8/12: Cubs (Harden) @ Braves (Morton) **RAIN: POSTPONED**

[Soul]

With the Cards slinking back to St. Louis, their tails between their legs, it's time to get on with the business of winning this division.

 

Cubs send Rich Harden, who is..........the most interesting man in the world:

 

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/soulschizm/RichHarden.jpg

(2.10 ERA / 214 ERA+ / 1.033WHIP)

 

to destroy Charlie Morton.......shown donning the uniform he belongs in:

 

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/soulschizm/CharlieMorton.jpg

(5.70 ERA / 72 ERA+ / 1.435 WHIP)

 

Stay thristy my friends.

Edited August 12, 2008 by Soul

[Schwarber Fan]

This should be a win

 

I'll say 6-2

 

Soto and Edmonds go deep.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Time to beat these !

[UMFan83]

Overall his numbers are pretty bad, but his last 2 starts

 

@ ARI 7IP 5H 0ER 1BB 4K

VS MIL 7IP 4H 2ER 1BB 4K

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Monday..............

 

CUBS are 8-4 on Mondays

CUBS are 6-3 in August

CUBS are 3-0 vs. Atlanta

CUBS are 9-6 vs. the NLE Division

CUBS are 16-12 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 41-28 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 23-15 in games that start a series

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

CUBS are 5-10-3 in road series

CUBS have won 4 consecutive series

CUBS are 8-2 in series sweeps

CUBS are 33-25 at night

CUBS are 26-30 on the road

CUBS are 48-36 against right handers

CUBS are 24-23 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 46-17 when they get a quality start.... 25-30 when they don't

CUBS are 18-30 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 53-17 when they don't

CUBS are 49-15 when they score first in the game.... 22-32 when they don't

CUBS are 26-7 when they score in the first inning.... 45-40 when they don't

CUBS have outscored their opponents 61-47 in the first inning

CUBS are 57-31 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 14-16 when they do

CUBS are 58-10 when they score at least 4 runs.... 12-37 when they don't

CUBS are 42-12 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 29-35 when they don't

CUBS are 60-6 when they outhit the opponents.... 5-28 when they get outhit.... and 6-13 when the hits are even

CUBS are 31-10 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 40-37 when he doesn't

CUBS are 16-17 in one run games.... 11-13 in two run games

CUBS are 35-31 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 36-16 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 41-17 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 27-29 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 3-1 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 56-26 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 15-21 when he doesn't

CUBS are on a pace to win 97 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 861 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 185 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 634 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1177 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 92 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 135 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 92 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 58 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05

CUBS have allowed 10 sac bunts in their last 50 games

CUBS have thrown out 18 runners trying to steal in 61 attempts during their last 85 games

CUBS are 32-1 when they get 12 hits or more..... 2-17 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have committed 5 errors in their last 7 games

CUBS have stolen 12 bases in 14 attempts during their last 13 games.

CUBS have allowed 8 triples in their last 24 games

CUBS pitchers have 25 quality starts in their last 37 games

CUBS have homered in 24 of their last 32 games

CUBS have scored first in 18 out of their last 31 games

CUBS have GIDP'd 15 times in their last 10 games.... their opponents have GIDP'd 3 times

CUBS pitchers have allowed 29 HR in their last 26 games

CUBS pitchers have hit 7 batters in the last 19 games

 

CUBS are 3-2 when Harden starts

Harden is 2 of 5 in quality starts

Harden has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Harden's ERA pitching to Soto is 1.11.... to Blanco it's 6.35

CUBS score 5.31 R/G overall.... 6.40 R/G when Harden pitches

CUBS hit 1.14 HR/G overall.... 1.40 HR/G when Harden pitches

CUBS have scored first in 4 of Harden's 5 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 2 of Harden's 5 starts

Harden has given up no first inning runs in his 5 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Harden.....

 

03/31 - 08/10      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Harden     183   32   48   12    1    7   83   32   19   33  0.262  0.341  0.454  0.795
CUBS overall     4100  627 1149  243   16  135 1829  593  462  857  0.280  0.356  0.446  0.802

 

Composite scoring in games started by Harden.........

 

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

CUBS              3   5   4   8   0   0   5   4   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      32
Opponents         0   1   1   0   2   3   3   4   8   0   0   1   0   0   0   0      23

 

Harden's starts this year (1-1)

 

Harden                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/12  vs. S.F.        5.3    5    0    0    3   10    0    96  5.06 16.88  0.00  1.50  0.00
07/21  vs. Ariz        7.0    1    1    1    2   10    1   112  2.57 12.86  1.29  0.43  1.29
07/26  vs. Flor        5.0    2    1    1    3   10    1    87  5.40 18.00  1.80  1.00  1.80
07/31  vs. Milw        7.0    6    1    1    0    9    1   105  0.00 11.57  1.29  0.86  1.29
08/05  vs. Houst       5.7    8    5    4    1    8    2    93  1.59 12.71  3.18  1.59  6.35

Home                  16.0   15    6    5    7   28    3   276  3.94 15.75  1.69  1.38  2.81
Road                  14.0    7    2    2    2   19    2   217  1.29 12.21  1.29  0.64  1.29

Day                   16.0   15    6    5    7   28    3   276  3.94 15.75  1.69  1.38  2.81
Nite                  14.0    7    2    2    2   19    2   217  1.29 12.21  1.29  0.64  1.29

Road  Nite            14.0    7    2    2    2   19    2   217  1.29 12.21  1.29  0.64  1.29

July                  24.3   14    3    3    8   39    3   400  2.96 14.42  1.11  0.90  1.11
August                 5.7    8    5    4    1    8    2    93  1.59 12.71  3.18  1.59  6.35

season totals         30.0   22    8    7    9   47    5   493  2.70 14.10  1.50  1.03  2.10

 

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

 

              Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thurs      Wed        Tues          Totals
             11 Aug     10 Aug     09 Aug     08 Aug     07 Aug     06 Aug     05 Aug
             no game    vs St. L   vs St. L   vs St. L   no game    vs Houst   vs Houst
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                                                                                                
Gaudin                              2.0  44                                                   2.0  44
Howry                                          1.0  14                          1.3  17       2.3  31
Marmol                   1.0  16               0.7  15                          1.0  15       2.7  46
Marshall                            2.7  28                          1.7  18                  4.3  46
Samardzija               0.3   8               2.0  32               1.0  13                  3.3  53
Wood                     1.0  11                                                1.0   7       2.0  18

Totals                   2.3  35    4.7  72    3.7  61               2.7  31    3.3  39      16.7 238

 

CUBS' season series vs. Atlanta this year (3-0) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.65  Tue 06/10    Atlanta       N  10- 5  Lilly           Glavine       
.66  Wed 06/11    Atlanta       N   7- 2  Dempster        Bennett       
.67  Thu 06/12    Atlanta           3- 2  Zambrano        Hudson        
119  Tue 08/12  @ Atlanta       N    -    Harden          Morton        
120  Wed 08/13  @ Atlanta       N    -    Marquis         Campillo      
121  Thu 08/14  @ Atlanta       N    -    Lilly           Jurrjens      

 

CUBS' season series vs. Atlanta in 2007 (4-5).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.14  Wed 04/18  @ Atlanta       N   6- 8  Zambrano        Davies        
.15  Thu 04/19  @ Atlanta       N   3- 0  Hill            Redman        
.52  Fri 06/01    Atlanta           5- 8  Zambrano        Davies        
.53  Sat 06/02    Atlanta           3- 5  Hill            James         
.54  Sun 06/03    Atlanta          10- 1  Marshall        Cormier       
.58  Thu 06/07  @ Atlanta       N   2- 1  Hill            James         
.59  Fri 06/08  @ Atlanta       N   9- 1  Marshall        Cormier       
.60  Sat 06/09  @ Atlanta       N   5- 9  Marquis         Hudson        
.61  Sun 06/10  @ Atlanta       N   4- 5  Lilly           Carlyle       

 

Composite scoring vs. Atlanta this year.....

 

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

CUBS              3   4   4   1   0   0   2   4   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      20
Opponents         3   2   0   0   0   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       9

 

CUBS hitters vs. Atlanta this year.....

 

vs. Atla           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Soriano             4    2    2    0    0    0    0    2    1  0.500  0.714  0.500  1.214  0.667  3.43  0.214  0.000
Fukudome           11    3    4    0    0    1    4    3    1  0.364  0.500  0.636  1.136  0.333  4.00  0.136  0.333
Ramirez             9    7    4    0    0    0    1    5    1  0.444  0.643  0.444  1.087  0.500  4.36  0.198  0.333
DeRosa             10    1    5    0    0    0    1    2    1  0.500  0.583  0.500  1.083  0.556  3.67  0.083  0.333
Soto               14    2    6    0    0    1    3    0    3  0.429  0.429  0.643  1.071  0.500  3.64  0.000  0.286
Edmonds             7    1    2    0    0    1    4    0    4  0.286  0.250  0.714  0.964  0.500  4.13 -0.036  0.600
D Lee              12    2    3    1    0    1    2    1    2  0.250  0.286  0.583  0.869  0.222  4.00  0.036  0.167
Johnson             3    0    1    0    0    0    3    0    1  0.333  0.400  0.333  0.733  0.500  2.80  0.067  0.750
Theriot            15    1    3    1    0    0    2    0    0  0.200  0.200  0.267  0.467  0.200  3.53  0.000  0.250
E Patterson         5    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.200  2.60  0.000  0.000
Cedeno              1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.00  0.000  0.000
Fontenot            4    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  6.00  0.000  0.000

vs Bennett         12    7    7    1    0    1    7    2    2  0.583  0.667  0.917  1.583  0.667  3.69  0.083  0.857
vs Glavine         12    4    6    0    0    1    4    4    0  0.500  0.588  0.750  1.338  0.455  4.00  0.088  0.300
vs Acosta          13    6    5    0    0    1    6    3    0  0.385  0.500  0.615  1.115  0.333  3.56  0.115  0.833
vs Boyer           11    1    3    1    0    1    1    1    2  0.273  0.333  0.636  0.970  0.250  3.67  0.061  0.000
vs Hudson          24    1    7    0    0    0    1    1    5  0.292  0.308  0.292  0.599  0.368  3.92  0.016  0.111
vs Stockman         7    0    1    0    0    0    0    2    3  0.143  0.333  0.143  0.476  0.250  4.89  0.190  0.000
vs Carlyle         11    1    2    0    0    0    1    1    4  0.182  0.250  0.182  0.432  0.286  3.50  0.068  0.143
vs Ridgway          7    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.143  0.143  0.143  0.286  0.200  3.86  0.000  0.000
vs Ring             3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.67  0.000  0.000
vs Ohman            1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.00  0.000  0.000
vs Campillo         1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.00  0.000  0.000

vs. starters       48   12   20    1    0    2   12    7    7  0.417  0.483  0.563  1.045  0.462  3.88  0.066  0.385
vs. relievers      54    8   12    1    0    2    8    7   13  0.222  0.317  0.352  0.669  0.256  3.76  0.095  0.207

vs Left            23    4    7    0    0    1    4    4    4  0.304  0.393  0.435  0.828  0.333  3.93  0.089  0.273
vs Right           79   16   25    2    0    3   16   10   16  0.316  0.398  0.456  0.854  0.367  3.79  0.081  0.295

Leading off        24    6    7    0    0    1    1    3    6  0.292  0.370  0.417  0.787  0.353  4.07  0.079  0.000
Pinch hitting       2    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  3.33  0.333  1.000
bases empty        58   13   15    1    0    2    2    5   15  0.259  0.317  0.379  0.697  0.317  3.76  0.059  0.000
runners on         44    7   17    1    0    2   18    9    5  0.386  0.483  0.545  1.028  0.405  3.88  0.096  0.291
scoring pos        29    4   12    1    0    2   18    7    1  0.414  0.512  0.655  1.167  0.385  3.95  0.098  0.356

totals vs. Atla   102   20   32    2    0    4   20   14   20  0.314  0.397  0.451  0.848  0.359  3.82  0.083  0.291
season totals    4098  627 1149  243   16  135  591  462  857  0.280  0.356  0.446  0.803  0.326  3.88  0.076  0.196

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Atlanta this year......

 

vs. Atla             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wood                2.0    1    0    0    1    4    0    33  4.50 18.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Dempster            9.0    4    2    2    0   11    1   119  0.00 11.00  1.00  0.44  2.00
Eyre                1.0    1    0    0    1    3    0    21  9.00 27.00  0.00  2.00  0.00
Lieber              1.0    1    0    0    1    0    0    18  9.00  0.00  0.00  2.00  0.00
Marmol              1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    15  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Cotts               0.7    1    0    0    1    2    0    16 13.50 27.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Zambrano            7.0    8    2    2    3    3    1   103  3.86  3.86  1.29  1.57  2.57
Lilly               6.7    4    3    3    3    8    1    98  4.05 10.80  1.35  1.05  4.05
Howry               0.7    4    2    2    0    0    0    17  0.00  0.00  0.00  6.00 27.00

totals vs. Atla    29.0   24    9    9   10   32    3   440  3.10  9.93  0.93  1.17  2.79
season totals    1066.0  982  488  453  389  911  128 17524  3.28  7.69  1.08  1.29  3.82

 

CUBS' last 7 games (5-2)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
112  Sun 08/03    Pittsburgh        8- 5  Zambrano        Snell         
113  Mon 08/04    Houston       N   0- 2  Dempster        Moehler       
114  Tue 08/05    Houston          11- 7  Harden          Rodriguez     
115  Wed 08/06    Houston          11- 4  Marquis         Backe         
116  Fri 08/08    St. Louis         3- 2  Lilly           Looper        
117  Sat 08/09    St. Louis         3-12  Zambrano        Wellemeyer    
118  Sun 08/10    St. Louis         6- 2  Dempster        Carpenter     

 

Composite scoring during the last 7 games.........

 

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

CUBS              2  10   9   4   1   5   7   3   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      42
Opponents         3   2   7   3   6   3   4   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      34

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games......

 

08/03 - 08/10      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Johnson             7    2    4    1    0    1    3    0    1  0.571  0.556  1.143  1.698  0.600  3.33 -0.016  0.500
Blanco              5    1    2    1    0    0    1    1    0  0.400  0.500  0.600  1.100  0.400  4.50  0.100  0.500
DeRosa             23    5    8    3    0    2   11    1    2  0.348  0.360  0.739  1.099  0.316  3.48  0.012  0.600
Soriano            32    6   12    2    0    3    9    0    8  0.375  0.375  0.719  1.094  0.429  3.56  0.000  0.545
Edmonds            20    6    5    3    0    2    2    3    5  0.250  0.348  0.700  1.048  0.231  4.13  0.098  0.000
Soto               17    5    7    1    0    0    3    4    2  0.412  0.500  0.471  0.971  0.467  3.73  0.088  0.500
Ramirez            24    5    7    1    0    1    2    5    3  0.292  0.414  0.458  0.872  0.300  4.03  0.122  0.067
Fontenot            5    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.400  0.400  0.400  0.800  0.500  3.60  0.000  0.000
D Lee              24    4    8    1    0    0    2    3    5  0.333  0.407  0.375  0.782  0.421  4.15  0.074  0.182
Cedeno              7    0    2    1    0    0    2    0    1  0.286  0.286  0.429  0.714  0.333  3.86  0.000  0.400
Theriot            21    3    6    0    0    0    0    3    2  0.286  0.375  0.286  0.661  0.316  3.58  0.089  0.000
Fukudome           25    1    2    1    0    0    2    1    5  0.080  0.111  0.120  0.231  0.100  3.48  0.031  0.118
Ward                6    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.000  0.143  0.000  0.143  0.000  4.00  0.143  0.000

last 7 games      232   42   70   17    0   10   40   22   43  0.302  0.359  0.504  0.863  0.335  3.71  0.057  0.270
season totals    4098  627 1149  243   16  135  591  462  857  0.280  0.356  0.446  0.803  0.326  3.88  0.076  0.196

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games......

 

08/03 - 08/10        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Samardzija          5.7    3    0    0    2    4    0    93  3.18  6.35  0.00  0.88  0.00
Marshall            4.3    2    0    0    0    3    0    46  0.00  6.23  0.00  0.46  0.00
Marmol              3.7    0    0    0    1    3    0    61  2.45  7.36  0.00  0.27  0.00
Wood                2.0    1    0    0    0    0    0    18  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.50  0.00
Lilly               7.3    7    2    2    2    4    1    83  2.45  4.91  1.23  1.23  2.45
Dempster           11.7   11    4    4    4   13    0   188  3.09 10.03  0.00  1.29  3.09
Marquis             6.3    6    4    4    2    3    1   107  2.84  4.26  1.42  1.26  5.68
Harden              5.7    8    5    4    1    8    2    93  1.59 12.71  3.18  1.59  6.35
Howry               2.3    2    2    2    0    4    1    31  0.00 15.43  3.86  0.86  7.71
Gaudin              4.3    6    4    4    3    5    1    94  6.23 10.38  2.08  2.08  8.31
Zambrano            9.3   13   11   10    2    5    5   170  1.93  4.82  4.82  1.61  9.64
Cotts               1.3    2    2    2    0    1    0    19  0.00  6.75  0.00  1.50 13.50

last 7 games       64.0   61   34   32   17   53   11  1003  2.39  7.45  1.55  1.22  4.50
season totals    1066.0  982  488  453  389  911  128 17524  3.28  7.69  1.08  1.29  3.82

 

Patience is a virtue.........

 

03/31 - 08/10        P   PA  P/PA
Ward               352   80  4.40
Fukudome          2016  471  4.28
Edmonds            860  206  4.17
Fontenot           832  204  4.08
Ramirez           1959  486  4.03
D Lee             2096  529  3.96
Soto              1728  438  3.95
DeRosa            1737  445  3.90
Cedeno             663  172  3.85
Johnson           1051  279  3.77
Theriot           1815  488  3.72
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Pie                253   70  3.61
Blanco             311   87  3.57
Soriano           1121  317  3.54
Murton             144   41  3.51
Hoffpauir          135   39  3.46

CUBS             18148 4682  3.88

 

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

 

03/31 - 08/10      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Johnson             35   92  0.276
Soriano             35   96  0.267
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
Edmonds             24   77  0.238
Ramirez             55  183  0.231
DeRosa              53  191  0.217
D Lee               53  204  0.206
Cedeno              22   86  0.204
Fontenot            22   91  0.195
Soto                46  202  0.185
Murton               6   29  0.171
Fukudome            34  173  0.164
Theriot             29  152  0.160
Ward                 7   42  0.143
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Hoffpauir            1    9  0.100
Blanco               5   48  0.094

CUBS               456 1872  0.196

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee      41
St. Louis      37
Houston        33
Pittsburgh     28
Cincinnati     25

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Omar]

Cubs have never faced Morton.

 

Braves Vs. Harden

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Casey Kotchman       12    12   3  0  0  0   1   0   2  .250  .250  .250  .500 
Omar Infante          5     3   1  0  0  0   0   2   0  .333  .600  .333  .933 
Gregor Blanco         3     2   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .333  .000  .333 
Yunel Escobar         3     3   1  0  0  0   1   0   1  .333  .333  .333  .666 
Jeff Francoeur        3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Ruben Gotay           3     3   2  1  0  0   0   0   0  .667  .667 1.000 1.667 
Kelly Johnson         3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Chipper Jones         3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Mark Kotsay           3     3   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333  .666 
Brian McCann          3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Greg Norton           3     3   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333  .666 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total                44    41   9  1  0  0   2   3  10  .220  .273  .244  .517 

[David]

My goodness that ERA+ is ungodly.

[Guest]

40% chance of showers.

 

Actual temperature: 78°F

Feels like: 80°F

[BigSlick]

Cubs have never faced Morton which means we're going to get brutalized today.

[Guest]

It would be wonderful if the Cubs could keep that whole undefeated in 2008 against Atlanta thing going.

[RedFlash]

Cubs have never faced Morton which means we're going to get brutalized today.

 

The Braves are dead in the water. The Cubs should absolutely sweep the Braves with no close games.

[David]

I really wish a lot of fans would stop acting like great team vs. terrible team = absolute overwhelming odds of victory.

 

It doesn't.

 

It's baseball.

 

You could have the 98 Yankees face the 03 Tigers and the Tigers would have a decent chance of winning.

[RedFlash]

I really wish a lot of fans would stop acting like great team vs. terrible team = absolute overwhelming odds of victory.

 

It doesn't.

 

It's baseball.

 

You could have the 98 Yankees face the 03 Tigers and the Tigers would have a decent chance of winning.

 

If you are referring to my post, I didn't say they would sweep I said they "should absolutely sweep".

[BigSlick]

I really wish a lot of fans would stop acting like great team vs. terrible team = absolute overwhelming odds of victory.

 

It doesn't.

 

It's baseball.

 

You could have the 98 Yankees face the 03 Tigers and the Tigers would have a decent chance of winning.

This is true

 

especially against, and I must stress this again because this is important, a pitcher we haven't seen

 

Don't get excited Cubbie fans, we aren't scoring many runs

[Little Slide Rooter]

ANyone know if Chipper is starting again or is he still on the bench?

[C.C.]

I really wish a lot of fans would stop acting like great team vs. terrible team = absolute overwhelming odds of victory.

 

It doesn't.

 

It's baseball.

 

You could have the 98 Yankees face the 03 Tigers and the Tigers would have a decent chance of winning.

 

If you are referring to my post, I didn't say they would sweep I said they "should absolutely sweep".

 

I'll be happy with a series win. Sweeps are tough to do especially on the road.

[Vinestal]

This is the kind of pitcher that usually throws 7 or 8 innings of shuttout baseball against us. We'll see, but Im not getting my hopes up. Probably Harden goes 6 strong and strikes out 10 then Bob Howry gives up a 3 run homerun for the 3-0 loss lol.

[Skyballer]

woo Rich Harden on tv, I have only got to see one of his starts before this.

 

I'll say 2-0, Edmonds hits a two run bomb and Harden pitches 7 striking out 11.

[David]

I really wish a lot of fans would stop acting like great team vs. terrible team = absolute overwhelming odds of victory.

 

It doesn't.

 

It's baseball.

 

You could have the 98 Yankees face the 03 Tigers and the Tigers would have a decent chance of winning.

This is true

 

especially against, and I must stress this again because this is important, a pitcher we haven't seen

 

Don't get excited Cubbie fans, we aren't scoring many runs

 

lol this isn't what I was saying, either

[David]

I really wish a lot of fans would stop acting like great team vs. terrible team = absolute overwhelming odds of victory.

 

It doesn't.

 

It's baseball.

 

You could have the 98 Yankees face the 03 Tigers and the Tigers would have a decent chance of winning.

 

If you are referring to my post, I didn't say they would sweep I said they "should absolutely sweep".

 

They shouldn't. It doesn't work that way.

 

That's like saying the worst team in baseball should lose every game. Or that the best team should win every game.

[kjfoster 1553]

Meh, enough of all this negativity, this Morton clown belongs in AAA.

 

Soriano hits a bomb, Edmonds continues to be a freak, and DLee hits into 4 double plays.

 

Cubs win 5-2

[Little Slide Rooter]

I really wish a lot of fans would stop acting like great team vs. terrible team = absolute overwhelming odds of victory.

 

It doesn't.

 

It's baseball.

 

You could have the 98 Yankees face the 03 Tigers and the Tigers would have a decent chance of winning.

 

If you are referring to my post, I didn't say they would sweep I said they "should absolutely sweep".

 

They shouldn't. It doesn't work that way.

 

That's like saying the worst team in baseball should lose every game. Or that the best team should win every game.

 

the problem with the sweep is, while I dont know the exact stats, Jason Marquis pitches tommorow, and the Braves have pretty much owned him throughout his career.

[kujay]

Cubs should cruise tonight. Harden will bounce back with the extra days of rest and get back to striking out 10 every game.

[Skyballer]

Meh, enough of all this negativity, this Morton clown belongs in AAA.

 

Soriano hits a bomb, Edmonds continues to be a freak, and DLee hits into 4 double plays.Cubs win 5-2

 

Thank you for a good morning laugh to take my mind off how rapidly approaching school is.

[Soul]

I really wish a lot of fans would stop acting like great team vs. terrible team = absolute overwhelming odds of victory.

 

It doesn't.

 

It's baseball.

 

You could have the 98 Yankees face the 03 Tigers and the Tigers would have a decent chance of winning.

 

If you are referring to my post, I didn't say they would sweep I said they "should absolutely sweep".

 

They shouldn't. It doesn't work that way.

 

That's like saying the worst team in baseball should lose every game. Or that the best team should win every game.

They should. It's just that they don't. :cool: