Fred Hornkohl

Greetings one and all from beautiful Algonquin, IL !!! Some worthless stats of the day for Saturday........ CUBS are 2-1 on Saturdays CUBS are 0-1 vs. Washington CUBS are 3-3 vs. the NLE Division CUBS are 2-0 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 4-3 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 6-3 at night CUBS are 5-4 on the road CUBS are 6-2 against lefties CUBS are 11-5 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 4-3 when they do CUBS are 13-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-8 when they don't CUBS are 8-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 7-8 when they don't CUBS are 14-2 when they outhit the opponents.... 0-6 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even CUBS are 7-4 when they get a quality start.... 8-4 when they don't CUBS are 5-7 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 10-1 when they don't CUBS are 10-2 when they score first in the game.... 5-6 when they don't CUBS are 4-1 when they score in the first inning.... 11-7 when they don't CUBS are 6-4 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 12-4 when they get at least 8 hits..... 1-4 when they don't CUBS are 13-6 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 0-2 when they don't CUBS are 7-1 when they steal a base.... 6-7 when they don't CUBS are 6-6 when they GIDP.... 7-2 when they don't CUBS are 4-6 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 9-2 when they don't CUBS are 12-7 when they hit at least 1 double.... 1-1 when they don't CUBS are 5-0 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 8-8 when they don't CUBS are 5-5 when the opponent steals a base.... 8-3 when they don't CUBS are 5-0 when the opponent commits at least 2 errors.... 8-8 when they don't CUBS are 2-2 when the opponent triples.... 11-6 when they don't CUBS have been HBP 6 times in their last 6 games CUBS have drawn at least 2 BB's in 13 straight games CUBS were 0-1 with Jim Wolf behind home plate last year.... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .57 Wed 06/06 @ Milwaukee 6- 2 Zambrano Suppan CUBS' offensive production with Jim Wolf behind the plate last year.... 04/02 - 09/30 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Wolf 38 6 8 2 0 1 13 4 3 5 0.211 0.268 0.342 0.610 CUBS overall 5643 752 1530 342 28 151 2381 711 500 1054 0.271 0.332 0.422 0.754 CUBS are 3-2 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 4 of 5 in quality starts Zambrano has 2 consecutive quality start(s) Zambrano's ERA pitching to Soto is 2.70.... to Blanco it's 2.57 CUBS score 6.00 R/G overall.... 5.60 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 1.17 HR/G overall.... 1.80 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 03/31 - 04/25 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 168 28 40 8 0 9 75 26 16 43 0.238 0.317 0.446 0.764 CUBS overall 828 138 234 49 5 27 374 128 103 153 0.283 0.368 0.452 0.820 Composite scoring in games started by Zambrano......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 6 1 6 2 1 1 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Opponents 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Zambrano' starts this year (3-1) Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 03/31 vs. Milw 6.7 3 0 0 1 5 0 89 1.35 6.75 0.00 0.60 0.00 04/06 vs. Houst 7.0 7 2 2 0 7 1 106 0.00 9.00 1.29 1.00 2.57 04/11 vs. Phila 6.0 9 5 5 1 6 1 107 1.50 9.00 1.50 1.67 7.50 04/16 vs. Cincy 7.0 8 2 2 1 5 0 102 1.29 6.43 0.00 1.29 2.57 04/21 vs. Mets 7.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 101 2.57 5.14 0.00 1.00 1.29 Home 27.7 23 5 5 4 21 1 398 1.30 6.83 0.33 0.98 1.63 Road 6.0 9 5 5 1 6 1 107 1.50 9.00 1.50 1.67 7.50 Day 13.7 10 2 2 1 12 1 195 0.66 7.90 0.66 0.80 1.32 Nite 20.0 22 8 8 4 15 1 310 1.80 6.75 0.45 1.30 3.60 Road Nite 6.0 9 5 5 1 6 1 107 1.50 9.00 1.50 1.67 7.50 season totals 33.7 32 10 10 5 27 2 505 1.34 7.22 0.53 1.10 2.67 Zambrano's starts vs. Washington last year (2-0)..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/04 vs. Wash 6.0 6 4 4 3 4 1 104 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.50 6.00 07/03 vs. Wash 6.7 3 1 1 4 8 0 121 5.40 10.80 0.00 1.05 1.35 totls vs. Wash 12.7 9 5 5 7 12 1 225 4.97 8.53 0.71 1.26 3.55 season totals 216.3 187 100 95 101 177 23 3691 4.20 7.36 0.96 1.33 3.95 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Fri Thur Wed Tue Mon Sun Sat Totals 25 Apr 24 Apr 23 Apr 22 Apr 21 Apr 20 Apr 19 Apr @ Wash @ Colo @ Colo vs. Mets vs. Mets vs. Pitt vs. Pitt pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Hart 1.0 28 1.0 22 1.7 33 3.7 83 Howry 0.3 10 1.0 10 1.0 10 2.0 36 4.3 66 Lieber 1.7 21 1.7 21 Marmol 1.0 20 1.0 21 1.0 18 1.0 9 4.0 68 Pignatiello Wood 1.0 17 1.0 6 2.0 23 Wuertz 0.0 7 1.0 27 1.3 16 2.3 50 Marshall 0.3 5 1.0 18 1.3 23 Totals 1.3 30 1.0 28 5.0 81 3.0 50 2.0 15 4.0 81 3.0 49 19.3 334 CUBS' season series vs. Washington this year (0-1) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .23 Fri 04/25 @ Washington N 3- 5 Dempster Perez .24 Sat 04/26 @ Washington - Zambrano Chico .25 Sun 04/27 @ Washington - Lilly Lannan 128 Fri 08/22 Washington - Dempster Redding 129 Sat 08/23 Washington - Zambrano Bergmann 130 Sun 08/24 Washington - Lilly Hill CUBS' season series vs. Washington last year (6-1)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .27 Fri 05/04 Washington 6- 4 Zambrano Bergmann .28 Sat 05/05 Washington 5- 3 Hill Patterson .29 Sun 05/06 Washington 4- 3 Guzman Hill .81 Mon 07/02 @ Washington 7- 2 Lilly Simontacchi .82 Tue 07/03 @ Washington 3- 1 Zambrano Redding .83 Wed 07/04 @ Washington 0- 6 Hill Chico .84 Thu 07/05 @ Washington 4- 2 Marshall Bergmann CUBS' last 7 games (5-2).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .17 Sat 04/19 Pittsburgh 13- 1 Marquis Gorzelanny .18 Sun 04/20 Pittsburgh 13- 6 Dempster Duke .19 Mon 04/21 New York N 7- 1 Zambrano Maine .20 Tue 04/22 New York 8- 1 Lilly Figueroa .21 Wed 04/23 @ Colorado N 7- 6 Hill Morales .22 Thu 04/24 @ Colorado 2- 4 Marquis Cook .23 Fri 04/25 @ Washington N 3- 5 Dempster Perez Composite scoring during the last 7 games......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 3 4 7 7 7 7 4 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 Opponents 3 0 0 0 4 9 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games...... 04/19 - 04/25 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC RBI% Ward 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.500 0.833 2.000 2.833 0.000 5.50 3.3 0.500 Ramirez 26 8 11 3 0 3 10 5 4 0.423 0.545 0.885 1.430 0.421 3.42 12.5 0.467 Blanco 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.500 0.750 0.500 1.250 0.500 3.25 0.8 0.000 Soto 22 3 10 2 0 1 2 5 6 0.455 0.556 0.682 1.237 0.600 4.37 8.3 0.091 Fukudome 21 7 9 2 1 0 1 6 3 0.429 0.556 0.619 1.175 0.500 4.33 7.2 0.143 Pie 12 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 2 0.417 0.417 0.667 1.083 0.444 2.67 3.3 0.273 Theriot 23 6 10 3 0 0 4 3 2 0.435 0.500 0.565 1.065 0.476 3.38 6.5 0.444 Cedeno 24 7 9 2 0 1 10 2 6 0.375 0.423 0.583 1.006 0.471 4.15 5.9 0.346 D Lee 28 7 10 1 1 1 5 3 1 0.357 0.419 0.571 0.991 0.346 3.94 6.7 0.333 Johnson 25 6 5 1 0 0 2 2 2 0.200 0.355 0.240 0.595 0.217 3.97 2.1 0.105 DeRosa 23 3 4 0 0 0 4 5 7 0.174 0.300 0.174 0.474 0.250 4.10 1.2 0.154 Fontenot 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.111 0.200 0.111 0.311 0.167 3.45 0.2 0.111 Murton 10 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.100 0.182 0.100 0.282 0.111 3.55 0.2 0.167 last 7 games 246 53 79 15 2 8 49 39 40 0.321 0.423 0.496 0.919 0.359 3.81 51.6 0.228 season totls 828 138 234 49 5 27 128 103 153 0.283 0.368 0.452 0.820 0.319 3.90 137.8 0.196 CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games...... 04/19 - 04/25 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Marmol 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 49 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Zambrano 7.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 101 2.57 5.14 0.00 1.00 1.29 Lilly 6.0 4 1 1 4 4 0 107 6.00 6.00 0.00 1.33 1.50 Marquis 13.0 14 3 3 3 11 1 200 2.08 7.62 0.69 1.31 2.08 Howry 4.0 2 1 1 0 5 1 46 0.00 11.25 2.25 0.50 2.25 Hart 3.7 3 2 1 3 3 0 83 7.36 7.36 0.00 1.64 2.45 Hill 5.0 3 2 2 4 3 1 84 7.20 5.40 1.80 1.40 3.60 Marshall 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 23 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.00 4.50 Wood 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 23 0.00 13.50 0.00 1.00 4.50 Lieber 1.7 1 1 1 0 1 1 21 0.00 5.40 5.40 0.60 5.40 Dempster 5.0 5 3 3 2 3 0 95 3.60 5.40 0.00 1.40 5.40 Wuertz 2.3 3 3 3 1 1 1 50 3.86 3.86 3.86 1.71 11.57 last 7 gmes 54.7 43 19 18 20 43 5 882 3.29 7.08 0.82 1.15 2.96 season totals 207.7 187 98 89 74 154 22 3372 3.21 6.67 0.95 1.26 3.86 Patience is a virtue......... 03/31 - 04/25 BA OBP SLG OPS P PA P/PA Ward 0.077 0.400 0.308 0.708 101 20 5.05 Fukudome 0.346 0.465 0.506 0.971 446 99 4.51 Cedeno 0.343 0.410 0.514 0.925 173 40 4.33 D Lee 0.357 0.413 0.663 1.076 445 109 4.08 Soto 0.338 0.438 0.581 1.019 359 89 4.03 Johnson 0.308 0.395 0.354 0.749 304 76 4.00 Ramirez 0.284 0.402 0.557 0.959 422 107 3.94 Fontenot 0.205 0.225 0.333 0.558 159 41 3.88 DeRosa 0.276 0.387 0.461 0.848 359 94 3.82 E Patterson 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 22 6 3.67 Theriot 0.329 0.396 0.463 0.859 333 92 3.62 Murton 0.100 0.182 0.100 0.282 39 11 3.55 Soriano 0.175 0.230 0.298 0.528 213 61 3.49 Pie 0.237 0.275 0.316 0.591 137 40 3.43 Blanco 0.357 0.438 0.357 0.795 54 16 3.38 CUBS 0.283 0.368 0.452 0.820 3752 962 3.90 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 03/31 - 04/25 BDI LOB RBI% Cedeno 12 21 0.364 D Lee 11 28 0.282 Johnson 9 24 0.273 Ramirez 11 36 0.234 Fukudome 8 27 0.229 Soto 11 40 0.216 DeRosa 12 48 0.200 Murton 3 15 0.167 Theriot 6 30 0.167 Murton 3 15 0.167 Pie 5 28 0.152 E Patterson 1 7 0.125 Soriano 3 24 0.111 Fontenot 3 25 0.107 Ward 1 10 0.091 Blanco 1 13 0.071 CUBS 101 413 0.196 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

Greetings one and all from beautiful Rawlins, WY !! Some worthless stats of the day for Friday............ CUBS are 1-2 on Fridays CUBS are 0-0 vs. Washington CUBS are 3-2 vs. the NLE Division CUBS are 2-2 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 4-2 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 5-3 in games that start a series CUBS are 1-1-1 in road series CUBS are 6-2 at night CUBS are 5-3 on the road CUBS are 6-1 against lefties CUBS are 11-5 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 4-2 when they do CUBS are 13-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-7 when they don't CUBS are 8-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 7-7 when they don't CUBS are 14-1 when they outhit the opponents.... 0-6 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even CUBS are 5-0 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 10-7 when he doesn't CUBS are 4-2 in one run games.... 3-2 in two run games CUBS are 2-0 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 13-7 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are 7-3 when they get a quality start.... 8-4 when they don't CUBS are 5-6 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 10-1 when they don't CUBS are 10-2 when they score first in the game.... 5-5 when they don't CUBS are 4-1 when they score in the first inning.... 11-6 when they don't CUBS are on a pace to win 110 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 994 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 199 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 714 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1060 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 133 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 88 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 103 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05 CUBS are scoring 6.14 runs per game this year..... compared to 4.64 last year and 4.42 in '06 and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.91 pitches per plate appearance..... compared to 3.74 last year and 3.68 in '06 and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are driving in 19.9% of their baserunners..... compared to 18.9% last year and 20.0% in '06 and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.403 runs per baserunner this year..... compared to 0.364 last year and 0.370 in '06 and 0.365 in '05 CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 34.5% rate..... compared to 34.1% last year and 32.3% in '06 and 35.8% in '05 CUBS are 6-3 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 12-3 when they get at least 8 hits..... 1-4 when they don't CUBS are 13-5 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 0-2 when they don't CUBS are 7-1 when they steal a base.... 6-6 when they don't CUBS are 6-5 when they GIDP.... 7-2 when they don't CUBS are 4-5 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 9-2 when they don't CUBS are 12-6 when they hit at least 1 double.... 1-1 when they don't CUBS are 5-0 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 8-7 when they don't CUBS are 5-5 when the opponent steals a base.... 8-2 when they don't CUBS are 4-1 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 9-6 when they don't CUBS are 5-0 when the opponent commits at least 2 errors.... 8-7 when they don't CUBS are 2-2 when the opponent triples.... 11-5 when they don't CUBS are 4-3 when they hit an opposing batter.... 9-4 when they don't CUBS have won 12 of their last 16 games against left handed starters CUBS have 3 GIDP in their last 13 games CUBS have Homered in 5 of their last 6 games CUBS have been HBP 5 times in their last 5 games CUBS have drawn at least 2 BB's in 12 straight games CUBS are 4-0 when Dempster starts Dempster is 2 of 4 in quality starts Dempster has 2 consecutive non-quality start(s) Dempster's ERA pitching to Soto is 3.00.... to Blanco it's N/A CUBS score 6.14 R/G overall.... 8.50 R/G when Dempster pitches CUBS hit 1.23 HR/G overall.... 1.50 HR/G when Dempster pitches CUBS' offensive support of Dempster..... 03/31 - 04/24 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Dempster 121 21 35 7 0 5 57 20 17 27 0.289 0.387 0.471 0.858 CUBS overall 796 135 226 46 5 27 363 125 97 144 0.284 0.368 0.456 0.824 Composite scoring in games started by Dempster......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 1 4 3 3 9 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 34 Opponents 2 1 2 0 3 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 Dempster' starts this year (3-0) Dempster IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/03 vs. Milw 6.0 3 2 1 2 5 0 91 3.00 7.50 0.00 0.83 1.50 04/09 vs. Pitts 7.0 1 0 0 2 5 0 98 2.57 6.43 0.00 0.43 0.00 04/15 vs. Cincy 6.0 5 4 4 5 3 1 106 7.50 4.50 1.50 1.67 6.00 04/20 vs. Pitts 5.0 5 3 3 2 3 0 95 3.60 5.40 0.00 1.40 5.40 season totals 24.0 14 9 8 11 16 1 390 4.13 6.00 0.38 1.04 3.00 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Thur Wed Tue Mon Sun Sat Fri Totals 24 Apr 23 Apr 22 Apr 21 Apr 20 Apr 19 Apr 18 Apr @ Colo @ Colo vs. Mets vs. Mets vs. Pitt vs. Pitt vs. Pitt pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Hart 1.0 28 1.0 22 1.7 33 3.7 83 Howry 1.0 10 1.0 10 2.0 36 4.0 56 Lieber 1.7 21 0.7 9 2.3 30 Marmol 1.0 21 1.0 18 1.0 9 2.0 43 5.0 91 Pignatiello Wood 1.0 17 1.0 6 1.0 6 3.0 29 Wuertz 0.0 7 1.0 27 1.3 16 2.3 50 Marshall 0.3 5 1.0 18 0.3 2 1.7 25 Totals 1.0 28 5.0 81 3.0 50 2.0 15 4.0 81 3.0 49 4.0 60 22.0 364 CUBS' season series vs. Washington last year (0-0) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .23 Fri 04/25 @ Washington N - Dempster Perez .24 Sat 04/26 @ Washington - Zambrano Chico .25 Sun 04/27 @ Washington - Lilly Lannan 128 Fri 08/22 Washington - Dempster Redding 129 Sat 08/23 Washington - Zambrano Bergmann 130 Sun 08/24 Washington - Lilly Hill CUBS' season series vs. Washington last year (6-1)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .27 Fri 05/04 Washington 6- 4 Zambrano Bergmann .28 Sat 05/05 Washington 5- 3 Hill Patterson .29 Sun 05/06 Washington 4- 3 Guzman Hill .81 Mon 07/02 @ Washington 7- 2 Lilly Simontacchi .82 Tue 07/03 @ Washington 3- 1 Zambrano Redding .83 Wed 07/04 @ Washington 0- 6 Hill Chico .84 Thu 07/05 @ Washington 4- 2 Marshall Bergmann CUBS hitters vs. Washington last year..... vs. Wash AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Blanco 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 Ward 7 1 4 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0.571 0.500 0.714 1.214 0.571 Jones 16 3 7 4 0 0 11 2 1 2 0.438 0.471 0.688 1.158 0.500 Pagan 13 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0.308 0.308 0.308 0.615 0.400 Soriano 33 6 10 2 0 0 12 2 0 7 0.303 0.303 0.364 0.667 0.385 Ramirez 26 3 8 2 0 1 13 4 1 5 0.308 0.333 0.500 0.833 0.350 Floyd 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 0.273 0.429 0.273 0.701 0.333 DeRosa 21 0 6 2 0 0 8 5 4 2 0.286 0.400 0.381 0.781 0.316 Fontenot 12 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.300 Theriot 19 2 5 1 0 0 6 3 4 0 0.263 0.391 0.316 0.707 0.263 Izturis 9 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.222 0.417 0.333 0.750 0.222 Pie 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 0.200 Barrett 13 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.154 0.154 0.154 0.308 0.182 Murton 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.167 0.286 0.333 0.619 0.167 Lee 20 4 4 0 0 1 7 2 6 0 0.200 0.429 0.350 0.779 0.158 K Hill 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.111 0.111 0.111 0.222 0.111 Bowen 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Wash 242 29 64 14 0 2 84 28 23 32 0.264 0.333 0.347 0.680 0.298 season totals 5644 750 1531 338 28 150 2375 710 499 1044 0.271 0.332 0.421 0.753 0.310 CUBS pitchers vs. Wahington last year year...... vs. Wash IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Cotts 2.0 1 0 0 3 5 0 50 13.50 22.50 0.00 2.00 0.00 Dempster 3.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 48 3.00 12.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Marmol 2.3 3 0 0 1 4 0 39 3.86 15.43 0.00 1.71 0.00 Ohman 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 41 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 Petrick 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 29 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Lilly 7.0 3 1 1 3 5 0 115 3.86 6.43 0.00 0.86 1.29 Howry 5.3 4 1 1 1 4 0 73 1.69 6.75 0.00 0.94 1.69 Guzman 5.0 2 1 1 2 3 0 82 3.60 5.40 0.00 0.80 1.80 Marshall 5.3 5 2 2 4 2 0 85 6.75 3.38 0.00 1.69 3.38 Zambrano 12.7 9 5 5 7 12 1 225 4.97 8.53 0.71 1.26 3.55 Eyre 2.3 1 1 1 3 3 0 47 11.57 11.57 0.00 1.71 3.86 R Hill 12.0 16 7 7 2 10 2 198 1.50 7.50 1.50 1.50 5.25 Wuertz 1.3 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 6.75 0.00 0.00 1.50 6.75 Cherry 0.7 2 2 2 0 1 0 16 0.00 13.50 0.00 3.00 27.00 totals vs. Wash 63.0 52 21 21 29 56 3 1063 4.14 8.00 0.43 1.29 3.00 season totals 1446.7 1338 691 650 570 1209 165 23493 3.55 7.52 1.03 1.32 4.04 CUBS are facing 3 lefties in a row. So far this year, they've hit lefties like this......... vs Left AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC RBI% Blanco 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.667 0.750 0.667 1.417 1.000 4.50 1.5 0.000 Soto 20 3 9 2 0 1 5 4 2 0.450 0.542 0.700 1.242 0.471 4.13 7.6 0.286 D Lee 24 5 9 2 1 1 6 4 3 0.375 0.464 0.667 1.131 0.400 4.79 7.4 0.333 Ramirez 22 3 8 4 0 1 5 2 4 0.364 0.440 0.682 1.122 0.412 3.60 6.6 0.286 Fukudome 18 4 7 1 1 0 3 2 5 0.389 0.450 0.556 1.006 0.538 5.00 4.5 0.333 Theriot 18 5 6 2 0 0 2 3 2 0.333 0.429 0.444 0.873 0.375 3.62 3.4 0.222 Cedeno 17 3 6 1 0 0 5 3 4 0.353 0.450 0.412 0.862 0.462 4.55 3.2 0.313 DeRosa 21 5 5 1 0 1 3 4 4 0.238 0.346 0.429 0.775 0.250 3.62 3.1 0.133 Fontenot 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.500 2.50 0.3 0.500 Johnson 22 5 5 1 0 0 2 4 2 0.227 0.393 0.273 0.666 0.250 4.07 2.4 0.167 Soriano 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.250 0.294 0.250 0.544 0.286 4.18 1.2 0.000 Ward 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 7.00 0.0 0.000 Pie 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.143 0.143 0.143 0.286 0.250 4.29 0.1 0.222 Murton 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.29 0.0 0.154 totals vs. Left 214 37 65 16 2 4 37 29 38 0.304 0.393 0.453 0.846 0.355 4.02 38.1 0.223 overall 796 135 226 46 5 27 125 97 144 0.284 0.368 0.456 0.824 0.318 3.91 133.5 0.199 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 03/31 - 04/24 BDI LOB RBI% Cedeno 12 20 0.375 D Lee 11 25 0.306 Johnson 9 21 0.300 Fukudome 8 23 0.258 Ramirez 10 35 0.222 Soto 11 39 0.220 DeRosa 12 46 0.207 Pie 5 28 0.152 Theriot 5 30 0.143 E Patterson 1 7 0.125 Fontenot 3 22 0.120 Murton 2 15 0.118 Soriano 3 24 0.111 Ward 1 10 0.091 Blanco 1 13 0.071 CUBS 98 394 0.199 CUBS' magic numbers: Milwaukee 139 St. Louis 139 Houston 136 Pittsburgh 135 Cincinnati 134 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

Looking at the Cubs schedule that year is just so depressing. I remember that year really well. Incredible start and it looked like the Cubs were going to steamroll through the season. Then one pitcher went on the DL. Then another. And another. And another. Then the entire starting rotation was on the DL at the same time. tough to manage through that. I remember that year too. I really thought the Cubs were going to win back-to-back division titles until the bottom dropped out. The pitching situation seemed similar to 2006, with one major difference. In 2006 the Cubs had legitimate pitching prospects that were called up earlier than they otherwise would have been, but I think that experience helped some of them (such as Marmol and Marshall) last year. In 1985, however, they were starting AA-quality pitchers who never pitched in the majors after that year (anybody remember the legendary Steve Engel, Johnny Abrego, and Derek Botelho?). Yes, some of us remember..... but we're trying real hard to forget, eh? :wink:

Thank you ! :wink:

Greetings one and all from the aforementioned West Sacramento, CA. Some worthless stats of the day for Thursday.......... CUBS are 2-1 on Thursdays CUBS are 1-0 vs. Colorado CUBS are 1-0 vs. the NLW Division CUBS are 0-0 when they've won their last 6 game(s) in a row CUBS are 11-3 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 6-1 in games that end a series CUBS are 1-0 in games that end a road trip CUBS are 9-4 in day games CUBS are 5-2 on the road CUBS are 9-5 against right handers CUBS are 7-2 when they get a quality start.... 8-4 when they don't CUBS are 5-5 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 10-1 when they don't CUBS are 10-2 when they score first in the game.... 5-4 when they don't CUBS are 4-1 when they score in the first inning.... 11-5 when they don't CUBS are 11-5 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 4-1 when they do CUBS are 13-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-6 when they don't CUBS are 8-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 7-6 when they don't CUBS are 14-1 when they outhit the opponents.... 0-5 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even CUBS are 6-3 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 5-0 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 10-6 when he doesn't CUBS are 4-2 in one run games.... 3-1 in two run games CUBS are 2-0 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 13-6 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are on a pace to win 116 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 1026 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 208 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 725 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1057 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 139 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 85 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 100 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05 CUBS are scoring 6.33 runs per game this year..... compared to 4.64 last year and 4.42 in '06 and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.93 pitches per plate appearance..... compared to 3.74 last year and 3.68 in '06 and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are driving in 19.9% of their baserunners..... compared to 18.9% last year and 20.0% in '06 and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.405 runs per baserunner this year..... compared to 0.364 last year and 0.370 in '06 and 0.365 in '05 CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 35.1% rate..... compared to 34.1% last year and 32.3% in '06 and 35.8% in '05 CUBS have 2 GIDP in their last 12 games CUBS have Homered in each of their last 5 games CUBS have been HBP 5 times in their last 4 games CUBS have 10 or more hits in 4 of their last 5 games..... 7 of their last 10..... 10 of their last 15 CUBS have drawn at least 2 BB's in 11 straight games CUBS were 2-1 with Ed Hickox behind home plate last year.... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .40 Fri 05/18 Chicago (AL) 6- 3 Lilly Beuhrle .73 Sat 06/23 @ Chicago (AL) 2- 1 Hill Vazquez 136 Mon 09/03 Los Angeles 3-11 Zambrano Loaiza CUBS' offensive production with Ed Hickox behind the plate last year.... 04/02 - 09/30 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Hickox 105 11 29 5 1 3 45 10 5 23 0.276 0.309 0.429 0.738 CUBS overall 5643 752 1530 342 28 151 2381 711 500 1054 0.271 0.332 0.422 0.754 CUBS are 3-0 when Marquis starts Marquis is 1 of 3 in quality starts Marquis has 1 consecutive quality start(s) Marquis' ERA pitching to Soto is 3.97.... to Blanco it's 3.60 CUBS score 6.33 R/G overall.... 9.33 R/G when Marquis pitches CUBS hit 1.29 HR/G overall.... 1.33 HR/G when Marquis pitches CUBS' offensive support of Marquis..... 03/31 - 04/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marquis 110 28 38 8 1 4 60 24 17 12 0.345 0.430 0.545 0.975 CUBS overall 767 133 222 46 5 27 359 123 94 137 0.289 0.373 0.468 0.841 Composite scoring in games started by Marquis......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 2 2 8 0 0 6 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Opponents 2 1 0 1 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Marquis' starts this year (1-0) Marquis IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/05 vs. Houst 5.3 8 5 4 1 2 1 81 1.69 3.38 1.69 1.69 6.75 04/13 vs. Phila 5.0 4 2 2 5 2 1 86 9.00 3.60 1.80 1.80 3.60 04/19 vs. Pitts 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 102 1.50 10.50 0.00 1.17 1.50 season totals 16.3 18 8 7 7 11 2 269 3.86 6.06 1.10 1.53 3.86 Marquis' starts vs. Colorado last year (1-0)..... Marquis IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/25 vs. Colo 5.7 7 3 3 2 5 0 97 3.18 7.94 0.00 1.59 4.76 08/10 vs. Colo 6.7 5 1 0 0 5 0 89 0.00 6.75 0.00 0.75 0.00 totals vs. Colo 12.3 12 4 3 2 10 0 186 1.46 7.30 0.00 1.14 2.19 season totals 191.7 190 111 98 76 109 22 3029 3.57 5.12 1.03 1.39 4.60 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Wed Tue Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Totals 23 Apr 22 Apr 21 Apr 20 Apr 19 Apr 18 Apr 17 Apr @ Colo vs. Mets vs. Mets vs. Pitt vs. Pitt vs. Pitt vs. Cinc pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Hart 1.0 22 1.7 33 2.7 55 Howry 1.0 10 1.0 10 2.0 36 0.7 14 4.7 70 Lieber 1.7 21 0.7 9 1.0 23 3.3 53 Marmol 1.0 21 1.0 18 1.0 9 2.0 43 5.0 91 Pignatiello Wood 1.0 17 1.0 6 1.0 6 3.0 29 Wuertz 0.0 7 1.0 27 1.3 16 1.0 12 3.3 62 Marshall 0.3 5 1.0 18 0.3 2 0.3 2 2.0 27 Totals 5.0 81 3.0 50 2.0 15 4.0 81 3.0 49 4.0 60 3.0 51 24.0 387 CUBS' season series vs. Colorado this year (1-0)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .21 Wed 04/23 @ Colorado N 7- 6 Hill Morales .22 Thu 04/24 @ Colorado - Marquis Cook .54 Thu 05/29 Colorado N - Zambrano Redman .55 Fri 05/30 Colorado - Lilly Towers .56 Sat 05/31 Colorado - Hill Francis .57 Sun 06/01 Colorado - Marquis Cook CUBS' season series vs. Colorado last year (5-2) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .75 Mon 06/25 Colorado N 10- 9 Marquis Francis .76 Tue 06/26 Colorado N 8- 5 Lilly Lopez .77 Wed 06/27 Colorado 6- 4 Zambrano Hirsch 114 Thu 08/09 @ Colorado N 10- 2 Lilly Jimemez 115 Fri 08/10 @ Colorado N 6- 2 Marquis Cook 116 Sat 08/11 @ Colorado N 2-15 Hill Fogg 117 Sun 08/12 @ Colorado 3- 6 Marshall Harikkala CUBS' last 10 games (9-1).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .12 Sun 04/13 @ Philadelphia 6- 5 Marquis Moyer .13 Tue 04/15 Cincinnati N 9- 5 Dempster Volquez .14 Wed 04/16 Cincinnati N 12- 3 Zambrano Fogg .15 Thu 04/17 Cincinnati 2- 9 Lilly Harang .16 Fri 04/18 Pittsburgh 3- 2 Hill Snell .17 Sat 04/19 Pittsburgh 13- 1 Marquis Gorzelanny .18 Sun 04/20 Pittsburgh 13- 6 Dempster Duke .19 Mon 04/21 New York N 7- 1 Zambrano Maine .20 Tue 04/22 New York 8- 1 Lilly Figueroa .21 Wed 04/23 @ Colorado N 7- 6 Hill Morales Composite scoring during the last 10 games......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 7 6 15 10 9 9 7 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Opponents 1 3 2 3 5 13 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 CUBS' hitters during the last 10 games...... 04/13 - 04/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC RBI% Ward 5 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0.200 0.556 0.800 1.356 0.000 5.22 2.2 0.125 Soto 27 5 13 4 0 1 6 8 6 0.481 0.600 0.741 1.341 0.600 4.29 12.0 0.250 Theriot 37 9 17 4 1 1 5 3 4 0.459 0.500 0.703 1.203 0.500 3.24 13.0 0.400 D Lee 43 11 19 1 1 3 11 3 6 0.442 0.478 0.721 1.199 0.471 4.41 14.8 0.444 Ramirez 36 11 12 4 0 3 10 8 8 0.333 0.489 0.694 1.184 0.360 3.83 12.2 0.318 Cedeno 21 8 9 2 0 1 10 3 5 0.429 0.500 0.667 1.167 0.533 4.36 7.0 0.360 Fukudome 35 10 13 2 2 0 3 8 7 0.371 0.488 0.543 1.031 0.464 4.98 9.3 0.188 DeRosa 34 8 11 2 0 2 11 7 8 0.324 0.432 0.559 0.991 0.375 3.91 8.2 0.273 Blanco 9 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0.444 0.545 0.444 0.990 0.571 3.55 2.2 0.091 Johnson 38 6 12 2 0 0 5 2 1 0.316 0.386 0.368 0.755 0.324 4.00 5.4 0.227 Pie 13 3 3 0 0 1 3 1 5 0.231 0.286 0.462 0.747 0.286 3.36 1.7 0.143 Soriano 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 0.167 3.67 0.2 0.000 Fontenot 20 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 0.100 0.143 0.150 0.293 0.133 4.05 0.4 0.063 Murton 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.200 0.111 3.40 0.1 0.118 E Patterson 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.67 0.0 0.125 last 10 games 366 80 124 24 4 13 74 51 67 0.339 0.426 0.533 0.959 0.388 3.98 83.1 0.233 season totals 767 133 222 46 5 27 123 94 137 0.289 0.373 0.468 0.841 0.323 3.93 134.0 0.200 CUBS' pitchers during the last 10 games...... 04/13 - 04/23 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Marmol 8.3 2 1 1 2 13 1 145 2.16 14.04 1.08 0.48 1.08 Wood 6.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 67 1.50 9.00 0.00 0.67 1.50 Howry 5.7 5 2 1 1 5 1 84 1.59 7.94 1.59 1.06 1.59 Zambrano 14.0 13 3 3 3 9 0 203 1.93 5.79 0.00 1.14 1.93 Hart 4.7 3 1 1 3 3 1 91 5.79 5.79 1.93 1.29 1.93 Marquis 11.0 10 3 3 6 9 1 188 4.91 7.36 0.82 1.45 2.45 Hill 10.0 6 3 3 7 7 1 166 6.30 6.30 0.90 1.30 2.70 Marshall 3.3 1 1 1 1 2 0 38 2.70 5.40 0.00 0.60 2.70 Lilly 12.0 10 6 6 7 10 1 201 5.25 7.50 0.75 1.42 4.50 Dempster 11.0 10 7 7 7 6 1 201 5.73 4.91 0.82 1.55 5.73 Lieber 3.3 5 4 3 0 2 2 53 0.00 5.40 5.40 1.50 8.10 Wuertz 3.3 8 7 7 2 1 3 81 5.40 2.70 8.10 3.00 18.90 last 10 games 92.7 76 39 37 40 73 12 1518 3.88 7.09 1.17 1.25 3.59 season totals 199.7 177 94 86 71 149 21 3246 3.20 6.72 0.95 1.24 3.88 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 03/31 - 04/23 BDI LOB RBI% Cedeno 12 20 0.375 D Lee 11 25 0.306 Johnson 9 21 0.300 Fukudome 8 23 0.258 Soto 11 37 0.229 Ramirez 10 35 0.222 DeRosa 12 46 0.207 Theriot 5 27 0.156 Pie 4 28 0.125 E Patterson 1 7 0.125 Murton 2 15 0.118 Soriano 3 24 0.111 Ward 1 10 0.091 Fontenot 2 20 0.091 Blanco 1 13 0.071 CUBS 96 385 0.200 CUBS' magic numbers: Milwaukee 140 St. Louis 139 Houston 136 Pittsburgh 136 Cincinnati 135 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

Nice. Where, I might point, it was snowing !!! :evil: Fortunately, I've come "back down to Earth", as they say. It's a whole lot warmer here in West Sacramento. I'll be heading up to Tahoe this weekend for a bachelor party. Well, not a bachelor party but my bachelor party. Good times shall be had by all. Of course, it never would have occurred to you to come over here and buy my coffee ???? :wink:

Nice. Where, I might point, it was snowing !!! :evil: Fortunately, I've come "back down to Earth", as they say. It's a whole lot warmer here in West Sacramento.

Greetings from high atop beautiful Donner Summit in the Sierra Nevadas just outside of Truckee, CA !! Well, it's like they say..... the first 10,000 wins are always the toughest !! Thursday the CUBS will be gunning for their 7th straight win, 4th straight series win, and 3rd straight series sweep. The matchups........... http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6493.jpg Marquis (1-0) 3.86 vs. http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6981.jpg Cook (2-1) 3.12 As our esteemed colleague, bhogg, is fond of saying...."It's on like donkey kong !!" Go CUBS !!

So.... go down to the local sports bar and watch it on their EI package !! :wink:

Greetings one and all from beautiful Ames, IA !!! CUBS are 9,999-9,470. I wonder if this is a big deal ?? First Hill, then Marquis, and now Lilly have all showed signs of getting back on track. In each's last start, combined, the opponents have scored a total of 4 runs !! Ramirez got back in the groove, and now Soto, Cedeno, & Pie all appear to be playing with more confidence than they had previously. This team is now on a pace to win 113 games. If they keep this up, by the end of the season they could quite possibly hold the record for most victories in a season !! :wink: In any case, CUBS have gotten their act together, and they're taking on the road. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/images/homepage/y2008/matchup.png ..... AT ..... http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/col/images/homepage/y2008/matchup.png The CUBS are set to invade Coors Field to play the Rockies, who are currently 9-10 (3-4 at home) , good for second place (5 games behind Arizona) in the NL West, and have lost 2 in a row, pending a date on Tuesday night with the Phillies. The matchup for Wednesday will be.......... http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/448179.jpg Hill (1-0) vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/462985.jpg Morales (1-0) Morales is another left hander, and we've learned how to beat lefties like a rented mule ..... 11 out of our last 15 vs lefties (5-1 this season). 03/31 - 04/21 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC RBI% CUBS vs Lefties 181 34 56 14 0 3 34 26 32 0.309 0.405 0.436 0.841 0.363 4.02 32.0 0.230 So.... let the carnage continue !!! Go CUBS !!!

Hey NC .... if this Accounting thing doesn't work out, you might just have a career ahead of you in writing pop lyrics, eh? :wink:

With winds out of the south at 10 to 20...... it could happen !!

Some worthless stats of the day for Tuesday........ CUBS are 1-0 on Tuesdays CUBS are 1-0 vs. New York CUBS are 2-2 vs. the NLE Division CUBS are 1-0 when they've won their last 4 game(s) in a row CUBS are 9-3 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 3-1 in home series CUBS have won 2 consecutive series CUBS are 8-4 in day games CUBS are 9-4 at home CUBS are 8-5 against right handers CUBS are 5-3 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 6-2 when they get a quality start.... 7-4 when they don't CUBS are 4-5 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 9-1 when they don't CUBS are 9-5 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 4-1 when they do CUBS are 11-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-6 when they don't CUBS are 7-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 6-6 when they don't CUBS are 12-1 when they outhit the opponents.... 0-5 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even CUBS are 12-3 when they get at least 8 hits..... 1-3 when they don't CUBS are 13-4 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 0-2 when they don't CUBS are 7-1 when they steal a base.... 6-5 when they don't CUBS are 4-4 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 9-2 when they don't CUBS are 12-6 when they hit at least 1 double.... 1-0 when they don't CUBS are 5-0 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 8-6 when they don't CUBS are 5-3 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 8-3 when they don't CUBS are 5-4 when the opponent steals a base.... 8-2 when they don't CUBS are 5-0 when the opponent commits at least 2 errors.... 8-6 when they don't CUBS are 2-2 when the opponent triples.... 11-4 when they don't CUBS have 1 GIDP in their last 10 games CUBS have been HBP 4 times in their last 2 games.... 6 times in their last 6 games CUBS were 1-1 with Eric Cooper behind home plate last year.... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 39 Thu 05/17 @ New York 5- 6 Guzman Vargas 127 Fri 08/24 @ Arizona N 6- 2 Marshall Owings CUBS' offensive production with Eric Cooper behind the plate last year.... 04/02 - 09/30 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Cooper 70 11 20 3 0 2 29 10 3 7 0.286 0.311 0.414 0.725 CUBS overall 5643 752 1530 342 28 151 2381 711 500 1054 0.271 0.332 0.422 0.754 CUBS are 1-3 when Lilly starts Lilly is 0 of 4 in quality starts Lilly has 4 consecutive non-quality start(s) Lilly's ERA pitching to Soto is 9.95.... to Blanco it's 7.50 CUBS score 6.21 R/G overall.... 3.75 R/G when Lilly pitches CUBS hit 1.26 HR/G overall.... 0.50 HR/G when Lilly pitches CUBS' offensive support of Lilly..... 03/31 - 04/21 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Lilly 146 15 33 8 0 2 47 14 21 30 0.226 0.325 0.322 0.647 CUBS overall 689 118 193 42 3 24 313 108 83 128 0.280 0.364 0.454 0.818 Composite scoring in games started by Lilly......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 0 2 6 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 Opponents 1 2 0 10 4 5 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Lilly's starts this year (0-3) Lilly IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/02 vs. Milw 4.7 5 4 4 0 4 1 77 0.00 7.71 1.93 1.07 7.71 04/07 vs. Pitts 3.7 7 5 5 2 1 0 80 4.91 2.45 0.00 2.45 12.27 04/12 vs. Phila 4.3 7 5 5 2 3 2 86 4.15 6.23 4.15 2.08 10.38 04/17 vs. Cincy 6.0 6 5 5 3 6 1 94 4.50 9.00 1.50 1.50 7.50 season totals 18.7 25 19 19 7 14 4 337 3.38 6.75 1.93 1.71 9.16 Lilly's starts vs. New York last year (1-0)..... Lilly IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/04 vs. Mets 7.7 7 2 2 1 8 2 113 1.17 9.39 2.35 1.04 2.35 season totals 207.0 181 91 88 55 174 28 3240 2.39 7.57 1.22 1.14 3.83 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Tues Totals 21 Apr 20 Apr 19 Apr 18 Apr 17 Apr 16 Apr 15 Apr vs. Mets vs. Pitt vs. Pitt vs. Pitt vs. Cinc vs. Cinc vs. Cinc pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Hart 1.7 33 2.0 36 3.7 69 Howry 2.0 36 0.7 14 2.7 50 Lieber 0.7 9 1.0 23 1.7 32 Marmol 1.0 9 2.0 43 2.0 27 5.0 79 Pignatiello Wood 1.0 6 1.0 6 1.0 15 3.0 27 Wuertz 1.0 27 1.3 16 1.0 12 0.0 5 3.3 60 Marshall 1.0 18 0.3 2 0.3 2 1.7 22 Totals 2.0 15 4.0 81 3.0 49 4.0 60 3.0 51 2.0 36 3.0 47 21.0 339 CUBS' season series vs. NY Mets this year (1-0)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .19 Mon 04/21 New York N 7- 1 Zambrano Maine .20 Tue 04/22 New York - Lilly Figueroa 156 Mon 09/22 @ New York N - Hill Santana 157 Tue 09/23 @ New York N - Marquis Martinez 158 Wed 09/24 @ New York N - Dempster Perez 159 Thu 09/25 @ New York N - Zambrano Maine CUBS' season series vs. NY Mets last year (2-5) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .36 Mon 05/14 @ New York N 4- 5 Marquis Glavine .37 Tue 05/15 @ New York N 10- 1 Zambrano Maine .38 Wed 05/16 @ New York N 1- 8 Hill Sosa .39 Thu 05/17 @ New York 5- 6 Guzman Vargas 108 Fri 08/03 New York 2- 6 Zambrano Hernandez 109 Sat 08/04 New York 6- 2 Lilly Maine 110 Sun 08/05 New York N 3- 8 Marquis Glavine CUBS' last 7 games (6-1).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 13 Tue 04/15 Cincinnati N 9- 5 Dempster Volquez 14 Wed 04/16 Cincinnati N 12- 3 Zambrano Fogg 15 Thu 04/17 Cincinnati 2- 9 Lilly Harang 16 Fri 04/18 Pittsburgh 3- 2 Hill Snell 17 Sat 04/19 Pittsburgh 13- 1 Marquis Gorzelanny 18 Sun 04/20 Pittsburgh 13- 6 Dempster Duke 19 Mon 04/21 New York N 7- 1 Zambrano Maine Composite scoring during the last 7 games......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 7 4 12 7 8 8 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 Opponents 0 3 2 3 4 4 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games...... 04/15 - 04/21 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC RBI% Ward 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.250 0.571 1.000 1.571 0.000 5.29 2.3 0.167 Theriot 27 9 13 4 1 1 4 3 4 0.481 0.533 0.815 1.348 0.545 3.57 11.7 0.375 Ramirez 24 9 9 3 0 2 7 5 6 0.375 0.531 0.750 1.281 0.438 3.81 9.6 0.417 D Lee 29 9 11 0 0 3 8 2 4 0.379 0.419 0.690 1.109 0.364 4.42 8.4 0.417 DeRosa 23 6 9 2 0 1 8 5 6 0.391 0.500 0.609 1.109 0.500 3.83 7.0 0.333 Soto 20 4 7 3 0 0 4 6 6 0.350 0.500 0.500 1.000 0.500 4.27 5.0 0.211 Johnson 24 4 10 2 0 0 2 1 0 0.417 0.464 0.500 0.964 0.417 4.04 5.6 0.154 Fukudome 23 7 8 1 1 0 3 5 5 0.348 0.464 0.478 0.943 0.444 5.32 5.1 0.273 Cedeno 13 4 5 1 0 0 5 1 2 0.385 0.429 0.462 0.890 0.455 5.00 2.6 0.385 Pie 7 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 4 0.143 0.250 0.571 0.821 0.000 3.75 1.0 0.250 Blanco 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650 0.500 4.20 0.4 0.125 Fontenot 19 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 0.105 0.150 0.158 0.308 0.143 4.25 0.5 0.063 Murton 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 0.125 2.50 0.1 0.154 E Patterson 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.67 0.0 0.125 last 7 games 248 59 83 19 2 9 54 35 52 0.335 0.426 0.536 0.962 0.396 4.09 56.7 0.251 season totals 689 118 193 42 3 24 108 83 128 0.280 0.364 0.454 0.818 0.315 3.95 114.0 0.201 CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games...... 04/15 - 04/21 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wood 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 0.00 6.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Marquis 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 102 1.50 10.50 0.00 1.17 1.50 Marmol 5.0 2 1 1 1 9 1 80 1.80 16.20 1.80 0.60 1.80 Hill 5.0 3 1 1 3 4 0 82 5.40 7.20 0.00 1.20 1.80 Zambrano 14.0 13 3 3 3 9 0 203 1.93 5.79 0.00 1.14 1.93 Hart 3.7 3 1 1 2 3 1 69 4.91 7.36 2.45 1.36 2.45 Howry 2.7 4 2 1 0 4 1 50 0.00 13.50 3.38 1.50 3.38 Marshall 1.7 1 1 1 1 1 0 22 5.40 5.40 0.00 1.20 5.40 Wuertz 3.3 2 2 2 2 1 2 60 5.40 2.70 5.40 1.20 5.40 Dempster 11.0 10 7 7 7 6 1 201 5.73 4.91 0.82 1.55 5.73 Lilly 6.0 6 5 5 3 6 1 94 4.50 9.00 1.50 1.50 7.50 Lieber 1.7 4 3 2 0 1 1 32 0.00 5.40 5.40 2.40 10.80 last 7 games 63.0 54 27 25 23 53 8 1022 3.29 7.57 1.14 1.22 3.57 season totals 180.0 165 87 79 62 134 19 2934 3.10 6.70 0.95 1.26 3.95 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 03/31 - 04/21 BDI LOB RBI% Cedeno 8 12 0.400 Johnson 7 15 0.318 D Lee 10 22 0.313 Fukudome 8 22 0.267 Soto 11 37 0.229 Ramirez 8 29 0.216 DeRosa 10 37 0.213 Murton 2 11 0.154 Pie 4 22 0.154 Theriot 4 27 0.129 E Patterson 1 7 0.125 Soriano 3 24 0.111 Blanco 1 10 0.091 Fontenot 2 20 0.091 Ward 1 10 0.091 CUBS 84 334 0.201 CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 143 Milwaukee 142 Cincinnati 138 Houston 138 Pittsburgh 138 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

How 'bout you make that call, eh? :D

What an incredibly exciting game they played on Monday !!! Tuesday's matchup will feature......... http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/150153.jpg Figueroa (1-0) vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/150404.jpg Lilly (0-3) The Addison Street Miracle has now won 7 out their last 8 games, outscoring the opponents 65-32. That includes outscoring them 7-1 in the first inning, 15-2 in the 3rd inning, and 9-4 in the 8th inning. Baseball in Chicago is a whole lot like political elections, eh...... score early, and score often !!! The lone defeat in this stretch was a game last Thursday against the Reds, started by.... uh.... er..... now, just who did start that game ?? Oh, well..... it doesn't matter so much. Let the magic continue !! Keep the mojo going !! Go CUBS !!

Vance.... did you go to Hooters again ???? :wink:

Where the hell is my glycerin ???? :shock:

Monday 21 April 2008 NY Mets @ CUBS 18:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NY Mets 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 CUBS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 7 8 0 NY Mets ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Reyes ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Castillo 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wright 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Beltran cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Delgado 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Church rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Casanova c 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chavez lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Maine p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Anderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 28 1 5 0 2 5 10 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Johnson cf-lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Fontenot 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ramirez 3b 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Fukudome rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DeRosa lf-2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soto c 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cedeno ss 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zambrano p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pie cf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 totals 33 7 8 7 2 7 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 NY Mets IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Maine 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 1 109 Sanchez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Heilman 0.7 2 4 0 0 1 0 30 Sosa 0.3 1 1 1 0 0 1 10 totals 8.0 8 7 3 2 7 2 166 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Zambrano 7.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 101 Marmol 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 totals 9.0 5 1 0 2 5 0 117 Home runs: NY Mets: none CUBS: Ramirez (5), Pie (1) W: Zambrano (3-1) S: none L: Maine (1-2) T: 2:45 A: 40,582 http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h26/pistolcub21/CubsFlag.gif

NY Mets CUBS P/PA 3.90 4.74 RBI% 0.00 0.22 R/BR 0.14 0.58 BA 0.185 0.242 OBP 0.241 0.324 SLG 0.222 0.424 OPS 0.464 0.749 ERA 3.38 0.00 BB/9 2.25 2.00 K/9 7.88 5.00

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Wood in to pitch for the CUBS Castillo grounded out to first, unassisted Wright flied out to right field Beltran flied out to left center field 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NY Mets 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 CUBS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 7 8 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Zambrano (3-1) S: none L: Maine (1-2) T: 2:55 A: 40,582 Home runs: NY Mets: none CUBS: Ramirez (5), Pie (1) NY Mets IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maine 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 1 109 Sanchez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Heilman 0.7 2 4 0 0 1 0 30 Sosa 0.3 1 1 1 0 0 1 10 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 7.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 101 Marmol 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

Wright flied out to right field

Castillo grounded out to first, unassisted

Wood in to pitch for the CUBS

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Heilman in to pitch for New York D Lee grounded to shortstop , safe at first on a fielding error, E6 Ramirez hit by pitch , D Lee to second Fukudome singled to left field , D Lee to third, Ramirez to second DeRosa struck out swinging Soto popped out to second base Cedeno singled to center field , D Lee & Ramirez scored, Fukudome to second Sosa in to pitch for New York Pie homered to right field , Fukudome & Cedeno scored Johnson grounded out to third, 5-3 5 runs 3 hits 1 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NY Mets 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 CUBS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 7 8 0 Home runs: NY Mets: none CUBS: Ramirez (5), Pie (1) NY Mets IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maine 6.0 5 2 2 2 6 1 109 Sanchez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Heilman 0.7 2 4 0 0 1 0 30 Sosa 0.3 1 1 1 0 0 1 10 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 7.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 101 Marmol 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10

Remember, we've got Angel Hernandez behind the plate !!!