7/22 Cubs (Zambrano) at Cardinals (Carpenter), 7:10 pm, WGN

[Omar]

Fix'd! Get your butt back on the first page, last post, and READ THE MATCH-UPS BECAUSE I WORKED HARD ON EM. :shock:

[rickrolled]

I'll be at all three games. I'm going to try to not get arrested.

 

Just remember...if the Cubs are getting blown out, don't be afraid to run onto the field and tackle Pujols. We'll all be proud of you.

 

I don't think the wife will let me...but I'll take that under advisement.

right because, no offense Vance, but in your pics you don't look big enough to tackle Pujols. Actually I don't know if all of us at NSSB are big enough to tackle the JOLS.

 

I'll take out Eckstein then!

 

You know that if you take out Eckstein it just means that Nunez will take his place and hit .400?

 

No, the Cubs will DFA Macias, the Cards will pick him up, he'll hit .350 over the rest of the season, injure his knee in the playoffs, but then he'll be called on to PH in Game 7 of the World Series and hit a walk-off HR in one of the most classic WS moments of all time.

[Coach C]

I'll be at all three games. I'm going to try to not get arrested.

 

Just remember...if the Cubs are getting blown out, don't be afraid to run onto the field and tackle Pujols. We'll all be proud of you.

 

I don't think the wife will let me...but I'll take that under advisement.

right because, no offense Vance, but in your pics you don't look big enough to tackle Pujols. Actually I don't know if all of us at NSSB are big enough to tackle the JOLS.

 

I'll take out Eckstein then!

 

You know that if you take out Eckstein it just means that Nunez will take his place and hit .400?

 

No, the Cubs will DFA Macias, the Cards will pick him up, he'll hit .350 over the rest of the season, injure his knee in the playoffs, but then he'll be called on to PH in Game 7 of the World Series and hit a walk-off HR in one of the most classic WS moments of all time.

 

Ala, Kirk Gibson style.

[Roast]

I'll be at all three games. I'm going to try to not get arrested.

 

Just remember...if the Cubs are getting blown out, don't be afraid to run onto the field and tackle Pujols. We'll all be proud of you.

 

I don't think the wife will let me...but I'll take that under advisement.

right because, no offense Vance, but in your pics you don't look big enough to tackle Pujols. Actually I don't know if all of us at NSSB are big enough to tackle the JOLS.

 

I'll take out Eckstein then!

 

You know that if you take out Eckstein it just means that Nunez will take his place and hit .400?

 

No, the Cubs will DFA Macias, the Cards will pick him up, he'll hit .350 over the rest of the season, injure his knee in the playoffs, but then he'll be called on to PH in Game 7 of the World Series and hit a walk-off HR in one of the most classic WS moments of all time.

Its like those "truth" commercials.

 

"It'd be funnier if it wasnt true"

[rickrolled]

Fix'd! Get your butt back on the first page, last post, and READ THE MATCH-UPS BECAUSE I WORKED HARD ON EM. :shock:

 

It's cutting edge. I like it.

[Brian]

Holy Crap - JImmy 6-24 with 12 K's vs. big Z. And Big Z is 2-3 against Carp. I think Z is going to go deep in the game :) .

 

Z = one of the few reason to watch the Cubs.

[E.J.]

Fix'd! Get your butt back on the first page, last post, and READ THE MATCH-UPS BECAUSE I WORKED HARD ON EM. :shock:

 

It's a work of art HHH. Good work!!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Friday.....

 

CUBS are 6-8 on Fridays

CUBS are 1-1 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 23-22 at night.

CUBS are 24-25 on the road.

CUBS are 16-15 in games that open a series

CUBS are 29-19 when they've won the previous game.... 18-28 after a loss

CUBS are 7-5 when they've lost their previous 2 games

CUBS have been outscored 45-38 in the first inning..... outscored 34-28 in the 9th

 

CUBS are 10-9 when Zambrano starts

Zambrano is 12 of 19 in quality starts

Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.02.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.00

CUBS score 4.66 R/G overall.... 4.95 R/G when Zambrano pitches

CUBS hit 1.33 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Zambrano pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano.....

 

04/04 - 07/21      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Zambrano   681   94  195   46    5   19  308   91   38  118  0.286  0.327  0.452  0.780
CUBS overall     3293  443  909  198   14  126 1513  425  245  550  0.276  0.330  0.459  0.789

 

Zambrano's last five starts.....

 

Zambrano          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/17 vs. Pitts  8.0    5    1    0    4    4    0   95  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.13  0.00
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

5 game totals   31.7   27   14   13   17   26    2  501  4.83  7.39  0.57  1.39  3.69

 

Zambrano's H/R & D/N splits.....

 

Zambrano          IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            63.0   38   17   16   27   54    4  997  3.86  7.71  0.57  1.03  2.29
Road            59.7   55   34   33   30   58    7 1014  4.53  8.75  1.06  1.42  4.98

Day             62.0   38   14   13   29   58    4  994  4.21  8.42  0.58  1.08  1.89
Nite            60.7   55   37   36   28   54    7 1017  4.15  8.01  1.04  1.37  5.34

season totals  122.7   93   51   49   57  112   11 2011  4.18  8.22  0.81  1.22  3.60

 

CUBS' season series vs. St. Louis.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
15  Wed 04/20  @ St. Louis     N   3- 1  Zambrano      
16  Thu 04/21  @ St. Louis         0- 4  Dempster      
96  Fri 07/22  @ St. Louis     N    -    Zambrano      
97  Sat 07/23  @ St. Louis          -    Williams      
98  Sun 07/24  @ St. Louis     N    -    Prior        
115  Thu 08/11    St. Louis          -    Maddux        
116  Fri 08/12    St. Louis          -    Zambrano      
117  Sat 08/13    St. Louis          -    Williams      
118  Sun 08/14    St. Louis     N    -    Prior        
137  Mon 09/05  @ St. Louis          -    Williams      
138  Tue 09/06  @ St. Louis     N    -    Prior        
139  Wed 09/07  @ St. Louis     N    -    Wood        
147  Thu 09/15    St. Louis     N    -    Williams      
148  Fri 09/16    St. Louis          -    Prior        
149  Sat 09/17    St. Louis          -    Wood        
150  Sun 09/18    St. Louis          -    Maddux        

 

CUBS' Hitters vs. St. Louis.....

 

CUBS           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee             8    2    5    2    0    0    7    0    1    1  0.625  0.667  0.875  1.542
Hollandsworth   8    0    3    1    0    0    4    0    1    0  0.375  0.444  0.500  0.944
Barrett         5    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    1  0.400  0.400  0.400  0.800
Blanco          3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
Ramirez         7    0    1    1    0    0    2    1    2    1  0.143  0.333  0.286  0.619
Burnitz         8    0    2    0    0    0    2    1    1    1  0.250  0.333  0.250  0.583
Perez           9    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    1  0.222  0.222  0.222  0.444
Hairston        7    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    3  0.143  0.143  0.143  0.286
Patterson       8    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250
Garciaparra     2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Fontenot        1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. St. L.     71    3   19    4    1    0   25    3    5   11  0.268  0.316  0.352  0.668

overall      3253  437  895  194   14  122 1483  419  243  546  0.275  0.329  0.456  0.785

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. St. Louis.....

 

CUBS         IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Wuertz      1.3    0    0    0    0    1    0    19  0.00  6.75  0.00  0.00  0.00
Hawkins     0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     2  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Remlinger   0.0    1    1    1    0    0    1     4  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Zambrano    8.7    5    1    1    1    3    1   118  1.04  3.12  1.04  0.69  1.04
Dempster    6.0    4    1    1    3    4    0    95  4.50  6.00  0.00  1.17  1.50
Fox         0.7    2    2    2    0    1    1    15  0.00 13.50 13.50  3.00 27.00

vs. St. L. 17.0   12    5    5    4    9    3   253  2.12  4.76  1.59  0.94  2.65

overall   842.3  791  426  404  342  730  116 13831  3.65  7.80  1.24  1.35  4.32

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[vaball]

I'm not being bold enough to predict a win here to avoid jinx purposes, but this matchup clearly favors the Cardinals. As a team we have a higher OBP and SLG against Zambrano than the Cubs do against Carp. The Cards BB/K ratio against Z is better than the Cubs BB/K ratio against Carp. The Cards have more HR against Z than the Cubs do against Carp.

 

Not to mention that for the past two months Carp has been the best pitcher in baseball.

 

However, we are missing Sanders, Molina, and for all offensive purposes Rolen, so that might swing things in the Cubs favor. TLR should stick Mabry and that 1.133 OPS in their against Z tomorrow night.

[illiniguy]

I'll be at all three games. I'm going to try to not get arrested.

 

Just remember...if the Cubs are getting blown out, don't be afraid to run onto the field and tackle Pujols. We'll all be proud of you.

 

I don't think the wife will let me...but I'll take that under advisement.

right because, no offense Vance, but in your pics you don't look big enough to tackle Pujols. Actually I don't know if all of us at NSSB are big enough to tackle the JOLS.

 

I'll take out Eckstein then!

Heck yeah and take out Taguchi for playing way over his head

[vaball]

I'll be at all three games. I'm going to try to not get arrested.

 

Just remember...if the Cubs are getting blown out, don't be afraid to run onto the field and tackle Pujols. We'll all be proud of you.

 

I don't think the wife will let me...but I'll take that under advisement.

right because, no offense Vance, but in your pics you don't look big enough to tackle Pujols. Actually I don't know if all of us at NSSB are big enough to tackle the JOLS.

 

I'll take out Eckstein then!

Heck yeah and take out Taguchi for playing way over his head

 

Vance would have no chance against The Gooch.

[Mizzou]

Zambrano shut these same Cardinals down back on April 20th. Let's hope that he does the same tonight. Go Cubs!!!

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

It's time to kill the Cardinals, Z. :D

[Blueheart05]

This is a new thing I'm testing. Tell me what you guys thing about it. If it doesnt work out, I will go back to the classical match-ups next start.

 

Noteworthy Match-ups (Chicago Cubs) Vs. Chris Carpenter (Righty, 14-4 with 2.34 ERA)

http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/1323/carpvcubs2lm.jpg

 

Noteworthy Match-ups (St. Louis Cardinals) Vs. Carlos Zambrano (Righty, 7-4 with 3.60 ERA)

http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/1691/zvcard4yi.jpg

 

 

Prediction Based on Match-ups: Win

 

PBOM Record: 2-2

 

I love it. Thanks for putting it together.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

Noteworthy Match-ups (Chicago Cubs) Vs. Chris Carpenter (Righty, 14-4 with 2.34 ERA)

http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/1323/carpvcubs2lm.jpg

 

Noteworthy Match-ups (St. Louis Cardinals) Vs. Carlos Zambrano (Righty, 7-4 with 3.60 ERA)

http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/1691/zvcard4yi.jpg

 

 

Prediction Based on Match-ups: Win

 

PBOM Record: 2-2

 

How do you predict a win out of those match-ups? :? It looks like the Cards should win handily from those numbers. Just wondering. :oops:

[Blueheart05]

Zambrano shut these same Cardinals down back on April 20th. Let's hope that he does the same tonight. Go Cubs!!!

 

He'll need to because Carpenter shut us out the last time we faced him... He's been virtually unhittable lately. :cry:

[moorecg]

Zambrano shut these same Cardinals down back on April 20th. Let's hope that he does the same tonight. Go Cubs!!!

 

Yeah...I was there...we happened to lose Nomar that day too.

:( :(

 

 

On a somewhat related note, that was my Son's first Baseball game...he's almost a year old now....I bought a brick in the new Stadium that reads...

 

William Moore

1st gm 4-20-2005

Cubs 3, Cards 1

 

Its about as close as I could get to having go Cubs put in the side of the new Busch Stadium...I think they would have edited anything more 'Pro Cub'

[Omar]

I usually look at the total BA. They're hitting .193 Vs. Z, we're hitting .231 Vs. Carpenter.

[jyoung55]

I usually look at the total BA. They're hitting .193 Vs. Z, we're hitting .231 Vs. Carpenter.

 

Unfortunately, that's about the only category we are winning in this matchup.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I predict we knock Carpenter all over the park tonight.

[gerby23]

I predict we knock Carpenter all over the park tonight.

For some reason we do seem to compete well against other team's "aces." I honestly would be more afraid if they called up three lefty AA'ers who didn't throw harder than 92. We would not score more than 3 runs all series and they would all be solo homeruns. :?

Cubbie from TX in AR

[UMFan83]

Don't worry guys, if Vance doesn't take out the Cards star players, I'm sure Bazooka Z will do so.

[otis89]

Forr some reason I don't really like night games that much. What am I going to do for the next 7 hours?

[sethuel1]

Forr some reason I don't really like night games that much. What am I going to do for the next 7 hours?

Start drinkin'!

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'm so looking forward to this game. Don't let me down, Cubs.