08/15 CUBS (Mateo) @ Houston (Clemens): THE BIG MURT!!!!!!!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Great news Fred and congrats! I expected a beard on him though so he must take after the wifes side.

 

All things in due time, eh? :wink:

[Laura]

You don't want to see the lineups. Trust me, you don't.

 

uh oh

[Fred Hornkohl]

Here they are..... for better or for worse.......

 

CUBS

 

Pierre, cf

Izturis, ss

Pagan, lf

Ramirez, 3b

Jones, rf

Mabry, 1b

Cedeno, 2b

Blanco, c

Marmol, p

 

 

Houston

 

Taveras, cf

Biggio, 2b

Lamb, 1b

Berkman, rf

Scott, lf

Huff, 3b

Everett, ss

Ausmus, c

Clemens, p

[CuseCubFan69]

You don't want to see the lineups. Trust me, you don't.

 

uh oh

 

Didn't Murton hit a HR off of the great Rah Rah? History should dictate like when Perez played yesterday? Right?

[Mizzou]

95 million dollar payroll and we have all of the following players in our starting lineup tonight: Pagan (hitting 3rd, wtf?), Blanco, Cedeno, Izturis, Mabry, Mateo. Seriously... 95 million dollars and this is what we get?

[CuseCubFan69]

I take it that Izturis or Perez are the only 2 hitters eh? I'm sure glad they kept Baker around. Why can't Baker sit Pierre once for Gods sake?

[otis89]

I warned you guys.

[CuseCubFan69]

Great news Fred and congrats! I expected a beard on him though so he must take after the wifes side.

 

All things in due time, eh? :wink:

 

I would expect nothing less!

 

"It's a boy...and what a boy! We have to cut the cord now. oh."

[otis89]

Of course, since this is the worst lineup this year, it means they'll probably score 10 runs and make Dusty look like a genius.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

ANGEL PAGAN BATTING 3RD?!?!?!

[CuseCubFan69]

I warned you guys.

 

It's funny Baker would experiment with the 3 spot but God forbid he do it with the 1 or 2. Ah forget it....I can't afford to care like this anymore.

[Fred Hornkohl]

This lineup, over the last 10 games, looks a whole lot better than the CUBS overall team numbers for the season........

 

08/04 - 08/14      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Pierre             42    6   13    2    0    0   15    1    2    1  0.310  0.356  0.357  0.713
Izturis            33    2    8    1    0    0    9    4    4    4  0.242  0.324  0.273  0.597
Pagan              18    5    7    2    1    1   14    3    1    2  0.389  0.400  0.778  1.178
Ramirez            38   11   14    3    0    3   26    9    3    5  0.368  0.419  0.684  1.103
Jones              33    3    5    0    0    2   11    4    4    8  0.152  0.243  0.333  0.577
Mabry              20    2    5    1    0    1    9    4    1    4  0.250  0.286  0.450  0.736
Cedeno             29    2    8    0    0    1   11    4    0    4  0.276  0.276  0.379  0.655
Blanco              4    1    1    0    0    1    4    2    0    1  0.250  0.250  1.000  1.250
Marmol              5    1    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    0  0.400  0.400  0.600  1.000

Totals            222   33   63   10    1    9  102   31   15   29  0.284  0.332  0.459  0.791

[CubColtPacer]

That's actually not as bad as Otis made it out to be-I feared instantly that Ramirez had been taken out for Neifi along with Barrett taken out for Blanco.

 

BTW, this looks like straight batter-pitcher matchups here. Barrett is 4/23 against Clemens (.174/.208/.174)-Blanco apparently hasn't faced him, so this was decided to be the night Blanco plays.

 

Murton is 0 for 2 against Clemens, and Pagan is 2 for 3 (not like either of that matters-probably more that Pagan is getting about 1 out of 3 starts right now, and this one is it)

 

Pierre and Ramirez have the best numbers against Clemens-Pierre has a .368 average (7/19) with a .526 SLG against him, while Ramirez has a .333/.391/.476 numbers against him.

 

Jones also has good numbers-7 for 26 with 5 doubles and a hr-.269/.376/.577 against Clemens.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

I think having Blanco catch for Mateo is good thing. He'll should stop pitches in the dirt and can call a good game. And tomorrow's a day game so either way Blanco would play today or tomorrow.

[Fred Hornkohl]

I think having Blanco catch for Mateo is good thing. He'll should stop pitches in the dirt and can call a good game. And tomorrow's a day game so either way Blanco would play today or tomorrow.

 

FWIW, Blanco caught Mateo's first start, too.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

I think having Blanco catch for Mateo is good thing. He'll should stop pitches in the dirt and can call a good game. And tomorrow's a day game so either way Blanco would play today or tomorrow.

 

FWIW, Blanco caught Mateo's first start, too.

 

I actually agree with Dusty assuming the Blanco/Mateo battery in his first two starts is not just a coincidence.

[Fred Hornkohl]

This is cool. We're still dining on leftover Mostacholi and Italian Beef from Ryne's baby shower on Saturday. Good stuff !!

[Butterscup1679666578]

This is hands down the worst lineup I've ever seen. What a joke team. Pagan third? Pshhhh

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

This is cool. We're still dining on leftover Mostacholi and Italian Beef from Ryne's baby shower on Saturday. Good stuff !!

 

Coincidentally, I just had an Italian Beef Sandwich for dinner also.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pierre tripled to right field

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Pierre lead off triple....WooHoo!

[Butterscup1679666578]

This is too easy.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Izturis blooped a single to left center field , Pierre scored

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

That was fast 1-0 Cubs.

[minnesotacubsfan]

CUBS are 1-0 on days when Hornkohl's grandkids are born !!

 

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/Hornkohl/BABY016.jpg

 

Ryne was born Monday at 08:06 am and weighed in at 6 lbs 8 oz. Baby, Mom and Dad, and 2 sets of grandparents all doing well.

 

 

:shock:

 

that kid is naked!!!!

 

 

 

congrates Fred