5/12 Cubs (Feldman) @ Washington (Gonzalez) 12:35 CDT, WGNTV

[Andy]

Let's keep this up

[Little Slide Rooter]

Come on Scotty, daddy needs a new top 100 prospect.

[Omar]

Nats v. Feldman

               PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Kurt Suzuki    17 17 5  2  0  0   4  0  4 .294 .294 .412 .706  0  0   0   0         1
Denard Span    14 14 4  0  0  0   0  0  0 .286 .286 .286 .571  0  0   0   0         0
Zach Duke       1  1 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Adam LaRoche    1  1 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Chad Tracy      1  1 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total          34 34 9  2  0  0   4  0  5 .265 .265 .324 .588  0  0   0   0         1

 

Cubs v. Gonzalez

                     PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Scott Hairston       14 14  4  1  0  1   1  0  0 .286 .286  .571  .857  0  0   0   0         1
Starlin Castro        8  7  4  0  0  0   2  0  0 .571 .500  .571 1.071  0  1   0   0         0
David DeJesus         8  8  2  0  0  1   1  0  2 .250 .250  .625  .875  0  0   0   0         1
Alfonso Soriano       8  6  2  1  0  0   2  1  2 .333 .429  .500  .929  1  0   0   0         0
Julio Borbon          7  7  4  0  0  0   0  0  1 .571 .571  .571 1.143  0  0   0   0         0
Dioner Navarro        6  5  0  0  0  0   0  1  2 .000 .167  .000  .167  0  0   0   0         0
Cody Ransom           5  4  1  0  0  0   1  1  1 .250 .400  .250  .650  0  0   0   0         0
Darwin Barney         4  4  2  0  0  0   0  0  1 .500 .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Luis Valbuena         4  3  1  0  0  0   0  1  1 .333 .500  .333  .833  0  0   0   0         0
Welington Castillo    3  3  1  1  0  0   0  0  1 .333 .333  .667 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Anthony Rizzo         3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Nate Schierholtz      3  3  2  0  0  1   2  0  0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333  0  0   0   0         0
Total                73 67 23  3  0  3   9  4 13 .343 .375  .522  .897  1  1   0   0         2

[KaiserCesar]

Len and JD talking BABIP on stats Sunday, good times.

[Guest]

Two pitches, two outs, for [expletive]'s sake

[ConstableRabbit]

Rizzo is hitting the [expletive] out of everything.

[Guest]

Rizzo's BABIP is up to .323? wow.

[Guest]

Damn. That was crushed.

[Sammy Sofa]

Two pitches, two outs, for [expletive]'s sake

 

The guy was throwing strikes; it's not like you just take pitches to take pitches if the guy is putting them in the zone. Plus it's the top of the first, so it's not like they had to give Feldman a break or anything.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 6-8 (.429) when they score in the first inning.... 8-14 (.364) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Guest]

Two pitches, two outs, for [expletive]'s sake

 

The guy was throwing strikes; it's not like you just take pitches to take pitches if the guy is putting them in the zone. Plus it's the top of the first, so it's not like they had to give Feldman a break or anything.

 

Yes you do, sometimes. You don't just swing at any first pitch strike. That's not a good approach.

[Sammy Sofa]

Two pitches, two outs, for [expletive]'s sake

 

The guy was throwing strikes; it's not like you just take pitches to take pitches if the guy is putting them in the zone. Plus it's the top of the first, so it's not like they had to give Feldman a break or anything.

 

Yes you do, sometimes. You don't just swing at any first pitch strike. That's not a good approach.

 

What? Of course you can swing at a first pitch strike if you think you have something to hit.

[Guest]

Two pitches, two outs, for [expletive]'s sake

 

The guy was throwing strikes; it's not like you just take pitches to take pitches if the guy is putting them in the zone. Plus it's the top of the first, so it's not like they had to give Feldman a break or anything.

 

Yes you do, sometimes. You don't just swing at any first pitch strike. That's not a good approach.

 

What? Of course you can swing at a first pitch strike if you think you have something to hit.

 

Yeah, I didn't say you can't.

 

The problem is some (lots - historically) of our players think they have something to hit way too often.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 11-13 (.458) when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 3-9 (.250) when they do

CUBS are 11-8 (.579) when they score first in the game.... 3-14 (.176) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Sammy Sofa]

Two pitches, two outs, for [expletive]'s sake

 

The guy was throwing strikes; it's not like you just take pitches to take pitches if the guy is putting them in the zone. Plus it's the top of the first, so it's not like they had to give Feldman a break or anything.

 

Yes you do, sometimes. You don't just swing at any first pitch strike. That's not a good approach.

 

What? Of course you can swing at a first pitch strike if you think you have something to hit.

 

Yeah, I didn't say you can't.

 

The problem is some (lots - historically) of our players think they have something to hit way too often.

 

Which creates this self-fulling prophecy-mentality that seems to assume that swinging early = automatically bad and taking pitches = automatically good. If the first pitch is there and you think you can hit it, great, take a shot. Taking it just to take it isn't always the right choice.

 

My dad has become pitch count-obsessed lately and he's even bothered if the Cubs have a GOOD inning and they don't make the opposing pitcher throw more than 20 pitches (and at least 15). It's pretty amusing.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 0-5 on Sunday.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 7-4 (.636) when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 7-18 (.280) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Sammy Sofa]

CUBS are 0-5 on Sunday.

 

Time for a change...

 

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[ConstableRabbit]

JD: Cubs are playing like they're double parrked.

 

:lol:

[Sammy Sofa]

Alright, my dad is actually at this game as part of his birthday celebration; he's probably going insane.

 

That said, nearly every pitch they've taken has been a strike. [expletive] this guy.

[ConstableRabbit]

Another error...

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 8-14 (.364) when they commit one or more errors.... 6-8 (.429) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Last time the CUBS were held to 0 hits in a game.... Thu 09 Sep 1965 in a 1-0 loss at Los Angeles

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS have outscored the opponents 25-4 in the 3rd inning.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS on Sunday...........

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..6  Sun 04/07  @ Atlanta           1- 5  Samardzija      Hudson        
.12  Sun 04/14    San Francisco     7-10  Jackson         Lincecum      
.17  Sun 04/21  @ Milwaukee         2- 4  Feldman         Peralta       
.24  Sun 04/28  @ Miami             4- 6  Villanueva      Fernandez     
.31  Sun 05/05    Cincinnati        4- 7  Jackson         Latos         

 

 

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

CUBS              6   0   4   0   3   0   2   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      18
Opponents         3   0   0   4   5   9   4   3   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0      32

 

 

04/07 - 05/05        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
CUBS               43.0   40   32   28   19   51    6  3.98 10.67  1.26  1.37  5.86
Oppt               46.0   34   18   18   18   32    5  3.52  6.26  0.98  1.13  3.52

 

 

04/07 - 05/05      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS              169   18   34    8    0    5   57   18   18   32  0.201  0.277  0.337  0.614
Oppt              163   32   40    9    0    6   67   28   19   51  0.245  0.333  0.411  0.744

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!