6/18 Yankees (Burnett) at Cnbs (Dempster), 3:10, FOX

soccer10k · June 18, 2011

Cubs go for the series win and their first three-game winning streak of the year.

GO CUBS!

wekim81 · June 18, 2011

put em in the dumpster

Little Slide Rooter · June 18, 2011

could this be that mythical 3 game win streak thats seemingly eluded the Cnbs since 2008?

Fred Hornkohl · June 18, 2011

could this be that mythical 3 game win streak thats seemingly eluded the Cnbs since 2008?

Some people's memory isn't any longer than their whatdoyacallit. How could you forget this little 6 game gem just last season ???

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
144  Mon 09/13  @ St. Louis     N   5- 1  Samardzija      Garcia        
145  Tue 09/14  @ St. Louis     N   7- 2  Wells           Wainright     
146  Wed 09/15  @ St. Louis     N   7- 3  Zambrano        Carpenter     
147  Fri 09/17  @ Florida       N   2- 0  Dempster        Sanabia       
148  Sat 09/18  @ Florida       N   5- 3  Coleman         Sanchez       
149  Sun 09/19  @ Florida          13- 3  Samardzija      Miller

Little Slide Rooter · June 18, 2011

could this be that mythical 3 game win streak thats seemingly eluded the Cnbs since 2008?

Some people's memory isn't any longer than their whatdoyacallit. How could you forget this little 6 game gem just last season ???

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
144  Mon 09/13  @ St. Louis     N   5- 1  Samardzija      Garcia        
145  Tue 09/14  @ St. Louis     N   7- 2  Wells           Wainright     
146  Wed 09/15  @ St. Louis     N   7- 3  Zambrano        Carpenter     
147  Fri 09/17  @ Florida       N   2- 0  Dempster        Sanabia       
148  Sat 09/18  @ Florida       N   5- 3  Coleman         Sanchez       
149  Sun 09/19  @ Florida          13- 3  Samardzija      Miller

I did say seemingly. And in my defense, I'd long since blocked out the fact that there was still a baseball season going on by mid September of last year. Besides, all they were doing at that point was screwing us out of a top 5 draft pick. We could have had Rendon, the bastards.

janie · June 18, 2011

You also said mythical, so I think you're covered.

9 games out. Game thread up before midnight. Let's win 3.

bcl412 · June 18, 2011

I'm really, really excited for tomorrow's game and that's probably the first time I've felt this way since opening day. Keep it up Cubbies.

Fred Hornkohl · June 18, 2011

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

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

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CUBS are 6-5 on Saturdays

CUBS are 6-10 in June

CUBS are 1-0 vs. NY Yankees

CUBS are 2-2 vs. Amer League

CUBS are 0-7 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 8-20 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 13-19 in daylight

CUBS are 16-20 at home

CUBS are 21-31 vs right handers

CUBS are 17-8 when they get a quality start.... 12-32 when they don't

CUBS are 15-28 when the opponents get a quality start.... 14-12 when they don't

CUBS are 14-16 when they score first in the game.... 15-24 when they don't

CUBS are 5-14 when the score in the first inning.... 24-26 when they don't

CUBS are 21-24 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.... 6-26 when they don't

CUBS are 19-4 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 10-36 when they don't

CUBS are 23-11 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.... 21-34 when he doesn't

CUBS are 9-9 in one run games .... 6-8 in two runs games

CUBS are 13-18 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 16-22 when it's less than 70

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

CUBS are 17-24 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 12-16 when they don't

CUBS are 8-9 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.... 10-20 when he doesn't

CUBS are 24-29 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 5-11 when they wear alternate blues

CUBS are 2-3 when FOX broadcasts the game

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005
..68 wins                            75    84    97    85    66    79
.664 runs                           684   711   857   752   716   703
.120 home runs                      149   162   185   151   166   194
.401 walks                          476   597   638   500   395   419
1127 strike outs                   1236  1192  1193  1054   928   920
..47 stolen bases                    55    55    87    87   121    64
.110 GIDPs                          124   135   136   128   135   129
.131 errors                         122   103    97    94   104   100
..54 hit batsmen                     50    58    50    37    41    50
4.10 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
16.5 % 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
.266 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
.393 slugging percentage          0.401 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440
.712 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 .... 3-17 when they don't

CUBS are 23-27 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 6-13 when they don't

CUBS are 9-4 when they steal a base.... 20-36 when they don't

CUBS are 10-9 when they execute a sac bunt.... 19-31 when they don't

CUBS are 15-21 when they GIDP.... 14-19 when they don't

CUBS are 12-21 when they commit one or more errors.... 17-19 when they don't

CUBS are 27-28 when they hit at least one double.... 2-12 when they don't

CUBS are 6-5 when they hit at least one triple.... 23-35 when they don't

CUBS are 11-2 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 18-38 when they don't

CUBS are 5-5 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 24-35 when they don't

CUBS are 7-15 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 22-25 when they don't

CUBS are 11-9 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 18-31 when they don't

CUBS are 13-17 when the opponent steals a base.... 16-23 when they don't

CUBS are 12-17 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 17-23 when they don't

CUBS are 16-16 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 13-24 when they don't

CUBS are 17-20 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 12-20 when they don't

CUBS are 6-10 when the opponent triples.... 23-30 when they don't

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

CUBS are 5-12 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 24-28 when they don't

CUBS are 7-16 when they hit an opposing batter.... 22-24 when they don't

CUBS are 9-6 when Dempster starts

Dempster is 7 of 15 (0.467) in quality starts

Dempster has 2 consecutive quality starts

Dempster's ERA pitching to Soto is 5.56.... pitching to K. Hill is 5.34.... pitching to Castillo is N/A

CUBS score 4.10 R/G overall.... 4.73 R/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS hit 0.74 HR/G overall.... 0.60 HR/G when Dempster pitches

CUBS have scored first in 6 of Dempster's 15 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning of 4 of Dempster's 15 starts

Dempster has given up run(s) in the first inning of 6 (18 runs total) of his 15 starts

CUBS' offensive support of Dempster.....

04/01 - 06/17      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Dempster   506   71  141   19    3    9  193   65   46  111  0.279  0.339  0.381  0.721
CUBS overall     2388  283  635  124   13   51  938  258  171  480  0.266  0.320  0.393  0.712

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              5  13   7  10   4   3  14  12   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      71
Opponents        18   2   6   2  20   4   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      66

Dempster's starts this year (0-5)

Dempster                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/01  vs. Pitts       6.7    6    6    6    4    7    2   114    73  0.64  17.1    9    4  0.69  5.40  9.45  2.70  1.50  8.10
04/06  vs. Ariz        7.0   10    5    4    0    6    0    94    68  0.72  13.4    9    5  0.64  0.00  7.71  0.00  1.43  5.14
04/11  vs. Houst       6.3    6    4    4    3    9    2   115    69  0.60  18.2    9    1  0.90  4.26 12.79  2.84  1.42  5.68
04/17  vs. Colo        5.0    7    5    5    2    4    1   104    63  0.61  20.8    4    6  0.40  3.60  7.20  1.80  1.80  9.00
04/23  vs. L.A.        5.7    9    7    7    3    3    3   103    64  0.62  18.2    7    7  0.50  4.76  4.76  4.76  2.12 11.12
04/28  vs. Ariz        0.3    4    7    7    4    0    1    40    18  0.45 120.0    1    0  1.00108.00  0.00 27.00 24.00189.00
05/03  vs. L.A.        7.0    6    1    1    2    5    0   116    76  0.66  16.6   13    3  0.81  2.57  6.43  0.00  1.14  1.29
05/08  vs. Cincy       7.0    5    2    2    0    4    1    81    61  0.75  11.6   11    6  0.65  0.00  5.14  1.29  0.71  2.57
05/10  vs. St. L       7.0    8    4    4    2    3    0   107    64  0.60  15.3    6   11  0.35  2.57  3.86  0.00  1.43  5.14
05/13  vs. S.F.        6.0    6    2    2    1   11    0   114    73  0.64  19.0    4    3  0.57  1.50 16.50  0.00  1.17  3.00
05/18  vs. Flor        5.0    8    5    5    2    3    1    90    57  0.63  18.0    6    6  0.50  3.60  5.40  1.80  2.00  9.00
05/24  vs. Mets        7.0    7    1    1    1    5    0    98    62  0.63  14.0    7    8  0.47  1.29  6.43  0.00  1.14  1.29
05/29  vs. Pitts       6.0    4    2    2    3    5    0   105    64  0.61  17.5    7    5  0.58  4.50  7.50  0.00  1.17  3.00
06/03  vs. St. L       5.0    8    6    6    3    5    2   109    67  0.61  21.8    6    4  0.60  5.40  9.00  3.60  2.20 10.80
06/08  vs. Cincy       6.0    3    1    1    1    8    0   113    64  0.57  18.8    8    0  1.00  1.50 12.00  0.00  0.67  1.50
06/13  vs. Milw        7.0    4    0    0    1    7    0   109    68  0.62  15.6    7    4  0.64  1.29  9.00  0.00  0.71  0.00

Dempster                IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home                  59.3   59   29   28   15   51    6   925   597  0.65  15.6   67   53  0.56  2.28  7.74  0.91  1.25  4.25
Road                  34.7   42   29   29   17   34    7   687   414  0.60  19.8   47   20  0.70  4.41  8.83  1.82  1.70  7.53

Day                   49.3   50   30   29   14   48    7   828   530  0.64  16.8   59   36  0.62  2.55  8.76  1.28  1.30  5.29
Nite                  44.7   51   28   28   18   37    6   784   481  0.61  17.6   55   37  0.60  3.63  7.46  1.21  1.54  5.64

Home  Day             38.3   40   24   23   11   36    6   611   403  0.66  15.9   47   30  0.61  2.58  8.45  1.41  1.33  5.40

April                 31.0   42   34   33   16   29    9   570   355  0.62  18.4   39   23  0.63  4.65  8.42  2.61  1.87  9.58
May                   45.0   44   17   17   11   36    2   711   457  0.64  15.8   54   42  0.56  2.20  7.20  0.40  1.22  3.40
June                  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

Season total          94.0  101   58   57   32   85   13  1612  1011  0.63  17.1  114   73  0.61  3.06  8.14  1.24  1.41  5.46

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

              Fri        Thur       Wed        Tues       Mon        Sun        Sat           Totals
             17 Jun     16 Jun     15 Jun     14 Jun     13 Jun     12 Jun     11 Jun
             vs Yanks   vs. Milw   vs. Milw   vs. Milw   vs. Milw   @ 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        1.3  29                          1.0  22    1.0  24                             3.3  75
Marshall      0.3  14    2.0  33                                     1.0  25    1.0  19       4.3  91
Russell                             0.3  14    0.3   4                                        0.7  18
Samardzija                                     1.0  14    1.0  14    1.0  11                  3.0  39
Wood                                                                                                 

Totals        1.7  43    3.0  50    3.0  66    4.0  81    2.0  38    3.0  44    2.0  43      18.7 365

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

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.69  Fri 06/17    NY Yankees        3- 1  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

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

Dempster      15     9- 6     7    0.467     87.0     1504    17.3    5.8    100.3    5.48    4.73
Zambrano      15     8- 7     7    0.467     96.0     1603    16.7    6.4    106.9    4.59    5.00
Garza         12     4- 8     6    0.500     71.7     1221    17.0    6.0    101.8    4.14    4.00
Wells          5     3- 2     2    0.400     24.0      414    17.3    4.8     82.8    5.63    3.40
Cashner        1     1- 0     0    0.000      5.3       72    13.5    5.3     72.0    1.69    6.00
Coleman        8     3- 5     1    0.125     35.7      692    19.4    4.5     86.5    7.32    3.88
Russell        5     0- 5     0    0.000     18.3      351    19.1    3.7     70.2    9.33    2.40
Davis          7     1- 6     2    0.286     36.3      667    18.4    5.2     95.3    4.95    2.29
Lopez          1     0- 1     0    0.000      4.7       87    18.6    4.7     87.0   11.57    7.00

CUBS          69    29-40    25    0.362    379.0     6611    17.4    5.5     95.8    5.34    4.10

CUBS' last 21 games (7-14)........

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.49  Fri 05/27    Pittsburgh        2- 4  Davis           Correia       
.50  Sat 05/28    Pittsburgh        0-10  Wells           Maholm        
.51  Sun 05/29    Pittsburgh        3- 2  Dempster        Karstens      
.52  Mon 05/30    Houston           7-12  Lopez           A Rodriguez   
.53  Tue 05/31    Houston       N   3- 7  Zambrano        Lyles         
.54  Wed 06/01    Houston           1- 3  Davis           Myers         
.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       
.69  Fri 06/17    NY Yankees        3- 1  Davis           Garcia

Composite scoring during the last 21 games..............

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

CUBS             13   7   5   6   5   8   4  15   5   1   1   0   0   0   0   0       70
Opponents        13  11   8  17  13   6  21   6  14   1   0   1   0   0   0   0      111

CUBS hitters during the last 21 games ........

05/27 - 06/17      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
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
Fukudome           70   10   18    7    1    2    6    9   11  0.257  0.342  0.471  0.813  0.281  4.13   11.3  0.085  0.190
Soriano            19    3    4    1    0    2    4    0    6  0.211  0.211  0.579  0.789  0.182  4.00    2.3  0.000  0.200
Pena               67    9   15    3    0    4   10   11   18  0.224  0.329  0.448  0.777  0.244  3.86    9.9  0.105  0.171
Ramirez            75    8   19    5    0    4   15    3    8  0.253  0.282  0.480  0.762  0.238  3.00   10.2  0.029  0.268
Castro             82   12   23    9    1    0    9    6   12  0.280  0.322  0.415  0.737  0.329  3.34   11.0  0.042  0.257
DeWitt             70    4   20    5    2    0    2    1    8  0.286  0.296  0.414  0.710  0.323  3.38    8.6  0.010  0.071
K Hill             21    0    6    1    0    0    1    3    5  0.286  0.360  0.333  0.693  0.375  4.12    2.5  0.074  0.333
Soto               54    5   11    3    0    2    3    3   20  0.204  0.271  0.370  0.642  0.281  3.85    5.4  0.067  0.037
Baker              13    1    2    0    0    1    1    1    4  0.154  0.214  0.385  0.599  0.125  4.21    1.1  0.060  0.000
LeMahieu           17    0    5    0    0    0    1    0    3  0.294  0.294  0.294  0.588  0.357  3.41    1.5  0.000  0.167
Montanez           27    1    7    1    0    0    5    0    3  0.259  0.259  0.296  0.556  0.292  4.26    2.1  0.000  0.313
Barney             71    8   17    1    1    0    1    1   10  0.239  0.270  0.282  0.552  0.279  3.80    5.4  0.031  0.033
Campana            46    4    9    1    0    0    1    1    8  0.196  0.213  0.217  0.430  0.237  3.44    2.1  0.017  0.063
Colvin             33    2    3    1    0    0    0    2    7  0.091  0.143  0.121  0.264  0.115  3.08    0.6  0.052  0.000
Snyder              9    1    1    0    0    0    0    0    6  0.111  0.111  0.111  0.222  0.333  4.22    0.1  0.000  0.000

last 21 games     722   70  167   39    5   16   62   43  148  0.231  0.277  0.366  0.642  0.271  3.64   73.1  0.046  0.148
season totals    2387  284  634  127   14   51  257  170  479  0.266  0.319  0.395  0.714  0.314  3.68  300.6  0.053  0.164

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

05/27 - 06/17        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
Wood                4.3    3    0    0    2    5    0    82    48  0.59  18.9    2    5  0.29  4.15 10.38  0.00  1.15  0.00
Marshall           12.7   13    4    4    4   14    0   220   143  0.65  17.4   16    5  0.76  2.84  9.95  0.00  1.34  2.84
Dempster           24.0   19    9    9    8   25    2   436   263  0.60  18.2   28   13  0.68  3.00  9.38  0.75  1.13  3.38
Russell             5.3    6    3    2    2    6    2   119    75  0.63  22.3    6    6  0.50  3.38 10.13  3.38  1.50  3.38
Zambrano           21.3   20    9    9    9   15    3   346   216  0.62  16.2   26   18  0.59  3.80  6.33  1.27  1.36  3.80
Davis              27.7   27   14   12   17   22    1   501   297  0.59  18.1   33   19  0.63  5.53  7.16  0.33  1.59  3.90
Samardzija         11.3    8    6    6    2   10    3   177   108  0.61  15.6    8   11  0.42  1.59  7.94  2.38  0.88  4.76
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
Grabow             10.3   10    8    7    3    5    1   150    87  0.58  14.5   11   11  0.50  2.61  4.35  0.87  1.26  6.10
Marmol             10.3   12    7    7    5   14    1   210   133  0.63  20.3    5    9  0.36  4.35 12.19  0.87  1.65  6.10
Wells              18.0   19   15   14    9   12    3   315   205  0.65  17.5   15   14  0.52  4.50  6.00  1.50  1.56  7.00
Lopez              11.3   21   10   10    7   13    3   198   130  0.66  17.5   13   14  0.48  5.56 10.32  2.38  2.47  7.94
Maine               4.0    4    5    5    3    2    2    78    45  0.58  19.5    6    4  0.60  6.75  4.50  4.50  1.75 11.25
Coleman             1.3    2    3    3    1    1    1    29    15  0.52  21.8    3    0  1.00  6.75  6.75  6.75  2.25 20.25

last 21 games     178.7  182  104   98   81  155   25  3167  1949  0.62  17.7  195  137  0.59  4.08  7.81  1.26  1.47  4.94
season totals     596.0  619  341  313  269  521   66 10446  6545  0.63  17.5  629  566  0.53  4.06  7.87  1.00  1.49  4.73

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

04/01 - 06/17        P   PA  P/PA
Fukudome           968  229  4.23
Snyder              38    9  4.22
Montanez           139   33  4.21
Pena               991  249  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            715  194  3.69
K Hill             292   82  3.56
Castro            1058  302  3.50
Byrd               633  182  3.48
Campana            189   55  3.44
LeMahieu            58   17  3.41
Baker              344  101  3.41
DeWitt             391  116  3.37
Ramirez            858  264  3.25

CUBS              9634 2618  3.68

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

04/01 - 06/17      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Johnson             18   22  0.450
Baker               13   27  0.325
Montanez             6   14  0.300
Castro              31  117  0.209
Ramirez             27  107  0.201
Barney              24  103  0.189
LeMahieu             1    5  0.167
Pena                21  114  0.156
Soriano             18  109  0.142
Fukudome             7   46  0.132
K Hill               6   41  0.128
Soto                10   76  0.116
Colvin               6   48  0.111
DeWitt               5   43  0.104
Campana              2   18  0.100
Byrd                 8   81  0.090
Castillo             0   10  0.000
Snyder               0    6  0.000

CUBS               206 1050  0.164

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

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Houston         25      45     0.357     ---
Minnesota       28      39     0.418     4.5
CUBS            29      40     0.420     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      38     0.457     7.0
Baltimore       31      35     0.470     8.0
white sox       33      37     0.471     8.0
Washington      33      36     0.478     8.5
LA Angels       34      37     0.479     8.5
Colorado        33      35     0.485     9.0
NY Mets         34      36     0.486     9.0

Go CUBS !!!

rawaction · June 18, 2011

could this be that mythical 3 game win streak thats seemingly eluded the Cnbs since 2008?

Some people's memory isn't any longer than their whatdoyacallit. How could you forget this little 6 game gem just last season ???

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
144  Mon 09/13  @ St. Louis     N   5- 1  Samardzija      Garcia        
145  Tue 09/14  @ St. Louis     N   7- 2  Wells           Wainright     
146  Wed 09/15  @ St. Louis     N   7- 3  Zambrano        Carpenter     
147  Fri 09/17  @ Florida       N   2- 0  Dempster        Sanabia       
148  Sat 09/18  @ Florida       N   5- 3  Coleman         Sanchez       
149  Sun 09/19  @ Florida          13- 3  Samardzija      Miller

Some (aka darn near all) stopped paying attention in July last year. Was Samardzija a starter last year in Sept? I didn't even know that.

Little Slide Rooter · June 18, 2011

could this be that mythical 3 game win streak thats seemingly eluded the Cnbs since 2008?

Some people's memory isn't any longer than their whatdoyacallit. How could you forget this little 6 game gem just last season ???
Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
144  Mon 09/13  @ St. Louis     N   5- 1  Samardzija      Garcia        
145  Tue 09/14  @ St. Louis     N   7- 2  Wells           Wainright     
146  Wed 09/15  @ St. Louis     N   7- 3  Zambrano        Carpenter     
147  Fri 09/17  @ Florida       N   2- 0  Dempster        Sanabia       
148  Sat 09/18  @ Florida       N   5- 3  Coleman         Sanchez       
149  Sun 09/19  @ Florida          13- 3  Samardzija      Miller        
Some (aka darn near all) stopped paying attention in July last year. Was Samardzija a starter last year in Sept? I didn't even know that.

Not to mention the fact that we only gave up 1 and 3 runs in those 2 starts. Sure does look like an ugly rotation there.

JonJayCutler · June 18, 2011

If we were to somehow sweep the Yankees, I'm pretty sure just about everyone would be drawn back in. That said, the problem I see is not that we're 9 games back, but rather that 4 teams are in front of us, not 1 or 2.

haubrich91 · June 18, 2011

Get the series win and get the "three wins in a row" monkey off our back.

rawaction · June 18, 2011

If we were to somehow sweep the Yankees, I'm pretty sure just about everyone would be drawn back in. That said, the problem I see is not that we're 9 games back, but rather that 4 teams are in front of us, not 1 or 2.

Problem isn't 9 games back or behind 4 teams. It's being not that good of a team.

Banghart · June 18, 2011

Let's worry about getting back to 500. If we can't accomplish that it really doesn't matter how many teams are ahead of us. If they can put together a good stretch here and get within a few games of 500 by the all-star break that would be a huge moral victory. Getting a few guys back from injury around then or before hopefully, and maybe this team might make a little run. A lot to hope for, but with nothing else going on sports wise it is all I have to root for at this point. So go Cnbs!

mookie · June 18, 2011

I guess I am the only one wanting a continuous tank and higher draft position then?

SouthSideRyan · June 18, 2011

I guess I am the only one wanting a continuous tank and higher draft position then?

Yes, you're the only one who prefers the team start playing terribly again rather than play out of their minds and get back in the race.

Hairyducked Idiot · June 18, 2011

I guess I am the only one wanting a continuous tank and higher draft position then?

In order for that to happen, it would have to mean that our valuable major league players would have to be bad, which would be bad for their projections for the immediate future and make it much harder to attract key free agents in the coming offseason.

mookie · June 18, 2011

Did you forget your green!?

Sammy Sofa · June 18, 2011

And once again someone pretends like the baseball draft works like the football or basketball draft.

erik316wttn · June 18, 2011

I guess I am the only one wanting a continuous tank and higher draft position then?

Yes, you're the only one who prefers the team start playing terribly again rather than play out of their minds and get back in the race.

Yes, but which one is more realistic?

mookie · June 18, 2011

And once again someone pretends like the baseball draft works like the football or basketball draft.

Is that what I just did?!? Thank you for pointing that out to me all seeing eye of my mind. Tell me, would you have rather this team had that remarkable run last summer and get that little short stop kid, or maybe a slightly higher pick?

Sosa21MVP · June 18, 2011

I guess I am the only one wanting a continuous tank and higher draft position then?

Yes.

Sammy Sofa · June 18, 2011

I guess I am the only one wanting a continuous tank and higher draft position then?

Yes, you're the only one who prefers the team start playing terribly again rather than play out of their minds and get back in the race.

Yes, but which one is more realistic?

The middle.

Sammy Sofa · June 18, 2011

And once again someone pretends like the baseball draft works like the football or basketball draft.

Is that what I just did?!? Thank you for pointing that out to me all seeing eye of my mind. Tell me, would you have rather this team had that remarkable run last summer and get that little short stop kid, or maybe a slightly higher pick?

Personally I prefer seeing the Cubs win games regardless of the larger context, so no, I wasn't sitting there thinking "oh man, these late season wins are costing them higher draft picks!" The MLB draft is such a crap shoot that unless there's the rare slam dunk prospect waiting I don't root for the Cubs to "tank." Good scouting will net you good prospects. And no, I don't have any problem with them deciding on "that little short stop kid."

Little Slide Rooter · June 18, 2011

I'm of the feast or famine mentality. My preference is to go on a monster tear and climb into contention, but if that's not in the Cards, I'd prefer to just tank, trade expiring contracts for whatever we can get, and score a top 5 pick, which I'm well aware isn't as valuable as an NFL or NBA pick, but still more valuable than a 10-20 pick. None of that 2005/2009 mediocrity nonsense.

6/18 Yankees (Burnett) at Cnbs (Dempster), 3:10, FOX

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