6/17 Yankees (Garcia) at Cnbs (Davis), 1:20, CSN

[soccer10k]

Three out of four qualifies as a hot streak for the Cubs so hopefully they keep it up.

 

GO CUBS!

[Little Slide Rooter]

Lets see if we can keep it up. Granted, their washed up pitcher who should have retired 3 years ago is better than our washed up pitcher who should have retired 3 years ago, but crazier things have happened.

 

Go Cnbs!

[CubmanPi]

Odds of this series being as awesome as the last series the Yankees played at Wrigley?

[Guest]

Odds of this series being as awesome as the last series the Yankees played at Wrigley?

 

I set the over/under at 4.

[mul21]

Odds of this series being as awesome as the last series the Yankees played at Wrigley?

 

I set the over/under at 4.

 

I don't think you understand how that works......

[erik316wttn]

The 2003 series was awesome: Clemens going for win #300 vs. Wood, some scrub getting picked off 1st base to end the game, a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting but I'm sure was also awesome...

 

Although there was that scary incident with Hee Seop Choi needing to be taken off the field via ambulance. I can't recall a play stoppage due to an injury that lasted that long before or since. It seemed like a good half hour or so.

 

Also, with Jeter's injury we miss out on history as there would have been a very good chance he could have gotten his 3,000th hit at Wrigley.

[SouthSideRyan]

Charles Gipson was who was picked off 1B by Borowski. He was in Cubs camp in Spring Training that same year.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Elk Grove Village, IL !!!

 

 

Worthless stats of the day for Friday.............

 

 

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CUBS are 3-8 on Fridays

CUBS are 5-10 in June

CUBS are 0-0 vs. NY Yankees

CUBS are 1-2 vs. Amer League

CUBS are 7-13 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 7-20 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 9-14 in games that begin a series

CUBS are 12-19 in daylight

CUBS are 15-20 at home

CUBS are 20-31 vs right handers

CUBS are 16-8 when they get a quality start.... 12-32 when they don't

CUBS are 14-28 when the opponents get a quality start.... 14-12 when they don't

CUBS are 13-16 when they score first in the game.... 15-24 when they don't

CUBS are 4-14 when the score in the first inning.... 24-26 when they don't

CUBS are 20-24 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 8-16 when they do

CUBS are 23-14 when they score 4 runs or more.... 5-26 when they don't

CUBS are 18-4 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 10-36 when they don't

CUBS are 22-11 when they outhit the opponent.... 2-25 when they get outhit.... 4-4 when the hits are even

CUBS are 8-6 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 20-34 when he doesn't

CUBS are 9-9 in one run games .... 5-8 in two runs games

CUBS are 13-18 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 15-22 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 13-13 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 15-27 when they don't

CUBS are 16-24 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 12-16 when they don't

CUBS are 7-9 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 21-31 when he doesn't

CUBS are 19-17 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 9-20 when he doesn't

CUBS are 23-29 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 5-11 when they wear alternate blues

CUBS are 13-16 when CSN broadcasts the game

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005
..67 wins                            75    84    97    85    66    79
.667 runs                           684   711   857   752   716   703
.122 home runs                      149   162   185   151   166   194
.403 walks                          476   597   638   500   395   419
1134 strike outs                   1236  1192  1193  1054   928   920
..48 stolen bases                    55    55    87    87   121    64
.112 GIDPs                          124   135   136   128   135   129
.133 errors                         122   103    97    94   104   100
..55 hit batsmen                     50    58    50    37    41    50
4.12 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
16.4 % of baserunners driven in    18.2  17.3  19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.341 runs per baserunner          0.353 0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
29.6 % of extra base hits          33.6  34.6  34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8
.267 batting average              0.256 0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270
.320 on base percentage           0.319 0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324
.394 slugging percentage          0.401 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440
.714 on base plus slugging (OPS)  0.720 0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764

 

CUBS are 26-23 when they get at least 8 hits .... 2-17 when they don't

CUBS are 22-27 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 6-13 when they don't

CUBS are 9-4 when they steal a base.... 19-36 when they don't

CUBS are 9-9 when they execute a sac bunt.... 19-31 when they don't

CUBS are 15-21 when they GIDP.... 13-19 when they don't

CUBS are 12-21 when they commit one or more errors.... 16-19 when they don't

CUBS are 26-28 when they hit at least one double.... 2-12 when they don't

CUBS are 6-5 when they hit at least one triple.... 22-35 when they don't

CUBS are 11-2 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 17-38 when they don't

CUBS are 5-5 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 23-35 when they don't

CUBS are 7-15 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 21-25 when they don't

CUBS are 11-9 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 17-31 when they don't

CUBS are 13-17 when the opponent steals a base.... 15-23 when they don't

CUBS are 11-17 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 17-23 when they don't

CUBS are 16-16 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 12-24 when they don't

CUBS are 17-20 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 11-20 when they don't

CUBS are 6-10 when the opponent triples.... 22-30 when they don't

CUBS are 3-14 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 25-26 when they don't

CUBS are 5-12 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 23-28 when they don't

CUBS are 7-16 when they hit an opposing batter.... 21-24 when they don't

 

 

CUBS are 0-6 when Davis starts

Davis is 1 of 6 (0.167) in quality starts

Davis has 2 consecutive non-quality starts

Davis's ERA pitching to Soto is 5.91.... pitching to K. Hill is 5.89.... pitching to Castillo is N/A

CUBS score 4.12 R/G overall.... 2.17 R/G when Davis pitches

CUBS hit 0.75 HR/G overall.... 0.50 HR/G when Davis pitches

CUBS have scored first in 3 of Davis's 6 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning of 2 of Davis's 6 starts

Davis has given up run(s) in the first inning of 3 (4 runs total) of his 6 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Davis.....

 

04/01 - 06/16      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Davis      191   13   43    6    0    3   58   12   14   38  0.225  0.288  0.304  0.592
CUBS overall     2360  280  629  122   13   51  930  255  169  476  0.267  0.320  0.394  0.714

 

Composite scoring in games started by Davis.....

 

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

CUBS              4   1   2   0   3   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      13
Opponents         4   3   6   7   4   0   8   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      37

 

Davis's starts this year (0-5)

 

Davis                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
05/14  vs. S.F.        5.0    4    3    1    1    6    0    77    50  0.65  15.4    6    3  0.67  1.80 10.80  0.00  1.00  1.80
05/20  vs. Bost        3.7    8    7    7    3    3    0    89    47  0.53  24.3    2    5  0.29  7.36  7.36  0.00  3.00 17.18
05/27  vs. Pitts       4.7    4    4    2    6    3    0   111    65  0.59  23.8    4    7  0.36 11.57  5.79  0.00  2.14  3.86
06/01  vs. Houst       6.3    8    3    3    0    5    1    92    60  0.65  14.5    6    4  0.60  0.00  7.11  1.42  1.26  4.26
06/07  vs. Cincy       4.3    7    4    4    3    4    0    79    47  0.59  18.2    7    2  0.78  6.23  8.31  0.00  2.31  8.31
06/12  vs. Phila       5.0    5    2    2    5    6    0   108    63  0.58  21.6    6    2  0.75  9.00 10.80  0.00  2.00  3.60

Davis                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home                  16.0   16   10    6    7   14    1   280   175  0.63  17.5   16   14  0.53  3.94  7.88  0.56  1.44  3.38
Road                  13.0   20   13   13   11   13    0   276   157  0.57  21.2   15    9  0.63  7.62  9.00  0.00  2.38  9.00

Day                   16.0   17    9    7   11   14    1   311   188  0.60  19.4   16   13  0.55  6.19  7.88  0.56  1.75  3.94
Nite                  13.0   19   14   12    7   13    0   245   144  0.59  18.8   15   10  0.60  4.85  9.00  0.00  2.00  8.31

Home  Day             11.0   12    7    5    6    8    1   203   125  0.62  18.5   10   11  0.48  4.91  6.55  0.82  1.64  4.09

April                  0.0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0     0  0.00   0.0    0    0  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
May                   13.3   16   14   10   10   12    0   277   162  0.58  20.8   12   15  0.44  6.75  8.10  0.00  1.95  6.75
June                  15.7   20    9    9    8   15    1   279   170  0.61  17.8   19    8  0.70  4.60  8.62  0.57  1.79  5.17

Season total          29.0   36   23   19   18   27    1   556   332  0.60  19.2   31   23  0.57  5.59  8.38  0.31  1.86  5.90

 

 

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

 

              Thur       Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             16 Jun     15 Jun     14 Jun     13 Jun     12 Jun     11 Jun     10 Jun
             vs. Milw   vs. Milw   vs. Milw   vs. Milw   @ Phila    @ Phila    @ Phila 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Carpenter                0.7  16    0.7  13                                                   1.3  29
Coleman                                                              1.0  24                  1.0  24
Grabow        1.0  17    1.0  14                          0.7   6                             2.7  37
Lopez                    1.0  22    1.0  28               0.3   2                             2.3  52
Marmol                              1.0  22    1.0  24                                        2.0  46
Marshall      2.0  33                                     1.0  25    1.0  19                  4.0  77
Russell                  0.3  14    0.3   4                                     0.7  20       1.3  38
Samardzija                          1.0  14    1.0  14    1.0  11               1.0  14       4.0  53
Wood                                                                                                 

Totals        3.0  50    3.0  66    4.0  81    2.0  38    3.0  44    2.0  43    1.7  34      18.7 356

 

 

CUBS' season series vs. NY Yankees this year (0-0)

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.69  Fri 06/17    NY Yankees         -    Davis           Garcia        
.70  Sat 06/18    NY Yankees         -    Dempster        Burnett       
.71  Sun 06/19    NY Yankees         -    Wells           Nova          

 

 

CUBS' season series vs. NY Yankees in 2005 (0-3)

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
65  Fri 06/17  @ NY Yanks      N   6- 9  Zambrano      
66  Sat 06/18  @ NY Yanks          1- 8  Rusch        
67  Sun 06/19  @ NY Yanks          3- 6  Mitre        

 

 

CUBS' last 14 games (5-9)........

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.55  Fri 06/03  @ St. Louis     N   1- 6  Dempster        Garcia        
.56  Sat 06/04  @ St. Louis         4- 5  Wells           Lohse         
.57  Sun 06/05  @ St. Louis         2- 3  Zambrano        Carpenter     
.58  Mon 06/06  @ Cincinnati    N   2- 8  Garza           Leake         
.59  Tue 06/07  @ Cincinnati    N   2- 8  Davis           Volquez       
.60  Wed 06/08  @ Cincinnati        4- 1  Dempster        Arroyo        
.61  Thu 06/09  @ Philadelphia  N   4- 3  Wells           Kendrick      
.62  Fri 06/10  @ Philadelphia  N   5- 7  Zambrano        Halladay      
.63  Sat 06/11  @ Philadelphia      1- 7  Garza           Lee          
.64  Sun 06/12  @ Philadelphia      3- 4  Davis           Oswalt        
.65  Mon 06/13    Milwaukee     N   1- 0  Dempster        Wolf          
.66  Tue 06/14    Milwaukee     N   5- 4  Wells           Gallardo      
.67  Wed 06/15    Milwaukee     N   5- 9  Zambrano        Narveson      
.68  Thu 06/16    Milwaukee        12- 7  Garza           Grienke       

 

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              7   4   2   5   5   8   4  12   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0      51
Opponents         9   8   7   9  10   3  15   5   4   1   0   1   0   0   0   0      72

 

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

 

06/03 - 06/16      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Soriano             5    2    2    0    0    1    2    0    3  0.400  0.400  1.000  1.400  1.000  3.40    2.0  0.000  0.500
Johnson             9    1    3    1    0    1    3    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.778  1.111  0.286  2.78    2.3  0.000  0.500
K Hill             10    0    4    1    0    0    0    2    3  0.400  0.500  0.500  1.000  0.571  4.67    2.5  0.100  0.000
Fukudome           49    6   14    6    1    1    5    5    9  0.286  0.352  0.510  0.862  0.333  4.07    8.8  0.066  0.235
Pena               45    6   11    3    0    3    7    7   13  0.244  0.340  0.511  0.851  0.276  3.98    7.8  0.095  0.167
Castro             55    9   17    6    0    0    6    5    8  0.309  0.361  0.418  0.779  0.362  3.46    8.3  0.052  0.231
Ramirez            50    5   11    3    0    3   11    2    8  0.220  0.250  0.460  0.710  0.205  3.19    5.8  0.030  0.276
Baker              11    1    2    0    0    1    1    1    4  0.182  0.250  0.455  0.705  0.167  4.33    1.3  0.068  0.000
DeWitt             52    4   14    4    1    0    1    1    6  0.269  0.283  0.385  0.668  0.304  3.43    5.7  0.014  0.053
LeMahieu           15    0    5    0    0    0    1    0    3  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.417  3.33    1.7  0.000  0.250
Soto               45    5   10    2    0    2    3    2   15  0.222  0.255  0.400  0.655  0.286  3.77    4.6  0.033  0.053
Montanez           23    1    6    1    0    0    5    0    3  0.261  0.261  0.304  0.565  0.300  4.52    1.8  0.000  0.313
Barney             47    6   12    0    0    0    0    1    8  0.255  0.300  0.255  0.555  0.308  3.73    3.6  0.045  0.000
Campana            26    3    6    1    0    0    1    0    5  0.231  0.231  0.269  0.500  0.286  3.50    1.6  0.000  0.125
Colvin             30    1    3    1    0    0    0    1    7  0.100  0.129  0.133  0.262  0.130  2.97    0.5  0.029  0.000
Snyder              8    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    5  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.333  4.38    0.1  0.000  0.000

last 14 games     507   51  124   29    2   12   46   29  114  0.245  0.287  0.381  0.668  0.294  3.67   55.4  0.042  0.154
season totals    2359  281  628  125   14   51  254  168  475  0.266  0.320  0.396  0.716  0.315  3.68  298.6  0.053  0.163

 

CUBS pitchers during the last 14 games ........

 

06/03 - 06/16        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Carpenter           0.7    1    0    0    0    1    0    13    10  0.77  19.5    1    0  1.00  0.00 13.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Russell             3.3    4    1    0    2    5    0    81    50  0.62  24.3    5    2  0.71  5.40 13.50  0.00  1.80  0.00
Wood                3.0    2    0    0    0    4    0    51    33  0.65  17.0    2    2  0.50  0.00 12.00  0.00  0.67  0.00
Marmol              6.7    5    1    1    1    8    0   124    78  0.63  18.6    3    7  0.30  1.35 10.80  0.00  0.90  1.35
Dempster           18.0   15    7    7    5   20    2   331   199  0.60  18.4   21    8  0.72  2.50 10.00  1.00  1.11  3.50
Marshall            9.3    9    4    4    4   11    0   166   109  0.66  17.8   10    4  0.71  3.86 10.61  0.00  1.39  3.86
Samardzija          7.7    4    4    4    1    6    2   120    75  0.63  15.7    5    7  0.42  1.17  7.04  2.35  0.65  4.70
Zambrano           13.3   13    8    8    9    8    2   235   141  0.60  17.6   18    9  0.67  6.08  5.40  1.35  1.65  5.40
Lopez               6.7   11    4    4    7    9    1   111    66  0.59  16.7   10    7  0.59  9.45 12.15  1.35  2.70  5.40
Garza              16.0   17   11   10    9   10    3   293   174  0.59  18.3   22    8  0.73  5.06  5.63  1.69  1.63  5.63
Davis               9.3   12    6    6    8   10    0   187   110  0.59  20.0   13    4  0.76  7.71  9.64  0.00  2.14  5.79
Wells              14.0   14   10    9    6    5    2   223   156  0.70  15.9   13   12  0.52  3.86  3.21  1.29  1.43  5.79
Grabow              6.7    6    6    6    3    3    1   100    57  0.57  15.0    7    7  0.50  4.05  4.05  1.35  1.35  8.10
Coleman             1.0    2    3    3    1    1    1    24    13  0.54  24.0    2    0  1.00  9.00  9.00  9.00  3.00 27.00

last 14 games     115.7  115   65   62   56  101   14  2059  1271  0.62  17.8  132   77  0.63  4.36  7.86  1.09  1.48  4.82
season totals     587.0  614  340  312  265  513   66 10292  6454  0.63  17.5  619  561  0.52  4.06  7.87  1.01  1.50  4.78

 

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

 

04/01 - 06/16        P   PA  P/PA
Snyder              38    9  4.22
Montanez           139   33  4.21
Fukudome           947  225  4.21
Pena               980  246  3.98
Soto               704  181  3.89
Colvin             397  104  3.82
Barney             993  265  3.75
Johnson            288   77  3.74
Castillo            48   13  3.69
Soriano            704  191  3.69
K Hill             279   79  3.53
Castro            1048  298  3.52
Campana            181   52  3.48
Byrd               633  182  3.48
LeMahieu            58   17  3.41
Baker              344  101  3.41
DeWitt             378  112  3.38
Ramirez            846  260  3.25

CUBS              9525 2587  3.68

 

CUBS percentage of baserunners driven in ........

 

04/01 - 06/16      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Johnson             18   22  0.450
Baker               13   27  0.325
Montanez             6   14  0.300
Castro              30  117  0.204
Ramirez             25  107  0.189
Barney              24  103  0.189
LeMahieu             1    5  0.167
Pena                21  111  0.159
Soriano             18  106  0.145
Fukudome             7   45  0.135
K Hill               6   41  0.128
Soto                10   76  0.116
Campana              2   16  0.111
Colvin               6   48  0.111
DeWitt               5   42  0.106
Byrd                 8   81  0.090
Castillo             0   10  0.000
Snyder               0    6  0.000

CUBS               203 1040  0.163

 

 

Fecal League Standings............

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Houston         25      45     0.357     ---
CUBS            28      40     0.412     4.0
Minnesota       28      39     0.418     4.5
Oakland         30      40     0.429     5.0
San Diego       30      40     0.429     5.0
Kansas City     30      39     0.435     5.5
LA Dodgers      31      39     0.443     6.0
Florida         32      37     0.464     7.5
Baltimore       31      35     0.470     8.0
LA Angels       33      37     0.471     8.0
white sox       33      37     0.471     8.0
Washington      33      36     0.478     8.5
Colorado        33      35     0.485     9.0
Toronto         34      35     0.493     9.5
NY Mets         34      35     0.493     9.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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© 2011, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Fro]

Odds of this series being as awesome as the last series the Yankees played at Wrigley?

 

Pretty doubtful, the Cubs were playing that like a playoff series. Plus it was the Cubs' first ever win over the Yankees.

 

Didn't Dusty make it so Prior/Wood/Z would all start in the series?

[wekim81]

Odds of this series being as awesome as the last series the Yankees played at Wrigley?

 

Pretty doubtful, the Cubs were playing that like a playoff series. Plus it was the Cubs' first ever win over the Yankees.

 

Didn't Dusty make it so Prior/Wood/Z would all start in the series?

Yep. I remember that. Didnt make a ton of sense then either.

 

Side note - if anyone can beat the Yankees, I have faith its Douglas Davis! Go Cubs!

[bcl412]

This is definitely an exciting series because it's the Yankees although Doug Davis against this team should be really fun to watch.

 

I'm holding out hope that the Brewers series was the beginning of us getting back in the race before the All Star Break.

[Banghart]

I should know better than this, but if we go 18-6 before the All-Star break the Cubs will be back to 500.

[SouthSideRyan]

I should know better than this, but if we go 18-6 before the All-Star break the Cubs will be back to 500.

 

That's...ambitious. I'll hope for 16-8, which could get us within 5 games or so.

[bcl412]

I should know better than this, but if we go 18-6 before the All-Star break the Cubs will be back to 500.

 

That's...ambitious. I'll hope for 16-8, which could get us within 5 games or so.

 

That's what I'm hoping for, getting within 5-6 games to keep my interest for a good while.

[CubmanPi]

Fukudome RF

Castro SS

DeWitt 2B

Ramirez 3B

Peña 1B

Soriano LF

Campana CF

Hill C

Davis P

 

This is the lineup that will sweep the Yankees.

[wvcbxl]

Another game I'll be able to watch, so they better make it a good one - GO CUBS!!

[SouthSideRyan]

After yesterday's game, the Cubs have 0 starting pitchers with ERA+ above 100(besides Cashner's 5.1 innings)

 

They only have 6 pitchers total with ERA+ above 100 and I'm not sure I would've guessed one of them with 15 guesses.

[Sammy Sofa]

Fukudome RF

Castro SS

DeWitt 2B

Ramirez 3B

Peña 1B

Soriano LF

Campana CF

Hill C

Davis P

 

This is the lineup that will sweep the Yankees.

 

Wow, DeWitt is really batting 3rd? Brilliant.

[erik316wttn]

We're most likely going to get slaughtered by the Yankees.

[otis89]

There is absolutely no reason that Campana should be starting over Johnson.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Nothing quite like having 3 pitchers at the end of your lineup.

[Banghart]

I should know better than this, but if we go 18-6 before the All-Star break the Cubs will be back to 500.

 

That's...ambitious. I'll hope for 16-8, which could get us within 5 games or so.

Never said it was likely, but I couldn't help myself to start figuring out what they would need to get back to 500. I would love to see them go 16-8, but the lineup today for Cy Davis doesn't exactly lead to much hope to putting us one step closer to our first 3 game winning streak of the season.

[Bull]

any word on when Byrd is expected back?

[Banghart]

I have yet to read or hear anything about Byrd returning.

[Careless]

We're most likely going to get slaughtered by the Yankees.

 

Alex Rogan: It'll be a slaughter!

Grig: That's the spirit!

Alex Rogan: No, MY slaughter!

Edited June 17, 2011 by Careless