4/11 Astros (Wandy) @ Cubs (Hill) 1:20 CT - POSTPONED

[TruffleShuffle]

Lake effect rain or snow can veer in another direction.

 

The only problem is it's not lake effect. There's a system moving into Chicago from the west. I don't think there are any big lakes to the west of Chicago. :wink:

 

yeah the rain/snow tomorrow has nothing to do with the lake. Now if a whole storm veers in a different direction I'll admit that you're onto something, but if that happens it'll be the first time I've ever seen it.

[98navigator]

Lake effect rain or snow can veer in another direction.

 

The only problem is it's not lake effect. There's a system moving into Chicago from the west. I don't think there are any big lakes to the west of Chicago. :wink:

 

Ok, I could be completely wrong but I think the lake could still cause a change in the forecast. It seems to happen here a lot; predicted bad weather that either never shows up or is far less than expected.

[Andy]

Let's see one of these:

 

http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

I'm going to be pissed if you end up having to post that rally cap picture during this game.

[Derwood]

haven't the Cubs pounded the crap out of Wandy in the past?

[Butterscup1679666578]

haven't the Cubs pounded the crap out of Wandy in the past?

 

Career: 2-3, 4.70 ERA 16 K/11 BB

 

Let's see one of these:

 

http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

I'm going to be pissed if you end up having to post that rally cap picture during this game.

 

Me too.

[Jon]

The fwiggin offense better wake up and score some wuns against Wandy Wodwiguez.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/cubbybear314/Screen%20caps/Hewoshewiff.jpg

It's twue. It's twue, it's twue.

 

The forecast could be worse. They're looking at 6+ inches in southern Wisconsin.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Lake effect rain or snow can veer in another direction.

 

The only problem is it's not lake effect. There's a system moving into Chicago from the west. I don't think there are any big lakes to the west of Chicago. :wink:

 

Ok, I could be completely wrong but I think the lake could still cause a change in the forecast. It seems to happen here a lot; predicted bad weather that either never shows up or is far less than expected.

 

I think I'll go with the professional meteorologists' opinion (plus the many weather nerds) on this.

 

I really can't see them getting this game in unless they want to play in piss poor conditions. And the lake has no bearing on whether this storm will hit or not.

[Derwood]

all the WGN games early are nice and all, but with a finite number of WGN games for the year, I feel like I'm going to be hosed later in the year

[A New Era]

Lake effect rain or snow can veer in another direction.

 

The only problem is it's not lake effect. There's a system moving into Chicago from the west. I don't think there are any big lakes to the west of Chicago. :wink:

 

Lake Pacific ocean?

[NCCubFan]

Lake effect rain or snow can veer in another direction.

 

The only problem is it's not lake effect. There's a system moving into Chicago from the west. I don't think there are any big lakes to the west of Chicago. :wink:

 

Lake Pacific ocean?

Great Salt Lake.

[NCCubFan]

The Cubs and Astros both have scheduled off-days Thursday, so if Mother Nature doesn't cooperate tomorrow they could reschedule the game for Thursday without needing a doubleheader later in the season.

[A New Era]

The Cubs and Astros both have scheduled off-days Thursday, so if Mother Nature doesn't cooperate tomorrow they could reschedule the game for Thursday without needing a doubleheader later in the season.

 

If baseball was smart, sure. But I've seen so many convenient times get bypassed only to play a double header in the midst of a 14 game streak with no off-days.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

If we can't beat Wandy, shoot me now.

[Fred Hornkohl]

If we can't beat Wandy, shoot me now.

 

Please be careful what you ask for !!!

[adamb0719]

The Cubs and Astros both have scheduled off-days Thursday, so if Mother Nature doesn't cooperate tomorrow they could reschedule the game for Thursday without needing a doubleheader later in the season.

If that happens will tomorrows tickets be honored Thursday?

[Omar]

Sorry about the late match-ups... Fell asleep.

 

Houston Astros Vs. Rich Hill

http://i10.tinypic.com/2nl66mf.jpg

Nothing special here.

 

Chicago Cubs Vs. Wandy Rodriguez

http://i19.tinypic.com/2yo21oz.jpg

Murton and Lee look good... So does Marquis. Barrett and Ramirez? Not so much...

 

Again, please dont lose to a dude named "Wandy."

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

Sorry about the late match-ups... Fell asleep.

 

Houston Astros Vs. Rich Hill

http://i10.tinypic.com/2nl66mf.jpg

Nothing special here.

 

Chicago Cubs Vs. Wandy Rodriguez

http://i19.tinypic.com/2yo21oz.jpg

Murton and Lee look good... So does Marquis. Barrett and Ramirez? Not so much...

 

Again, please dont lose to a dude named "Wandy."

 

What position will Marquis be playing tomorrow? Looks like the Cubs could use his bat against magic Wandy.

[Drew Doughty]

Sorry about the late match-ups... Fell asleep.

 

Houston Astros Vs. Rich Hill

http://i10.tinypic.com/2nl66mf.jpg

Nothing special here.

 

Chicago Cubs Vs. Wandy Rodriguez

http://i19.tinypic.com/2yo21oz.jpg

Murton and Lee look good... So does Marquis. Barrett and Ramirez? Not so much...

 

Again, please dont lose to a dude named "Wandy."

 

What position will Marquis be playing tomorrow? Looks like the Cubs could use his bat against magic Wandy.

 

maybe he'll be the first bat off the bench instead of theriot...

[rocket]

if we lose i quit

[TruffleShuffle]

okay i'm at work now and even though i'm forecasting for europe tonight, i took a look at U.S. weather... models suggest temps in the upper 30s with a rain/snow mix, and about an inch of liquid during the day tomorrow. The game will probably just be cancelled ahead of time, rather than making people sit around for 3 hours of delay and then sending them home without a pitch being thrown.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

okay i'm at work now and even though i'm forecasting for europe tonight, i took a look at U.S. weather... models suggest temps in the upper 30s with a rain/snow mix, and about an inch of liquid during the day tomorrow. The game will probably just be cancelled ahead of time, rather than making people sit around for 3 hours of delay and then sending them home without a pitch being thrown.

 

What about Thursday?

[IWU_CUBS_FAN]

Dear Cubs,

 

i know it's supposed to be bad weather tomm. but whenever you play next you best win. If you don't I will become a royals fan. ok, i know you can't take that threat serious, but c'mon i'm tired of watchin the crap you put out there.

 

That is all,

 

IWU_CUBS_FAN

[TruffleShuffle]

okay i'm at work now and even though i'm forecasting for europe tonight, i took a look at U.S. weather... models suggest temps in the upper 30s with a rain/snow mix, and about an inch of liquid during the day tomorrow. The game will probably just be cancelled ahead of time, rather than making people sit around for 3 hours of delay and then sending them home without a pitch being thrown.

 

What about Thursday?

 

Depends... it should be dry by the afternoon except for maybe a leftover snow shower or flurry, but temps will be right around 40 and with the wind, it'll feel like upper 20s. Not a nice day for baseball, and I guess it's possible that the game could get called b/c of cold, but there will be a chance to play Thursday afternoon if they choose to. Wednesday - not so much.

[Omar]

okay i'm at work now and even though i'm forecasting for europe tonight, i took a look at U.S. weather... models suggest temps in the upper 30s with a rain/snow mix, and about an inch of liquid during the day tomorrow. The game will probably just be cancelled ahead of time, rather than making people sit around for 3 hours of delay and then sending them home without a pitch being thrown.

 

What about Thursday?

 

Depends... it should be dry by the afternoon except for maybe a leftover snow shower or flurry, but temps will be right around 40 and with the wind, it'll feel like upper 20s. Not a nice day for baseball, and I guess it's possible that the game could get called b/c of cold, but there will be a chance to play Thursday afternoon if they choose to. Wednesday - not so much.

 

What about Friday? I might be going to that game.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Some worthless stats of the day for Wednesday.......

 

CUBS are 1-0 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 0-2 vs. Houston

CUBS are 3-5 vs. the NLC Division

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

CUBS are 2-2 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 0-2 in games that end a series

CUBS are 1-5 in day games

CUBS are 0-2 at home

CUBS are 0-1 against lefties

CUBS are 2-2 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 3-2 when they get a quality start.... 0-3 when they don't

CUBS are 0-3 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 3-2 when they don't

CUBS are 3-1 when they score first in the game.... 0-4 when they don't

CUBS are 1-0 when they score in the first inning.... 2-5 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 61 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 628 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 81 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 405 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1073 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 41 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 101 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 142 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 3.88 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.66 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are drving in 17.5% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.326 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05

CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 29.2% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05

 

CUBS are 1-0 when Hill starts

 

Hill is 1 of 1 in quality starts

Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 1.29.... Hill hasn't pitched to Blanco

CUBS score 3.88 R/G overall.... 9.00 R/G when Hill pitches

CUBS hit 0.50 HR/G overall.... 2.00 HR/G when Hill pitches

 

Hill's starts last year (8-8)

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
27  Thu 05/04  @ Arizona       N   0- 6  Hill        
32  Tue 05/09  @ San Francisco N   1- 6  Hill        
37  Sun 05/14    San Diego         0- 9  Hill        
42  Sat 05/20  @ Chicago (AL)      0- 7  Hill        
101  Thu 07/27    St. Louis     N   5- 4  Hill        
106  Tue 08/01    Arizona       N   9- 3  Hill        
111  Sun 08/06    Pittsburgh        6- 1  Hill        
115  Fri 08/11  @ Colorado      N   2-10  Hill        
124  Mon 08/21    Philadelphia  N   5- 6  Hill        
129  Sat 08/26  @ St. Louis         1- 2  Hill        
134  Fri 09/01    San Francisco     6- 2  Hill        
139  Wed 09/06    Pittsburgh    N   7- 2  Hill        
144  Mon 09/11  @ Atlanta       N   8- 3  Hill        
149  Sat 09/16    Cincinnati        4- 0  Hill        
154  Fri 09/22  @ Cincinnati    N   2- 4  Hill        
159  Wed 09/27    Milwaukee     N   3- 2  Hill        

 

CUBS' offensive support of Hill.....

 

04/02 - 04/10      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/ Hill       39    9   13    5    0    2   24    8    2   10  0.333  0.381  0.615  0.996
CUBS overall      280   31   72   16    1    4  102   28   20   53  0.257  0.313  0.364  0.677

 

Hill's splits last year (6-7).....

 

Hill                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home               61.0   43   21   17   20   60    6   947  2.95  8.85  0.89  1.03  2.51
Road               38.3   40   30   29   19   30   10   690  4.46  7.04  2.35  1.54  6.81

Day                40.3   25   13   13   14   33    4   597  3.12  7.36  0.89  0.97  2.90
Nite               59.0   58   38   33   25   57   12  1040  3.81  8.69  1.83  1.41  5.03

season totals      99.3   83   51   46   39   90   16  1637  3.53  8.15  1.45  1.23  4.17

 

Hill did not have a start against Houston last year

 

CUBS' season series vs. Houston this year (0-2).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
 7  Mon 04/09    Houston           3- 5  Lilly           Williams      
 8  Tue 04/10    Houston           2- 4  Marquis         Sampson       
 9  Wed 04/11    Houston            -    Hill            Rodriguez     
89  Fri 07/13    Houston            -    Miller          Rodriguez     
90  Sat 07/14    Houston            -    Zambrano        Oswalt        
91  Sun 07/15    Houston            -    Lilly           Jennings      
112  Mon 08/06  @ Houston       N    -    Marquis         Williams      
113  Tue 08/07  @ Houston       N    -    Hill            Sampson       
114  Wed 08/08  @ Houston       N    -    Miller          Rodriguez     
135  Fri 08/31    Houston            -    Zambrano        Oswalt        
136  Sat 09/01    Houston            -    Lilly           Jennings      
137  Sun 09/02    Houston            -    Marquis         Williams      
145  Tue 09/11  @ Houston       N    -    Zambrano        Oswalt        
146  Wed 09/12  @ Houston       N    -    Lilly           Jennings      
147  Thu 09/13  @ Houston       N    -    Marquis         Williams      

 

CUBS' season series vs. Houston last year (7-8) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
56  Mon 06/05  @ Houston       N   8- 0  Zambrano      
57  Tue 06/06  @ Houston       N   1- 4  Wood        
58  Wed 06/07  @ Houston           0- 1  Marshall      
63  Tue 06/13    Houston       N   2- 9  Marshall      
64  Wed 06/14    Houston       N   4- 5  Maddux        
65  Thu 06/15    Houston           2- 3  Zambrano      
82  Mon 07/03  @ Houston       N   2- 7  Marmol        
83  Tue 07/04  @ Houston           2- 7  Prior        
84  Wed 07/05  @ Houston       N   1- 0  Marshall      
92  Tue 07/18    Houston       N   4- 2  Marmol        
93  Wed 07/19    Houston       N   2- 4  Maddux        
94  Thu 07/20    Houston           4- 1  Zambrano      
118  Mon 08/14  @ Houston       N   3- 0  Zambrano      
119  Tue 08/15  @ Houston       N   8- 6  Mateo        
120  Wed 08/16  @ Houston           1- 0  O'Malley      

 

CUBS hitters vs. Houston.....

 

                   AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS in 2005      525   55  129   22    1   16  201   51   34   97  0.246  0.292  0.383  0.675
CUBS in 2006      524   44  127   19    5   16  204   44   30   92  0.242  0.287  0.389  0.676
CUBS in 2007       66    5   14    2    0    0   16    4    4    9  0.212  0.268  0.242  0.510

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Houston......

 

                     IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
CUBS in 2005      139.0  130   69   65   56  122   17  3.63  7.90  1.10  1.34  4.21
CUBS in 2006      138.0  112   49   44   68   92    8  4.43  6.00  0.52  1.30  2.87
CUBS in 2007       18.0   16    9    8    7   15    1  3.50  7.50  0.50  1.28  4.00

 

CUBS bullpen load during the last week

 

              Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed           Totals
             10 Apr     09 Apr     08 Apr     07 Apr     06 Apr     05 Apr     04 Apr
             vs Houst   vs Houst   @ Milw     @ Milw     @ Milw     at Cinci   at Cinci
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                               1.0  21                                                   1.0  21
Dempster                 1.0   8               1.0  12                          1.0  14       3.0  34
Eyre          1.0  10               1.0  28                          1.0  22                  3.0  60
Guzman        3.0  40                                     2.0  33    0.3   3                  5.3  76
Howry                    1.0  25               1.0  13               0.7  14    1.0  11       3.7  63
Ohman                               1.0   8                          0.0   6                  1.0  14
Wuertz                   1.0  14    1.0  16                                                   2.0  30


Totals        4.0  50    3.0  47    4.0  73    2.0  25    2.0  33    2.0  45    2.0  25      19.0 298

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/02 - 04/10      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Blanco               1    1  0.500
DeRosa               5   13  0.278
Lee                  4   11  0.267
Barrett              4   12  0.250
Theriot              1    3  0.250
Ramirez              4   14  0.222
Floyd                2    9  0.182
Izturis              1   10  0.091
Murton               0    4  0.000
Soriano              0    9  0.000
Jones                0    9  0.000
Ward                 0    3  0.000
Cedeno               0    5  0.000

CUBS                24  113  0.175