4/2 CUBS (Zambrano) @ Reds (Harang) 1:10CT WGN/ESPN2/XM185

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

It's Opening Day!!!!

 

It's a new year. It's the Cubs year!

 

So, onto the game thread!!!!

 

Zambrano (0-0)http://www.jonmdavis.net/zbazooka.jpg

 

takes on Aaron Harang http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/421685.jpg

 

The Cubs are likely to go with this line-up on Monday:

 

Soriano CF

Murton LF

Lee 1b

Ramirez 3b

Jones RF

Barrett C

DeRosa 2b

Izturis SS

Zambrano P

 

This is Zambrano's third Opening Day Start.

 

And just so you know, this Opening Day is

http://www.jonmdavis.net/zletter.jpg

 

Go Cubs!

[Andy]

I'll be at a friend's apartment watching the game, so you won't see my posts during the game.

 

GO CUBS!!!!!!

[Omar]

Cincinatti Reds Vs. Carlos Zambrano

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8798/zvsredsdi5.jpg

 

Chicago Cubs Vs. Aaron Harang

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8909/harangvscubsso4.jpg

 

LETS GET A WIN!

Edited April 1, 2007 by Omar

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Go Cobs!

[Roast]

Cincinatti Reds Vs. Carlos Zambrano

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8909/harangvscubsso4.jpg

 

Chicago Cubs Vs. Aaron Harang

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8909/harangvscubsso4.jpg

 

 

:lol:

 

 

 

GO CUBS!

[Roast]

Also, I just realized i'll be at work till three. luckily i should have internet access. So, i'll appreciate the PBP whoever wants to provide it. God knows it'll be faster than Gameday.

[littleburr24]

I'm in class from noon-2:30, so I'll catch some of it. Then I'll be sure to dedicate my sports report to the Cubs at 5:25pm, haha.

[CubmanPi]

Big Z goes yard twice, and so does pretty much all 8 of the position players. Cubs set a baseball record by scoring 45 runs on opening day. Harang's ERA will be infinity, as he will not retire a batter before allowing 18 runs and being pulled in the first inning.

 

GO CUBS!!

[A New Era]

Woah! All I want is a solid win, and some good baseball (Piniella's talk has rubbed off on me). . :lol:

[otis89]

About darn time! Let's go Cubs!

 

Cubs: 162,000,000

Reds: -3

[Omar]

....

 

:lol:

 

 

 

GO CUBS!

 

Damn copy and paste issues..

 

I really have to cut down on these stupid mistakes.

[UMFan83]

Just posting in the opening day game thread.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm still rooting for them to lose...the Cubs' huge opening day victories against the Reds the last two years ending contrasting hideously with how badly the rest of the season turned out. LOSE HARD AND THEN WIN IT ALL, CUBS!!!

[Flames24Rulz]

I'll be able to watch the first inning or two, then I have a class at 2. But after that, it's smooth sailing.

 

LET'S GO CUBS!!! Baseball season is back :D

[reds44]

Barring anything unforseen, the Reds lineup will be:

 

Ryan Freel CF

Adam Dunn LF

Brandon Phillips 2B

Ken Griffey Junior RF

Edwin Encarnacion 3B

Scott Hatteberg 1B

Alex Gonzalez SS

David Ross C

Aaron Harang P

 

My God it's good to see Griffey out of CF.

Any questions about the Reds, just ask.

 

Good luck.

[Omar]

Barring anything unforseen, the Reds lineup will be:

 

Ryan Freel CF

Adam Dunn LF

Brandon Phillips 2B

Ken Griffey Junior RF

Edwin Encarnacion 3B

Scott Hatteberg 1B

Alex Gonzalez SS

David Ross C

Aaron Harang P

 

My God it's good to see Griffey out of CF.

Any questions about the Reds, just ask.

 

Good luck.

 

Can we have Adam Dunn? Please.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Well.... it's about time for some worthless stats of the day for Openning Day......

 

CUBS are 11-8 on Mondays

CUBS are 10-9 vs. Cincinnati

CUBS are 42-42 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 31-51 in day games

CUBS are 30-51 on the road

CUBS are 41-65 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 21-31 in games that start a series

CUBS are 6-6 in games that open a road trip

CUBS are 3-2 when Vance starts the game thread on NSBB

CUBS are 22-47 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 40-19 when they get a quality start.... 26-77 when they don't

CUBS are 20-67 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 46-29 when they don't

CUBS are 48-26 when they score first in the game.... 18-70 when they don't

CUBS are 32-22 when they score in the first inning.... 34-74 when they don't

CUBS are 53-50 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 13-46 when they do

CUBS are 58-28 when they score at least 4 runs.... 8-68 when they don't

CUBS are 40-16 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 26-80 when they don't

CUBS are 62-22 when they outhit the opponents.... 4-64 when they get outhit.... and 5-10 when the hits are even

CUBS are 25-18 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 41-78 when he doesn't

CUBS are 47-31 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 19-66 when they don't

CUBS are 15-54 when they throw more pitches than the opponent.... 33-15 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 18-27 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 24-20 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 42-76 when they don't

CUBS are 52-36 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 14-60 when he doesn't

 

CUBS are 20-13 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 22 of 33 in quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.35.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.82

CUBS score 4.42 R/G overall.... 5.70 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.02 HR/G overall.... 1.33 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

Zambrano's starts last year (20-13)

 

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  @ Chicago (AL)      7- 4  Zambrano      
47  Fri 05/26    Atlanta           5- 6  Zambrano      
52  Wed 05/31    Cincinnati    N   2- 3  Zambrano      
56  Mon 06/05  @ Houston       N   8- 0  Zambrano      
61  Sat 06/10  @ Cincinnati        4- 2  Zambrano      
65  Thu 06/15    Houston           2- 3  Zambrano      
71  Wed 06/21  @ Cleveland     N   9- 2  Zambrano      
76  Tue 06/27    Milwaukee     N   5- 8  Zambrano      
81  Sun 07/02    Chicago (AL)     15-11  Zambrano      
86  Fri 07/07  @ Milwaukee     N   7- 2  Zambrano      
90  Sat 07/15    New York          9- 2  Zambrano      
94  Thu 07/20    Houston           4- 1  Zambrano      
99  Tue 07/25  @ New York      N   8- 6  Zambrano      
104  Sun 07/30    St. Louis         6- 3  Zambrano      
109  Fri 08/04    Pittsburgh        0- 6  Zambrano      
113  Wed 08/09  @ Milwaukee     N   3- 6  Zambrano      
118  Mon 08/14  @ Houston       N   3- 0  Zambrano      
122  Sat 08/19    St. Louis         5- 4  Zambrano      
127  Thu 08/24    Philadelphia     11- 2  Zambrano      
132  Tue 08/29  @ Pittsburgh    N   6- 7  Zambrano      
137  Mon 09/04    Pittsburgh        4- 5  Zambrano      
150  Sun 09/17    Cincinnati       11- 3  Zambrano      
155  Sat 09/23  @ Cincinnati       11- 4  Zambrano      
160  Fri 09/29    Colorado          2- 5  Zambrano      

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/03 - 10/01      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano  1152  188  312   55    8   44  515  179   91  193  0.271  0.327  0.447  0.774
CUBS overall     5587  716 1497  271   46  166 2358  677  395  928  0.268  0.319  0.422  0.741

 

Zambrano's splits last year (16-7).....

 

Zambrano             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home              120.0   92   56   50   64  128   10  2061  4.80  9.60  0.75  1.30  3.75
Road               94.0   70   35   31   51   82   10  1563  4.88  7.85  0.96  1.29  2.97

Day               110.7   87   56   50   64  116   12  1944  5.20  9.43  0.98  1.36  4.07
Nite              103.3   75   35   31   51   94    8  1680  4.44  8.19  0.70  1.22  2.70

season totals     214.0  162   91   81  115  210   20  3624  4.84  8.83  0.84  1.29  3.41

 

Zambrano's starts against Cincinnati last year (3-2)......

 

Zambrano                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/03  vs. Cincy       4.7    7    5    5    5    5    2   105  9.64  9.64  3.86  2.57  9.64
04/13  vs. Cincy       6.0    4    5    4    3    8    2   103  4.50 12.00  3.00  1.17  6.00
05/31  vs. Cincy       6.0    4    2    2    3    6    1   101  4.50  9.00  1.50  1.17  3.00
06/10  vs. Cincy       7.7    4    1    1    6    4    1   126  7.04  4.70  1.17  1.30  1.17
09/17  vs. Cincy       7.0    4    0    0    4    6    0   109  5.14  7.71  0.00  1.14  0.00
09/23  vs. Cincy       7.0    6    4    4    3    7    1   109  3.86  9.00  1.29  1.29  5.14

totals vs. Cincy      38.3   29   17   16   24   36    7   653  5.63  8.45  1.64  1.38  3.76

season totals        214.0  162   91   81  115  210   20  3624  4.84  8.83  0.84  1.29  3.41

 

CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati this year.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 1  Mon 04/02  @ Cincinnati         -    Zambrano      
 2  Wed 04/04  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Lilly        
 3  Thu 04/05  @ Cincinnati         -    Marquis       
10  Fri 04/13    Cincinnati         -    Zambrano      
11  Sat 04/14    Cincinnati         -    Lilly        
12  Sun 04/15    Cincinnati         -    Marquis       
102  Fri 07/27  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Marquis       
103  Sat 07/28  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Hill        
104  Sun 07/29  @ Cincinnati         -    Miller        
119  Tue 08/14    Cincinnati    N    -    Miller        
120  Wed 08/15    Cincinnati    N    -    Zambrano      
121  Thu 08/16    Cincinnati         -    Lilly        
151  Mon 09/17    Cincinnati    N    -    Lilly        
152  Tue 09/18    Cincinnati    N    -    Marquis       
153  Wed 09/19    Cincinnati    N    -    Hill        
160  Thu 09/27  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Zambrano      
161  Fri 09/28  @ Cincinnati    N    -    Lilly        
162  Sat 09/29  @ Cincinnati         -    Marquis       

 

CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati last year (10-9) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
 1  Mon 04/03  @ Cincinnati       16- 7  Zambrano      
 2  Wed 04/05  @ Cincinnati        6- 8  Rusch        
 6  Tue 04/11    Cincinnati        2- 9  Rusch        
 7  Wed 04/12    Cincinnati        4- 1  Maddux        
 8  Thu 04/13    Cincinnati        3- 8  Zambrano      
50  Mon 05/29    Cincinnati        7- 3  Wood        
51  Tue 05/30    Cincinnati    N   8- 3  Maddux        
52  Wed 05/31    Cincinnati    N   2- 3  Zambrano      
59  Thu 06/08  @ Cincinnati    N   1- 7  Rusch        
60  Fri 06/09  @ Cincinnati    N   6- 5  Maddux        
61  Sat 06/10  @ Cincinnati        4- 2  Zambrano      
62  Sun 06/11  @ Cincinnati        9- 3  Marmol        
148  Fri 09/15    Cincinnati        0- 4  Mateo        
149  Sat 09/16    Cincinnati        4- 0  Hill        
150  Sun 09/17    Cincinnati       11- 3  Zambrano      
154  Fri 09/22  @ Cincinnati    N   2- 4  Hill        
155  Sat 09/23  @ Cincinnati       11- 4  Zambrano      
156  Sun 09/24  @ Cincinnati        2- 3  Mateo        
157  Mon 09/25  @ Cincinnati        4- 5  Miller        

 

CUBS hitters vs. Cincinnati last year.....

 

vs. Cincy          AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee                13    4    4    3    0    1   10    5    8    2  0.308  0.545  0.769  1.315
Theriot            18    6    6    0    0    2   12    2    3    2  0.333  0.429  0.667  1.095
Ramirez            61    8   18    8    0    3   35   11    5    5  0.295  0.358  0.574  0.932
Nevin              10    1    3    0    0    1    6    2    0    3  0.300  0.300  0.600  0.900
Womack             18    2    6    1    0    1   10    1    0    2  0.333  0.333  0.556  0.889
Walker             41   10   14    3    0    1   20    8    4    2  0.341  0.400  0.488  0.888
Murton             69   13   20    4    0    4   36    7    5    7  0.290  0.355  0.522  0.877
Mabry              13    1    4    0    0    1    7    6    1    2  0.308  0.333  0.538  0.872
Soto                9    0    3    1    0    0    4    1    0    0  0.333  0.400  0.444  0.844
Jones              46   10   10    1    1    4   25   11    1   10  0.217  0.245  0.543  0.788
Barrett            36    5    9    2    0    2   17   10    3    5  0.250  0.300  0.472  0.772
Pierre             83   14   26    5    3    0   37    4    1    5  0.313  0.321  0.446  0.767
Blanco             37    4   11    2    0    1   16    9    1   10  0.297  0.316  0.432  0.748
Cedeno             61    9   17    2    0    2   25    5    3   15  0.279  0.313  0.410  0.722
Coats               7    1    1    0    0    1    4    1    0    1  0.143  0.143  0.571  0.714
Hairston           13    2    4    1    0    0    5    0    0    3  0.308  0.308  0.385  0.692
Perez              23    4    5    1    0    1    9    5    0    5  0.217  0.208  0.391  0.600
Pagan              24    4    6    1    0    0    7    2    2    4  0.250  0.308  0.292  0.599
Bynum              17    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    7  0.118  0.167  0.118  0.284
Izturis             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Moore               8    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    4  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Reyes               1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Cincy  649  101  176   37    4   27  302   93   39  110  0.271  0.315  0.465  0.781

season totals    5586  715 1495  266   45  166 2349  667  394  926  0.268  0.319  0.421  0.739

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Cincinnati last year......

 

vs. Cincy            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Miller              5.0    3    0    0    3    2    0    86  5.40  3.60  0.00  1.20  0.00
Ryu                 1.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    14  0.00 18.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Wuertz              3.7    1    0    0    2    4    0    55  4.91  9.82  0.00  0.82  0.00
Walrond             3.0    1    0    0    0    5    0    34  0.00 15.00  0.00  0.33  0.00
Mateo               8.0    3    1    1    6    7    0   130  6.75  7.88  0.00  1.13  1.13
Howry               7.3    8    1    1    2    8    1   119  2.45  9.82  1.23  1.36  1.23
Wood                6.0    5    2    1    1    4    0    85  1.50  6.00  0.00  1.00  1.50
Hill               14.0    6    4    4    3   20    3   217  1.93 12.86  1.93  0.64  2.57
Novoa               5.7    2    2    2    5    3    0   101  7.94  4.76  0.00  1.24  3.18
Maddux             17.0   14    6    6    2   10    2   216  1.06  5.29  1.06  0.94  3.18
Zambrano           38.3   29   17   16   24   36    7   653  5.63  8.45  1.64  1.38  3.76
Williamson          2.3    2    2    1    3    3    0    55 11.57 11.57  0.00  2.14  3.86
Willliams           3.0    3    3    2    4    1    1    63 12.00  3.00  3.00  2.33  6.00
Aardsma             4.3    2    3    3    5    4    1    99 10.38  8.31  2.08  1.62  6.23
Marmol              7.0    4    5    5    6    8    2   124  7.71 10.29  2.57  1.43  6.43
Eyre               10.0   14    9    8    7    9    3   207  6.30  8.10  2.70  2.10  7.20
Dempster            8.7   13    7    7    6   11    0   197  6.23 11.42  0.00  2.19  7.27
Rusch              12.7   18   13   13    4   11    9   260  2.84  7.82  6.39  1.74  9.24
Ohman               6.3    6    7    7    3    8    2    97  4.26 11.37  2.84  1.42  9.95

totals vs. Cincy  163.3  134   82   77   86  156   31  2812  4.74  8.60  1.71  1.35  4.24

season totals    1439.0 1402  838  766  691 1256  210 24704  4.32  7.86  1.31  1.45  4.79

 

Go CUBS !!!

Edited April 1, 2007 by Fred Hornkohl

[reds44]

Barring anything unforseen, the Reds lineup will be:

 

Ryan Freel CF

Adam Dunn LF

Brandon Phillips 2B

Ken Griffey Junior RF

Edwin Encarnacion 3B

Scott Hatteberg 1B

Alex Gonzalez SS

David Ross C

Aaron Harang P

 

My God it's good to see Griffey out of CF.

Any questions about the Reds, just ask.

 

Good luck.

 

Can we have Adam Dunn? Please.

Nope, but we'll take Matt Murton.

[Omar]

Barring anything unforseen, the Reds lineup will be:

 

Ryan Freel CF

Adam Dunn LF

Brandon Phillips 2B

Ken Griffey Junior RF

Edwin Encarnacion 3B

Scott Hatteberg 1B

Alex Gonzalez SS

David Ross C

Aaron Harang P

 

My God it's good to see Griffey out of CF.

Any questions about the Reds, just ask.

 

Good luck.

 

Can we have Adam Dunn? Please.

Nope, but we'll take Matt Murton.

You can take Jacque Jones. :o

[reds44]

Barring anything unforseen, the Reds lineup will be:

 

Ryan Freel CF

Adam Dunn LF

Brandon Phillips 2B

Ken Griffey Junior RF

Edwin Encarnacion 3B

Scott Hatteberg 1B

Alex Gonzalez SS

David Ross C

Aaron Harang P

 

My God it's good to see Griffey out of CF.

Any questions about the Reds, just ask.

 

Good luck.

 

Can we have Adam Dunn? Please.

Nope, but we'll take Matt Murton.

You can take Jacque Jones. :o

We need a right handed hitting OF, not a lefty.

[otis89]

I'm still rooting for them to lose...the Cubs' huge opening day victories against the Reds the last two years ending contrasting hideously with how badly the rest of the season turned out. LOSE HARD AND THEN WIN IT ALL, CUBS!!!

 

The Cubs clobbered the Diamondbacks in 2005, not the Reds.

[otis89]

Barring anything unforseen, the Reds lineup will be:

 

Ryan Freel CF

Adam Dunn LF

Brandon Phillips 2B

Ken Griffey Junior RF

Edwin Encarnacion 3B

Scott Hatteberg 1B

Alex Gonzalez SS

David Ross C

Aaron Harang P

 

My God it's good to see Griffey out of CF.

Any questions about the Reds, just ask.

 

Good luck.

 

Can we have Adam Dunn? Please.

 

As good as he is, we don't have a spot for him. We have Lee where he should be playing, 1B, and if you thought our outfield defense was bad now, adding Dunn would make it worse. He's about equivalent to putting a glove on a statue out there.

[A New Era]

Fred, all that data is compiled from last year, correct? At some point this year you will switch to just the #'s for this year, right?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Fred, all that data is compiled from last year, correct? At some point this year you will switch to just the #'s for this year, right?

 

You bet

[Schwarber Fan]

Also Fred, you may want to take out guys like Mabry and Womack from the Cubs roster ;)

 

I'm taking records for uniforms this year as well...