Omar

Pitchers are usually in the outfield during batting practice fielding fly balls. So probably yes.

Cubs v. Wainwright PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Starlin Castro 35 31 9 1 1 0 4 2 3 .290 .343 .387 .730 0 1 1 1 3 Darwin Barney 29 29 8 2 0 1 5 0 5 .276 .276 .448 .724 0 0 0 0 0 Nate Schierholtz 22 21 7 4 0 0 1 1 5 .333 .364 .524 .887 0 0 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo 20 18 6 0 0 1 3 2 3 .333 .400 .500 .900 0 0 0 0 2 Luis Valbuena 15 14 5 4 0 0 0 1 1 .357 .400 .643 1.043 0 0 0 0 0 Welington Castillo 12 11 3 2 0 0 3 0 2 .273 .250 .455 .705 0 1 0 0 0 Chris Coghlan 12 11 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 .364 .417 .455 .871 0 0 0 0 1 Emilio Bonifacio 11 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .273 .200 .473 0 0 0 0 0 John Baker 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 0 0 0 0 1 Junior Lake 9 9 3 1 0 1 2 0 4 .333 .333 .778 1.111 0 0 0 0 0 Travis Wood 8 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .286 .286 .714 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 Jeff Samardzija 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Carlos Villanueva 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Edwin Jackson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 1 0 0 0 0 Ryan Kalish 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 203 188 50 16 1 4 19 9 41 .266 .300 .426 .726 3 2 1 1 7 Cards v. Arrieta PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Mark Ellis 9 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 .200 .444 .200 .644 0 1 0 0 0 Jhonny Peralta 8 8 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Carpenter 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 Allen Craig 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 1 0 Matt Holliday 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Bourjos 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 0 0 0 0 0 Jon Jay 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Adams 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0 0 0 Daniel Descalso 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Garcia 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Yadier Molina 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Wacha 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 56 46 8 2 0 0 4 8 16 .174 .304 .217 .521 0 1 0 1 0

Cubs lose to the White Sox -15 page thread -9 page thread -10 page thread Cubs win vs. the White Sox -6 page thread

Braves v. Hammel PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Justin Upton 25 23 7 2 0 1 7 2 6 .304 .360 .522 .882 0 0 0 0 0 Dan Uggla 14 12 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 .250 .357 .333 .690 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Schafer 10 8 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Doumit 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 1 0 0 1 Jason Heyward 8 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 0 0 0 0 0 Gavin Floyd 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 1 0 0 0 0 Freddie Freeman 3 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 0 0 0 0 0 Andrelton Simmons 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Gerald Laird 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 B.J. Upton 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 78 68 21 3 0 2 15 8 10 .309 .377 .441 .818 1 1 0 0 2 Cubs v. Teheran PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Starlin Castro 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo 6 6 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Valbuena 6 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .167 .167 .667 .833 0 0 0 0 0 Nate Schierholtz 5 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Coghlan 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 Welington Castillo 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Edwin Jackson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Junior Lake 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Carlos Villanueva 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 38 36 9 2 0 2 5 1 11 .250 .270 .472 .742 1 0 0 0 0

Cubs have never faced Carroll (Rookie). Sox v. Arrieta PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Paul Konerko 9 9 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 .222 .222 .333 .556 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Dunn 8 6 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 .167 .250 .333 .583 0 1 0 0 0 Alexei Ramirez 8 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750 0 0 0 0 0 Gordon Beckham 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 0 0 0 0 0 Alejandro De Aza 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .250 .333 .583 0 1 0 0 0 Dayan Viciedo 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 1 Moises Sierra 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 40 37 9 2 0 0 9 1 8 .243 .250 .297 .547 0 2 0 0 1

Cubs v. Danks PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Starlin Castro 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 0 0 0 0 1 Darwin Barney 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Valbuena 5 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .750 .800 .750 1.550 0 0 0 0 0 Emilio Bonifacio 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Kalish 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Coghlan 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 27 24 6 1 0 0 2 3 3 .250 .333 .292 .625 0 0 0 0 1 White Sox v. Wood PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Alejandro De Aza 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .500 .250 .750 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Konerko 6 6 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167 0 0 0 0 0 Dayan Viciedo 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 0 0 0 0 1 Alexei Ramirez 5 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Tyler Flowers 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 0 0 0 0 0 Gordon Beckham 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 1 Adam Dunn 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Leury Garcia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 34 29 8 2 0 0 3 5 8 .276 .382 .345 .727 0 0 0 0 2

The major league team would be better off. The minors probably wouldn't be as robust as they are now. Ricketts wants to sell shares of the Cubs to fund rennovations, right? How about he makes an appearance on Shark Tank so Cuban can invest.

Sox v. Jackson PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Alexei Ramirez 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .056 .000 .056 0 0 0 0 1 Paul Konerko 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .083 .154 .083 .237 0 0 0 0 2 Gordon Beckham 12 10 4 3 0 0 2 2 0 .400 .500 .700 1.200 0 0 0 0 0 Total 43 39 5 3 0 0 2 4 4 .128 .209 .205 .414 0 0 0 0 3 Cubs v. Noesi PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG John Baker 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Kalish 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Emilio Bonifacio 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Starlin Castro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857 0 0 0 0 0

If this were Cricket, that would have been a decent bowl.

Can we do this to Edwin Jackson?

And Rizzo's OPS+ this year is 153 compared to Abreu's 149.

This game will also be on WCIU for those who can suffer the wrath of Hawk Harrelson.

White Sox v. Shark PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Adam Dunn 9 8 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 .125 .222 .500 .722 0 0 0 0 0 Alexei Ramirez 9 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .333 .556 0 0 0 0 0 Alejandro De Aza 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Konerko 7 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .200 .429 .800 1.229 0 0 0 1 0 Gordon Beckham 4 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 0 0 0 0 0 Dayan Viciedo 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 0 0 0 Tyler Flowers 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Total 44 40 7 1 0 3 4 3 14 .175 .250 .425 .675 0 0 0 1 0 Cubs v. Quintana PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Emilio Bonifacio 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Welington Castillo 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Starlin Castro 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 14 12 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 .167 .286 .250 .536 0 0 0 0 0

I was really hoping we'd go Fresh Prince after this. Way too any great gifs to post. http://31.media.tumblr.com/d8e5b06dbda243ff8940633a178ddc38/tumblr_mzrsznYCa01rlsjn2o1_400.gif

Predictions on how many ESPN graphics will be dedicated to how bad the Cubs have been?

Cards v. Hammel PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Jhonny Peralta 16 15 7 1 0 2 8 1 1 .467 .500 .933 1.433 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Holliday 8 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .625 .833 1.458 0 0 0 1 0 Mark Ellis 6 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .600 .500 .800 1.300 0 1 0 0 0 Jon Jay 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 1 Yadier Molina 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Allen Craig 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 38 34 15 4 0 2 9 2 3 .441 .474 .735 1.209 0 1 0 1 1 Cubs v. Lynn PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Starlin Castro 28 27 10 3 1 0 3 0 4 .370 .370 .556 .926 1 0 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 22 19 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 .263 .364 .316 .679 0 0 0 0 1 Anthony Rizzo 21 19 4 0 0 1 3 2 4 .211 .286 .368 .654 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Valbuena 13 9 1 0 0 1 2 4 3 .111 .385 .444 .829 0 0 0 0 0 Nate Schierholtz 11 11 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 .091 .091 .364 .455 0 0 0 0 1 Welington Castillo 8 6 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 .667 .750 1.167 1.917 0 0 0 1 0 Travis Wood 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Junior Lake 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Sweeney 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Emilio Bonifacio 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Edwin Jackson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 119 106 26 4 1 4 12 11 22 .245 .322 .415 .737 1 0 0 1 2

Let's sweep these [expletive].

Juice Williams singing the 7th inning stretch.

He could go easier with the bunting.

I think they wanted the ballpark to face relatively east because of the sun. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/stadium/ballpark_NSEW_NL.shtml https://www.google.com/maps/place/Great+American+Ball+Park/@39.0971067,-84.5076467,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8841b143589c062f:0x7638b0b25d4ed72

Who cares? Is it really that much of an honor given this team? Like the past 5 seasons, eventually Fred will be starting the threads anyways once everyone fully loses interest.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5032/6926460646_7a7999546c_o.gif

Brewers v. Villy PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Mark Reynolds 19 16 5 0 0 2 4 3 2 .313 .421 .688 1.109 0 0 0 0 0 Aramis Ramirez 13 8 4 3 0 0 0 5 4 .500 .692 .875 1.567 0 0 0 0 0 Carlos Gomez 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 .125 .300 .125 .425 0 0 0 0 0 Jonathan Lucroy 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Bianchi 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 Jean Segura 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .200 .200 .800 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Rickie Weeks 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 0 0 0 Zach Duke 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Yovani Gallardo 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 Kyle Lohse 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Braun 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Martin Maldonado 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Tyler Thornburg 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 71 60 14 4 0 3 5 11 20 .233 .352 .450 .802 0 0 0 0 1 Cubs v. Garza PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Emilio Bonifacio 11 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .364 .727 0 0 0 0 1 Ryan Sweeney 9 8 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .375 .333 .375 .708 0 1 0 0 0 Edwin Jackson 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Ryan Kalish 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Valbuena 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 35 33 8 0 0 0 2 0 7 .242 .235 .242 .478 1 1 0 0 1

Yes. Look at that frustration. And to think, he was just a twinkle in daddy's eyes in 2003.

6 years since playoffs. 4 years since.... what happened in 2010??