04/19 St Louis (Wellemeyer) @ CUBS (Lilly) 7:05 - PPD (Rain)

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Champaign, IL !!

 

 

http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/5475.jpg Todd Wellemeyer (1-1) 4.50 ERA, 1.75 WHIP.

 

 

vs.

 

 

http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/4062.jpg Theodore Roosevelt Lilly (2-0) 3.86 ERA, 0.94 WHIP.

 

 

CUBS were 2-1 on Sunday night baseball last year.........

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.31  Sun 05/04  @ St. Louis     N   3- 5  Marquis         Wellemeyer    
.76  Sun 06/22    Chicago (AL)  N   7- 1  Dempster        Vazquez       
147  Sun 09/14  @ Houston       N   5- 0  Zambrano        Wolf          

 

 

Another national TV audience, a good pitching matchup for our side, possibly a rain delay, and no Dan Iossagna behind home plate....... looks like another CUBS win to me :D

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[otis89]

How about getting a lead and holding it this time for a change?

[Cynosure]

Might have tickets to this one as well... looking for 3-0 at Wrigley this season! If we lose it's not my fault, it's the people I'm with. I promise I'll never go with them again!

[Roast]

The weather doesn't exactly look promising.

[Schwarber Fan]

The weather doesn't exactly look promising.

 

Could be worse Monday too, which would be the ideal date to make it up on.

 

Hopefully they get it in.

[haubrich91]

Hopefully we can get this game in.

[Guest]

Game-time weather:

 

53°F (Feels like: 49°)

Rain & Thunder (70% chance)

Winds blowing from 1st to 3rd at about 10-12 mph

 

http://radblast-mi.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/radar/WUNIDS_map?station=LOT&brand=wui&num=6&delay=15&type=N0R&frame=0&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&t=1240119284&lat=41.84999847&lon=-87.65000153&label=Chicago%2C+IL&showstorms=0&map.x=400&map.y=240&centerx=400&centery=240&transx=0&transy=0&showlabels=1&severe=0&rainsnow=0&lightning=0&smooth=0

[Cynosure]

Game-time weather:

 

53°F (Feels like: 49°)

Rain & Thunder (70% chance)

Winds blowing from 1st to 3rd at about 10-12 mph

 

http://radblast-mi.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/radar/WUNIDS_map?station=LOT&brand=wui&num=6&delay=15&type=N0R&frame=0&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&t=1240119284&lat=41.84999847&lon=-87.65000153&label=Chicago%2C+IL&showstorms=0&map.x=400&map.y=240&centerx=400&centery=240&transx=0&transy=0&showlabels=1&severe=0&rainsnow=0&lightning=0&smooth=0

 

Looks like I might be :not feeling well: for this game. I already suffered through opening day and I don't want to go through that again. Sorry Cubs, you're going to lose now because I'm not there!

[CubInOK]

Well, it rained pretty much all day here in OK today. I'm thinking the stuff is moving up yall's way for tomorrow. I don't have much to base this on but that's how it seems to happen in the spring.

[msajeff]

I'm curious how early in the afternoon/evening they would give up on getting it in AND if it is postponed, what kind of options we'd have. I am praying a miracle happens and it's just light drizzle. We have company up from Florida who will be long gone by the time a makeup game would happen Monday. We also have someone going who has to leave Champaign for work at 3am. I would suspect with it being ESPN that they wouldn't push the start time much past 9pm would they? Does the city have a say in how late a game can start? Really want to go to the game but if it's for naught, I'd rather go grab a table downtown and enjoy a nice meal before heading back.

[Little Slide Rooter]

There hasnt been a dull moment in this entire series, and I dont see why this game would be any different. Do it Teddy. No home runs to Bernard Gilky, Lou Brock, Ozzie Smith, Rogers Hornsby, Mark Whiten, Dizzy Dean, Bob Gibson, So Taguchi, Elias Coblentz, Stan Musiel, Frankie Frisch, Ducky Medwick, Scott Rolen, Ray Lankford, Willie McGee...

[UMFan83]

Hey Fred, Im almost positive that the Cubs played a second Sunday Night game against the Sox at the Cell a week after the first game you've listed. Just FYI.

[Schwarber Fan]

Hey Fred, Im almost positive that the Cubs played a second Sunday Night game against the Sox at the Cell a week after the first game you've listed. Just FYI.

 

Yep, and we lost like 6-2. I remember a fake rally at the end.

[salukifudd]

I have friends coming up for this one, I really, really hope this one is played. I don't care if I'm getting rained on all night, I want to see some baseball.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hey Fred, Im almost positive that the Cubs played a second Sunday Night game against the Sox at the Cell a week after the first game you've listed. Just FYI.

 

Yep, and we lost like 6-2. I remember a fake rally at the end.

 

You're quite right. It was 5-1 (Buehrle over Marshall) on 29 Jun 08.

 

Don't know how that got by me. :scratch:

[Roast]

Well, in the Loop we're in the middle of that little dry-spot on the radar right now. I still don't think things look very promising but I called in and as of now everything is still a go.

 

If we're going to play this one I hope it's either played in it's entirety without any delays (unlikely) or we at least get through 5 before the rain becomes too much and we can make it official. I don't want to drag this crap out all night.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2008  2007  2006  2005
.103 wins                            97    85    66    79
.869 runs                           857   752   716   703
.221 home runs                      185   151   166   194
.825 walks                          638   500   395   419
1163 strikeouts                    1193  1054   928   920
.103 stolen bases                    87    87   121    64
.118 GIDPs                          136   128   135   129
..59 errors                          97    94   104   100
..88 hit batsmen                     50    37    41    50
5.36 runs per game                 5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.93 pitches per plate appearance  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
19.2 % of baserunners driven in    19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.369 runs per baserunner          0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
37.8 % of extra base hits          34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8

[TruffleShuffle]

cubs on sunday night baseball again? sounds like midwest bias to me.

[chasinf5s]

this game isint getting in tonight, One of the later starts i can remember was almost 10 when Maddux struck out his 3000th Edited April 19, 2009 by chasinf5s

[Cynosure]

Truffle what's your take on the chances we play and finish tonight? Or just play at all...?

[Andy]

cubs on sunday night baseball again? sounds like midwest bias to me.

We're on again I think at the end of May. Three times in two months...crazy.

[Guest]

cubs on sunday night baseball again? sounds like midwest bias to me.

We're on again I think at the end of May. Three times in two months...crazy.

 

That one is against the Dodgers and doing some research, they're also on against the Cardinals again in July.

[chasinf5s]

This forecast model has rain in here through the day

 

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/mpyle/cent4km/conus/00/

 

edit

 

go to simulated radar on the left, 2nd option down and then to loop

[Jon]

The game's been postponed for a day/night doubleheader on July 12th. Separate admission.

 

Only more expensive seats for tonight's game on tickets.com available. Has anyone ever successfully gotten tickets after a game has been called and used them for a makeup date in a situation like this?

[Schwarber Fan]

2 straight off days is gonna be hell