8/21 Cubs (Marquis) at Giants (Lincecum) 9:15 PM CT, CSN

[Derwood]

as a resident of the Eastern Time Zone, I have to say that west coast night games suck butt

[Andy]

I actually feel pretty confident. Marquis's been giving up fly balls a lot, but SF is as good a place as any to pitch for that.

[Schwarber Fan]

as a resident of the Eastern Time Zone, I have to say that west coast night games suck butt

 

agreed - and due to the pitching matchup I don't think I will be staying up the entirety of this game.

 

Bonds will HR tonight as well. book it

[otis89]

as a resident of the Eastern Time Zone, I have to say that west coast night games suck butt

 

Heck, I'm in Central, and I still hate them.

[pitchcs]

as a resident of the Eastern Time Zone, I have to say that west coast night games suck butt

 

Heck, I'm in Central, and I still hate them.

 

 

Me too. Midnight is just too late, I need more than 6 hours sleep.

[CubmanPi]

I'm off to class, then directly from there up to AT&T Park. Just a hunch, but I think the Cubs will win this one, 37-0.

[moorecg]

So if I do the math right...we miss getting shut out by Webb in the Az series right?

 

 

Not to sound optimistic...but tonight is the only time in the next 6 games we face a guy with a winning record.

 

taking 4 of 6 would be ok with me.

[Shilzzz]

make it happen.

[Sammy Sofa]

Hasn't Zito been doing well this month?

[anabiono]

Hasn't Zito been doing well this month?

 

i am pretty sure his last outing was his best of the season...

 

he has been progressively getting better...

 

and he is a second half pitcher

 

who knows?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Phoenix, AZ !!!

 

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday................

 

CUBS are 7-11 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 3-1 vs. San Francisco

CUBS are 13-12 vs. the NLW Division

CUBS are 16-16 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 31-28 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 21-19 in games that start a series

CUBS are 5-4 in games that open a road trip

CUBS are 25-31 at night

CUBS are 30-29 on the road

CUBS are 52-41 against right handers

CUBS are 20-23 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 45-17 when they get a quality start.... 18-43 when they don't

CUBS are 21-34 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 42-26 when they don't

CUBS are 51-22 when they score first in the game.... 12-38 when they don't

CUBS are 29-19 when they score in the first inning.... 34-41 when they don't

CUBS are 54-38 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 9-22 when they do

CUBS are 52-24 when they score at least 4 runs.... 11-36 when they don't

CUBS are 49-9 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 14-51 when they don't

CUBS are 54-15 when they outhit the opponents.... 4-33 when they get outhit.... and 5-10 when the hits are even

CUBS are 7-7 when Derrek Lee hits a home run.... 56-53 when he doesn't

CUBS are 22-10 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 41-50 when he doesn't

CUBS are 16-19 in one run games.... 10-11 in two run games

CUBS are 45-39 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 17-21 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 41-19 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 22-41 when they don't

CUBS are on a pace to win 83 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 757 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 134 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 503 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1071 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 96 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 115 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 97 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05

CUBS are scoring 4.67 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05

CUBS are seeing 3.75 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05

CUBS are drving in 19.5% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05

CUBS are scoring 0.367 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05

CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 33.4% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05

 

CUBS are 16-9 when Marquis starts

Marquis is 11 of 25 in quality starts

Marquis has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Marquis' ERA pitching to Barrett is 2.73.... to Blanco it's 7.20.... to K. Hill it's 4.63.... to Bowen it's 7.84.... to Soto it's 13.50.... to Kendall it's 4.70

CUBS score 4.67 R/G overall.... 5.52 R/G when Marquis pitches

CUBS hit 0.83 HR/G overall.... 1.04 HR/G when Marquis pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marquis.....

 

04/02 - 08/20      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Lilly      913  137  270   60    5   16  388  129   73  175  0.296  0.351  0.425  0.776
CUBS overall     4303  575 1160  262   23  102 1774  546  382  813  0.270  0.330  0.412  0.743

 

Composite scoring in games started by Marquis.........

 

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS             29  13  11   9  13  14  22  15  12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      138
Opponents         9  19   5  14  19  20   5  12  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      114

 

Marquis' starts this year (9-7)

 

Marquis                 IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/05  vs. Cincy       6.0    4    1    1    2    1    0    82  3.00  1.50  0.00  1.00  1.50
04/10  vs. Houst       5.0    4    4    3    4    3    0    91  7.20  5.40  0.00  1.60  5.40
04/16  vs. S.D.        6.0    3    1    1    4    5    0    99  6.00  7.50  0.00  1.17  1.50
04/21  vs. St. L       7.0    7    0    0    0    5    0   117  0.00  6.43  0.00  1.00  0.00
04/27  vs. St. L       6.7    5    3    3    3    0    1    98  4.05  0.00  1.35  1.20  4.05
05/02  vs. Pitts       8.0    4    1    1    0    5    1   105  0.00  5.63  1.13  0.50  1.13
05/09  vs. Pitts       9.0    3    0    0    0    5    0   110  0.00  5.00  0.00  0.33  0.00
05/14  vs. Mets        5.0    5    4    4    3    1    1    88  5.40  1.80  1.80  1.60  7.20
05/19  vs. CWS         6.0    7    5    5    1    4    1    85  1.50  6.00  1.50  1.33  7.50
05/24  vs. S.D.        7.0    5    1    1    3    5    0    94  3.86  6.43  0.00  1.14  1.29
05/29  vs. Flor        5.0    8    5    4    3    3    1   101  5.40  5.40  1.80  2.20  7.20
06/04  vs. Milw        5.3    7    2    1    3    3    1   112  5.06  5.06  1.69  1.88  1.69
06/09  vs. Atla        1.7    4    6    2    3    1    1    50 16.20  5.40  5.40  4.20 10.80
06/14  vs. Seatt       5.3    2    4    3    2    5    0    77  3.38  8.44  0.00  0.75  5.06
06/20  vs. Texas       5.0    5    6    4    4    3    2   100  7.20  5.40  3.60  1.80  7.20
06/25  vs. Colo        5.7    7    3    3    2    5    0    97  3.18  7.94  0.00  1.59  4.76
07/01  vs. Milw        7.0    4    1    1    1    5    1    77  1.29  6.43  1.29  0.71  1.29
07/06  vs. Pitts       4.7    8    6    6    3    3    2    89  5.79  5.79  3.86  2.36 11.57
07/15  vs. Houst       4.0    8    6    6    3    2    1    82  6.75  4.50  2.25  2.75 13.50
07/20  vs. Ariz        7.7    4    2    2    1    3    1   108  1.17  3.52  1.17  0.65  2.35
07/26  vs. St. L       5.0    5    6    6    4    1    2    86  7.20  1.80  3.60  1.80 10.80
07/31  vs. Phila       6.0    8    3    3    3    4    1   105  4.50  6.00  1.50  1.83  4.50
08/05  vs. Mets        5.3    9    5    5    3    1    0    98  5.06  1.69  0.00  2.25  8.44
08/10  vs. Colo        6.7    5    1    0    0    5    0    89  0.00  6.75  0.00  0.75  0.00
08/16  vs. Cincy       6.0    7    4    4    4    2    1    97  6.00  3.00  1.50  1.83  6.00


Home                  85.0   81   43   40   31   52    7  1344  3.28  5.51  0.74  1.32  4.24
Road                  61.0   57   37   29   28   28   11   993  4.13  4.13  1.62  1.39  4.28

Day                   71.0   54   28   26   18   40    6  1031  2.28  5.07  0.76  1.01  3.30
Nite                  75.0   84   52   43   41   40   12  1306  4.92  4.80  1.44  1.67  5.16

Road  Nite            47.0   49   35   27   26   22   10   806  4.98  4.21  1.91  1.60  5.17

April                 30.7   23    9    8   13   14    1   487  3.82  4.11  0.29  1.17  2.35
May                   40.0   32   16   15   10   23    4   583  2.25  5.18  0.90  1.05  3.38
June                  23.0   25   21   13   14   17    4   436  5.48  6.65  1.57  1.70  5.09
July                  34.3   37   24   24   15   18    8   547  3.93  4.72  2.10  1.51  6.29
August                18.0   21   10    9    7    8    1   284  3.50  4.00  0.50  1.56  4.50

last 5 starts         29.0   34   19   18   14   13    4   475  4.34  4.03  1.24  1.66  5.59
season totals        146.0  138   80   69   59   80   18  2337  3.64  4.93  1.11  1.35  4.25

 

CUBS' bullpen load during the last week.....

 

              Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tues          Totals
             20 Aug     19 Aug     18 Aug     17 Aug     16 Aug     15 Aug     14 Aug
             vs St. L   no game    vs St. L   vs St. L   vs Cincy   vs Cincy   vs Cincy
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                            1.0  12    1.0   9                                        2.0  21
Eyre                                0.7  11               1.0   9                             1.7  20
Howry                               0.7  12    1.0  18               1.0  22    1.0  14       3.7  66
Wuertz        2.0  32                                                0.3  14                  2.3  46
Marmol                              1.3  20                          1.7  29    1.0  21       4.0  70
Pignatiello   0.0   1               0.3   1               1.0  18                             1.3  20
Wood          1.0   8                                     1.0  14    1.0  12                  3.0  34

Totals        3.0  41               4.0  56    2.0  27    3.0  41    4.0  77    2.0  35      18.0 277

 

CUBS' season series vs. San Francisco this year (3-1).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
91  Mon 07/16    San Francisco N   3- 2  Hill            Lincecum      
92  Tue 07/17    San Francisco N   2- 4  Marshall        Zito          
93  Wed 07/18    San Francisco    12- 1  Zambrano        Cain          
94  Thu 07/19    San Francisco     9- 8  Lilly           Morris        
124  Tue 08/21  @ San Francisco N    -    Marquis         Lincecum      
125  Wed 08/22  @ San Francisco N    -    Hill            Zito          
126  Thu 08/23  @ San Francisco      -    Marshall        Cain          

 

CUBS' season series vs. San Francisco last year (2-4) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
32  Tue 05/09  @ San Francisco N   1- 6  Hill        
33  Wed 05/10  @ San Francisco N   8- 1  Zambrano      
34  Thu 05/11  @ San Francisco     3- 9  Marshall      
134  Fri 09/01    San Francisco     6- 2  Hill        
135  Sat 09/02    San Francisco     2- 4  Marshall      
136  Sun 09/03    San Francisco     4- 7  Guzman        

 

CUBS hitters vs. San Francisco this year.....

 

vs. S.F.           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
K Hill              6    1    3    2    0    1    8    6    2    1  0.500  0.625  1.333  1.958  0.500
Lee                 7    2    3    0    0    1    6    1    1    2  0.429  0.500  0.857  1.357  0.500
Ramirez            13    2    6    3    0    0    9    4    0    3  0.462  0.462  0.692  1.154  0.600
Jones              10    2    5    0    0    0    5    3    3    1  0.500  0.615  0.500  1.115  0.556
Pagan               8    2    3    2    0    0    5    2    1    1  0.375  0.444  0.625  1.069  0.429
Floyd               5    3    2    1    0    0    3    1    0    0  0.400  0.400  0.600  1.000  0.400
Ward                7    2    2    1    0    0    3    0    3    2  0.286  0.500  0.429  0.929  0.400
Fontenot           10    2    3    0    0    0    3    2    3    2  0.300  0.429  0.300  0.729  0.375
Soriano            17    3    4    2    0    0    6    1    1    5  0.235  0.278  0.353  0.631  0.333
Theriot            15    5    3    1    0    0    4    0    2    0  0.200  0.294  0.267  0.561  0.200
DeRosa             13    1    2    0    0    0    2    1    2    3  0.154  0.267  0.154  0.421  0.200
Kendall             5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.286  0.000  0.286  0.000
Fox                 1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. S.F.   129   26   37   12    0    2   55   21   19   26  0.287  0.380  0.426  0.806  0.347
season totals    4269  569 1150  255   23   98 1745  541  379  799  0.269  0.330  0.409  0.739  0.312

 

CUBS pitchers vs. San Francisco this year......

 

vs. S.F.             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Zambrano            5.0    2    0    0    2    3    0    80  3.60  5.40  0.00  0.80  0.00
Howry               2.0    0    0    0    0    3    0    23  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
R Hill              8.0    4    2    2    2    3    1    95  2.25  3.38  1.13  0.75  2.25
Gallagher           4.0    4    1    1    2    0    0    55  4.50  0.00  0.00  1.50  2.25
Marshall            6.0    5    2    2    2    2    0    88  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.17  3.00
Lilly               5.0    6    3    3    1    1    1   102  1.80  1.80  1.80  1.40  5.40
Marmol              2.7    1    2    2    3    2    0    52 10.13  6.75  0.00  1.50  6.75
Petrick             2.0    1    2    2    2    1    1    33  9.00  4.50  4.50  1.50  9.00
Wuertz              1.0    2    2    2    1    3    0    26  9.00 27.00  0.00  3.00 18.00
Ohman               0.3    1    1    1    2    0    1    22 54.00  0.00 27.00  9.00 27.00

totals vs. S.F.    36.0   26   15   15   17   18    4   576  4.25  4.50  1.00  1.19  3.75
season totals    1103.3 1025  530  497  443  894  134 17963  3.61  7.29  1.09  1.33  4.05

 

CUBS' last 14 games (5-9)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
110  Sun 08/05    New York      N   3- 8  Marquis         Glavine       
111  Mon 08/06  @ Houston       N   1- 2  Hill            Rodriguez     
112  Tue 08/07  @ Houston       N   2- 5  Marshall        Williams      
113  Wed 08/08  @ Houston       N   2- 8  Zambrano        Oswalt        
114  Thu 08/09  @ Colorado      N  10- 2  Lilly           Jimemez       
115  Fri 08/10  @ Colorado      N   6- 2  Marquis         Cook          
116  Sat 08/11  @ Colorado      N   2-15  Hill            Fogg          
117  Sun 08/12  @ Colorado          3- 6  Marshall        Harikkala     
118  Tue 08/14    Cincinnati    N   5- 6  Zambrano        Harang        
119  Wed 08/15    Cincinnati    N   9-11  Lilly           Dumatrait     
120  Thu 08/16    Cincinnati       12- 4  Marquis         Livingston    
121  Fri 08/17    St. Louis         2- 1  Hill            Looper        
122  Sat 08/18    St. Louis         5- 3  Marshall        Reyes         
123  Mon 08/20    St. Louis         4- 6  Zambrano        Wells         

 

Composite scoring during the last 14 games.........

 

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              7   8  17  10   3   6  12   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      66
Opponents         3  12  11   5   8  21   7  10   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      79

 

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

 

08/05 - 08/20      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Ramirez            28    5    9    3    0    2   18    6    5    4  0.321  0.424  0.643  1.067  0.318
Jones              52    6   19    5    0    3   33   14    3    8  0.365  0.400  0.635  1.035  0.390
Soriano             2    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.500
Kendall            42    8   14    2    1    1   21    9    7    1  0.333  0.440  0.500  0.940  0.325
Ward               16    2    5    2    0    1   10    5    0    0  0.313  0.313  0.625  0.938  0.267
Fox                 8    3    2    2    0    0    4    1    1    1  0.250  0.333  0.500  0.833  0.286
Floyd              10    0    3    0    0    0    3    1    4    3  0.300  0.500  0.300  0.800  0.429
Theriot            61   12   21    5    0    0   26    7    3    8  0.344  0.369  0.426  0.795  0.396
Murton             48    7   12    1    0    3   22    5    4    4  0.250  0.308  0.458  0.766  0.220
Lee                53    6   13    1    0    2   20    6    9   14  0.245  0.355  0.377  0.732  0.297
DeRosa             51    9   15    1    0    1   19    5    3    8  0.294  0.345  0.373  0.718  0.333
K Hill              8    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    2  0.250  0.333  0.250  0.583  0.333
Pie                18    2    4    2    0    0    6    1    0    6  0.222  0.222  0.333  0.556  0.333
Fontenot           37    2    7    1    1    0   10    4    3    7  0.189  0.250  0.270  0.520  0.233
Pagan               9    1    1    1    0    0    2    0    0    2  0.111  0.111  0.222  0.333  0.143
Patterson           6    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    2  0.167  0.167  0.167  0.333  0.250
Cedeno              9    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

last 14 games     490   66  132   27    2   13  202   65   44   86  0.269  0.331  0.412  0.744  0.304
season totals    4303  573 1160  257   23  101 1766  545  381  804  0.270  0.330  0.410  0.740  0.312

 

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

 

08/05 - 08/20        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Dempster            7.0    3    1    1    4    4    0    81  5.14  5.14  0.00  1.00  1.29
Marmol              6.3    6    1    1    4    7    0   119  5.68  9.95  0.00  1.58  1.42
Howry               6.7    5    3    3    2    4    2   100  2.70  5.40  2.70  1.05  4.05
Wood                6.7    5    3    3    4    5    0   104  5.40  6.75  0.00  1.35  4.05
R Hill             19.7   15    9    9    6   17    3   305  2.75  7.78  1.37  1.07  4.12
Marquis            18.0   21   10    9    7    8    1   284  3.50  4.00  0.50  1.56  4.50
Eyre                3.7    6    4    2    4    2    0    83  9.82  4.91  0.00  2.73  4.91
Wuertz              6.3    8    5    4    3    5    2   113  4.26  7.11  2.84  1.74  5.68
Marshall           15.3   18   10   10    3    3    4   222  1.76  1.76  2.35  1.37  5.87
Pignatiello         1.3    2    1    1    0    2    1    20  0.00 13.50  6.75  1.50  6.75
Lilly              17.0   18   13   13   10   13    4   324  5.29  6.88  2.12  1.65  6.88
Zambrano           12.7   21   13   13    5    6    2   220  3.55  4.26  1.42  2.05  9.24
Gallagher           1.7    4    4    4    4    0    1    61 21.60  0.00  5.40  4.80 21.60
Ohman               0.3    3    2    2    1    1    0    20 27.00 27.00  0.00 12.00 54.00

last 14 games     122.7  135   79   75   57   77   20  2056  4.18  5.65  1.47  1.57  5.50
season totals    1103.3 1025  530  497  443  894  134 17963  3.61  7.29  1.09  1.33  4.05

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in........

 

04/02 - 08/20      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Fox                  1    2  0.333
Ward                12   26  0.316
Kendall             12   29  0.293
Ramirez             56  163  0.256
DeRosa              52  154  0.252
Floyd               32  107  0.230
Lee                 49  165  0.229
Jones               41  150  0.215
Theriot             34  127  0.211
Fontenot            24   96  0.200
Blanco               3   12  0.200
Pagan               16   66  0.195
Pie                 17   77  0.181
Soto                 1    5  0.167
Soriano             26  130  0.167
K Hill              10   58  0.147
Barrett             19  113  0.144
Murton              11   76  0.126
Cedeno               4   31  0.114
Bowen                2   19  0.095
Izturis              8   79  0.092
Moore                0    3  0.000
Patterson            0    4  0.000

CUBS               444 1828  0.195

 

Wild Card Race

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
San Diego       66      57     0.537     ---
Philadelphia    65      58     0.528     1.0
Atlanta         66      59     0.528     1.0
Los Angeles     64      60     0.516     2.5
CUBS            63      60     0.512     3.0
Milwaukee       64      61     0.512     3.0
Colorado        63      61     0.508     3.5
St. Louis       59      62     0.488     6.0
Florida         56      68     0.452    10.5

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee      39
St. Louis      38
Houston        31
Cincinnati     30
Pittsburgh     30

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

 

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[Guest]

Soccer10k is right, Zito hasn't been that good this year. Cain and Lincecum have a history of stifling the Cubs and I would worry about Zito because of the Cubs struggles against lefties but Lowry would have been an impossible matchup for the Cubs.

 

Cain has a career 4.85 ERA v. the Cubs in 26 innings. I'm not sure how that qualifies as "stifling."

 

Hrm, didn't check that. I guess that one CG shutout he had in his rookie year stuck out.

 

At least the Giants offense isn't that great.

[Handlebar McSkullet]

We need to sweep a terrible team regardless of who is pitching.

[jersey cubs fan]

We need to sweep a terrible team regardless of who is pitching.

 

they need a series win. A sweep would be nice, but it's never realistic to expect one, especially on the road.

[Have a seat, Neifi]

Hasn't Zito been doing well this month?

Zito's having his best month of the season right now. In June and July he was simply awful:

 

June

5.60 ERA, .858 OPSa

July

7.82 ERA, .929 OPSa

 

But in his 4 starts in August, he has a 2.92 ERA and a .678 OPSa. And of course he's left-handed. So I'm expecting 7 innings, 3 hits, 6 Ks and 1 BB vs. the Cobs.

[Bleed_Cubbie_Blue]

I'll take 2 of 3, a sweep would be nice, but winning the series is the most important thing.

 

Have a Seat Neifi, are you a Wake fan?

[Have a seat, Neifi]

I'll take 2 of 3, a sweep would be nice, but winning the series is the most important thing.

 

Have a Seat Neifi, are you a Wake fan?

Yep- graduated in 2004.

[Balsa]

Good luck funny .gif of the day.

 

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1149/1195771885_34f2ac211f_o.gif

[ctcf]

Def need a series win here.

[Shilzzz]

that gif was HILARIOUS! i loved his first instinct.

[CubmanPi]

Here's a worthless stat for you, Fred:

 

The CUBS are 5-1 this season when I am in San Francisco at the time, which also happened to be the 6 games against the White Sox. (Let's ignore the fact that one of those series was during Pride Weekend. Pure coincidence.)

 

If I were a betting man, I'd say my presence in SF was the deciding factor, not the WSox's crapitude, so take the sweep to the bank.

[Guest]

Here's a worthless stat for you, Fred:

 

The CUBS are 5-1 this season when I am in San Francisco at the time, which also happened to be the 6 games against the White Sox. (Let's ignore the fact that one of those series was during Pride Weekend. Pure coincidence.)

 

If I were a betting man, I'd say my presence in SF was the deciding factor, not the WSox's crapitude, so take the sweep to the bank.

 

I really need to get to SF for a game at AT & T.

[TysonCBulls423]

SF has won 5 in a row. Let's not forget they are a very good team when Barry's playing

[soccer10k]

SF has won 5 in a row. Let's not forget they are a very good team when Barry's playing

 

They are an average team when Barry is playing. The rest of their offense isn't all that special.

[Sammy Sofa]

SF has won 5 in a row. Let's not forget they are a very good team when Barry's playing

 

They are an average team when Barry is playing. The rest of their offense isn't all that special.

 

Yeah, but sometimes the teams that are way out of it are some of the most "dangerous." They can get into a groove for a stretch towards the end and cause havoc when they play contending teams, like those damn Reds just did to us and the Brewers. Hopefully the Cubs can cool them off.