UMFan83

Uh oh.

I am assuming the staff would be cautious regarding ARam, but you never know. A hairline fracture could still be found.

I am shocked to see Ramirez in there. Great thing to see though.

I'm assuming its going to be: TV: Funk and Stacey King Radio: Swerski and Wennington It's hard to break up Funk and Wennington, but if they are keeping Stacey around, he is pretty much useless when not on TV.

Sorry, I made that confusing. I tracked runs and hits that occured from when the bases were loaded, to the end of the inning. So if the Cubs loaded the bases with 0 outs, someone doubled 3 runs home, and the next player homered, that would be 5 runs on 2 hits.

I should also have added the following. How the runs were scored: Sac Fly: 4 Walk: 4 Single: 6 Double: 4 Home Run: 2 Fielder's Choice: 2

As some may know, as of last night the Cubs have loaded the bases 24 times in 16 straight games. What they have gotten out of this has been mixed success. They have scored 38 runs total after the bases loaded, meaning that on average during their streak, they should expect to score 1.58 runs each time the bases are loaded (please refrain from pointing out all the fallacies with this math, I am well aware) Here is a look at their results: Overall (24 occurrences): 0 runs scored: 8 times (33% of the time) 1 run scored: 6 times (25% of the time) 2 runs scored: 4 times (17% of the time) 3 runs scored: 2 times (8% of the time) 4 runs scored: 2 times (8% of the time) 5 runs scored: 2 times (8% of the time) With 0 outs (5 occurrences): 0 runs scored: 1 time 1 run scored: 2 times 2 runs scored: 1 time 5 runs scored: 1 time With 1 out (10 occurrences): 0 runs scored: 4 times 1 runs scored: 3 times 2 runs scored: 2 times 4 runs scored: 1 time With 2 outs (9 occurrences): 0 runs scored: 3 times 1 runs scored: 1 time 2 runs scored: 1 time 3 runs scored: 2 times 4 runs scored: 1 time 5 runs scored: 1 time What is amazing is the number of hits that the Cubs have gotten after the bases are loaded..... 0 hits: 15 times 1 hit: 6 times 2 hits: 3 times 3+ hits: 0 times And even more strange is how poorly we've hit with the bases loaded lately: Bases loaded before April 22nd: 5 situations, 17 runs scored (3.4 runs per occurrence) Bases loaded after April 22nd: 19 situations, 21 runs scored (1.1 runs per occurrence) Anyways, just thought I'd share.

Not really. We aren't getting any calls or any breaks. We aren't scoring many runs either, in most games. The offense looks good because we explode in some games, but then like yesterday, it's struggle struggle struggle. It's weird. I'm not sure if we can call it feast or famine, because the team is still getting on base at a decent clip. It's just not getting that key hit. So bizarre that we've loaded the bases in I think 18 straight games, but we are having trouble scoring runs.

Cubs are 6-0 vs. the Pirates and 12-14 against everyone else.

Pie is 2-25 when the count is 0-1, 0-2, 1-2 and 9-24 in every other AB (not including today)

Yes and no. I still don't think this team is playing that horribly. We need another starter yes, and we need ARams bat yet. But If we were playing at 100% of our potential 2 weeks ago, we are playing at about 25% right now.

Oh and BTW, nice fake rally Cobs. I'd rather the Cubs go down 1-2-3, then even slighly get my hopes up by loading the bases with 1 out.

ok, see ya later They are playing the Cardinals right now, he doesn't mean he's switching teams. oh okay. i thought he was the guy who became a red sox fan last year, so i figured he was selling out the cubs again. my mistake. Would be a weird team to switch to

Now that Ronny's bat has surely cooled, it's time to start playing!

You guys need to stop complaining about a missed call at the plate. The ball beat the runner. Like Bob said, the runner will be out 99 times out of 100 in those situations. That's just the way it is. It is how baseball has been played for 100 years. Deal with it. Methinks instead of complaining about a bad call, people should be complaining about the horrible baserunning.

If it makes anyone feel better, that would have been a DP anyways.... 18-14. 3-8 in our last 11 games. Harang, Voloquez, Haren to follow.

Didn't like his .371 OBP last year? Yeah he sucks!

DeRosa 1 for his last 17 ABs.

DeRosa is awful right now...geez.

Dempster should have stayed in. 83 pitches in 6 innings.

Drats

I knocked one poster 2 days ago to ripping on DeRosa for his slump. But I am starting to get worried about him......

I think its safe to say the momentum is shifting to the Cubs

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know whats awesome? This should be our next 9 opposing starting pitchers: Tuesday: Harang Wednesday: Voloquez Friday: Haren Saturday: Scherzer (again 7 K in his first appearence) Sunday: R. Johnson (12-0 1.98 ERA lifetime vs. Cubs) Monday: Maddux Tuesday: Peavy Wednesday: Young Thursday: Wolf