7/17 Pirates (Wells) at Cubs (Zambrano), WGN 1:20 CT

[CubmanPi]

Well, that game was nice and forgettable. Hopefully today was the aberration, not the five games before. The offense needs to wake up against Cy Wells, and Big Z should take care of the rest.

 

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/photos/2005-04-06/0406kip-b.jpgKip Wells 6-9, 4.46 ERA

 

vs.

 

http://www.onlinesports.com/images/phf-aagi197.gifCarlos Zambrano 6-4, 3.85 ERA

[UMFan83]

So wait do we still suck...or are we good now??

[rickrolled]

Gotta win this game.

[Roast]

I think the cubs should try to win, personally.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

usually playoff teams are above .500. try not to blow this one, girls.

 

 

i think we need more negativity. it was all well and good until the pre-game positivity. :cry:

[Flames24Rulz]

winning is a good thing, losing is a bad thing. So let's win the game idiots.

[Omar]

http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/20/207360.jpg

 

Kip Wells yawning (or whatever he is doing)...

 

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2005/baseball/mlb/04/09/brewers.cubs/p1.zambrano.jpg

 

Z getting a hit.

[otis89]

There were too many positive posts today. Let's keep it negative. We suck.

[Fred Hornkohl]

All this reverse psychology negativity is highly overrated. Here's what I've got for worthless stats of the day for Sunday.....

 

CUBS are 9-5 on Sundays

CUBS are 7-3 vs. Pittsburgh

CUBS are 24-24 in the day time.

CUBS are 23-22 at home.

CUBS are 16-13 in games that end a series

CUBS are 4-2 in games ending a homestand

CUBS are 30-22 from Sun thru Wed, 15-23 on Thur, Fri & Sat.

CUBS are 27-18 when they've won the previous game.... 17-27 after a loss

CUBS are 7-4 when the temperature is 85 degree or above

CUBS are 36-13 when they get a quality start,... 9-32 when they don't

CUBS are 15-29 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 30-16 when they don't

CUBS are 37-18 when they throw less than 17 pitchers per inning.... 8-27 when they don't

CUBS are 13-12 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games.

CUBS are 28-14 when they score first,.... 17-31 when they don't

CUBS are 13-5 when they score in the first inning,... 32-40 when they don't

CUBS have been outscored 43-35 in the first inning..... outscored 33-24 in the 9th

CUBS are 35-30 when they strikeout 7 times or less, 10-15 when they k 8 or more times.

CUBS are 23-15 when they steal a base, 22-30 when they don't

CUBS are 17-13 when they execute a sac bunt, 28-32 when they don't

CUBS are 19-25 when they GIDP, 26-20 when they don't

CUBS are 20-24 when they commit an error, 25-21 when they don't

CUBS are 21-10 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 24-35 when they don't

CUBS are 8-18 when they hit an opposing batter, 37-27 when they don't

CUBS are 20-15 when Dubois starts in left field, 25-30 when he doesn't

CUBS are 32-34 when Barrett catches, 14-10 when Blanco starts.

 

CUBS are 9-9 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 11 of 18 in quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.52.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.00

CUBS score 4.56 R/G overall.... 4.78 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.26 HR/G overall.... 0.94 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/04 - 07/16      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   642   86  180   41    5   17  282   83   36  113  0.280  0.319  0.439  0.758
CUBS overall     3103  410  844  182   13  113 1391  392  232  533  0.272  0.323  0.448  0.771

 

Zambrano's last five starts.....

 

Zambrano          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/08 vs. Flor   7.0    6    3    3    6    7    1  120  7.71  9.00  1.29  1.71  3.86
07/03 vs. Wash   7.0    6    2    2    3    7    0  120  3.86  9.00  0.00  1.29  2.57
06/28 vs. Milw   8.0    3    0    0    3    6    0  115  3.38  6.75  0.00  0.75  0.00
06/22 vs. Milw   1.7    7    8    8    1    2    1   51  5.40 10.80  5.40  4.80 43.20
06/17 vs. Yanks  6.3    9    6    6    6    3    0  116  8.53  4.26  0.00  2.37  8.53

5 game totals   30.0   31   19   19   19   25    2  522  5.70  7.50  0.60  1.67  5.70

 

Zambrano's is right where he belongs; at home in the day time.....

 

Zambrano          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            55.0   33   16   16   23   50    4  902  3.76  8.18  0.65  1.02  2.62
Road            59.7   55   34   33   30   58    7 1014  4.53  8.75  1.06  1.42  4.98

Day             54.0   33   13   13   25   54    4  899  4.17  9.00  0.67  1.07  2.17
Nite            60.7   55   37   36   28   54    7 1017  4.15  8.01  1.04  1.37  5.34

season totals  114.7   88   50   49   53  108   11 1916  4.16  8.48  0.86  1.23  3.85

 

The season series; CUBS vs. Pittsburgh.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
10  Fri 04/15  @ Pittsburgh    N   5- 8  Zambrano      
11  Sat 04/16  @ Pittsburgh    N   4- 3  Dempster      
12  Sun 04/17  @ Pittsburgh        4- 2  Maddux        
17  Sat 04/23    Pittsburgh        3- 4  Maddux        
18  Sun 04/24    Pittsburgh        5- 2  Wood        
37  Tue 05/17  @ Pittsburgh    N   4- 3  Prior        
38  Wed 05/18  @ Pittsburgh        3- 2  Rusch        
88  Thu 07/14    Pittsburgh        5- 1  Prior        
89  Fri 07/15    Pittsburgh       11- 1  Wood        
90  Sat 07/16    Pittsburgh        0- 3  Maddux        
91  Sun 07/17    Pittsburgh         -    Zambrano      
134  Fri 09/02  @ Pittsburgh    N    -    Wood        
135  Sat 09/03  @ Pittsburgh         -    Maddux        
136  Sun 09/04  @ Pittsburgh         -    Zambrano      
157  Tue 09/27    Pittsburgh    N    -    Williams      
158  Wed 09/28    Pittsburgh         -    Prior        

 

CUBS' hitters vs. Pittsburgh.....

 

CUBS           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Grieve          3    0    3    0    0    0    3    0    1    0  1.000  1.000  1.000  2.000
Perez          28    6   16    5    0    2   27    8    2    1  0.571  0.581  0.964  1.545
Walker         12    1    4    1    0    1    8    2    1    1  0.333  0.385  0.667  1.051
Fontenot        0    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  1.000  0.000  1.000
Lee            39    5   13    4    0    2   23    7    2    7  0.333  0.357  0.590  0.947
Hollandsworth  13    1    4    0    1    0    6    1    2    3  0.308  0.438  0.462  0.899
Cedeno          7    0    3    0    0    0    3    0    0    0  0.429  0.429  0.429  0.857
Ramirez        32    6    7    2    0    2   15    6    5    5  0.219  0.324  0.469  0.793
Hairston       33    5    9    2    0    1   14    5    2    2  0.273  0.333  0.424  0.758
Burnitz        35    5    7    1    1    1   13    3    6    7  0.200  0.317  0.371  0.689
Dubois         16    1    3    1    0    1    7    3    1    6  0.188  0.235  0.438  0.673
Garciaparra     9    2    2    1    0    0    3    1    2    0  0.222  0.333  0.333  0.667
Blanco         10    1    2    2    0    0    4    2    0    2  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.600
Macias          8    0    2    0    0    0    2    1    1    0  0.250  0.300  0.250  0.550
Patterson      23    5    4    0    0    1    7    1    1    8  0.174  0.208  0.304  0.513
Barrett        23    3    4    1    0    0    5    1    4    1  0.174  0.286  0.217  0.503
Murton          8    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    2  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250

vs. Pitts     322   44   90   21    2   11  148   44   32   50  0.280  0.343  0.460  0.803

overall      3103  410  844  184   14  112 1392  392  232  533  0.272  0.326  0.449  0.775

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. Pittsburgh.....

 

CUBS         IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wuertz      4.0    3    0    0    2    2    0    59  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.25  0.00
Novoa       1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0     7  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Ohman       0.7    0    0    0    0    0    0     2  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Bartosh     0.0    1    0    0    0    0    0     1  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Rusch      11.0   10    2    2    8   10    0   187  6.55  8.18  0.00  1.64  1.64
Prior      15.0    9    4    3    4   16    2   216  2.40  9.60  1.20  0.87  1.80
Maddux     22.0   14    7    6    2   12    1   364  0.82  4.91  0.41  0.73  2.45
Wood       11.0    5    3    3    3   13    1   151  2.45 10.64  0.82  0.73  2.45
Dempster    9.0    7    3    3    5    6    1   144  5.00  6.00  1.00  1.33  3.00
Fox         2.7    3    1    1    2    5    0    49  6.75 16.88  0.00  1.88  3.38
Hawkins     4.0    3    2    2    3    2    1    60  6.75  4.50  2.25  1.50  4.50
Remlinger   2.7    3    2    2    0    0    0    48  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.13  6.75
Zambrano    6.0    6    5    5    2    5    3   108  3.00  7.50  4.50  1.33  7.50

vs. Pitts  89.0   64   29   27   31   71    9  1396  3.13  7.18  0.91  1.07  2.73

overall   799.3  745  399  378  322  696  108 13206  3.63  7.84  1.22  1.33  4.26

 

Go CUBS !!

[otis89]

Hey Fred. Next time instead of the stats for when Dubois starts, how about for when Murton starts?

[erik316wttn]

Keys to winning this game:

 

1) Take the field at some point. This is crucial.

 

2) The hitters must take bats to the plate. It's hard to score runs without them.

 

3) And this is THE most important..... score more runs than the other guys. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hey Fred. Next time instead of the stats for when Dubois starts, how about for when Murton starts?

 

Sure enough.

 

Starting LF         W    L     pct
Hollandsworth      21   29   0.420
Dubois             20   15   0.571
Grieve              1    0   1.000
Murton              3    1   0.750

[Fred Hornkohl]

Keys to winning this game:

 

1) Take the field at some point. This is crucial.

 

2) The hitters must take bats to the plate. It's hard to score runs without them.

 

3) And this is THE most important..... score more runs than the other guys. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.

 

It should be noted that the CUBS are 0-5 when they do not score.

[Holy Cow]

Keys to winning this game:

 

1) Take the field at some point. This is crucial.

 

2) The hitters must take bats to the plate. It's hard to score runs without them.

 

3) And this is THE most important..... score more runs than the other guys. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.

 

It should be noted that the CUBS are 0-5 when they do not score.

 

And, interestingly enough, 0-45 when scoring less runs than the other guys.

[erik316wttn]

Keys to winning this game:

 

1) Take the field at some point. This is crucial.

 

2) The hitters must take bats to the plate. It's hard to score runs without them.

 

3) And this is THE most important..... score more runs than the other guys. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.

 

It should be noted that the CUBS are 0-5 when they do not score.

 

And, interestingly enough, 0-45 when scoring less runs than the other guys.

 

Yeah, we have to improve on that record.

[Soul]

The pre-game fare must consist of something Habenero:

 

http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/us/en/product/949/1?SA=1113

[B]

Keys to winning this game:

 

1) Take the field at some point. This is crucial.

 

2) The hitters must take bats to the plate. It's hard to score runs without them.

 

3) And this is THE most important..... score more runs than the other guys. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.

 

Thanks for the insight Joe Morgan.

[Roast]

Keys to winning this game:

 

1) Take the field at some point. This is crucial.

 

2) The hitters must take bats to the plate. It's hard to score runs without them.

 

3) And this is THE most important..... score more runs than the other guys. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.

 

Thanks for the insight Joe Morgan.

No,

His keys would look something more like this:

 

1. Play Good defense. When you play defense, you win ballgames. Just look at the Reds back when I played.

 

2. Score runs, You have to score runs. Remember the reds??? We scored alot.

 

3. You have to have a good Pitc....DID YOU KNOW I PLAYED FOR THE REDS OMG WE WERE SO GREAT HAHA!!!!!! WOW!

[B]

Keys to winning this game:

 

1) Take the field at some point. This is crucial.

 

2) The hitters must take bats to the plate. It's hard to score runs without them.

 

3) And this is THE most important..... score more runs than the other guys. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.

 

Thanks for the insight Joe Morgan.

No,

His keys would look something more like this:

 

1. Play Good defense. When you play defense, you win ballgames. Just look at the Reds back when I played.

 

2. Score runs, You have to score runs. Remember the reds??? We scored alot.

 

3. You have to have a good Pitc....DID YOU KNOW I PLAYED FOR THE REDS OMG WE WERE SO GREAT HAHA!!!!!! WOW!

 

4. Having Barry Bonds will help at all these. Barry Bonds has won several gold gloves. Barry Bonds can score alot of runs, and Barry Bonds can make your pitcher better. One time I asked Barry if I could lick his butt.

[Roast]

One time I asked Barry if I could lick his butt.

 

:-s

 

I dont know whether to laugh histerically, cry, or run.

[Coach C]

One time I asked Barry if I could lick his butt.

 

:-s

 

I dont know whether to laugh histerically, cry, or run.

 

The 3rd option sounds the best situation, at least in my opinion.

[B]

One time I asked Barry if I could lick his butt.

 

:-s

 

I dont know whether to laugh histerically, cry, or run.

 

This was in refernce to Joe Morgan, not me.

[Roast]

One time I asked Barry if I could lick his butt.

 

:-s

 

I dont know whether to laugh histerically, cry, or run.

 

This was in refernce to Joe Morgan, not me.

 

:newugh: sure. okay.

 

*steps away slowly*

 

:wink:

[erik316wttn]

There were too many positive posts today. Let's keep it negative. We suck.

 

Let this be a lesson.

 

Never get too positive about this team.

[erik316wttn]

Keys to winning this game:

 

1) Take the field at some point. This is crucial.

 

2) The hitters must take bats to the plate. It's hard to score runs without them.

 

3) And this is THE most important..... score more runs than the other guys. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.

 

Thanks for the insight Joe Morgan.

No,

His keys would look something more like this:

 

1. Play Good defense. When you play defense, you win ballgames. Just look at the Reds back when I played.

 

2. Score runs, You have to score runs. Remember the reds??? We scored alot.

 

3. You have to have a good Pitc....DID YOU KNOW I PLAYED FOR THE REDS OMG WE WERE SO GREAT HAHA!!!!!! WOW!

 

4. I was the greatest second baseman in the history of the game. Ryne Sandberg sucks!!

 

Fixed it for you.