8/5 Cubs (Hill) @ Mets (Glavine) 6:10 CT on WGN

[Omar]

I know that was a tough series, but Wood, Williamson, and especially Nomar are exactly what we need to give this team a boost.

 

The first pitch will be thrown at 6:10 and will be televised on WGNTV.

 

Young LHP Rich Hill will make his second start in the majors against Tom Glavine, who will be making his 592nd start in the majors.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/chc.gif@http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/nym.gif

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_448179.jpg Vs. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_114849.jpg

 

On to the match-ups!

 

Noteworthy Match-ups (Chicago Cubs) Vs. Tom Glavine (LHP, 7-9 with 4.50 ERA)

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/5958/gvc0bb.jpg

 

Noteworthy Match-ups (New York Mets) Vs. Rich Hill (LHP, 0-0 with 3.78 ERA)

No current Met has ever faced Hill in the regular/post season.

 

Prediction Based on Match-ups: No decision.

PBOM Record: 6-4

[SwisherSweet]

Wow, this game isn't a mismatch or anything. Excuse me if I don't get excited for this rotten bunch of lousy ballplayers. They're going to lose, lose, lose and continue to lose for as long as I'll live. Go out and have a fun time losing tomorrow, you lousy losers.

[rickrolled]

Well, it'll be nice to have those guys back, but I don't see it helping much.

 

Let's just try not to embarrass ourselves too much.

[Garwilly]

It'll be Hill's third start.

[OldHappyCubFan]

GET SOME RUNS MORANS!

[LoneStarCubFan]

Fourth place by Monday.

 

You're a complete and utter disgrace to the uniform you clowns.

[UMFan83]

Fourth place by Monday.

 

You're a complete and utter disgrace to the uniform you clowns.

 

To the uniform of the team that hasn't won the World Series in 98 years (and counting). I say they fit right into them :lol:

[otis89]

Lefty pitching, Hairston injured. One of the following 2 combos for the outfield please.

 

LF Lawton

CF Burnitz

RF Murton

 

LF Murton

CF Burnitz

RF Lawton

 

PLEASE!

[Omar]

Lefty pitching, Hairston injured. One of the following 2 combos for the outfield please.

 

LF Lawton

CF Burnitz

RF Murton

 

LF Murton

CF Burnitz

RF Lawton

 

PLEASE!

 

If Hairston is injured and put on the DL tomorrow or sometime before the game, CPatt will get called up.

 

LF Lawton

CF Patterson

RF Burnitz

[OldHappyCubFan]

Win you idiots, stop underachieving.

[E.J.]

I'm surprised you didn't use Cubs.com's new picture of Hill HHH. It's such a good one:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/eriklj/448179.jpg

 

 

:D

 

Cubs suck by the way.

[Omar]

I'm surprised you didn't use Cubs.com's new picture of Hill HHH. It's such a good one:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/eriklj/448179.jpg

 

 

:D

 

Cubs suck by the way.

 

When I was making the thread, the last game was still in session (I knew we were gonna lose) so I used the pic on his players page.

 

BTW, thats the best pic they can find of Hill??

[Fred Hornkohl]

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

 

CUBS are 7-9 on Fridays

CUBS are 2-1 vs. NY Mets

CUBS are 26-25 at night.

CUBS are 27-28 on the road.

CUBS are 18-16 in games that open a series

CUBS are 15-8 when the temperature is 85 degree or above

CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 22-32 after a loss

CUBS are 8-6 when they've lost their previous 2 games

CUBS are 34-16 when they make at least 10 hits, 19-38 when they don't.

CUBS are 20-9 when they take 4 or more walks, 33-45 when they don't

CUBS are 24-16 when they steal a base, 29-38 when they don't

CUBS are 26-12 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 27-43 when they don't

CUBS are 38-29 when the opponents strikeout 8 or less times, 15-25 when they K more than 8 times.

CUBS are 9-26 when the opponents steal a base, 44-28 when they don't

CUBS are 9-26 when the opponents execute a sac bunt, 44-28 when they don't

CUBS are 13-22 when the opponents hit 2 or more HRs, 40-32 when they don't.

CUBS are 42-19 when they score 4 runs or more, 11-35 when they don't

CUBS are 38-6 when they give up 3 runs or less, 15-48 when they don't

 

CUBS are 1-1 when Hill starts

Hill is 1 of 2 in quality starts

Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.27.... Hill has not pitched to Blanco.

CUBS score 4.52 R/G overall.... 2.50 R/G when Hill pitches

CUBS hit 1.25 HR/G overall.... 0.50 HR/G when Hill pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Hill.....

 

04/04 - 08/04      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Hill        69    5   18    4    0    1   25    4    4   13  0.261  0.307  0.362  0.669
CUBS overall     3744  488 1021  224   17  135 1684  468  288  627  0.273  0.328  0.450  0.778

 

Hill's previous 2 starts.....

 

Hill              IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/30 vs. Ariz   6.0    5    2    2    2    4    1  104  3.00  6.00  1.50  1.17  3.00
07/25 vs. S.F.   5.0    5    2    2    2    5    1   98  3.60  9.00  1.80  1.40  3.60

2 game totals   11.0   10    4    4    4    9    2  202  3.27  7.36  1.64  1.27  3.27

 

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

 

Hill              IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            12.0   13    6    6    4   11    2  231  3.00  8.25  1.50  1.42  4.50
Road             4.7    0    1    1    3    7    0   74  5.79 13.50  0.00  0.64  1.93

Day              7.3    8    5    5    3    7    1  141  3.68  8.59  1.23  1.50  6.14
Nite             9.3    5    2    2    4   11    1  164  3.86 10.61  0.96  0.96  1.93

season totals   16.7   13    7    7    7   18    2  305  3.78  9.72  1.08  1.20  3.78

 

CUBS' season series vs. NY Mets.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
31  Mon 05/09    New York      N   4- 7  Leicester     
32  Tue 05/10    New York      N   7- 0  Maddux        
33  Wed 05/11    New York          4- 3  Prior        
109  Fri 08/05  @ New York      N    -    Hill        
110  Sat 08/06  @ New York           -    Maddux        
111  Sun 08/07  @ New York           -    Zambrano    

 

CUBS' hitters vs. NY Mets.....

 

CUBS           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Patterson      13    2    5    0    0    2   11    3    1    1  0.385  0.429  0.846  1.275
Blanco          2    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    2    1  0.500  0.750  0.500  1.250
Lee            11    3    3    1    0    1    7    1    3    4  0.273  0.429  0.636  1.065
Burnitz        11    3    4    0    0    1    7    3    1    3  0.364  0.417  0.636  1.053
Barrett         8    1    2    0    0    1    5    3    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.625  0.875
Hairston       10    1    4    0    0    0    4    0    0    1  0.400  0.455  0.400  0.855
Perez          13    2    4    2    0    0    6    1    1    2  0.308  0.357  0.462  0.819
Ramirez         8    0    2    1    0    0    3    1    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.375  0.625
Macias          5    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    0    1  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.600
Dubois          9    1    1    0    0    1    4    2    0    3  0.111  0.111  0.444  0.556
Grieve          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.500  0.000  0.500
Cedeno          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Hollandsworth   6    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. NY Mets   101   15   28    5    0    6   51   14   10   20  0.277  0.348  0.505  0.853

overall      3744  488 1021  223   18  133 1679  468  288  626  0.273  0.328  0.448  0.776

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. NY Mets.....

 

CUBS         IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Maddux      6.7    3    0    0    3   10    0   100  4.05 13.50  0.00  0.90  0.00
Wellemeyer  2.0    0    0    0    1    3    0    26  4.50 13.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Remlinger   1.7    0    0    0    0    3    0    23  0.00 16.20  0.00  0.00  0.00
Bartosh     1.3    2    0    0    0    3    0    33  0.00 20.25  0.00  1.50  0.00
Wuertz      1.3    0    0    0    1    0    0    24  6.75  0.00  0.00  0.75  0.00
Ohman       1.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    15  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Prior       7.0    2    2    1    3    7    0   110  3.86  9.00  0.00  0.71  1.29
Dempster    3.0    7    3    3    1    4    0    62  3.00 12.00  0.00  2.67  9.00
Hawkins     1.0    2    1    1    0    0    1    17  0.00  0.00  9.00  2.00  9.00
Leicester   3.0    5    4    4    1    3    2    59  3.00  9.00  6.00  2.00 12.00

vs. Mets   28.0   22   10    9   10   34    3   469  3.21 10.93  0.96  1.14  2.89

overall   962.0  914  481  456  397  827  132 15884  3.71  7.74  1.23  1.36  4.27

Edited August 5, 2005 by Fred Hornkohl

[Chris]

Recent NSBB Correspondent Nomar Garciaparra will make sure we get a W

[Omar]

Recent NSBB Correspondent Nomar Garciaparra will make sure we get a W

 

Experts say that is true.

[otis89]

Recent NSBB Correspondent Nomar Garciaparra will make sure we get a W

 

Experts say that is true.

 

Are those the same experts that said the Cubs were going to win the World Series last year?

[Chris]

If fellow NSBB correspondent Matt Murton gets in the game then the Mets have no chance.

[Omar]

If fellow NSBB correspondent Matt Murton gets in the game then the Mets have no chance.

 

Thats only if he isn't one of the "chosen ones" to get sent back down.

[Chris]

If fellow NSBB correspondent Matt Murton gets in the game then the Mets have no chance.

 

Thats only if he isn't one of the "chosen ones" to get sent back down.

 

:depress:

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Why am I starting to lose interest in this team?

[NorthsideAvenger]

Lefty pitching, Hairston injured. One of the following 2 combos for the outfield please.

 

LF Lawton

CF Burnitz

RF Murton

 

LF Murton

CF Burnitz

RF Lawton

 

PLEASE!

 

Not only is neither OF lineup is going to happen, gut feeling has it tha Jose Macias is prolly going to start and hit leadoff.

[Marco4]

BTW, thats the best pic they can find of Hill??

 

GO CUBS!!!! If I'm staying up past midnight every night to watch you losers, you might as well make it worth my while!! And arguing that the return of Nomar is worth it won't cut the mustard. I demand a W.

 

In other news, is there no pictures of Rich Hill chatting to Maddux during the game the other day? I liked that. The way Maddux was moving his arms and Hill was nodding it had an almost like Jedi-in-training look to it.

[Sarcastic]

Why am I starting to lose interest in this team?

 

Because they don't meet your expectations and you don't like rooting for a team that can't rise to its potential?

[Derwood]

GET SOME RUNS MORANS!

 

Hey, hey! Leave it to the expert:

 

http://www.simleaguebaseball.com/talltales/moran.jpg

 

Redneck Cardinal Fan doesn't like his thunder to be stolen!

[TuffyRhodes]

Lefty pitching, Hairston injured. One of the following 2 combos for the outfield please.

 

LF Lawton

CF Burnitz

RF Murton

 

LF Murton

CF Burnitz

RF Lawton

 

PLEASE!

 

This was in Wed's Trib....Sorry

 

Baker said left fielder Matt Murton would sit against Mets left-hander Tom Glavine on Friday, but will play Saturday against lefty Kazuhisa Ishii. Baker said he would try to get Murton at-bats, but he doesn't plan to platoon him with Matt Lawton, as he did with Todd Hollandsworth.

 

"We're trying to get to the playoffs, so we're going to play whoever I think the best lineup is against that particular guy," he said.