6/24 Cobs (Harden) @ Tigers (Porcello) 6:05 CT CSN

[erik316wttn]

Well boys, the past two games have been stinkers. We managed 10 hits and zero runs against the Braves on Monday, and our Hall-of-Fame closer allowed a walk-off to probably the best player in the game today, Ryan Rayburn.

 

Which loser scrub is going to kill us tonight? My money is on our starting pitcher.

 

Tonight, we throw Rich Harden

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/fishmaster17/Harden.jpg

 

4-3, 5.27 ERA, 1.41 WHIP

 

Love the picture, Rich.

 

Detroit throws 20-year-old Frederick Alfred Porcello, who totally looks like he just cut one

 

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/fishmaster17/Porcello.jpg

 

8-4, 3.54 ERA, 1.30 WHIP

 

Let's actually look like the team we were less than a week ago, please. Thanks.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Rich Harden is due for A. A good outing B. To stop being the weak link in our rotation. If hes hurting or whatever, thats fine, DL him and Marshall is a more than capable replacement. If hes not hurting, theres no reason for him not to look like he did when he first cam over.

 

I fully expect to see Fox at 3rd today, and I really wish that Johnson gets well soon and he can get the regular CF job and we can bench Fukudome until next April.

 

Sorianos starting to pick it up. Theriots Theriot. Bradleys and Lee are doing well. That gives us a solid 1-4, and then Fox or Hoff are going to be solid #5s, but when you're 6-9 is complete garbage, thats not good. not at all.

[dew1679666265]

I really wish that Johnson gets well soon and he can get the regular CF job and we can bench Fukudome until next April.

 

Reed doesn't need to start against righties. His season stats are still worse than Kosuke's even after Fuku's slump, and then you add in the fact that Reed hits .267/.326/.385/.711 against righties and he's not an option for full-time play.

[soapy]

I really wish that Johnson gets well soon and he can get the regular CF job and we can bench Fukudome until next April.

 

that would be horrible.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Lineup prediction, not so much what I expect, but what Id like to see.

 

Soriano LF

Theriot SS

Lee 1B

Bradley DH

Fox 3B

Soto C

Hoff RF

Blanco 2B

Fukudome CF

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Rolla, MO !!

 

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

 

CUBS are 5-6 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 9-9 in June

CUBS are 0-1 vs. Detroit

CUBS are 5-4 vs. Amer League

CUBS are 5-5 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 19-15 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 15-20 at night

CUBS are 13-20 on the road

CUBS are 27-26 against right handers

CUBS are 25-19 when they get a quality start.... 9-14 when they don't

CUBS are 13-24 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 21-9 when they don't

CUBS are 21-9 when they score first in the game.... 13-24 when they don't

CUBS are 15-5 when they score in the first inning.... 19-28 when they don't

CUBS are 26-18 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 8-15 when they do

CUBS are 30-7 when they score 4 runs or more.... 4-26 when they don't

CUBS are 21-12 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 13-21 when they don't

CUBS are 25-8 when they outhit the opponent.... 6-21 when they get outhit.... 2-4 when the hits are even

CUBS are 13-6 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 21-27 when he doesn't

CUBS are 10-12 in one run games .... 7-5 in two runs games

CUBS are 18-17 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 16-16 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 21-16 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 13-17 when they don't

CUBS are 11-8 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 23-25 when they don't

CUBS are 18-15 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 16-18 when he doesn't

CUBS are 25-13 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 9-18 when he doesn't

CUBS are 17-21 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 17-12 when they wear alternate blues

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2008  2007  2006  2005
..82 wins                            97    85    66    79
.687 runs                           857   752   716   703
.177 home runs                      185   151   166   194
.597 walks                          638   500   395   419
1243 strikeouts                    1193  1054   928   920
..70 stolen bases                    87    87   121    64
.126 GIDPs                          136   128   135   129
..99 errors                          97    94   104   100
..58 hit batsmen                     50    37    41    50
4.24 runs per game                 5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.88 pitches per plate appearance  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
16.4 % of baserunners driven in    19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.340 runs per baserunner          0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
34.0 % of extra base hits          34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8

 

CUBS are 14-14 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 30-11 when they get at least 8 hits .... 4-22 when they don't

CUBS are 32-23 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 2-10 when they don't

CUBS are 15-5 when they steal a base.... 19-28 when they don't

CUBS are 11-7 when they execute a sac bunt.... 23-26 when they don't

CUBS are 8-21 when they commit one or more errors.... 26-12 when they don't

CUBS are 31-23 when they hit at least one double.... 3-10 when they don't

CUBS are 7-1 when they hit at least one triple.... 27-32 when they don't

CUBS are 14-6 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 20-27 when they don't

CUBS are 11-5 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 23-28 when they don't

CUBS are 11-8 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 23-25 when they don't

CUBS are 7-20 when the opponent steals a base.... 27-13 when they don't

CUBS are 9-17 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 25-16 when they don't

CUBS are 15-22 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 19-11 when they don't

CUBS are 23-10 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 11-23 when they don't

CUBS are 5-6 when the opponent triples.... 29-27 when they don't

CUBS are 8-8 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 26-25 when they don't

CUBS are 7-10 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 27-23 when they don't

CUBS are 9-11 when they hit an opposing batter.... 25-22 when they don't

CUBS have hit 8 triples this season.... all against the starting pitchers

CUBS are batting 19 for 88 (.216/.330/.307/.637) in extra innings

CUBS have not scored double digit runs in their last 33 games

CUBS are 11-6 when K Hill catches.... 23-27 when Soto catches

CUBS are 23-19 when Fukudome starts in cf.... 11-14 when he doesn't

CUBS are 34-28 when Soriano leads off.... 0-5 when he doesn't

CUBS are 18-12 when Fontenot bats sixth.... 16-21 when he doesn't.

CUBS are 10-4 when Blanco bats eighth.... 24-29 when he doesn't.

CUBS have not been caught stealing in their last 13 games

CUBS have caught the opponents stealing 8 times in their last 12 games

CUBS have allowed 4 triples in their last 7 games

CUBS have not committed an error in their last 4 games

 

CUBS are 1-2 with Tim McClelland's crew on the field this year...

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..7  Mon 04/13    Colorado          4- 0  Lilly           Jimemez       
..8  Wed 04/15    Colorado          2- 5  Harden          Marquis       
.67  Tue 06/23  @ Detroit       N   4- 5  Zambrano        Jackson       
.68  Wed 06/24  @ Detroit       N    -    Harden          Porcello      
.69  Thu 06/25  @ Detroit            -    Lilly           Galarraga     

 

Composite scoring with Tim McClelland'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   1   0   2   1   1   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      10
Opponents         1   2   2   0   0   0   2   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      10

 

CUBS are 1-0 with Andy Fletcher behind home plate this year.

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..7  Mon 04/13    Colorado          4- 0  Lilly           Jimemez       
.68  Wed 06/24  @ Detroit       N    -    Harden          Porcello      

 

CUBS were 1-0 with Andy Fletcher behind home plate last year.

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..8  Wed 04/09  @ Pittsburgh    N   6- 4  Dempster        Duke          

 

 

CUBS are 6-4 when Harden starts

Harden is 6 of 10 (.600) in quality starts

Harden has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Harden's ERA pitching to Soto is 5.73.... to K Hill it's 1.50

CUBS score 4.24 R/G overall.... 5.50 R/G when Harden pitches

CUBS hit 1.09 HR/G overall.... 1.50 HR/G when Harden pitches

CUBS have scored first in 3 of Harden's 10 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 2 of Harden's 10 starts

Harden has given up run(s) in the first inning in 3 (4 runs total) of his 10 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Harden.....

 

04/06 - 06/23      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Harden     349   55   95   19    1   15  161   49   41   69  0.272  0.355  0.461  0.816
CUBS overall     2294  284  565  111    8   73  911  271  247  514  0.246  0.324  0.397  0.721

 

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              7   4   2   4   7  12   5   9   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      55
Opponents         4  10   7  10   0   0   3   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      40

 

Harden's starts this year (4-3)

 

Harden                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/10  vs. Milw        6.0    3    2    1    2   10    1    96    63  0.66  16.0    4    4  0.50  3.00 15.00  1.50  0.83  1.50
04/15  vs. Colo        3.0    5    4    4    4    8    1    92    53  0.58  30.7    0    0  0.00 12.00 24.00  3.00  3.00 12.00
04/21  vs. Cincy       6.0    3    2    2    2    8    1    92    60  0.65  15.3    5    5  0.50  3.00 12.00  1.50  0.83  3.00
04/26  vs. St. L       6.0    4    2    2    2    9    2   107    69  0.64  17.8    2    7  0.22  3.00 13.50  3.00  1.00  3.00
05/01  vs. Flor        3.7    6    5    5    4    2    0    86    50  0.58  23.5    5    4  0.56  9.82  4.91  0.00  2.73 12.27
05/06  vs. Houst       7.0    8    3    3    3    4    1    99    66  0.67  14.1    8    9  0.47  3.86  5.14  1.29  1.57  3.86
05/12  vs. S.D.        6.0    4    2    2    1    5    1   101    62  0.61  16.8    5    8  0.38  1.50  7.50  1.50  0.83  3.00
05/17  vs. Houst       6.0    6    4    4    3    7    1   112    69  0.62  18.7    5    6  0.45  4.50 10.50  1.50  1.50  6.00
06/13  vs. Minn        6.0    5    2    2    2    9    1    92    61  0.66  15.3    4    4  0.50  3.00 13.50  1.50  1.17  3.00
06/19  vs. Cleve       5.0    7    7    7    3    2    2    87    53  0.61  17.4    7    6  0.54  5.40  3.60  3.60  2.00 12.60

Home                  35.7   36   26   26   19   41    7   662   408  0.62  18.6   31   33  0.48  4.79 10.35  1.77  1.54  6.56
Road                  19.0   15    7    6    7   23    4   302   198  0.66  15.9   14   20  0.41  3.32 10.89  1.89  1.16  2.84

Day                   35.7   36   26   25   20   47    8   672   418  0.62  18.8   27   31  0.47  5.05 11.86  2.02  1.57  6.31
Nite                  19.0   15    7    7    6   17    3   292   188  0.64  15.4   18   22  0.45  2.84  8.05  1.42  1.11  3.32

Road  Nite             7.0    8    3    3    3    4    1    99    66  0.67  14.1    8    9  0.47  3.86  5.14  1.29  1.57  3.86

April                 21.0   15   10    9   10   35    5   387   245  0.63  18.4   11   16  0.41  4.29 15.00  2.14  1.19  3.86
May                   22.7   24   14   14   11   18    3   398   247  0.62  17.6   23   27  0.46  4.37  7.15  1.19  1.54  5.56
June                  11.0   12    9    9    5   11    3   179   114  0.64  16.3   11   10  0.52  4.09  9.00  2.45  1.55  7.36

Season total          54.7   51   33   32   26   64   11   964   606  0.63  17.6   45   53  0.46  4.28 10.54  1.81  1.41  5.27

 

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

 

              Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed           Totals
             23 Jun     22 Jun     21 Jun     20 Jun     19 Jun     18 Jun     17 Jun
             @ Detr     @ Atla     vs. Clev   vs. Clev   vs. Clev   vs w.sox   vs w.sox
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Ascanio                             0.3  15    0.3  18                          1.0  24       1.7  57
Gregg         0.3  13               0.7  12    1.0  16    1.0  33    1.0  11                  4.0  85
Guzman                                         2.0  23                          2.0  34       4.0  57
Heilman                                        2.0  52    1.0  11                             3.0  63
Marmol        1.0  15                          0.7  18    1.0  25    0.7  18                  3.3  76
Patton                                         1.0  13    2.0  29                             3.0  42
Marshall                 0.3  16    1.3  22    0.0   4               0.3   6                  2.0  48
Hart                     1.0  16                                                              1.0  16

Totals        1.3  28    1.3  32    2.3  49    7.0 144    5.0  98    2.0  35    3.0  58      22.0 444

 

CUBS' season series vs. Detroit this year (0-1) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.67  Tue 06/23  @ Detroit       N   4- 5  Zambrano        Jackson       
.68  Wed 06/24  @ Detroit       N    -    Harden          Porcello      
.69  Thu 06/25  @ Detroit            -    Lilly           Galarraga     

 

CUBS' last 7 games (4-3)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.61  Wed 06/17    Chicago (AL)      1- 4  Dempster        Danks         
.62  Thu 06/18    Chicago (AL)      6- 5  Zambrano        Floyd         
.63  Fri 06/19    Cleveland         8- 7  Harden          Lee          
.64  Sat 06/20    Cleveland         6- 5  Lilly           Ohka          
.65  Sun 06/21    Cleveland         6- 2  Wells           Sowers        
.66  Mon 06/22  @ Atlanta       N   0- 2  Dempster        Vazquez       
.67  Tue 06/23  @ Detroit       N   4- 5  Zambrano        Jackson       

 

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              1   1   0   1   7   5   0  11   2   1   0   0   2   0   0   0      31
Opponents         3   4   4   1   1   3   8   3   2   0   0   0   1   0   0   0      30

 

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

 

06/17 - 06/23      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
D Lee              29    6   11    2    0    4   10    2    5  0.379  0.419  0.862  1.281  0.350  3.87  0.040  0.273
Hoffpauir          11    3    3    0    0    2    4    1    3  0.273  0.333  0.818  1.152  0.167  4.25  0.061  0.222
Soto               19    3    4    1    0    2    4    5    6  0.211  0.360  0.579  0.939  0.182  4.04  0.149  0.222
Johnson             9    3    2    0    0    1    1    2    3  0.222  0.364  0.556  0.919  0.200  3.82  0.141  0.000
Bradley            23    3    8    2    0    0    0    4    6  0.348  0.464  0.435  0.899  0.471  4.00  0.116  0.000
Blanco             24    2    7    0    0    0    3    2    0  0.292  0.346  0.292  0.638  0.292  3.37  0.054  0.167
Theriot            31    3    9    1    0    0    1    1    3  0.290  0.313  0.323  0.635  0.321  3.55  0.022  0.100
Miles               8    1    2    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.375  0.625  0.286  2.38  0.000  0.000
Fukudome           19    2    4    1    0    0    0    4    4  0.211  0.348  0.263  0.611  0.267  3.39  0.137  0.000
Fox                14    0    3    1    0    0    3    1    2  0.214  0.250  0.286  0.536  0.250  3.69  0.036  0.250
Fontenot           16    0    3    0    0    0    0    2    5  0.188  0.278  0.188  0.465  0.273  4.22  0.090  0.000
Soriano            28    4    5    0    0    0    3    2    4  0.179  0.233  0.179  0.412  0.208  3.93  0.055  0.375
K. Hill             6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.57  0.000  0.000

Last 7 games      250   31   63    9    0    9   29   26   52  0.252  0.323  0.396  0.719  0.286  3.76  0.071  0.152
Season totals    2294  284  565  111    8   73  270  246  514  0.246  0.324  0.397  0.721  0.288  3.89  0.077  0.162

 

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

 

06/17 - 06/23        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Hart                1.0    0    0    0    1    0    0    16     8  0.50  16.0    1    2  0.33  9.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Marshall            2.0    2    0    0    1    1    0    34    24  0.71  17.0    4    1  0.80  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Heilman             3.0    1    0    0    4    3    0    63    35  0.56  21.0    4    2  0.67 12.00  9.00  0.00  1.67  0.00
Guzman              4.0    2    1    1    1    2    0    57    39  0.68  14.3    6    4  0.60  2.25  4.50  0.00  0.75  2.25
Wells               6.7    5    2    2    1    3    0    98    60  0.61  14.7    8    8  0.50  1.35  4.05  0.00  0.90  2.70
Patton              3.0    1    1    1    1    4    1    42    26  0.62  14.0    4    1  0.80  3.00 12.00  3.00  0.67  3.00
Dempster           12.7   12    5    5   10   10    1   222   125  0.56  17.5   18    8  0.69  7.11  7.11  0.71  1.74  3.55
Zambrano           14.0   11    6    6    5    7    2   227   135  0.59  16.2   16   17  0.48  3.21  4.50  1.29  1.14  3.86
Lilly               6.0    6    3    3    0    6    2    87    63  0.72  14.5    6    6  0.50  0.00  9.00  3.00  1.00  4.50
Gregg               4.0    3    2    2    2    2    1    85    55  0.65  21.3    7    3  0.70  4.50  4.50  2.25  1.25  4.50
Ascanio             1.7    3    1    1    2    2    0    57    31  0.54  34.2    0    3  0.00 10.80 10.80  0.00  3.00  5.40
Marmol              3.3    3    2    2    3    7    0    76    42  0.55  22.8    1    2  0.33  8.10 18.90  0.00  1.80  5.40
Harden              5.0    7    7    7    3    2    2    87    53  0.61  17.4    7    6  0.54  5.40  3.60  3.60  2.00 12.60

Last 7 games       66.3   56   30   30   34   49    9  1151   696  0.60  17.4   82   63  0.57  4.61  6.65  1.22  1.36  4.07
Season totals     606.7  533  275  259  264  528   69 10180  6348  0.62  16.8  650  611  0.52  3.92  7.83  1.02  1.31  3.84

 

CUBS pitch counts at the plate.........

 

04/06 - 06/23        P   PA  P/PA
Fontenot           961  228  4.21
Ramirez            302   72  4.19
K. Hill            306   74  4.14
Scales             270   66  4.09
Fukudome           988  242  4.08
Bradley            779  192  4.06
Soto               844  209  4.04
D Lee              982  245  4.01
Soriano           1177  304  3.87
Gathright           57   15  3.80
Hoffpauir          499  132  3.78
Fox                112   30  3.73
Theriot           1065  290  3.67
Miles              476  131  3.63
Freel               71   20  3.55
Blanco             234   67  3.49
Johnson            433  125  3.46

CUBS             10120 2604  3.89

 

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

 

04/06 - 06/23      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ramirez             12   29  0.293
Fox                  5   14  0.263
Fukudome            17   59  0.224
D Lee               26  100  0.206
Fontenot            20   85  0.190
Hoffpauir           15   70  0.176
Theriot             20   94  0.175
Blanco               6   32  0.158
Soriano             16   91  0.150
Johnson             12   70  0.146
Bradley             11   67  0.141
Soto                15   92  0.140
Scales               4   29  0.121
K. Hill              5   38  0.116
Freel                1   10  0.091
Miles                4   57  0.066
Gathright            0    6  0.000

CUBS               197 1017  0.162

 

 

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

St. Louis      97
Milwaukee      96
Cincinnati     94
Houston        93
Pittsburgh     90

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2009, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Keener98]

Lineup prediction, not so much what I expect, but what Id like to see.

 

Soriano LF

Theriot SS

Lee 1B

Bradley DH

Fox 3B

Soto C

Hoff RF

Blanco 2B

Fukudome CF

 

Fox is playing against lefties, Fontenot will get the start at 3rd.

[sneakypower]

going to the game tonight, i'm hoping it drags and we can see the Detroit fireworks in the background of CoPa

[fiver]

I wasn't able to catch Harden's last start. I'm sure he was unable to place pitches where he wanted them, but can anyone comment on the velocity and movement of pitches?

[pitchcs]

I wasn't able to catch Harden's last start. I'm sure he was unable to place pitches where he wanted them, but can anyone comment on the velocity and movement of pitches?

 

From what I can remember, velocity was down a bit but movement seemed OK.

[A-Cal]

feeling good about this one tonight boys

[dew1679666265]

Two people in the forum two minutes before gametime . . .

[Little Slide Rooter]

Two people in the forum two minutes before gametime . . .

 

I think a lot of people are coming to the conclusion that if we hang on every single game of both our own, The brewers, and the Cardinals, between now and September, we'll go out of our minds. Many times Ive told myself Ill sit the game out, and I always fail.

[dew1679666265]

Two people in the forum two minutes before gametime . . .

 

I think a lot of people are coming to the conclusion that if we hang on every single game of both our own, The brewers, and the Cardinals, between now and September, we'll go out of our minds. Many times Ive told myself Ill sit the game out, and I always fail.

 

Yeah, I don't hang on every pitch either. That was an abnormally small number, though.

[NotSoSober]

Two people in the forum two minutes before gametime . . .

Yea, kind of odd. The lineup hasn't even been posted yet.

[dew1679666265]

Two people in the forum two minutes before gametime . . .

Yea, kind of odd. The lineup hasn't even been posted yet.

 

First time I've had to pay attention to Len and Bob reading the lineups. :)

[Friendly Confines]

lol wut

 

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[Little Slide Rooter]

Fox at 3rd and Hoff at 1st should be interesting.

[InconspicuousZ28]

Update?

[Terp]

Update?

 

Top 2nd, 0-0, 1st and 2nd no outs Fox up.

[Derwood]

Update?

 

top 2nd

 

hoff on 2nd

braldey on 1st

 

fox up

[Sammy Sofa]

Fox just barely beat out a triple play.

 

Hysterical.

[dew1679666265]

Update?

 

Near triple play puts Fox on 1st with two out and Fuku up.

[dew1679666265]

Fuku k's, inning over.

[UMFan83]

LOL. I turned off the tv with the Cubs having runners at 1st and 2nd and no outs. I hop in the car to run errands and turn on WGN hoping to hear we scored. The first thing I hear from Pat is "when's the last time you've seen a fielders choice turn into a double play". And I thought to myself, "yep, these are my Cubs!"