06/16 Red Sox (Lester) @ Cubs (Samardzija) 06:15 CDT, FOX

[Vanilla Ice]

yay 1 game winning streak

[pitchcs]

Trying to sell my tix, but may have to bite it and go to this one.

 

Too bad we are the worst team ever vs. LHP.

 

Loss.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Horse Cave, KY !!!

 

 

 

CUBS are 1-9 on Saturdays

CUBS are 0-5 when Fox broadcasts the game

CUBS are 4-10 in June

CUBS are 3-13 vs left handed starters

CUBS have 5 consecutive quality starts

CUBS held the opponents without an XBH yesterday for the 4th time this season (3-1)

CUBS have made double digit hits in 11 of their last 23 games

CUBS have failed to draw a single BB 6 times in their last 21 games

CUBS have 2 sac bunts in their last 16 games

CUBS have not hit a home run in their last 5 games

CUBS are 19-11 when they outhit the opponent.... 3-25 when they get outhit.... 0-6 when the hits are even

CUBS are 5-6 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 17-36 when he doesn't

CUBS are 7-16 in one run games .... 4-6 in two runs games

CUBS are 11-21 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 11-21 when they don't

CUBS are 16-12 when they get they get at least 9 hits .... 6-30 when they don't

CUBS are 10-9 when they draw 4 or more walks.... 12-33 when they don't

CUBS are 15-13 when they steal a base.... 7-29 when they don't

CUBS are 10-7 when they execute a sac bunt.... 12-35 when they don't

CUBS are 11-7 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 11-34 when they don't

CUBS are 5-19 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 17-23 when they don't

CUBS are 9-26 when the opponent hits at least 1 HR.... 13-16 when they don't

CUBS are 5-16 when they hit an opposing batter.... 17-26 when they don't

 

 

CUBS are 62-50 (0.554) on 16 June

 

CUBS are 10-7 (0.588) on Sat 16 June

 

Gam#      Date          Opponent                 Score
017  Sat  06/16/1877  @ Boston                    6- 7    
033  Sat  06/16/1883  @ Boston                    1-12    
041  Sat  06/16/1888  @ Boston                    3- 2    
042  Sat  06/16/1894  @ Washington Nationals 2   11- 5    
045  Sat  06/16/1900  @ Pittsburgh                8- 5    
054  Sat  06/16/1917    Boston                    4- 7    
055  Sat  06/16/1923    Brooklyn                  7- 3    
058  Sat  06/16/1928  @ Boston                    7- 0    
055  Sat  06/16/1934    Boston                    6- 7    
051  Sat  06/16/1951    Brooklyn                  6- 4    
064  Sat  06/16/1962  @ New York                  6- 3    
063  Sat  06/16/1973  @ Atlanta               N   4- 3    
059  Sat  06/16/1979  @ San Diego             N   5- 2    
062  Sat  06/16/1984    Philadelphia              2- 8    
064  Sat  06/16/1990  @ Philadelphia          N   1- 2    
065  Sat  06/16/2001    Minnesota                11- 4    
067  Sat  06/16/2007    San Diego                 0- 1    
066  Sat  06/16/2012    Boston                N  

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[bukie]

They've played Boston an unprecedented number of times on Saturday June 16.

 

Yes, I know it was the Braves at the time, but still.

[Fred Hornkohl]

They've played Boston an unprecedented number of times on Saturday June 16.

 

Yes, I know it was the Braves at the time, but still.

 

Yeah, I've noticed a lot of that kind of thing looking back over old schedules. Sometimes I think they had 2 or 3 cookie cutter schedules and kept re-using them over and over. I recall seeing a stretch of about 35 years where the CUBS only opened their season against 3 different teams (of course, that's 3 out of 7 possible opponents, but still....). It's fun to look at.

[Schwarber Fan]

lol @ 0-5 on FOX. Pathetic.

[Sosa21MVP]

lol @ 0-5 on FOX. Pathetic.

 

I'M SO OUTRAGED I CAN'T EVEN THINK STRAIGHT!

[TruffleShuffle]

i thought there was some rule about playing night games at wrigley on saturdays.

[CincyCubsFan]

lol @ 0-5 on FOX. Pathetic.

as opposed to their otherwise stellar record on other networks...

[Guest]

i thought there was some rule about playing night games at wrigley on saturdays.

 

there was/is. fridays too. they made exceptions for this and the white sox series this year.

[bukie]

The Cubs are 21-21 when they score at least 3 runs. They're 1-21 when they score 2 or fewer.

[UMFan83]

i thought there was some rule about playing night games at wrigley on saturdays.

 

there was/is. fridays too. they made exceptions for this and the white sox series this year.

 

And last year against the Giants. I'm guessing it might have something to do with Fox airing their games in prime time unlike years past. Rather weird to see a Friday day game followed by games on Saturday and Sunday night.

[Theo]

‪#Cubs‬ Saturday: Johnson RF, Barney 2B, Castro SS, Soriano LF, Baker 1B, Mather CF, Castillo C, Valbuena 3B, Samardzija P

 

I was about to post how awful this lineup is, and it is, but now that I think about it, I can't disagree with anything outside of Jeff Baker. Man this team sucks.

[Smack]

Fiancé is out of town, the 24 Hours of LeMans is in full swing, and the beer is flowing. Race on the TV, baseball on the laptop, surfing the web on the iPad. Tomorrow is going to suck.

[pitchcs]

Fiancé is out of town, the 24 Hours of LeMans is in full swing, and the beer is flowing. US Open on the TV, baseball on the laptop, surfing the web on the iPad. Tomorrow is going to suck.

[haubrich91]

Please be good Shark tonight.

[El Duderino]

Shark is throwing curve balls? I have no memory of this.

[haubrich91]

Hahaha nice relay by Starlin! Definitely thought that was a home run.

[UMFan83]

nice

[Smack]

haha, he was running in slow motion

[Smack]

are they ever going to fix the [expletive] grass?

[UMFan83]

No Castro's just dealing with bad luck.

[PrimeTime]

Ya the grass looks like a plane dropped [expletive] napalm on Wrigley. Looks horrible.

[Guest]

Yep. Lights and rooftops... "synonymous"

[El Duderino]

Shark has thrown at least 5 curveballs in this game. According to FanGraphs, he hasn't thrown any before this start.