Jul     10 Jul     09 Jul     08 Jul     07 Jul
             no game   no game   no game   no game   at Milw    at Milw    at Milw 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                                                  1.0  12    1.0  18    1.0  14       3.0  44
Eyre                                                      0.7  18    0.3   4    1.0  31       2.0  53
Howry                                                     0.3   3    0.7  11    1.0  21       2.0  35
Ohman                                                     0.7  12                             0.7  12
Novoa                                                     0.7   8    1.0  14                  1.7  22
Williamson                                                0.7  14                             0.7  14
Rusch                                                     5.0  84                             5.0  84


Totals                                                    9.0 151    3.0  47    3.0  66      15.0 264

 

CUBS' season series vs. New York (0-0) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
89  Fri 07/14    New York           -    Maddux        
90  Sat 07/15    New York           -    Zambrano      
91  Sun 07/16    New York           -    Prior        
98  Mon 07/24  @ New York      N    -    Zambrano      
99  Tue 07/25  @ New York      N    -    Prior        
100  Wed 07/26  @ New York           -    Marshall      

 

CUBS season series vs. New York last year (2-4)

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
31  Mon 05/09    New York      N   4- 7  Leicester     
32  Tue 05/10    New York      N   7- 0  Maddux        
33  Wed 05/11    New York          4- 3  Prior        
109  Fri 08/05  @ New York      N   5- 9  Hill        
110  Sat 08/06  @ New York          0- 2  Maddux        
111  Sun 08/07  @ New York          1- 6  Zambrano      

 

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

 

06/26 - 07/09      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Mabry               4    0    1    1    0    0    2    2    3    1  0.250  0.571  0.500  1.071
Pierre             61    8   25    5    2    1   37    2    3    5  0.410  0.446  0.607  1.053
Barrett            33    8   13    2    0    1   18    2    7    3  0.394  0.500  0.545  1.045
Murton             23    7   10    1    1    0   13    4    2    2  0.435  0.462  0.565  1.027
Perez              28    3   11    3    0    1   17    4    1    4  0.393  0.414  0.607  1.021
Jones              47    8   17    6    0    2   29    9    2   11  0.362  0.388  0.617  1.005
Pagan              21    4    5    0    0    3   14    4    1    4  0.238  0.273  0.667  0.939
Ramirez            55    6   17    3    1    3   31    9    5    9  0.309  0.371  0.564  0.935
Blanco             17    3    4    1    1    1   10    2    1    4  0.235  0.278  0.588  0.866
Walker             43    4   12    4    0    1   19    3    3    4  0.279  0.326  0.442  0.768
Lee                53    7   13    3    0    1   19    4    7   19  0.245  0.333  0.358  0.692
Nevin              29    0    4    0    0    0    4    0    5   10  0.138  0.265  0.138  0.403
Cedeno             47    4    6    1    0    0    7    2    1   11  0.128  0.160  0.149  0.309

14 game totals    492   64  142   30    5   16  230   51   42  102  0.289  0.346  0.467  0.814

season totals    3007  357  795  134   24   77 1208  324  215  477  0.264  0.316  0.402  0.718

 

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

 

06/26 - 07/09        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Aardsma             1.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    18  0.00 18.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Marshall           13.0   14    4    4    6    8    0   203  4.15  5.54  0.00  1.54  2.77
Marmol             16.7   11    6    6   14   13    2   290  7.56  7.02  1.08  1.50  3.24
Howry               8.3    6    3    3    5    9    1   153  5.40  9.72  1.08  1.32  3.24
Eyre                5.3    7    2    2    1    9    2   112  1.69 15.19  3.38  1.50  3.38
Williamson          5.0    6    2    2    0    4    1    66  0.00  7.20  1.80  1.20  3.60
Ohman               3.7    2    2    2    2    4    2    64  4.91  9.82  4.91  1.09  4.91
Maddux             19.0   23   11   11    1   13    5   245  0.47  6.16  2.37  1.26  5.21
Zambrano           20.0   18   12   12    8   20    3   344  3.60  9.00  1.35  1.30  5.40
Dempster            6.3    7    8    4    4    9    2   126  5.68 12.79  2.84  1.74  5.68
Prior              11.7   12    9    8    8   16    1   210  6.17 12.34  0.77  1.71  6.17
Rusch               6.0    7    5    5    5    7    1   121  7.50 10.50  1.50  2.00  7.50
Novoa               7.0    8    6    6    0    5    2   104  0.00  6.43  2.57  1.14  7.71

14 game totals    123.0  121   70   65   54  119   22  2056  3.95  8.71  1.61  1.42  4.76

season totals     772.7  744  448  417  362  656  119 13140  4.22  7.64  1.39  1.43  4.86

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 07/09      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Walker              31   90  0.256
Perez               18   58  0.237
Jones               30  103  0.226
Blanco              13   45  0.224
Barrett             23   86  0.211
Ramirez             34  128  0.210
Murton              21   99  0.175
Lee                 10   52  0.161
Bynum                4   25  0.138
Cedeno              20  127  0.136
Hairston             4   27  0.129
Mabry                5   35  0.125
Pagan                2   14  0.125
Pierre              12   93  0.114
Nevin                5   48  0.094
Womack               1   14  0.067
Theriot              0    2  0.000

CUBS               247 1119  0.181

 

Go CUBS !!

[NorthsideAvenger]

With Trachel pitching, this game is bound to last four hours.

 

And that is just to get to the fifth inning.

[soccer10k]

With Trachel pitching, this game is bound to last four hours.

 

But speedy Maddux is pitching too. Wonder who will win out...probably Trachsel.

 

Especially since Trachsel will throw a complete game and Maddux will only go 5 innings.

[oldstyle81]

the most important stat in what fred posted

 

CUBS are 15-31 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

 

Friday 87

Saturday 93

Sunday 96

Monday 96

Tuesday 95

Wednesday 92

[soccer10k]

I can't say I'll be spending a Friday afternoon watching the Cobs play a meaningless game.

 

I will be.

[Drew Doughty]

only a part of this game will be wasting my afternoon.

 

 

the other part will be wasting the last hour of my morning.

[macuser2]

Since it's expected to be 100 degrees here, I won't mind wasting time indoors.

[UMFan83]

The Cubs are on a 5 day unbeaten streak, their best of the season!

[otis89]

The Cubs are on a 5 day unbeaten streak, their best of the season!

 

Isn't it 7? They won their last 3 games and didn't play Monday-Thursday. That's 4 days off. Last time I checked, 3 + 4 = 7.

[Derwood]

There are about 250,000 people in town this weekend for Arts Fest. I think I'll go hang with them instead of sit inside today.

[UMFan83]

The Cubs are on a 5 day unbeaten streak, their best of the season!

 

Isn't it 7? They won their last 3 games and didn't play Monday-Thursday. That's 4 days off. Last time I checked, 3 + 4 = 7.

 

Whoops, forgot they actually won 3 in a row.

[UMFan83]

Lineup per ESPN1000:

 

Pierre, CF

Walker, 2B

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Jones, RF

Barrett, C

Pagan, LF

Cedeno, SS

Maddux, P

 

As I reported in transactions, Prior is on the DL, Theriot up.

[mul21]

Lineup per ESPN1000:

 

Pierre, CF

Walker, 2B

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Jones, RF

Barrett, C

Pagan, LF

Cedeno, SS

Maddux, P

 

As I reported in transactions, Prior is on the DL, Theriot up.

 

Why in the "bleeeeeeeeeeeep" does this idiot insist on playing guys who don't have along term future with the Cubs. Play Murton already you moron.

 

[UMFan83]

Lineup per ESPN1000:

 

Pierre, CF

Walker, 2B

Lee, 1B

Ramirez, 3B

Jones, RF

Barrett, C

Pagan, LF

Cedeno, SS

Maddux, P

 

As I reported in transactions, Prior is on the DL, Theriot up.

 

Why in the "bleeeeeeeeeeeep" does this idiot insist on playing guys who don't have along term future with the Cubs. Play Murton already you moron.

 

 

I would argue that Pagan *could potentially* have a long term future with the Cubs, given that they probably see him as high as Murton at this point.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Greetings one and all from historic Baton Rouge, LA. (Go Tigers !)

!

 

First of all, Fred, if you're in Baton Rouge (which means "Red Stick" if you didn't know) it should be Geaux Tigers!

 

Secondly, are you heading this way?

 

Third, have lunch at Ralph and Kakoos. I highly reccomend it!

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Should I watch this game or A-Team re-runs on TVLand and then Sleuth.

 

Choices....choices....

[otis89]

Should I watch this game or A-Team re-runs on TVLand and then Sleuth.

 

Choices....choices....

 

I pity the foo who don't watch the A-Team!