9/3 Astros (Wolf) @ COBS (Dempster) 7:05 CSN Chicago

[Derwood]

Above you will find one of the greatest rants ever.

 

after reading the 1st paragraph and checking the post count, I was positive that wrigley23 was back with a new login

[CuseCubFan69]

Above you will find one of the greatest rants ever.

 

I'm not going to read it and I'll wait until the movie comes out.

[Outshined_One]

I want to make him our new mascot. This is an overreaction that puts everything up until now to shame.

 

It's almost a work of art.

[kujay]

For a rant, I mean, you gotta give the guy credit. There's some wit in there.

 

Anyway, I'm tired and cranky this morning because of the Cubs. I don't want to be this way again tomorrow morning. So please win, Cobs.

[Omar]

Astros Vs. Dempster

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Lance Berkman        54    43  12  0  0  4   7  11  13  .279  .426  .558  .984 
Geoff Blum           41    36  11  1  0  0   0   5   4  .306  .390  .333  .723 
Brad Ausmus          28    25   6  3  0  0   0   3   6  .240  .321  .360  .681 
Mark Loretta         19    14   4  1  0  1   2   4   4  .286  .474  .571 1.045 
Jose Castillo        12    10   3  0  0  0   1   1   4  .300  .417  .300  .717 
Kazuo Matsui         12    11   1  0  0  0   0   1   3  .091  .167  .091  .258 
Roy Oswalt           11    10   1  0  0  0   0   1   5  .100  .182  .100  .282 
Hunter Pence         11    11   4  0  0  1   4   0   0  .364  .364  .636 1.000 
Ty Wigginton         11    11   2  0  0  0   0   0   3  .182  .182  .182  .364 
Randy Wolf           10     8   3  0  0  0   1   0   3  .375  .375  .375  .750 
Darin Erstad          6     6   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000  .000 
David Newhan          6     6   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .167  .167  .167  .334 
J.R. Towles           6     5   0  0  0  0   0   1   2  .000  .167  .000  .167 
Michael Bourn         3     3   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Brandon Backe         2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Brian Moehler         2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Humberto Quintero     2     1   0  0  0  0   1   1   0  .000  .500  .000  .500 
Chris Sampson         2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total               247   215  51  6  0  6  16  28  56  .237  .331  .349  .680 

Cubs Vs. Wolf

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Derrek Lee           35    32   8  2  1  0   4   3   7  .250  .314  .375  .689 
Mark DeRosa          27    26   5  0  0  0   0   1   4  .192  .222  .192  .414 
Aramis Ramirez       17    16   4  1  0  1   4   1   4  .250  .294  .500  .794 
Alfonso Soriano      14    11   2  0  0  1   3   2   3  .182  .286  .455  .741 
Henry Blanco         10     8   2  1  0  0   2   0   2  .250  .222  .375  .597 
Jim Edmonds          10    10   1  0  0  0   0   0   7  .100  .100  .100  .200 
Ryan Dempster         8     7   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .143  .143  .143  .286 
Ryan Theriot          6     5   2  0  0  0   0   1   0  .400  .500  .400  .900 
Jon Lieber            4     2   0  0  0  0   0   1   2  .000  .333  .000  .333 
Kosuke Fukudome       3     1   0  0  0  0   0   2   0  .000  .667  .000  .667 
Geovany Soto          3     2   1  0  0  0   2   1   1  .500  .667  .500 1.167 
Kerry Wood            3     2   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500 1.000 
Reed Johnson          2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Jason Marquis         2     1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Daryle Ward           2     2   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Carlos Zambrano       2     2   1  1  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500 1.000 1.500 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total               148   129  28  5  1  2  15  12  32  .217  .280  .318  .598 

[C.C.]

It's either the dumbest rant I've read or the most brilliant.

 

Can we give the guy a daily/weekly article right next to Meph's?!?!

[Little Slide Rooter]

Ugh, Randy Wolf has pretty much owned us. Hopefully we can turn the tide and Demp can shine.

[erik316wttn]

Win, buttholes.

 

Petition to change "Cubs" to "Losers" in the thread title.

 

I have faith in Demp tonight. In our clutch hitting? Not so much.

[islandcub]

Sorry guys, just got up. :oops:

[BigSlick]

I normally don't agree with hyperbole, but there is no amount of exaggeration needed to talk about how bad Bob Howry is.

 

If I wasn't in Champaign, IL I'd honestly be trying to find his place of residence and beg him to stop pitching, fake an injury, anything . If that doesn't work well...as others have said, trust the crowbar

 

If he makes it onto the playoff roster (please don't) and if he blows a playoff game (he will if given the opportunity) I'll never forgive Lou.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I normally don't agree with hyperbole, but there is no amount of exaggeration needed to talk about how bad Bob Howry is.

 

If I wasn't in Champaign, IL I'd honestly be trying to find his place of residence and beg him to stop pitching, fake an injury, anything . If that doesn't work well...as others have said, trust the crowbar

 

If he makes it onto the playoff roster (please don't) and if he blows a playoff game (he will if given the opportunity) I'll never forgive Lou.

 

And its no exaggeration when I say Id prefer Mark Guthrie, Antonio Alfonseca, Roberto Novoa, Glendon Rusch, Eric Gagne, Guillermo Mota, Boone Logan, Mithc Williams, Cliff Bartosh, or Rick Vaughn over him.

[UMFan83]

Mel Rojas is where I draw the line

[Little Slide Rooter]

Mel Rojas is where I draw the line

 

Id take a complete game of Latroy Hawkins over an inning of Bob Howry.

 

Speaking of which, theres a good chance we'll be seeing Old Hawk this evening.

[Little Slide Rooter]

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[David]

Win, buttholes.

 

Petition to change "Cubs" to "Losers" in the thread title.

 

I have faith in Demp tonight. In our clutch hitting? Not so much.

 

Our offense was fine yesterday.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Win, buttholes.

 

Petition to change "Cubs" to "Losers" in the thread title.

 

I have faith in Demp tonight. In our clutch hitting? Not so much.

 

Our offense was fine yesterday.

 

Depends on what you mean by fine. home runs, check. base hits, check. Clutch hitting with RISP, not so much.

[bcl412]

Although the 4 game losing streak isn't that big of deal (in perspective looking at the 4 games. We had a toss up game between Lilly and Meyer, you can't be expected to win all of those. Marshall against a good Phillies line up in only his second start or so against another good pitcher, Marquis vs Oswalt, and not 100% Zambrano against an Astro team who is 20 over or something like that in the last couple of months.) it would be really nice to win because losing sucks.

[bcl412]

Win, buttholes.

 

Petition to change "Cubs" to "Losers" in the thread title.

 

I have faith in Demp tonight. In our clutch hitting? Not so much.

 

Our offense was fine yesterday.

 

Depends on what you mean by fine. home runs, check. base hits, check. Clutch hitting with RISP, not so much.

 

We've gotten the guys on base. Logic says that if that keeps happeing the clutch hits will come. That's another thing I look at in this losing streak. The base runners are there. The luck in knocking them in just hasn't been, it will come around and we'll be just fine.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Kailua-Kona, HI !!!

 

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday..........

 

CUBS are 16-6 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 0-2 in September

CUBS are 6-8 vs. Houston

CUBS are 37-25 vs. the NLC Division

CUBS are 1-0 when they've lost their last 4 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 32-21 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 28-16 in games that end a series

CUBS are 8-3 in games that close out a home stand

CUBS are 18-4-2 in home series

CUBS have lost 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 10-2 in series sweeps

CUBS are 40-28 at night

CUBS are 51-23 at home

CUBS are 26-13 against lefties

CUBS are 42-16 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 68-36 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 17-18 when they do

CUBS are 70-12 when they score at least 4 runs.... 15-42 when they don't

CUBS are 51-15 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 34-39 when they don't

CUBS are 70-8 when they outhit the opponents.... 8-33 when they get outhit.... and 7-13 when the hits are even

CUBS are 36-12 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 49-42 when he doesn't

CUBS are 19-19 in one run games.... 13-13 in two run games

CUBS are 48-38 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 37-16 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 50-20 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 32-33 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 3-1 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 67-29 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 18-25 when he doesn't

CUBS are on a pace to win 99 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to score 874 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to hit 188 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to draw 650 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1174 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to steal 96 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to ground into 136 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to commit 98 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05

CUBS are on a pace to be HBP 54 this year..... compared to 37 last year and 41 in '06 and 50 in '05

CUBS have won 32 of their last 48 games against left handed starters

CUBS have outscored the opponents 103-59 in the 7th inning

CUBS have thrown out 23 runners trying to steal in 78 attempts during their last 106 games

CUBS are 39-2 when they get 12 hits or more..... 5-19 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have committed 16 errors in their last 13 games

CUBS have stolen 27 bases in 33 attempts during their last 34 games.

CUBS pitchers have 11 quality starts in their last 17 games

CUBS have scored first in 18 out of their last 26 games

CUBS have GIDP'd 35 times in their last 31 games.... their opponents have GIDP'd 12 times

CUBS pitchers have allowed 5 HR in their last 8 games

 

CUBS are 1-4 with Gary Cederstrom's crew on the field this year...

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..1  Mon 03/31    Milwaukee         3- 4  Zambrano        Sheets        
..2  Wed 04/02    Milwaukee         2- 8  Lilly           Suppan        
..3  Thu 04/03    Milwaukee         6- 3  Dempster        Bush          
138  Mon 09/01    Houston           0- 3  Marquis         Oswalt        
139  Tue 09/02    Houston       N   7- 9  Zambrano        Backe         
140  Wed 09/03    Houston       N    -    Dempster        Wolf          

 

Composite scoring with Gary Cederstrom's crew on the field this year....

 

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

CUBS              1   2   0   2   3   5   2   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      18
Opponents         3   1   0   6   1   5   0   3   5   1   2   0   0   0   0   0      27

 

CUBS are 1-0 with Jim Reynolds behind home plate this year.

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..3  Thu 04/03    Milwaukee         6- 3  Dempster        Bush          
140  Wed 09/03    Houston       N    -    Dempster        Wolf          

 

CUBS were 1-3 with Jim Reynpolds behind home plate last year.

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.12  Mon 04/16    San Diego     N  12- 4  Marquis         Hensley       
.51  Wed 05/30    Florida       N   0- 9  Lilly           Mitre         
.92  Tue 07/17    San Francisco N   2- 4  Marshall        Zito          
162  Sun 09/30  @ Cincinnati        4- 8  Lilly           Bailey        

 

CUBS offense compared to the rest of the league..........

 

09/02           AB   R    H  2B  3B  HR   TB RBI  BB   SO  SB  CS     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS          4818 750 1353 287  19 161 2161 713 558 1007  82  31  0.281  0.358  0.449  0.807
St. Louis     4853 673 1360 246  19 153 2103 645 512  858  63  25  0.280  0.351  0.433  0.784
Milwaukee     4742 663 1222 283  29 178 2097 639 461 1036  97  33  0.258  0.328  0.442  0.771
Philadelphia  4752 669 1204 244  29 183 2055 640 508  971 112  22  0.253  0.331  0.432  0.764
Colorado      4820 656 1286 276  25 136 2020 625 511 1026 132  31  0.267  0.341  0.419  0.760
NY Mets       4839 684 1289 230  32 145 2018 644 524  847 118  31  0.266  0.339  0.417  0.756
Atlanta       4788 639 1284 265  28 118 1959 615 528  873  45  23  0.268  0.344  0.409  0.753
Florida       4733 647 1187 259  26 178 2032 625 465 1182  65  26  0.251  0.323  0.429  0.752
Houston       4729 624 1248 249  20 153 1996 600 386  885  96  43  0.264  0.323  0.422  0.745
Arizona       4625 634 1164 270  41 135 1921 604 489 1087  50  20  0.252  0.326  0.415  0.741
Pittsburgh    4768 618 1233 270  15 135 1938 593 408  864  38  16  0.259  0.321  0.406  0.727
Cincinnati    4646 588 1141 228  22 156 1881 565 479  964  78  46  0.246  0.319  0.405  0.724
LA Dodgers    4714 578 1234 230  26 112 1852 539 429  881 114  34  0.262  0.327  0.393  0.719
San Diego     4734 533 1171 217  23 130 1824 515 427 1065  30  14  0.247  0.314  0.385  0.699
San Francisco 4685 530 1207 263  33  80 1776 500 387  912 101  39  0.258  0.318  0.379  0.697
Washington    4708 535 1165 233  21  98 1734 504 441  940  66  31  0.247  0.318  0.368  0.687

Average       4747 626 1234 253  26 141 1960 598 470  962  80  29  0.260  0.330  0.413  0.743
Maximum       4853 750 1360 287  41 183 2161 713 558 1182 132  46  0.281  0.358  0.449  0.807
Minimum       4625 530 1141 217  15  80 1734 500 386  847  30  14  0.246  0.314  0.368  0.687

 

 

                                             - current -    - - 2007 - -   - - 2006 - -   - - 2005 - -
09/02     Avg    Max    Min  St Dev   CUBS   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore   Rank  Zscore
AB       4747   4853   4625   63.48   4818      4    1.12      4    0.68      4    0.90      1    1.55
R         626    750    530   59.00    750      1    2.10      8   -0.19     16   -1.43      9   -0.34
H        1234   1360   1141   63.60   1353      2    1.87      6    0.65      5    0.79      1    1.53
2B        253    287    217   20.87    287      1    1.62      1    1.53     16   -1.68      3    1.38
3B         26     41     15    6.29     19     13   -1.03     12   -0.51      4    0.63     13   -0.91
HR        141    183     80   28.05    161      4    0.72     11   -0.59     12   -0.64      2    1.17
TB       1960   2161   1734  118.70   2161      1    1.69      8    0.11     10   -0.35      2    1.64
RBI       598    713    500   57.39    713      1    2.01      8   -0.32     16   -1.46      8   -0.26
BB        470    558    386   51.00    558      1    1.73     15   -0.85     16   -2.39     16   -1.71
SO        962   1182    847   94.66   1007     11    0.47      6   -0.30      3   -1.36      3   -1.34
SB         80    132     30   30.02     82      8    0.05     10   -0.32      6    0.82     13   -0.74
CS         29     46     14    8.76     31      8    0.22     10    0.18     14    0.96     12    0.63
BA      0.260  0.281  0.246    0.01  0.281      1    2.02      7    0.55      5    0.62      2    1.29
OBP     0.330  0.358  0.314    0.01  0.358      1    2.24      9   -0.08     16   -2.11     11   -0.78
SLG     0.413  0.449  0.368    0.02  0.449      1    1.65      8   -0.02     12   -0.72      2    1.51
OPS     0.743  0.807  0.687    0.03  0.807      1    2.03      8   -0.08     15   -1.32      4    1.85

 

CUBS on 02 September.....

 

Year      W    L    Pct  Place      GB    Lead
2008     85   54   .612    1st    ----     4.5
2007     70   65   .519    1st    ----     1.5
2006     55   80   .407    4th    17.5    ----
2005     64   70   .478    4th    20.5    ----
2004     73   60   .549    2nd    16.0    ----
2003     71   67   .514    3rd     1.5    ---- 
2001     76   60   .559    2nd     4.0    ----
1998     78   62   .557    2nd    10.0    ----
1989     76   59   .563    1st    ----     2.5
1984     82   54   .603    1st    ----     5.0
1977     72   61   .541    3rd    10.5    ----
1969     84   52   .618    1st    ----     5.0
1945     77   48   .616    1st    ----     1.5
1938     68   56   .548    2nd     6.5    ----
1935     79   52   .603    3rd     2.5    ----
1932     76   51   .598    1st    ----     7.5
1929     86   41   .677    1st    ----    12.5
1918     84   45   .651    1st    ----    10.5   (final)  
1910     80   37   .684    1st    ----    11.0
1908     72   48   .600    3rd     1.0    ----
1907     89   35   .718    1st    ----    16.0
1906     93   32   .744    1st    ----    13.0

 

CUBS home attendance

 

                  2008          2007          2006
# Dates             74            74            74
Attendance     3015301       2967597       2862513
% Capacity     0.98877       0.97531       0.94077
Average          40747         40103         39213
High             41730         41909         41698
Low              37812         32126         27105
Std Dev          862.7        1831.1        2475.2
Sellouts            29            21             5

 

less than 37000      0
37001 - 38000        2
38001 - 39000        0
39001 - 40000       14
40001 - 41000       21
more than 41000     37

 

 

CUBS' starting rotation......

 

                     Team                                                                      Run
Pitcher       GS   Record   Q/S    Q/S %       IP    # Pit    P/IP  IP/GS     P/GS     ERA   Suppt

Zambrano      27    18- 9    16    0.593    173.3     2777    16.0    6.4    102.9    3.58    5.63
Lilly         29    18-11    18    0.621    174.7     2841    16.3    6.0     98.0    4.23    5.69
Dempster      28    20- 8    18    0.643    176.7     2867    16.2    6.3    102.4    2.95    5.96
Hill           5     3- 2     1    0.200     19.7      353    17.9    3.9     70.6    4.12    4.60
Marquis       25    14-11    11    0.440    147.3     2323    15.8    5.9     92.9    4.52    5.40
Lieber         1     0- 1     0    0.000      2.0       49    24.5    2.0     49.0   22.50    0.00
Gallagher     10     4- 6     3    0.300     54.7      989    18.1    5.5     98.9    4.61    3.70
Marshall       5     1- 4     2    0.400     28.0      436    15.6    5.6     87.2    4.82    3.40
Harden         9     7- 2     4    0.444     54.0      888    16.4    6.0     98.7    1.50    6.00

CUBS         139    85-54    73    0.525    830.3    13523    16.3    6.0     97.3    3.78    5.40

 

 

CUBS' pitching staff this year compared to the last 2 years........

 

        - - 2006 - -    - - 2007 - -    - - 2008 - -
        CUBS  Oppnt     CUBS  Oppnt     CUBS  Oppnt

ERA     4.781  3.901    4.041  4.232    3.810  5.150
IP     1430.7 1446.7   1447.7 1442.0   1254.3 1232.0
H        1396   1497     1340   1530     1149   1353
R         834    716      690    752      566    750
ER        760    627      650    678      531    705
BB        687    395      573    500      457    558
K        1250    928     1211   1054     1094   1007
HR        210    166      165    151      144    161
BB/9     4.32   2.46     3.56   3.12     3.28   4.08
K/9      7.86   5.77     7.53   6.58     7.85   7.36
HR/9     1.32   1.03     1.03   0.94     1.03   1.18
WHIP     1.46   1.31     1.32   1.41     1.28   1.55
# Pit   24619  22583    23515  23421    20666  21427
#P/IP    17.2   15.6     16.2   16.2     16.5   17.4

 

 

CUBS are 20-8 when Dempster starts

Dempster is 18 of 28 (.643) in quality starts

Dempster has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Dempster's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.13.... to Blanco it's 2.00

CUBS score 5.40 R/G overall.... 5.96 R/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS hit 1.16 HR/G overall.... 1.21 HR/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS have scored first in 16 of Dempster's 28 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 7 of Dempster's 28 starts

Dempster has given up run(s) in the first inning in 7 (11 runs total) of his 28 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Dempster.....

 

03/31 - 09/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Dempster   964  167  293   62    3   34  463  157  122  227  0.304  0.390  0.480  0.870
CUBS overall     4818  750 1353  286   19  161 2160  714  558 1007  0.281  0.358  0.448  0.807

 

Composite scoring in games started by Dempster.........

 

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

CUBS             18  15  11  20  28  18  21  21  11   0   0   0   0   2   2   0      167
Opponents        11   5  16   6   9  13  15   5  11   0   0   0   0   2   0   0       93

 

Dempster's starts this year (15-5)

 

Dempster                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/03  vs. Milw        6.0    3    2    1    2    5    0    91  3.00  7.50  0.00  0.83  1.50
04/09  vs. Pitts       7.0    1    0    0    2    5    0    98  2.57  6.43  0.00  0.43  0.00
04/15  vs. Cincy       6.0    5    4    4    5    3    1   106  7.50  4.50  1.50  1.67  6.00
04/20  vs. Pitts       5.0    5    3    3    2    3    0    95  3.60  5.40  0.00  1.40  5.40
04/25  vs. Wash        7.0    4    3    2    3    5    1   108  3.86  6.43  1.29  1.00  2.57
04/30  vs. Milw        6.0    4    3    3    5    1    0   106  7.50  1.50  0.00  1.50  4.50
05/05  vs. Cincy       6.0    4    5    0    1    7    1    83  1.50 10.50  1.50  0.83  0.00
05/10  vs. Ariz        6.0    3    2    2    3    7    0   118  4.50 10.50  0.00  1.00  3.00
05/15  vs. S.D.        8.3    6    0    0    1   12    0   116  1.08 12.96  0.00  0.84  0.00
05/20  vs. Houst       6.0    6    4    4    2    5    1   109  3.00  7.50  1.50  1.33  6.00
05/26  vs. L.A.        7.0    7    1    1    3    3    0   117  3.86  3.86  0.00  1.43  1.29
05/31  vs. Colo        5.0    3    3    3    4    7    2    93  7.20 12.60  3.60  1.40  5.40
06/05  vs. L.A.        5.3    5    3    3    2    1    1    82  3.38  1.69  1.69  1.31  5.06
06/11  vs. Atla        9.0    4    2    2    0   11    1   119  0.00 11.00  1.00  0.44  2.00
06/17  vs. Tamp        5.0    6    1    1    2    6    1   107  3.60 10.80  1.80  1.60  1.80
06/22  vs. CWS         8.0   10    1    1    1    4    0   103  1.13  4.50  0.00  1.38  1.13
06/27  vs. CWS         2.3    7    8    8    3    1    1    71 11.57  3.86  3.86  4.29 30.86
07/02  vs. S.F.        6.0    5    2    2    2    7    1    91  3.00 10.50  1.50  1.17  3.00
07/08  vs. Cincy       7.0    2    1    1    4    5    0   103  5.14  6.43  0.00  0.86  1.29
07/13  vs. S.F.        6.7    7    4    4    3    6    0   118  4.05  8.10  0.00  1.50  5.40
07/20  vs. Houst       8.0    6    0    0    1    7    0   104  1.13  7.88  0.00  0.88  0.00
07/25  vs. Flor        6.0    2    1    1    6    6    0   110  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
07/30  vs. Milw        7.0    5    1    1    1    9    0   111  1.29 11.57  0.00  0.86  1.29
08/04  vs. Houst       5.0    5    2    2    1    7    0    75  1.80 12.60  0.00  1.20  3.60
08/10  vs. St. L       6.7    6    2    2    3    6    0   113  4.05  8.10  0.00  1.35  2.70
08/17  vs. Flor        6.0    5    2    2    2   10    0    96  3.00 15.00  0.00  1.17  3.00
08/23  vs. Wash        7.3    8    1    1    1    4    0   111  1.23  4.91  0.00  1.23  1.23
08/28  vs. Phila       6.0    8    4    4    4    7    0   114  6.00 10.50  0.00  2.00  6.00

Home                 111.0   88   36   35   48   97    4  1808  3.89  7.86  0.32  1.23  2.84
Road                  65.7   54   29   23   21   63    7  1060  2.88  8.63  0.96  1.14  3.15

Day                   73.7   62   27   26   31   71    3  1240  3.79  8.67  0.37  1.26  3.18
Nite                 103.0   80   38   32   38   89    8  1628  3.32  7.78  0.70  1.15  2.80

Home  Nite            53.7   44   19   19   23   44    2   839  3.86  7.38  0.34  1.25  3.19

April                 37.0   22   15   13   19   22    2   604  4.62  5.35  0.49  1.11  3.16
May                   38.3   29   15   10   14   41    4   636  3.29  9.63  0.94  1.12  2.35
June                  29.7   32   15   15    8   23    4   482  2.43  6.98  1.21  1.35  4.55
July                  40.7   27    9    9   17   40    1   637  3.76  8.85  0.22  1.08  1.99
August                31.0   32   11   11   11   34    0   509  3.19  9.87  0.00  1.39  3.19

totals vs. Houst      19.0   17    6    6    4   19    1   288  1.89  9.00  0.47  1.11  2.84
season totals        176.7  142   65   58   69  160   11  2868  3.52  8.15  0.56  1.19  2.95

 

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

 

              Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thurs      Wed           Totals
             02 Sep     01 Sep     31 Aug     30 Aug     29 Aug     28 Aug     27 Aug
             vs Houst   vs Houst   vs Phila   vs Phila   vs Phila   vs Phila   @ Pitts 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cotts                               1.0  17    1.3  30                                        2.3  47
Gaudin                                                    1.0  16                             1.0  16
Howry         0.0  20               2.0  26    1.0  23               1.0  10                  4.0  79
Marmol        2.0  35                                     1.7  21               1.0  16       4.7  72
Marshall                                                             1.0  15                  1.0  15
Samardzija               1.7  32    0.7   8               1.3  27                             3.7  67
Wood          2.0  40                                                1.0  18    1.0  10       4.0  68
Wuertz        1.0  10    1.3  12                                                              2.3  22
Guzman        1.0  15                                                                         1.0  15

Totals        6.0 120    3.0  44    3.7  51    2.3  53    4.0  64    3.0  43    2.0  26      24.0 401

 

CUBS' season series vs. Houston this year (6-8) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..4  Fri 04/04    Houston           3- 4  Hill            Sampson       
..5  Sat 04/05    Houston           9- 7  Marquis         Oswalt        
..6  Sun 04/06    Houston           3- 2  Zambrano        Backe         
.45  Mon 05/19  @ Houston       N   7- 2  Lilly           Moehler       
.46  Tue 05/20  @ Houston       N   2- 4  Dempster        Sampson       
.47  Wed 05/21  @ Houston       N   3- 5  Gallagher       Chacon        
.96  Fri 07/18  @ Houston       N   1- 2  Lilly           Moehler       
.97  Sat 07/19  @ Houston       N   1- 4  Zambrano        Rodriguez     
.98  Sun 07/20  @ Houston           9- 0  Dempster        Backe         
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         
138  Mon 09/01    Houston           0- 3  Marquis         Oswalt        
139  Tue 09/02    Houston       N   7- 9  Zambrano        Backe         
140  Wed 09/03    Houston       N    -    Dempster        Wolf          
147  Fri 09/12  @ Houston       N    -    Marquis         Oswalt        
148  Sat 09/13  @ Houston       N    -    Zambrano        Backe         
149  Sun 09/14  @ Houston            -    Dempster        Wolf          

 

CUBS' season series vs. Houston in 2007 (8-7).....

 

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       
.62  Mon 06/11    Houston       N   2- 1  Zambrano        Williams      
.88  Fri 07/13    Houston           6- 0  Zambrano        Jennings      
.89  Sat 07/14    Houston           9- 3  Lilly           Oswalt        
.90  Sun 07/15    Houston           7- 6  Marquis         Rodriguez     
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        
133  Fri 08/31    Houston           1- 6  Marshall        Rodriguez     
134  Sat 09/01    Houston           4- 3  Marquis         Patton        
135  Sun 09/02    Houston           6- 5  Hill            Williams      
144  Tue 09/11  @ Houston       N   4- 5  Marquis         Backe         
145  Wed 09/12  @ Houston       N   3- 2  Hill            Albers        
146  Thu 09/13  @ Houston       N   6- 2  Trachsel        Williams      

 

Composite scoring vs. Houston this year.....

 

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

CUBS              8   7   9   9   3   4  17   2   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      67
Opponents         2   4  11  11   6   8   5   5   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0      55

 

CUBS hitters vs. Wolf this year.....

 

vs Wolf            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Theriot             2    2    2    0    0    0    0    1    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000  1.000  3.00  0.000  0.000
D Lee               3    1    2    1    0    0    1    0    0  0.667  0.667  1.000  1.667  0.667  3.67  0.000  0.500
Soriano             3    1    1    0    0    1    2    0    0  0.333  0.333  1.333  1.667  0.000  4.00  0.000  1.000
Soto                2    0    1    0    0    0    2    1    1  0.500  0.667  0.500  1.167  1.000  5.33  0.167  1.000
Fukudome            1    1    0    0    0    0    0    2    0  0.000  0.667  0.000  0.667  0.000  5.67  0.667  0.000
Ramirez             3    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.500  3.00  0.000  0.500
DeRosa              1    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500  0.000  5.50  0.500  0.000
Johnson             2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00  0.000  0.000

totals vs Wolf     19    7    8    2    0    1    6    5    2  0.421  0.542  0.684  1.226  0.438  3.96  0.121  0.455
totals vs Houst   480   67  134   34    1   18   65   32   80  0.279  0.324  0.467  0.790  0.304  3.57  0.044  0.209
season totals    4816  750 1353  286   19  161  711  558 1007  0.281  0.358  0.449  0.807  0.327  3.88  0.077  0.198

 

CUBS hitters vs. Houston this year.....

 

vs. Houst          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Hoffpauir           4    1    2    2    0    0    0    1    1  0.500  0.600  1.000  1.600  0.667  4.00  0.100  0.000
D Lee              55   10   22    6    0    3   10    3   10  0.400  0.431  0.673  1.104  0.452  3.41  0.031  0.333
Fontenot           20    4    8    2    0    1    4    1    4  0.400  0.429  0.650  1.079  0.467  4.05  0.029  0.500
DeRosa             51    7   18    5    0    3   11    2    6  0.353  0.377  0.627  1.005  0.357  3.62  0.024  0.308
Theriot            50    7   17    4    0    0    5    5    3  0.340  0.400  0.420  0.820  0.362  3.73  0.060  0.227
Cedeno              8    1    3    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.375  0.444  0.375  0.819  0.429  3.67  0.069  0.000
Edmonds            30    5    7    2    0    2    3    3    4  0.233  0.303  0.500  0.803  0.208  3.82  0.070  0.083
Johnson            18    1    6    2    0    0    3    0    3  0.333  0.350  0.444  0.794  0.400  3.45  0.017  0.333
Soto               47    6   11    2    1    2    8    2   10  0.234  0.260  0.447  0.707  0.257  3.44  0.026  0.261
Soriano            44    6    8    1    0    4    9    2   10  0.182  0.217  0.477  0.695  0.133  3.22  0.036  0.185
Ramirez            52    7   11    1    0    2    5    7    7  0.212  0.305  0.346  0.651  0.209  4.02  0.094  0.120
Blanco              8    1    2    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.375  0.625  0.250  2.75  0.000  0.000
Fukudome           51    7   12    4    0    0    4    4    7  0.235  0.286  0.314  0.599  0.273  3.82  0.050  0.154
Ward                9    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.111  0.200  0.111  0.311  0.200  4.10  0.089  0.000
Pie                 4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.50  0.000  0.000
McGehee             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.00  0.000  0.000

vs Villareal        4    2    1    0    0    1    1    1    1  0.250  0.400  1.000  1.400  0.000  4.00  0.150  0.000
vs Borkowski       10    2    4    1    0    1    3    0    2  0.400  0.400  0.800  1.200  0.429  3.80  0.000  0.400
vs Backe           90   20   31    8    0    7   17   11   17  0.344  0.416  0.667  1.083  0.364  3.74  0.071  0.217
vs Nieve            7    1    3    1    0    0    1    0    1  0.429  0.429  0.571  1.000  0.500  4.14  0.000  0.167
vs Paronto          2    0    1    0    0    0    2    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.500  3.00  0.000  0.667
vs Rodriguez       51    7   18    4    0    1    7    2    8  0.353  0.382  0.490  0.872  0.405  3.35  0.029  0.194
vs Brocail         32    4    8    0    0    2    6    4    6  0.250  0.333  0.438  0.771  0.250  3.47  0.083  0.267
vs Wright          14    2    4    1    0    0    3    3    3  0.286  0.412  0.357  0.769  0.364  4.24  0.126  0.188
vs Sampson         69   11   21    6    0    1    9    2    6  0.304  0.319  0.435  0.754  0.323  3.05  0.015  0.286
vs Byrdak          21    4    5    4    0    0    3    2    6  0.238  0.292  0.429  0.720  0.333  3.83  0.054  0.273
vs Chacon          25    3    5    3    0    1    3    1    5  0.200  0.231  0.440  0.671  0.211  3.73  0.031  0.333
vs Moehler         64    4   15    3    0    2    4    3    8  0.234  0.269  0.375  0.644  0.241  3.55  0.034  0.091
vs Oswalt          56    6   14    2    1    1    4    1    3  0.250  0.263  0.375  0.638  0.250  3.41  0.013  0.143
vs Valverde        19    1    2    0    0    1    1    2    7  0.105  0.190  0.263  0.454  0.091  4.19  0.085  0.000
vs Geary           12    0    2    1    0    0    1    0    3  0.167  0.167  0.250  0.417  0.222  3.75  0.000  0.200
vs Hawkins          4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    4  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.75  0.000  0.000

vs. starters      309   44   92   22    1   13   39   19   43  0.298  0.339  0.502  0.841  0.312  3.45  0.042  0.191
vs. relievers     144   23   38   12    0    5   26   13   34  0.264  0.321  0.451  0.772  0.314  3.79  0.057  0.247

vs Left            86   13   27    9    0    1   13    7   17  0.314  0.365  0.453  0.818  0.382  3.63  0.051  0.207
vs Right          394   54  107   25    1   17   52   25   63  0.272  0.314  0.470  0.784  0.287  3.56  0.043  0.210

Home              272   44   81   20    1   11   42   24   40  0.298  0.353  0.500  0.853  0.317  3.60  0.056  0.204
Road              208   23   53   14    0    7   23    8   40  0.255  0.282  0.423  0.705  0.286  3.53  0.028  0.219

Day               241   46   74   21    1    8   44   15   34  0.307  0.346  0.502  0.848  0.332  3.47  0.039  0.288
Nite              239   21   60   13    0   10   21   17   46  0.251  0.301  0.431  0.732  0.273  3.68  0.050  0.110

Leading off       118   15   25    7    0    4    4    5   21  0.212  0.244  0.373  0.617  0.226  3.75  0.032  0.000
Pinch hitting      17    1    3    1    0    0    0    3    5  0.176  0.300  0.235  0.535  0.250  4.10  0.124  0.000
bases empty       291   38   78   19    1   11   11   14   51  0.268  0.302  0.454  0.755  0.293  3.68  0.034  0.000
runners on        189   29   56   15    0    7   54   18   29  0.296  0.355  0.487  0.842  0.320  3.43  0.059  0.212
RISP              114   19   35   10    0    6   52   12   19  0.307  0.369  0.553  0.922  0.326  3.29  0.062  0.274

totals vs Houst   480   67  134   34    1   18   65   32   80  0.279  0.324  0.467  0.790  0.304  3.57  0.044  0.209
season totals    4816  750 1353  286   19  161  711  558 1007  0.281  0.358  0.449  0.807  0.327  3.88  0.077  0.198

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year......

 

vs. Houst            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol              6.7    0    0    0    0    6    0    97  0.00  8.10  0.00  0.00  0.00
Lieber              4.3    3    2    0    0    1    0    45  0.00  2.08  0.00  0.69  0.00
Gaudin              3.7    0    0    0    1    5    0    56  2.45 12.27  0.00  0.27  0.00
Wuertz              3.7    1    0    0    3    2    0    59  7.36  4.91  0.00  1.09  0.00
Ascanio             2.0    2    0    0    2    1    0    41  9.00  4.50  0.00  2.00  0.00
Marshall            1.7    1    0    0    0    1    0    18  0.00  5.40  0.00  0.60  0.00
Hart                1.7    1    0    0    0    2    0    25  0.00 10.80  0.00  0.60  0.00
Cotts               1.7    0    0    0    0    1    0    16  0.00  5.40  0.00  0.00  0.00
Eyre                1.0    0    0    0    1    2    0    21  9.00 18.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Guzman              1.0    1    0    0    1    0    0    15  9.00  0.00  0.00  2.00  0.00
Lilly              12.7   10    3    3    4   12    1   199  2.84  8.53  0.71  1.11  2.13
Dempster           19.0   17    6    6    4   19    1   288  1.89  9.00  0.47  1.11  2.84
Hill                6.0    4    2    2    3    4    1    88  4.50  6.00  1.50  1.17  3.00
Samardzija          2.7    2    1    1    1    3    0    45  3.38 10.13  0.00  1.13  3.38
Wood                5.0    3    2    2    1    5    1    72  1.80  9.00  1.80  0.80  3.60
Zambrano           18.3   18    9    9    9   13    1   300  4.42  6.38  0.49  1.47  4.42
Marquis            17.7   19   11   10    6   13    2   299  3.06  6.62  1.02  1.42  5.09
Harden              5.7    8    5    4    1    8    2    93  1.59 12.71  3.18  1.59  6.35
Gallagher           4.7    8    5    5    1    4    1    96  1.93  7.71  1.93  1.93  9.64
Howry               5.0   11    9    9    1    7    1    89  1.80 12.60  1.80  2.40 16.20

totals vs. Houst  124.0  109   55   51   39  109   11  1962  2.83  7.91  0.80  1.19  3.70
season totals    1256.0 1147  566  529  457 1094  145 20662  3.27  7.84  1.04  1.28  3.79

 

CUBS' last 14 games (8-6)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
126  Wed 08/20    Cincinnati    N   1- 2  Lilly           Arroyo        
127  Thu 08/21    Cincinnati        3- 2  Zambrano        Fogg          
128  Fri 08/22    Washington        5-13  Marquis         Lannan        
129  Sat 08/23    Washington        9- 2  Dempster        Perez         
130  Sun 08/24    Washington        6- 1  Harden          Bergmann      
131  Mon 08/25  @ Pittsburgh    N  12- 3  Lilly           Karstens      
132  Tue 08/26  @ Pittsburgh    N  14- 9  Zambrano        Snell         
133  Wed 08/27  @ Pittsburgh        2- 0  Marquis         Davis         
134  Thu 08/28    Philadelphia  N   6- 4  Dempster        Hamels        
135  Fri 08/29    Philadelphia      3- 2  Harden          Blanton       
136  Sat 08/30    Philadelphia      2- 5  Lilly           Myers         
137  Sun 08/31    Philadelphia      3- 5  Marshall        Moyer         
138  Mon 09/01    Houston           0- 3  Marquis         Oswalt        
139  Tue 09/02    Houston       N   7- 9  Zambrano        Backe         

 

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              3   9   7  12   9   6   8  18   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      73
Opponents         8   1   1   4   7  22   3   7   5   0   2   0   0   0   0   0      60

 

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

 

08/20 - 09/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
DeRosa             50   12   20    3    1    5    9    5   10  0.400  0.455  0.800  1.255  0.429  3.93  0.055  0.250
Fontenot           17    3    6    2    0    1    3    1    4  0.353  0.421  0.647  1.068  0.417  3.79  0.068  0.333
Soto               43    8   16    3    0    3   11    3   12  0.372  0.413  0.651  1.064  0.464  3.89  0.041  0.276
Soriano            55   11   14    4    0    2    3    9   11  0.255  0.359  0.436  0.796  0.286  3.94  0.105  0.033
D Lee              48    7   14    1    0    1    5    9   10  0.292  0.404  0.375  0.779  0.351  3.72  0.112  0.160
Ramirez            54    7   11    3    0    4   16    6    8  0.204  0.283  0.481  0.765  0.167  4.22  0.080  0.308
Edmonds            28    6    5    2    1    1    2    5    8  0.179  0.303  0.429  0.732  0.211  4.27  0.124  0.053
Theriot            52    9   15    2    0    0    3    6    8  0.288  0.362  0.327  0.689  0.341  3.69  0.074  0.136
Fukudome           36    5    8    1    0    1    7    7    6  0.222  0.341  0.333  0.674  0.241  4.55  0.119  0.194
Ward               10    1    3    0    0    0    1    1    1  0.300  0.364  0.300  0.664  0.333  4.09  0.064  0.143
Johnson            28    2    7    1    0    0    1    1    6  0.250  0.276  0.286  0.562  0.318  3.55  0.026  0.067
Cedeno             14    1    3    0    0    0    2    1    4  0.214  0.267  0.214  0.481  0.300  3.60  0.052  0.154
Blanco             14    0    3    0    0    0    3    0    3  0.214  0.214  0.214  0.429  0.273  2.93  0.000  0.188
McGehee             1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  5.00  0.000  0.000

last 14 games     476   73  131   22    2   19   70   54   99  0.275  0.350  0.450  0.799  0.313  3.86  0.074  0.180
season totals    4816  750 1353  286   19  161  711  558 1007  0.281  0.358  0.449  0.807  0.327  3.88  0.077  0.198

 

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

 

08/20 - 09/02        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wuertz              2.3    0    0    0    1    1    0    22  3.86  3.86  0.00  0.43  0.00
Guzman              1.0    1    0    0    1    0    0    15  9.00  0.00  0.00  2.00  0.00
Marmol              8.3    2    1    1    2   11    1   127  2.16 11.88  1.08  0.48  1.08
Samardzija          6.0    7    1    1    3    5    0   101  4.50  7.50  0.00  1.67  1.50
Harden             12.0    5    3    2    4   16    1   209  3.00 12.00  0.75  0.75  1.50
Marquis            18.3   14    6    6    6   14    0   294  2.95  6.87  0.00  1.09  2.95
Dempster           13.3   16    5    5    5   11    0   225  3.38  7.43  0.00  1.58  3.38
Lilly              20.7   15    8    8    3   19    3   320  1.31  8.27  1.31  0.87  3.48
Wood                7.0    6    3    3    1   11    1   124  1.29 14.14  1.29  1.00  3.86
Zambrano           16.3   19   10   10   11   10    1   290  6.06  5.51  0.55  1.84  5.51
Marshall            8.3   12    6    6    2    4    1   132  2.16  4.32  1.08  1.68  6.48
Howry               6.0   10    5    5    1    5    0    97  1.50  7.50  0.00  1.83  7.50
Cotts               4.7    8    6    5    2    4    3    88  3.86  7.71  5.79  2.14  9.64
Gaudin              3.7    7    6    6    2    5    2    75  4.91 12.27  4.91  2.45 14.73

last 14 games     128.0  122   60   58   44  116   13  2119  3.09  8.16  0.91  1.30  4.08
season totals    1256.0 1147  566  529  457 1094  145 20662  3.27  7.84  1.04  1.28  3.79

 

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

 

03/31 - 09/02        P   PA  P/PA
McGehee              5    1  5.00
Fukudome          2344  544  4.31
Ward               419   98  4.28
Edmonds           1075  257  4.18
Ramirez           2303  569  4.05
Fontenot           962  239  4.03
Soto              2007  508  3.95
D Lee             2433  616  3.95
DeRosa            2093  531  3.94
Cedeno             729  190  3.84
Theriot           2176  580  3.75
Johnson           1223  327  3.74
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Soriano           1516  418  3.63
Pie                253   70  3.61
Blanco             390  111  3.51
Murton             144   41  3.51
Hoffpauir          135   39  3.46

CUBS             21425 5517  3.88

 

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

 

03/31 - 09/02      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ramirez             75  218  0.256
Johnson             40  118  0.253
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
Soriano             40  138  0.225
Edmonds             28  100  0.219
DeRosa              61  219  0.218
Soto                59  229  0.205
D Lee               59  237  0.199
Cedeno              24   98  0.197
Fontenot            25  104  0.194
Ward                11   51  0.177
Fukudome            45  214  0.174
Murton               6   29  0.171
Theriot             34  179  0.160
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Blanco               8   68  0.105
Hoffpauir            1    9  0.100
McGehee              0    1  0.000

CUBS               550 2226  0.198

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

Milwaukee      20
St. Louis      14
Houston        12
Cincinnati      1
Pittsburgh     **

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

[kjfoster 1553]

So, when Lou decided Bob Howry was a good idea last night, I decided that a half and half Captain Morgan and Coke was a good idea. Then, when we went down 7-3, I decided a second drink was a good idea. Then, 4 solo HR's made me want a celebratory drink. Well, after the 2nd inning of Kerry Wood, I needed a forth. O, and I had to get up at 6:30.

 

Please don't make me an alcoholic, Cobs!!!

 

My prediction:

 

Cubs win because Dempster throws good, but we get bad news about Z.

[David]

Win, buttholes.

 

Petition to change "Cubs" to "Losers" in the thread title.

 

I have faith in Demp tonight. In our clutch hitting? Not so much.

 

Our offense was fine yesterday.

 

Depends on what you mean by fine. home runs, check. base hits, check. Clutch hitting with RISP, not so much.

 

Don't give me that clutch hitting crap. We scored 7 runs. We didn't lose because of the offense.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Win, buttholes.

 

Petition to change "Cubs" to "Losers" in the thread title.

 

I have faith in Demp tonight. In our clutch hitting? Not so much.

 

Our offense was fine yesterday.

 

Depends on what you mean by fine. home runs, check. base hits, check. Clutch hitting with RISP, not so much.

 

Don't give me that clutch hitting crap. We scored 7 runs. We didn't lose because of the offense.

 

No, we lost because of a combination of offense, defense, and pitching.

[C.C.]

Win, buttholes.

 

Petition to change "Cubs" to "Losers" in the thread title.

 

I have faith in Demp tonight. In our clutch hitting? Not so much.

 

Our offense was fine yesterday.

 

Depends on what you mean by fine. home runs, check. base hits, check. Clutch hitting with RISP, not so much.

 

Don't give me that clutch hitting crap. We scored 7 runs. We didn't lose because of the offense.

 

No, we lost because of a combination of offense, defense, and pitching.

 

 

And don't forget poor management.

[UMFan83]

I wonder why it is that the Cubs can't sellout every ticket every day. It's not because of lack of interest thats for sure.

 

Is it because:

-People assume that the game is sold out and don't try?

-The Cubs ticket release policies (day of game ticket sales, etc)

-Something else

 

It's weird when the team is having the best season of a lifetime and we got less than 40k last night. I know its not because we're bad fans.

[David]

Win, buttholes.

 

Petition to change "Cubs" to "Losers" in the thread title.

 

I have faith in Demp tonight. In our clutch hitting? Not so much.

 

Our offense was fine yesterday.

 

Depends on what you mean by fine. home runs, check. base hits, check. Clutch hitting with RISP, not so much.

 

Don't give me that clutch hitting crap. We scored 7 runs. We didn't lose because of the offense.

 

No, we lost because of a combination of offense, defense, and pitching.

 

You're right... we should fault the offense for not cashing in every single runner that got on base.

 

Sorry, but the offense did more than enough. Expectations are ridiculous if you want to start nitpicking about the fact that they didn't happen to get hits in some situations late in the game, especially when the Astros should've had no business being tied in that game.

 

You can't complain because hits don't happen to come in clutch situations, especially not when you score 7 runs in the game. Well, scratch that, you can, but that complaint would be dumb.

 

Complain all you want if they go up there with a bad approach and give the other team easy outs all game. Hell, complain if they go out there with a good approach but don't manage to score much (I'm not inclined to do that, because that's basically blaming them for bad luck, but to each his own)... but when you both have a good approach and score 7 runs in a game, the offense is the last place you should be looking to lay any blame.