8/9 Reds (Harang) vs. Cubs (Prior) 1:20pm WGN-TV

[ctcf]

So.

 

I'm back.

 

We're gonna lose.

 

Cool.

 

Hi

[Chris]

CT will lead this team to a winning streak!

[rickrolled]

Go Bears

[OldHappyCubFan]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Omar]

Noteworthy Match-ups (Reds) Vs. Prior (with a team that sucks)

Prior usually owns Reds/10

 

Noteworthy Match-ups (sCaUBS) Vs. Aaron Harang (a pitcher)

Will go 8 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, -7 walks, etc.

[sandberg23]

As a fan, my first thought is that I hope they win. But, as I think harder about it, I want them to lose if it means they're Dusty-less next year. I wouldn't mind a few personal good things to happen to players like Lee, Aramis, Nomar and Murton...but if Neifi and Macias play, I hope they suck.

 

I can't watch the game.

[Chris]

We got this one!

[ltb]

Matt Murton played left field versus left-hander Brandon Claussen and Matt Lawton moved over to right. Jose Macias might start in center tomorrow with the Reds throwing Aaron Harang.

 

wooooo neifi and macias!!!!!!!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday.....

 

CUBS are 10-6 on Tuesdays

CUBS are 5-5 vs. Cincinnati

CUBS are 28-30 in the day time.

CUBS are 27-27 at home.

CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 22-36 after a loss

CUBS are 0-2 when they've lost their previous 6 games

CUBS are 15-9 when the temperature is 85 degree or above

CUBS are 43-18 when they get a quality start,... 11-40 when they don't

CUBS are 19-37 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 35-21 when they don't

 

CUBS are 12-5 when Prior starts

Prior is 12 of 17 in quality starts

Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.77.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.58

CUBS score 4.45 R/G overall.... 5.00 R/G when Prior pitches

CUBS hit 1.22 HR/G overall.... 1.53 HR/G when Prior pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Prior.....

 

04/04 - 08/08      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Prior      570   85  156   37    3   26  277   81   54   78  0.274  0.343  0.486  0.829
CUBS overall     3874  498 1050  229   17  137 1724  477  297  640  0.271  0.326  0.445  0.771

 

Prior's last five starts.....

 

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
08/04 vs. Phila  4.3    6    6    6    3    7    3  100  6.23 14.54  6.23  2.08 12.46
07/29 vs. Ariz   7.3    7    3    3    2    8    0  119  2.45  9.82  0.00  1.23  3.68
07/24 vs. St. L  6.0    5    3    3    3    2    3  108  4.50  3.00  4.50  1.33  4.50
07/19 vs. Cincy  6.7    7    3    3    2    8    0  108  2.70 10.80  0.00  1.35  4.05
07/14 vs. Pitts  8.0    2    1    0    3   10    0  115  3.38 11.25  0.00  0.63  0.00

5 game totals   32.3   27   16   15   13   35    6  550  3.62  9.74  1.67  1.24  4.18

 

Prior's earlier starts vs. Cincinnati.....

 

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/19 vs. Cincy  7.0    4    1    0    2    6    0   98  2.57  7.71  0.00  0.86  0.00
04/25 vs. Cincy  6.0    6    2    2    2   10    1  106  3.00 15.00  1.50  1.33  3.00

 

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

 

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            59.7   39   16   14   17   68    6  910  2.56 10.26  0.91  0.94  2.11
Road            46.7   44   30   29   18   44   11  795  3.47  8.49  2.12  1.33  5.59

Day             73.7   54   34   32   25   80   11 1184  3.05  9.77  1.34  1.07  3.91
Nite            32.7   29   12   11   10   32    6  521  2.76  8.82  1.65  1.19  3.03

season totals  106.3   83   46   43   35  112   17 1705  2.96  9.48  1.44  1.11  3.64

 

CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati.....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
13  Mon 04/18  @ Cincinnati    N   6- 7  Wood        
14  Tue 04/19  @ Cincinnati    N   7- 1  Prior        
19  Mon 04/25    Cincinnati    N  10- 6  Prior        
20  Tue 04/26    Cincinnati    N   9-11  Zambrano      
21  Wed 04/27    Cincinnati        8- 7  Dempster      
92  Mon 07/18  @ Cincinnati    N   9- 4  Williams      
93  Tue 07/19  @ Cincinnati    N   7- 3  Prior        
94  Wed 07/20  @ Cincinnati    N   3- 9  Wood        
95  Thu 07/21  @ Cincinnati        6- 9  Maddux        
112  Mon 08/08    Cincinnati    N   4- 9  Williams      
113  Tue 08/09    Cincinnati         -    Prior        
114  Wed 08/10    Cincinnati         -    Hill        
144  Mon 09/12    Cincinnati    N    -    Hill        
145  Tue 09/13    Cincinnati    N    -    Maddux        
146  Wed 09/14    Cincinnati    N    -    Zambrano      

 

CUBS' hitters vs. Cincinnati.....

 

CUBS           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Lee            43   14   19    3    0    7   43   18    3    4  0.442  0.468  1.000  1.468
Patterson      21    6    9    1    0    3   19    4    0    1  0.429  0.429  0.905  1.333
Murton         10    2    6    0    0    0    6    1    3    2  0.600  0.692  0.600  1.292
Ramirez        40    7   13    2    0    6   33   13    5    3  0.325  0.400  0.825  1.225
Walker         25    4   10    1    0    3   20    7    0    0  0.400  0.400  0.800  1.200
Barrett        31    3   13    4    1    1   22    5    3    3  0.419  0.457  0.710  1.167
Burnitz        38    8   14    3    0    2   23    7    3    2  0.368  0.405  0.605  1.010
Grieve          2    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000
Dubois          6    1    1    0    0    1    4    2    0    3  0.167  0.286  0.667  0.952
Hairston       34   10   11    3    0    0   14    1    2    4  0.324  0.425  0.412  0.837
Macias          8    1    3    0    0    0    3    0    1    0  0.375  0.444  0.375  0.819
Perez          36    5   10    1    2    1   18    6    1    4  0.278  0.316  0.500  0.816
Cedeno          7    1    2    1    0    0    3    2    0    0  0.286  0.286  0.429  0.714
Blanco          6    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    1  0.167  0.286  0.167  0.452
Lawton          5    1    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    1  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400
Garciaparra     9    2    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    1  0.111  0.200  0.111  0.311
Hollandsworth  24    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    1    3  0.083  0.120  0.083  0.203
Gerut           5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. Cinci     370   69  121   20    3   24  219   68   25   38  0.327  0.376  0.592  0.968

overall      3874  498 1050  228   18  135 1719  478  297  637  0.271  0.326  0.444  0.770

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. Cincinnati.....

 

CUBS         IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Ohman       3.0    3    0    0    4    3    0    63 12.00  9.00  0.00  2.33  0.00
Hawkins     2.0    1    0    0    0    3    0    27  0.00 13.50  0.00  0.50  0.00
Prior      19.7   17    6    5    6   24    1   312  2.75 10.98  0.46  1.17  2.29
Bartosh     3.3    2    1    1    4    2    0    70 10.80  5.40  0.00  1.80  2.70
Maddux      5.0    9    3    3    0    4    2    71  0.00  7.20  3.60  1.80  5.40
Remlinger   3.0    4    2    2    2    1    0    44  6.00  3.00  0.00  2.00  6.00
Rusch       7.7    6    6    6    3    5    1   120  3.52  5.87  1.17  1.17  7.04
Wood       10.0   12    8    8    3   10    5   174  2.70  9.00  4.50  1.50  7.20
Williams   12.0   13   11   11    4    5    3   188  3.00  3.75  2.25  1.42  8.25
Novoa       4.3    3    4    4    3    3    0    84  6.23  6.23  0.00  1.38  8.31
Mitre       1.0    1    1    1    1    1    1    17  9.00  9.00  9.00  2.00  9.00
Dempster    7.0   10    8    8    8    9    1   140 10.29 11.57  1.29  2.57 10.29
Leicester   1.7    2    3    2    3    2    0    38 16.20 10.80  0.00  3.00 10.80
Wuertz      2.3    4    4    3    1    6    1    47  3.86 23.14  3.86  2.14 11.57
Zambrano    4.7    7    6    6    3    5    1   104  5.79  9.64  1.93  2.14 11.57
Fox         0.3    1    3    3    3    0    1    30 81.00  0.00 27.00 12.00 81.00

vs. Cinci  87.0   95   66   63   48   83   17  1529  4.97  8.59  1.76  1.64  6.52

overall   995.0  951  507  479  411  850  136 16436  3.72  7.69  1.23  1.37  4.33

 

Since 22 July the CUBS are 6-11. They've been outscored 81-55, and 13-0 in the first inning. They've been out-homered 20-11.

 

07/22 - 08/08      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS              581   55  141   31    3   11  211   52   52   90  0.243  0.307  0.363  0.670
Oppt              601   81  160   36    2   20  260   78   69  121  0.266  0.343  0.433  0.776

 

07/22 - 08/08        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
CUBS              153.0  160   81   75   69  121   20  4.06  7.12  1.18  1.50  4.41
Oppt              156.7  141   55   51   52   90   11  2.99  5.17  0.63  1.23  2.93

 

Go CUBS !!

[Laura]

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

 

Prior             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            59.7   39   16   14   17   68    6  910  2.56 10.26  0.91  0.94  2.11
Road            46.7   44   30   29   18   44   11  795  3.47  8.49  2.12  1.33  5.59

Day             73.7   54   34   32   25   80   11 1184  3.05  9.77  1.34  1.07  3.91
Nite            32.7   29   12   11   10   32    6  521  2.76  8.82  1.65  1.19  3.03

season totals  106.3   83   46   43   35  112   17 1705  2.96  9.48  1.44  1.11  3.64

 

Too bad he can't pitch only at Wrigley.

 

Good luck, Mark!

[Mark_R]

I wouldn't mind a few personal good things to happen to players like Lee.

 

Like a day off. Derrek (Fred back me up with some stats bud...) agrees.

[Chris]

But Nomar told me that Dusty is great about getting guys days off!

[Mark_R]

Tomorrow's lineup:

 

Lawton- LF

Neifi- SS

Ramirez- 3B

Burnitz- RF

Walker- 2B

Hollandsworth- 1B

Macias- CF

Blanco- C

Prior- P

[rickrolled]

Tomorrow's lineup:

 

Lawton- LF

Neifi- SS

Ramirez- 3B

Burnitz- RF

Walker- 2B

Hollandsworth- 1B

Macias- CF

Blanco- C

Prior- P

 

Hell, just go with this...

 

CF - Macias

SS - Perez

C - Blanco

RF - Hollandsworth

P - Prior

2B - Walker

LF - Lawton

3B - Ramirez

1B - Lee

 

it doesn't really matter

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Do these games even matter anymore?

 

Now I know what it's like to be a Pirates fan.

[rocket]

go reds

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

The Cubs must have decided to do me a favor. They knew I go back to work on Friday and don't need to spend as much time watching baseball and posting here. They timed the skid just so I'd go to work with a renewed focus.

[Chris]

CT won't let us down

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

CT won't let us down

 

but the Cobs might

[Jon]

Hopefully the fans can be supportive of Corey and redirect their disappointment towards a more deserving figure.

[Chris]

CT won't let us down

 

but the Cobs might

 

Nope, no way.

[Fred Hornkohl]

I wouldn't mind a few personal good things to happen to players like Lee.

 

Like a day off. Derrek (Fred back me up with some stats bud...) agrees.

 

Ya mean like this ???

 

Lee            AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  TB RBI  BB  SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
07/20 - 08/08  68   8  16   3   0   2  25   7  13   9  0.235  0.358  0.368  0.726

[Sarcastic]

Tomorrow's lineup:

 

Lawton- LF

Neifi- SS

Ramirez- 3B

Burnitz- RF

Walker- 2B

Hollandsworth- 1B

Macias- CF

Blanco- C

Prior- P

 

Hell, just go with this...

 

CF - Macias

SS - Perez

C - Blanco

RF - Hollandsworth

P - Prior

2B - Walker

LF - Lawton

3B - Ramirez

1B - Lee

 

it doesn't really matter

 

Nah, Lawton's a vet, and he's got speed. The lineup won't be good, but Lawton will leadoff if he's playing, I guarantee it.

[Notorious]

Tomorrow's lineup:

 

Lawton- LF

Neifi- SS

Ramirez- 3B

Burnitz- RF

Walker- 2B

Hollandsworth- 1B

Macias- CF

Blanco- C

Prior- P

 

Hell, just go with this...

 

CF - Macias

SS - Perez

C - Blanco

RF - Hollandsworth

P - Prior

2B - Walker

LF - Lawton

3B - Ramirez

1B - Lee

 

it doesn't really matter

 

Nah, Lawton's a vet, and he's got speed. The lineup won't be good, but Lawton will leadoff if he's playing, I guarantee it.

 

With the username sarcastic, you think you would be able to find the sarcasm in people's posts :)

[Too Tall]

Now I know what it's like to be a Pirates fan.

No, a Pirates fan goes into the season knowing there have no hope of making the playoffs and will have young guys play. The Cubs on the other hand get our hopes up and then tank, and we get to watch old crafty Veterans over rookies who bust there butts off, and hustle to first base on an infield grounder..