8/11 StL Cardinals (Mulder) @ Cubs (Maddux) 1:20 CSN

[treebird]

im going to be at the game

 

ill be the guy committing suicide in the upper deck

 

i plan to make it a point to be messy. a good time will be had by all.

[rickrolled]

im going to be at the game

 

ill be the guy committing suicide in the upper deck

 

i plan to make it a point to be messy. a good time will be had by all.

 

squirt some blood on Edmonds plz

[da bears]

man i despise the cardinals. i go to the university of missouri, so i have to hear all year long how great the cardinals are. well, as dan bernstein so eloquently put it, cardinal fans have a weird rapist passion for their team. i guess as long as the cubs are going to suck this year, might as well take the season series. GO CUBS!

[OldHappyCubFan]

im going to be at the game

 

ill be the guy committing suicide in the upper deck

 

i plan to make it a point to be messy. a good time will be had by all.

 

ok i just laughed hard.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

man i despise the cardinals. i go to the university of missouri, so i have to hear all year long how great the cardinals are. well, as dan bernstein so eloquently put it, cardinal fans have a weird rapist passion for their team. i guess as long as the cubs are going to suck this year, might as well take the season series. GO CUBS!

 

Welcome! I'm an incoming freshman at Mizzou, what's your major?

[LoneStarCubFan]

I'm rooting for a riot. I want the fans to pelt these worthless bums with rotten fruit and garbage.

 

 

Or at least dump a beer on Edmonds' head and make his mascara run.

[Wild_Cubs04]

Cards - 836,545,428,291,745,344,001

Cubs - -3

 

Macias will run backwards around the bases thus giving us negative runs.

 

THAT made me laugh :lol: :lol: :lol:

[chicubs]

We have a couple NSBB members going to game so hopefully we will get to see them incite a riot....or at the very least, where a paper bag over their heads.

[wvcbxl]

If the Cardinals sweep, Dusty's not going to make to the end of the month, imo.

 

A very tempting offer if you can guarantee the outcome. 8)

[moorecg]

If the Cardinals sweep, Dusty's not going to make to the end of the month, imo.

 

A very tempting offer if you can guarantee the outcome. 8)

 

Seriously...if the Cubs get swept..at home...by the birds...that will make it 12 in a row and 10 under .500...Not only should dusty not make it to the end of the month, he shouldn't make it to the next road trip.

[10man]

Nice to see we are pretty much lowering our expectations for this series to a minimum. That should make any type of success against the Cards feel so much better.

[Wheelimus]

I think everyone should bring rotten tomatoes and chuck them at these losers...at least that way we'd see if there's any diamonds in the rough we should add to our rotation :lol:

 

Nah, not even the kid from Rookie Of The Year could save us now....

[Fred Hornkohl]

Yesterday right about 1:00, I got behind the wheel, pulled out on I-287, and set the old XM to CUBS' game. Ahhh.... leaving New Jersey and CUBS baseball, I mean, can it get any better than that ?????

 

I got all the way out to Bloomsbury, which is almost to the PA line.... and I needed to stop for some fuel & gatorade, so I pulled into a station there and the score of the game was 1-1. Can you imagine my dismay when I got back behind the wheel..... and saw that the score was now 8-1 ??? :shock:

 

Oh well, that's my CUBS. Now for your worthless stats of the day for Thursday......

 

CUBS are 2-10 on Thursdays

CUBS are 3-2 vs. St. Louis

CUBS are 28-32 in the day time.

CUBS are 27-29 at home.

CUBS are 18-18 in games that open a series

CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 22-38 after a loss

CUBS are 1-0 when they've lost their previous 8 games

CUBS haven't scored a first inning run since Mon 18 July vs. Cincinnati (23 games ago)

CUBS opponents have scored first in 17 of the last 22 games.

CUBS hitters' walk rate for the season is 0.076, over the last 8 games, it's 0.049

CUBS have hit 5 home runs in the last 14 games

CUBS made 51 errors in 86 games (0.593) through 09 July. Since then, they have made 26 errors in 27 games. (0.963).

 

CUBS are 10-14 when Maddux starts

Maddux is 14 of 24 in quality starts

Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.98.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.72

CUBS score 4.40 R/G overall.... 4.75 R/G when Maddux pitches

CUBS hit 1.22 HR/G overall.... 1.25 HR/G when Maddux pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Maddux......

 

04/04 - 08/10      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Maddux     862  114  245   54    2   30  393  107   71  132  0.284  0.344  0.456  0.800
CUBS overall     3941  502 1065  232   17  139 1748  482  298  649  0.270  0.325  0.444  0.768

 

Maddux's last five starts.....

 

Maddux            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
08/06 vs. Mets   7.0    4    2    2    2    5    0   99  2.57  6.43  0.00  0.86  2.57
07/31 vs. Ariz   4.0    8    6    6    1    1    1   68  2.25  2.25  2.25  2.25 13.50
07/26 vs. S.F.   8.0    8    2    2    2    3    0   89  2.25  3.38  0.00  1.25  2.25
07/21 vs. Cincy  5.0    9    3    3    0    4    2   71  0.00  7.20  3.60  1.80  5.40
07/16 vs. Pitts  8.0    5    3    2    1    6    1  101  1.13  6.75  1.13  0.75  2.25

5 game totals   32.0   34   16   15    6   19    4  428  1.69  5.34  1.13  1.25  4.22

 

Maddux's splits.....

 

Maddux            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR   PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home            69.7   79   42   39   13   39    9  961  1.68  5.04  1.16  1.32  5.04
Road            78.0   83   37   36   13   52   11 1128  1.50  6.00  1.27  1.23  4.15

Day             96.3  107   54   50   14   53   14 1362  1.31  4.95  1.31  1.26  4.67
Nite            51.3   55   25   25   12   38    6  727  2.10  6.66  1.05  1.31  4.38

season totals  147.7  162   79   75   26   91   20 2089  1.58  5.55  1.22  1.27  4.57

 

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   1- 2  Zambrano      
97  Sat 07/23  @ St. Louis         6- 5  Williams      
98  Sun 07/24  @ St. Louis     N   8- 4  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    -    Hill        
147  Thu 09/15    St. Louis     N    -    Williams      
148  Fri 09/16    St. Louis          -    Prior        
149  Sat 09/17    St. Louis          -    Hill        
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
Blanco          8    1    5    0    0    1    8    2    0    0  0.625  0.625  1.000  1.625
Lee            16    5    7    3    0    1   13    3    7    1  0.438  0.609  0.813  1.421
Ramirez        20    5    7    1    0    2   14    4    3    2  0.350  0.435  0.700  1.135
Hollandsworth  20    1    5    3    0    0    8    0    2    1  0.250  0.318  0.400  0.718
Hairston       21    1    6    0    1    0    8    0    0    4  0.286  0.286  0.381  0.667
Barrett        13    1    3    0    0    0    3    1    2    3  0.231  0.333  0.231  0.564
Burnitz        20    1    3    0    0    1    6    2    2    3  0.150  0.227  0.300  0.527
Perez          23    1    4    0    0    1    7    5    0    2  0.174  0.174  0.304  0.478
Walker         14    2    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    3  0.143  0.143  0.214  0.357
Patterson       8    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250
Gerut           3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
Murton          2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
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
Macias          1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

vs. St. L     184   18   46    9    2    6   77   18   16   27  0.250  0.310  0.418  0.728

overall      3908  501 1058  230   18  136 1732  481  297  643  0.271  0.325  0.443  0.769

 

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

 

CUBS         IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Rusch       2.0    2    0    0    0    1    0    26  0.00  4.50  0.00  1.00  0.00
Novoa       1.7    1    0    0    1    0    0    20  5.40  0.00  0.00  1.20  0.00
Hawkins     0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     2  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Ohman       1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    15  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Zambrano   17.7    8    2    2    1   15    2   236  0.51  7.64  1.02  0.51  1.02
Dempster    8.0    7    2    2    5    4    0   133  5.63  4.50  0.00  1.50  2.25
Wuertz      2.7    0    1    1    1    2    0    37  3.38  6.75  0.00  0.38  3.38
Prior       6.0    5    3    3    3    2    3   108  4.50  3.00  4.50  1.33  4.50
Williams    6.0    7    4    3    3    3    0   105  4.50  4.50  0.00  1.67  4.50
Fox         0.7    2    2    2    0    1    1    15  0.00 13.50 13.50  3.00 27.00
Mitre       0.3    2    1    1    0    0    0    10  0.00  0.00  0.00  6.00 27.00
Remlinger   0.0    1    1    1    0    0    1     4  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00

vs. St. L  46.3   35   16   15   14   29    7   711  2.72  5.63  1.36  1.06  2.91

overall  1004.0  964  515  486  412  864  139 16602  3.69  7.75  1.25  1.37  4.36

 

Go CUBS !!

[ManEatingTarp]

This is a classic "throw out the records" series.

We'll see if the Cubs play for pride.

Tony never lets up against the Cubs, so I expect him to play the best lineup he can. I just hope we don't see any bean balls or brawls.

 

...actually I would like to see Eckstein go Kung Fu on Zambrano! :D

 

I hope it's a great series folks.

[Notorious]

I've heard a nasty rumor the top of the order could loook like this

 

1. Macias rf

2. Perez, ss

[neely crenshaw]

I'm rooting for a riot. I want the fans to pelt these worthless bums with rotten fruit and garbage.

 

 

Or at least dump a beer on Edmonds' head and make his mascara run.

 

it wouldn't happen to be bat day, would it?

 

and yes i love the cubs.....however there is a very fine line betwwen love and hate!

[katway]

I've heard a nasty rumor the top of the order could loook like this

 

1. Macias rf

2. Perez, ss

 

I heard this as well. If it is truth, Dusty must be asking to get fired.

[E.J.]

I've heard a nasty rumor the top of the order could loook like this

 

1. Macias rf

2. Perez, ss

 

Unfortunately, that's what the SCORE is reporting. Nothing like going into a series with St. Louis on 8-game losing streak and having Macias and Neifi your big 1-2 punch at the top of the order.

[USSoccer]

Macias

Perez

Lee

Ramirez

Burnitz

Murton

Barrett

Patterson

Maddux

 

is what I just heard...god that's bad. I think Dusty is just throwing spaghetti against the wall, hoping it will stick

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Macias

Perez

Lee

Ramirez

Burnitz

Murton

Barrett

Patterson

Maddux

 

is what I just heard...god that's bad. I think Dusty is just throwing spaghetti against the wall, hoping it will stick

 

That looks like Macias is at 2B. Good thinking Dusty, Walker's only 5 for his last 13, and 5 for his last 15 against LHP. Oh, and Walker had a day off 3 games ago.

Edited August 11, 2005 by Transmogrified Tiger

[XZero771679666304]

This is a classic "throw out the records" series.

We'll see if the Cubs play for pride.

Tony never lets up against the Cubs, so I expect him to play the best lineup he can. I just hope we don't see any bean balls or brawls.

 

...actually I would like to see Eckstein go Kung Fu on Zambrano! :D

 

I hope it's a great series folks.

 

Eckstien vs. Zambrano would be highly amusing, very short, and would likely result in a prolonged hospital (or morgue) stay.

 

 

As for the series, (I never thought I'd say this) I just want the Cards to completely destroy the Cubs. Finish us off so we can get Dusty and his entourage out of here and get to the business of competing for a division title in 2006.

[E.J.]

This is a classic "throw out the records" series.

We'll see if the Cubs play for pride.

Tony never lets up against the Cubs, so I expect him to play the best lineup he can. I just hope we don't see any bean balls or brawls.

 

...actually I would like to see Eckstein go Kung Fu on Zambrano! :D

 

I hope it's a great series folks.

 

Eckstien vs. Zambrano would be highly amusing, very short, and would likely result in a prolonged hospital (or morgue) stay.

 

 

As for the series, (I never thought I'd say this) I just want the Cards to completely destroy the Cubs. Finish us off so we can get Dusty and his entourage out of here and get to the business of competing for a division title in 2006.

 

It's sad and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope the Cards absolutely kill us this weekend. I'm talking 20-0 every game. Maybe then the Cubs will shut down Wood for the year, play the young kids to see what they've got, and maybe, just maybe fire Baker.

[USSoccer]

Macias

Perez

Lee

Ramirez

Burnitz

Murton

Barrett

Patterson

Maddux

 

is what I just heard...god that's bad. I think Dusty is just throwing spaghetti against the wall, hoping it will stick

 

That looks like Macias is at 2B. Good thinking Dusty, Walker's only 5 for his last 13, and 5 for his last 15 against LHP. Oh, and Walker had a day off 3 games ago.

 

Actually, replace Burnitz with Nomar, move Macias to RF, and slide Perez to 2B, and that's the correct lineup. I misheard it.

 

It's still bad, though.

[XZero771679666304]

This is a classic "throw out the records" series.

We'll see if the Cubs play for pride.

Tony never lets up against the Cubs, so I expect him to play the best lineup he can. I just hope we don't see any bean balls or brawls.

 

...actually I would like to see Eckstein go Kung Fu on Zambrano! :D

 

I hope it's a great series folks.

 

Eckstien vs. Zambrano would be highly amusing, very short, and would likely result in a prolonged hospital (or morgue) stay.

 

 

As for the series, (I never thought I'd say this) I just want the Cards to completely destroy the Cubs. Finish us off so we can get Dusty and his entourage out of here and get to the business of competing for a division title in 2006.

 

It's sad and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope the Cards absolutely kill us this weekend. I'm talking 20-0 every game. Maybe then the Cubs will shut down Wood for the year, play the young kids to see what they've got, and maybe, just maybe fire Baker.

 

In related news, I just read a Baker quote in the Sun-Times in which he said that he has three more weeks before he thinks about whether the team is out of it or not.

 

I wonder what the weather is like in Dustyland.

[E.J.]

Maybe Dusty saw what the Cards' lineup was against the Brewers yesterday and thought, "hey dude, if the Cards can with with a crappy lineup, why can't we? Dude?"