6/4 Cubs (Wells) @ Cards (Lohse) 3:10 PM, FOX/720

[UMFan83]

Fecal League action continues as the Cubs have another date with the "faltering" Cardinals. Let's take a look at the standings:

 

TM   REC    WIN%  GB  RUN DIF

MIN  19-37  .339  --  (-84)
HOU  23-35  .397  3.0 (-49)
CHC  23-32  .418  4.5 (-50)
SDG  25-33  .431  5.0 (-27)
KCR  25-32  .439  5.5 (-30)
WAS  25-32  .439  5.5 (-12)
LAD  26-32  .448  6.0 (-31)
BAL  25-30  .455  6.5 (-44)
NYM  26-31  .456  6.5 (-32)
COL  26-30  .464  7.0  +6
OAK  27-31  .466  7.0 (-4)
CWS  28-31  .475  7.5 (-9)
PIT  27-29  .482  8.0 (-1)

 

What are we seeing here?

 

-After years of being also-rans, Minnesota is back competing for the Fecal League title! This combined with their beautiful 2nd year stadium has fans in a frenzy.

-Quite a few perennial contenders are once again in the thick of the race (HOU, SDG, KCR, WAS and BAL)

-Pittsburgh fans have to be shocked, after years of dominance in the FL, they have had a really disappointing season and appear to be fading early from contention. If they want to get back in the race, they might need to have another fire sale at the deadline.

 

But worry not my fellow Cub fans, the inconsistent Cubs appear to be a darkhorse as they have been adding several upgrades such as LeMahieu, Montanez, Snyder and Campana, while several veterans have been been sacrificing their playing time (Soriano, Baker, Byrd, Garza, etc) to let this entergetic group of mostly youngsters carry them into contention. Clearly they are pulling out all the stops to make a run at this title.

 

Unfortunately, James Russell is unable to start today, so Randy Wells will have to take his place instead. On the other side, Kyle Lohse has not helped the Cards stay in the FL race, and will likely keep his (legitimately) fantastic season going.

 

In all seriousness, Lohse is a turd and so are stupid ass Cardinals. Lose the rest of the games if you must, but win these ones plz.

[Guest]

The combination of this game likely not being on TV here (we'll probably get the A's or Giants) plus the U.S. and Spain playing at 1:30 will make this an extremely easy game to not watch.

 

GO CUBS!

[Little Slide Rooter]

This team has gone from mediocre to bad to gut wrenchingly awful to god I miss 2006 at a record pace.

[otis89]

Oh, joy. Not only are the Cubs going to get massacred, we're going to get a couple of absolute morons calling the game, too! Fun times.

[wvcbxl]

The combination of this game likely not being on TV here (we'll probably get the A's or Giants) ...

 

I'll be watching this one live here in Belgium. :D

 

Go Cubs!!!

[CubmanPi]

That run differential is intimidating. The Twins are for real, and the Cubs have their work cut out for them. Good thing Houston and SD are playing each other. It always helps when the competition is busy beating each other up.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Is it bad that I'm just pretending that we've already signed Pujols so I can cheer when he homers?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Algonquin, IL !!!

 

 

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday.............

 

 

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CUBS are 6-3 on Saturdays

CUBS are 0-2 in June

CUBS are 1-3 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 7-17 vs. NL Central

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

CUBS are 18-13 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 10-15 in daylight

CUBS are 11-13 on the road

CUBS are 16-25 vs right handers

CUBS are 13-6 when they get a quality start.... 10-26 when they don't

CUBS are 11-22 when the opponents get a quality start.... 12-10 when they don't

CUBS are 12-11 when they score first in the game.... 11-21 when they don't

CUBS are 3-11 when the score in the first inning.... 20-21 when they don't

CUBS are 16-19 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 7-13 when they do

CUBS are 19-11 when they score 4 runs or more.... 4-21 when they don't

CUBS are 15-3 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 8-29 when they don't

CUBS are 18-9 when they outhit the opponent.... 1-21 when they get outhit.... 4-2 when the hits are even

CUBS are 7-5 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 16-27 when he doesn't

CUBS are 6-6 in one run games .... 5-7 in two runs games

CUBS are 10-11 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 13-21 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 11-11 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 12-21 when they don't

CUBS are 14-20 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 9-12 when they don't

CUBS are 6-7 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 17-25 when he doesn't

CUBS are 17-15 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 6-15 when he doesn't

CUBS are 19-26 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 4-6 when they wear alternate blues

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005
..68 wins                            75    84    97    85    66    79
.677 runs                           684   711   857   752   716   703
.115 home runs                      149   162   185   151   166   194
.415 walks                          476   597   638   500   395   419
1093 strike outs                   1236  1192  1193  1054   928   920
..44 stolen bases                    55    55    87    87   121    64
.127 GIDPs                          124   135   136   128   135   129
.130 errors                         122   103    97    94   104   100
..62 hit batsmen                     50    58    50    37    41    50
4.18 runs per game                 4.22  4.39  5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.68 pitches per plate appearance  3.79  3.82  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
.342 runs per baserunner          0.353 0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
28.6 % of extra base hits          33.6  34.6  34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8
.271 batting average              0.256 0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270
.327 on base percentage           0.319 0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324
.395 slugging percentage          0.401 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440
.722 on base plus slugging (OPS)  0.720 0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764

 

CUBS are 21-18 when they get at least 8 hits .... 2-14 when they don't

CUBS are 18-21 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 5-11 when they don't

CUBS are 5-4 when they steal a base.... 18-28 when they don't

CUBS are 7-7 when they execute a sac bunt.... 16-25 when they don't

CUBS are 15-19 when they GIDP.... 8-13 when they don't

CUBS are 9-14 when they commit one or more errors.... 14-18 when they don't

CUBS are 21-21 when they hit at least one double.... 2-11 when they don't

CUBS are 5-4 when they hit at least one triple.... 18-28 when they don't

CUBS are 8-1 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 15-31 when they don't

CUBS are 5-4 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 18-28 when they don't

CUBS are 5-14 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 18-18 when they don't

CUBS are 9-7 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 14-25 when they don't

CUBS are 10-17 when the opponent steals a base.... 13-15 when they don't

CUBS are 10-13 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 13-19 when they don't

CUBS are 13-13 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 10-19 when they don't

CUBS are 14-18 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 9-14 when they don't

CUBS are 5-10 when the opponent triples.... 18-22 when they don't

CUBS are 2-11 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 21-21 when they don't

CUBS are 4-10 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 19-22 when they don't

CUBS are 6-11 when they hit an opposing batter.... 17-21 when they don't

 

CUBS are 1-1 when Wells starts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2011, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Fred Hornkohl]

Saturday 04 June 2011

CUBS @ St. Louis

15:10

 

 

CUBS

 

Fukudome, rf

Barney, 2b

Castro, ss

Pena, 1b

DeWitt, 3b

Soto, c

Colvin, lf

Campana, cf

Wells, p

 

 

St. Louis

 

Theriot, ss

Jay, lf

Pujols, 1b

Berkman, rf

Rasmus, cf

Molina, c

Carpenter, 3b

Descalso, 2b

Lohse, p

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Saturday 04 June 2011

CUBS @ St. Louis

15:10

 

 

CUBS

 

Fukudome, rf

Barney, 2b

Castro, ss

Pena, 1b

DeWitt, 3b

Soto, c

Colvin, lf

Campana, cf

Wells, p

 

 

 

That's one ugly line-up!

[Fred Hornkohl]

That's one ugly line-up!

 

This is one ugly team, no?

[Fred Hornkohl]

It occurs to me..... that maybe we're doing this game thread thing all wrong. Instead of having a guy keep going until he loses a game..... maybe we should make him keep going until he wins one, eh?

[javy knows my name]

cry.

[rawaction]

Saturday 04 June 2011

CUBS @ St. Louis

15:10

 

 

CUBS

 

Fukudome, rf

Barney, 2b

Castro, ss

Pena, 1b

DeWitt, 3b

Soto, c

Colvin, lf

Campana, cf

Wells, p

 

 

 

That's one ugly line-up!

 

I'd be 100% fine with that lineup if this team didn't have a $125Mil payroll.

[CubmanPi]

It occurs to me..... that maybe we're doing this game thread thing all wrong. Instead of having a guy keep going until he loses a game..... maybe we should make him keep going until he wins one, eh?

That would be the logical next step in fecal league competition.

[Fred Hornkohl]

It occurs to me..... that maybe we're doing this game thread thing all wrong. Instead of having a guy keep going until he loses a game..... maybe we should make him keep going until he wins one, eh?

That would be the logical next step in fecal league competition.

 

Oh, we're getting there !!

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Minnesota       19      37     0.339     ---
Houston         23      35     0.397     3.0
CUBS            23      32     0.418     4.5
San Diego       25      33     0.431     5.0
Washington      25      32     0.439     5.5
Kansas City     25      32     0.439     5.5
LA Dodgers      26      32     0.448     6.0
Baltimore       25      30     0.455     6.5
NY Mets         26      31     0.456     6.5
Colorado        26      30     0.464     7.0
Oakland         27      31     0.466     7.0
white sox       28      31     0.475     7.5
Pittsburgh      27      29     0.482     8.0

[CubmanPi]

The Giants-Rockies will be on out here instead. My apathy is coming in handy this afternoon.

[otis89]

Saturday 04 June 2011

CUBS @ St. Louis

15:10

 

 

CUBS

 

Fukudome, rf

Barney, 2b

Castro, ss

Pena, 1b

DeWitt, 3b

Soto, c

Colvin, lf

Campana, cf

Wells, p

 

 

 

That's one ugly line-up!

 

I'd be 100% fine with that lineup if this team didn't have a $125Mil payroll.

 

Just wondering, how much of that payroll is currently on the DL or currently unavailable (Ramirez)?

[Old Style]

1st & 3rd with no one out and we're not going to score unless our #5 hitter (Blake DeWitt?!?!?!) can get a hit. Ugh.

[InconspicuousZ28]

1st and 3rd with no outs.....no runs. Cobs.

[Old Style]

Welp, that's enough for me. I'm going to hop in the pool.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

1st & 3rd with no one out and we're not going to score unless our #5 hitter (Blake DeWitt?!?!?!) can get a hit. Ugh.

 

No. 5 hitter Blake DeWitt.

[Yeti]

I'm so glad that i have a date in 40 minutes, i dont think i can stand a full 9 innings of this tripe

[otis89]

Not that it makes much difference, but it was 1st and 3rd with one out.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Quade should get credit there for how he had his infielders perfectly positioned.