9/10 CUBS (Mateo) @ Atlanta (Cormier) 12:05 CT, WGNTV, XM184

[Brian]

[shock]

 

The Chicago Cubs as a franchise have never been below .500

 

they were once over 1,000 games over :shock:

 

Been at least 500 over .500 since 1906.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Renteria grounded out to short, 6-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

LaRoche struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Renteria grounded out to short, 6-3

LaRoche struck out swinging

McCann struck out swinging

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Atlanta: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Mateo         4.0  1  1  1  1  4  0  59

 

Atlanta        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Cormier       4.0  4  0  0  0  7  0  54

[Fred Hornkohl]

[shock]

 

The Chicago Cubs as a franchise have never been below .500

 

they were once over 1,000 games over :shock:

 

Been at least 500 over .500 since 1906.

 

Just starting to get into the history of the franchise, eh?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Blanco flied out to right field

[Brian]

knew they were really good early, but 1,000 games over .500 is insane.

[Balsa]

[shock]

 

The Chicago Cubs as a franchise have never been below .500

 

they were once over 1,000 games over :shock:

 

Been at least 500 over .500 since 1906.

wow!!

 

Over/under on Mateo's innings? 5.2? I say over.

[Fred Hornkohl]

through 4 innings........

 

                  CUBS         Atlanta
P/PA              3.60            4.21
RBI%              0.00            0.25
R/BR              0.00            0.50
BA               0.267           0.083
OBP              0.267           0.154
SLG              0.333           0.167
OPS              0.600           0.321
ERA               2.25            0.00
BB/9              2.25            0.00
K/9               9.00           12.60

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cedeno doubled (ground rule) to right field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Mateo struck out swinging

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING

 

Blanco flied out to right field

Cedeno doubled (ground rule) to right field

Mateo struck out swinging

Pierre grounded out to second, 4-3

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

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

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Atlanta: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Mateo         4.0  1  1  1  1  4  0  59

 

Atlanta        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Cormier       5.0  5  0  0  0  8  0  65

[Fred Hornkohl]

It's been a pretty lean 60 years or so........

 

          1876 thru 1945                            World Series
team                        W       L     pct    PA     W     L

Chicago Cubs             5417    4261   0.560    10     2     8

 

          1946 thru 2005                            World Series
team                        W       L     pct    PA     W     L

Chicago Cubs             4418    5030   0.468     4     0     0

[Fred Hornkohl]

Francoeur struck out swinging

[CaliforniaRaisin]

It's been a pretty lean 60 years or so........

 

          1876 thru 1945                            World Series
team                        W       L     pct    PA     W     L

Chicago Cubs             5417    4261   0.560    10     2     8

 

          1946 thru 2005                            World Series
team                        W       L     pct    PA     W     L

Chicago Cubs             4418    5030   0.468     4     0     0

 

Fred...what did you do before 1876!?

 

:P

 

(Thanks for the PBP for those of us who are primarily watching football.)

[Fred Hornkohl]

Diaz walked

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fred...what did you do before 1876!?

 

:P

 

(Thanks for the PBP for those of us who are primarily watching football.)

 

Well.... up until June of 1876 I followed the exploits of Goerge Custer with a great deal of interest.

 

What football ??? Bears don't start untill 15:15, eh?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Langerhans struck out (called)

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cormier singled to center field , Diaz to second

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING

 

Francoeur struck out swinging

Diaz walked

Langerhans struck out (called)

Cormier singled to center field , Diaz to second

Aybar grounded out to second, 4-3

 

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  5  0
Atlanta         0 0 1 0 0                      1  2  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Atlanta: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Mateo         5.0  1  1  1  2  6  0  85

 

Atlanta        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Cormier       5.0  5  0  0  0  8  0  65

[Fred Hornkohl]

through 5 innings.......

 

                  CUBS         Atlanta
P/PA              3.42            4.47
RBI%              0.00            0.14
R/BR              0.00            0.25
BA               0.263           0.125
OBP              0.263           0.222
SLG              0.368           0.188
OPS              0.632           0.410
ERA               1.80            0.00
BB/9              3.60            0.00
K/9              10.80           12.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

Bynum homered to right field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ramirez flied out to right center field

[Fred Hornkohl]

Jones grounded out to the pitcher, unassisted

[Brian]

nice at bat