07/28 CUBS (Wells) @ Milwaukee (Marcum) 1:10 CDT, WGN TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

NY Mets       10
Cincinnati     9  F

Pittsburgh     0
Atlanta        0  6:10

Houston        0
St. Louis      0  7:15

[Ballgame64]

Find a list of the 40 man roster from October 2008 and see if you don't think there were guys that could have been released instead. Obviously it is a hindsight is 20/20 situation because there was nothing to suggest he would be an everyday player at the Major League level. Again, I don't care that they released him, but when Ramriez goes down, the Cubs get very little from the clowns they use at 3rd base in his absence.

 

As for Wells, like I said, figure out a way to make him better or find someone to replace him. Simply put, I'd like to see the manager have as much angst about Wells performance as he does about mistakes Castro makes.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Last time the CUBS opponents committed 3 errors in a game.... Tue 24 May 2011 (3 errors) in a 11-1 win over NY Mets at Wrigley

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Samardzija in (9th) to pitch for the CUBS

[Fred Hornkohl]

Farris, pinch hitting for Hawkins, grounded out to second, 4-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hart grounded out to short, 6-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Samardzija in (9th) to pitch for the CUBS

Farris, pinch hitting for Hawkins, grounded out to second, 4-3

Hart grounded out to short, 6-3

Morgan grounded out to second, 4-3

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            1 0 0 0 0 1 0                  2  7  0
Milwaukee       2 0 1 0 1 0 0                  4  8  3

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Milwaukee: Braun (21)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Wells         6.0  8  4  4  2  2  1  95
Samardzija    1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   6

 

Milwaukee      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marcum        6.0  7  2  2  1  4  0 105
Hawkins       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  15

[Fred Hornkohl]

             CUBS   Milwaukee
P/PA          4.00        3.61
RBI%          0.13        0.33
R/BR          0.25        0.40
BA           0.250       0.320
OBP          0.286       0.385
SLG          0.357       0.520
OPS          0.643       0.905
ERA           5.14        2.57
BB/9          2.57        1.29
K/9           2.57        5.14

[Fred Hornkohl]

NY Mets       10
Cincinnati     9  F

Pittsburgh     0
Atlanta        0  6:10

Houston        0
St. Louis      0  7:15

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 5-37 when they trail by 2 runs or more at the end of the 7th inning

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Rodriguez in (9th) to pitch fo Milwaukee

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pena               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Leading off        74   17   23    5    0    6    6    8   19  0.311  0.378  0.622  1.000  0.347  3.72   17.4  0.067  0.000
bases empty       176   24   41    6    1    8    8   22   54  0.233  0.325  0.415  0.740  0.289  3.90   23.7  0.092  0.000
Late (7th on)     103   13   18    5    0    4   10   21   36  0.175  0.315  0.340  0.655  0.222  4.17   11.0  0.140  0.118
0 outs            116   25   33    6    0   11   20   16   35  0.284  0.371  0.621  0.992  0.314  3.91   26.7  0.087  0.214
CUBS trailing     145   25   31    4    1   12   28   29   41  0.214  0.347  0.503  0.850  0.207  3.89   25.3  0.133  0.193
last 7 games       22    0    3    2    0    0    0    4   11  0.136  0.269  0.227  0.497  0.273  4.46    1.3  0.133  0.000
July               76    8   16    2    1    3    7    8   29  0.211  0.282  0.382  0.664  0.295  3.84    8.2  0.072  0.129
Road              162   25   37    4    1   11   27   23   49  0.228  0.324  0.469  0.794  0.255  3.93   24.7  0.096  0.180
Day               156   21   31    2    1   11   25   24   53  0.199  0.308  0.436  0.744  0.217  4.03   20.9  0.109  0.159
vs Right          238   36   61    8    1   16   41   42   74  0.256  0.370  0.500  0.870  0.304  4.02   44.0  0.113  0.198
vs Rodriguez        1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
vs. Milw           27    2    6    3    0    1    1    4   12  0.222  0.323  0.444  0.767  0.357  4.29    3.9  0.100  0.000
Bill Welke          0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00    0.0  0.000  0.000

season totals     324   46   71   10    1   20   51   55  106  0.219  0.332  0.441  0.774  0.258  3.98   47.5  0.113  0.172

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pena grounded out to first, unassisted

[Fred Hornkohl]

Byrd               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       131   19   44    7    2    3    3    5   22  0.336  0.379  0.489  0.867  0.387  3.76   24.2  0.043  0.000
Late (7th on)      75   12   24    6    1    1    3    3   17  0.320  0.370  0.467  0.837  0.404  3.47   13.0  0.050  0.061
1 out              79   16   24    3    0    3    9    7   15  0.304  0.389  0.456  0.845  0.344  3.47   14.0  0.085  0.120
CUBS trailing     108   14   35    5    1    0    1    1   18  0.324  0.348  0.389  0.737  0.389  3.53   14.6  0.024  0.020
last 7 games       26    4    8    2    1    1    1    2    2  0.308  0.379  0.577  0.956  0.304  3.72    5.7  0.072  0.000
July               77   10   24    5    1    2    4    6   13  0.312  0.369  0.481  0.850  0.355  3.62   13.7  0.057  0.063
Road              117   17   35    9    0    3   11    7   23  0.299  0.354  0.453  0.807  0.352  3.51   18.8  0.055  0.121
Day               116   19   40    5    2    2    7    7   24  0.345  0.392  0.474  0.866  0.422  3.68   21.6  0.047  0.100
vs Right          188   26   63    9    2    3   10   10   38  0.335  0.381  0.452  0.833  0.408  3.63   32.4  0.046  0.081
vs Rodriguez        1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
vs. Milw           19    3    6    5    0    0    1    3    2  0.316  0.409  0.579  0.988  0.353  3.82    4.5  0.093  0.143
Bill Welke          0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00    0.0  0.000  0.000

season totals     249   33   77   13    2    5   15   11   49  0.309  0.353  0.438  0.791  0.369  3.52   38.5  0.044  0.083

[SouthSideRyan]

Find a list of the 40 man roster from October 2008 and see if you don't think there were guys that could have been released instead. Obviously it is a hindsight is 20/20 situation because there was nothing to suggest he would be an everyday player at the Major League level. Again, I don't care that they released him, but when Ramriez goes down, the Cubs get very little from the clowns they use at 3rd base in his absence.

 

Your point is that our 40 man roster didn't have 40 guys who went on to have better careers than McGehee?

 

As for Wells, like I said, figure out a way to make him better or find someone to replace him. Simply put, I'd like to see the manager have as much angst about Wells performance as he does about mistakes Castro makes.

 

Your point is the guy pitching poorly should be made to pitch better?

 

Failing that, we should get a better pitcher?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Byrd grounded out to short, 6-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty       143   17   40   11    0    7    7   13   41  0.280  0.356  0.503  0.860  0.347  3.89   25.7  0.077  0.000
Late (7th on)      96   10   20    6    0    3   13   10   29  0.208  0.296  0.365  0.661  0.266  3.96   10.4  0.088  0.222
2 outs             95    6   18    7    0    2   11   12   31  0.189  0.280  0.326  0.607  0.258  3.95    8.7  0.091  0.123
CUBS trailing     130   14   32    7    0    6   16    8   38  0.246  0.310  0.438  0.748  0.302  3.97   17.7  0.064  0.167
last 7 games       26    2    8    1    0    1    4    1    9  0.308  0.357  0.462  0.819  0.438  4.14    4.3  0.049  0.214
July               72    5   21    3    0    1    6    3   25  0.292  0.338  0.375  0.713  0.435  4.00    9.1  0.046  0.139
Road              125   15   33    8    0    6   16   14   37  0.264  0.343  0.472  0.815  0.329  3.93   20.2  0.079  0.167
Day               123   15   32   10    0    4   17   15   33  0.260  0.359  0.439  0.798  0.326  4.01   19.4  0.099  0.169
vs Right          204   21   45   14    0    5   20   19   61  0.221  0.293  0.363  0.656  0.290  3.94   21.7  0.073  0.125
vs Rodriguez        1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  4.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
vs. Milw           33    4    7    0    0    2    3    5   12  0.212  0.316  0.394  0.710  0.263  3.87    4.1  0.104  0.059
Bill Welke          0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00    0.0  0.000  0.000

season totals     266   28   64   17    0    9   27   29   75  0.241  0.324  0.406  0.730  0.302  3.94   35.0  0.084  0.126

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soto walked

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
runners on        148   11   31    7    0    5   33    6   49  0.209  0.244  0.358  0.602  0.277  3.74   12.9  0.034  0.150
Late (7th on)      92   11   24    3    0    8   14    5   33  0.261  0.306  0.554  0.860  0.314  3.79   15.6  0.045  0.113
2 outs             91    8   21    5    0    5   23    7   29  0.231  0.286  0.451  0.736  0.281  3.86   11.7  0.055  0.234
CUBS trailing     132   19   32    5    0    9   19    6   34  0.242  0.281  0.485  0.765  0.258  3.62   18.0  0.038  0.118
last 7 games       22    1    3    1    0    1    2    0    6  0.136  0.136  0.318  0.455  0.133  3.18    1.0  0.000  0.071
July               70    2   12    3    0    1    8    2   16  0.171  0.194  0.257  0.452  0.208  3.57    3.5  0.023  0.163
Road              127   13   34    6    0    6   18    9   31  0.268  0.316  0.457  0.773  0.311  3.88   18.3  0.048  0.156
Day               135   14   31    5    0    7   17    9   39  0.230  0.278  0.422  0.700  0.270  3.84   15.8  0.048  0.122
vs Right          223   22   52   11    0   11   32   11   61  0.233  0.271  0.430  0.702  0.272  3.76   26.0  0.038  0.141
vs Rodriguez        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
vs. Milw           19    4    5    0    0    1    2    0    5  0.263  0.263  0.421  0.684  0.308  3.47    2.1  0.000  0.091
Bill Welke          0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00    0.0  0.000  0.000

season totals     297   33   74   14    0   16   44   16   78  0.249  0.289  0.458  0.747  0.286  3.70   39.3  0.040  0.149

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Rodriguez in (9th) to pitch fo Milwaukee

Pena grounded out to first, unassisted

Byrd grounded out to short, 6-3

Soto walked

Soriano grounded into a FC, 6-4, Soto out at second

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0                2  7  0
Milwaukee       2 0 1 0 1 0 0                  4  8  3

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

Milwaukee: Braun (21)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Wells         6.0  8  4  4  2  2  1  95
Samardzija    1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   6

 

Milwaukee      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Marcum        6.0  7  2  2  1  4  0 105
Hawkins       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  15
Rodriguez     1.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  20

[Fred Hornkohl]

             CUBS   Milwaukee
P/PA          4.12        3.61
RBI%          0.12        0.33
R/BR          0.22        0.40
BA           0.226       0.320
OBP          0.281       0.385
SLG          0.323       0.520
OPS          0.604       0.905
ERA           5.14        2.25
BB/9          2.57        2.25
K/9           2.57        4.50

[Fred Hornkohl]

NY Mets       10
Cincinnati     9  F

Pittsburgh     0
Atlanta        0  6:10

Houston        0
St. Louis      0  7:15

[Fred Hornkohl]

Braun grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

[Tarver]

Find a list of the 40 man roster from October 2008 and see if you don't think there were guys that could have been released instead. Obviously it is a hindsight is 20/20 situation because there was nothing to suggest he would be an everyday player at the Major League level. Again, I don't care that they released him, but when Ramriez goes down, the Cubs get very little from the clowns they use at 3rd base in his absence.

 

As for Wells, like I said, figure out a way to make him better or find someone to replace him. Simply put, I'd like to see the manager have as much angst about Wells performance as he does about mistakes Castro makes.

 

Wells was probably rushed back. That's not his fault.

[Sammy Sofa]

Find a list of the 40 man roster from October 2008 and see if you don't think there were guys that could have been released instead. Obviously it is a hindsight is 20/20 situation because there was nothing to suggest he would be an everyday player at the Major League level. Again, I don't care that they released him, but when Ramriez goes down, the Cubs get very little from the clowns they use at 3rd base in his absence.

 

So what? You said it yourself, it's all hindsight. At the time he was claimed there was little, if any reason to bemoan the "loss" of Casey McGehee. There was no room for him at the time, he was an unremarkable minor league player who was already 25, and his very brief time with the Cubs (just 25 PA, granted), was beyond abysmal (.167 .160 .208 .368). It's ridiculous to think what could have been since there's no logical argument to the Cubs going out of their way to keep him at the time he was claimed. The Brewers got lucky, period.

 

As for Wells, like I said, figure out a way to make him better or find someone to replace him. Simply put, I'd like to see the manager have as much angst about Wells performance as he does about mistakes Castro makes.

 

So your complaint is you want Quade making the dumb comments he made about Castro about other players? What the [expletive]? Shouldn't the complaint be "I don't want Quade saying ANYTHING that stupid about anyone?"