Fred Hornkohl

Soriano grounded out to third, 5-3

CUBS have outscored the opponents 114-73 in the first inning Go CUBS !!

By the time this series is over, all of those looney tunes will know who Geovany Soto is !! Book it !! I hope you're a man of your word, Fred. :) Hey.... did I ever lie to you ????

By the time this series is over, all of those looney tunes will know who Geovany Soto is !! Book it !!

Slower than every Christmas eve when I was kid !! what up old man? Well.... I escaped from Iowa.... made it home. godspeed fred. Thanx !! :wink:

Slower than every Christmas eve when I was kid !! Even though you had to walk barefoot five miles uphill in the snow to get to the tree? Then walk barefoot five miles back uphill to your house? Damn !! You know where I grew up !!!

Slower than every Christmas eve when I was kid !! what up old man? Well.... I escaped from Iowa.... made it home.

Slower than every Christmas eve when I was kid !!

Hey.... you ever been to Mount Pleasant, IA ????? :wink: Good point. I hear it's beautiful this time of year. Well.... I think it is, but I got here at 2130, and they rolled up the sidewalks at 2000 !!! :wink:

Hey.... you ever been to Mount Pleasant, IA ????? :wink:

I'm not following this one. Just a minor slip of the finger.......... CUBS are 23-19 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

Greetings one and all from beautiful Mount Pleasant, IA !!! We have some worthless stats of the day for Wednesday......... CUBS' playoff schedule .... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 163 Wed 10/03 @ Arizona N - Zambrano Webb 164 Thu 10/04 @ Arizona N - Lilly Davis 165 Sat 10/06 Arizona - Hill Hernandez 166 Sun 10/07 Arizona - Zambrano Owings 167 Tue 10/09 @ Arizona N - Lilly Webb CUBS are 14-10 on Wednesdays CUBS are 2-4 vs. Arizona CUBS are 17-18 vs. the NLW Division CUBS are 23-19 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 42-33 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 28-26 in games that start a series CUBS are 6-8 in games that open a road trip CUBS are 39-39 at night CUBS are 41-40 on the road CUBS are 66-53 against right handers CUBS are 0-0 when TBS broadcasts the game CUBS are 61-20 when they get a quality start.... 24-57 when they don't CUBS are 32-45 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 53-32 when they don't CUBS are 64-31 when they score first in the game.... 21-46 when they don't CUBS are 38-25 when they score in the first inning.... 47-52 when they don't CUBS are 70-49 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 15-28 when they do CUBS are 71-31 when they score at least 4 runs.... 14-46 when they don't CUBS are 66-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 19-67 when they don't CUBS are 72-16 when they outhit the opponents.... 6-47 when they get outhit.... and 7-15 when the hits are even CUBS are 13-9 when Derrek Lee hits a home run.... 72-68 when he doesn't CUBS are 27-14 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 58-63 when he doesn't CUBS are 23-22 in one run games.... 14-14 in two run games CUBS are 59-53 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 26-24 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are 55-25 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 30-52 when they don't CUBS are 34-25 when they average 3.6 P/PA or fewer.... 51-52 when they don't CUBS are 62-45 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 23-32 when he doesn't CUBS are 24-28 when Barrett starts... 3-10 when Blanco starts... 17-8 when K. Hill starts... 6-3 when Bowen starts.... 10-3 when Soto starts.... 25-25 when Kendall starts CUBS are 56-43 when Hornkohl is on the road.... 29-34 when he's at home CUBS' bullpen has an ERA of 2.89 over the last 43 games (25-18) CUBS have not committed an error in their last 4 games.... 1 error in their last 9 games CUBS have hit 37 HRs in their last 22 games (team SLG = 0.505) CUBS have stolen 7 bases in their last 24 games CUBS pitchers have given up 10 or more hits 11 times in their last 27 games CUBS pitchers have allowed 8 first inning runs in their last 27 games CUBS have 19 quality starts in their last 38 games CUBS have scored first in 19 of their last 27 games (15-12) CUBS have scored in the first inning in 7 of their last 10 games CUBS have drawn more than 4 BBs 6 times in their last 41 games CUBS have not been CS in their last 14 games CUBS have 1 sac bunt in their last 18 games CUBS have hit 3 sac flies in their last 14 games CUBS have issued more than 3 BBs 10 times their last 25 games CUBS opponents have stolen 28 bases in their last 33 games CUBS opponents have committed 29 errors in their last 29 games CUBS offense compared to the rest of the league.......... 09/30 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Philadelphia 5688 892 1558 326 41 213 2605 850 641 1205 138 19 0.274 0.354 0.458 0.812 Colorado 5691 860 1591 313 36 171 2489 823 622 1152 100 31 0.280 0.354 0.437 0.791 Milwaukee 5554 801 1455 310 37 231 2532 774 501 1137 96 32 0.262 0.329 0.456 0.785 Florida 5627 790 1504 340 38 201 2523 749 521 1332 105 34 0.267 0.336 0.448 0.784 NY Mets 5605 804 1543 294 27 177 2422 761 549 981 200 46 0.275 0.342 0.432 0.775 Atlanta 5689 810 1562 328 27 176 2472 781 534 1149 64 30 0.275 0.339 0.435 0.774 Cincinnati 5607 783 1496 293 23 204 2447 747 536 1113 97 31 0.267 0.335 0.436 0.772 CUBS 5643 752 1530 340 28 151 2379 711 500 1054 86 33 0.271 0.333 0.422 0.754 LA Dodgers 5614 735 1544 276 35 129 2277 706 511 864 137 50 0.275 0.337 0.406 0.743 St. Louis 5529 725 1513 279 13 141 2241 690 506 909 56 33 0.274 0.337 0.405 0.743 Houston 5605 723 1457 293 30 167 2311 700 547 1043 65 33 0.260 0.330 0.412 0.742 Pittsburgh 5569 724 1463 322 31 148 2291 694 463 1135 68 30 0.263 0.325 0.411 0.736 Arizona 5398 712 1350 286 40 171 2229 687 532 1111 109 24 0.250 0.321 0.413 0.734 San Diego 5612 741 1408 322 31 171 2305 704 557 1229 55 24 0.251 0.322 0.411 0.732 Washington 5520 673 1415 309 31 123 2155 646 524 1128 69 23 0.256 0.325 0.390 0.715 San Francisco 5538 683 1407 267 37 131 2141 641 532 907 119 33 0.254 0.322 0.387 0.708 Average 5593 763 1487 306 32 169 2364 729 536 1091 98 32 0.266 0.334 0.422 0.756 Maximum 5691 892 1591 340 41 231 2605 850 641 1332 200 50 0.280 0.354 0.458 0.812 Minimum 5398 673 1350 267 13 123 2141 641 463 864 55 19 0.250 0.321 0.387 0.708 - current - - - 2006 - - - - 2005 - - 09/30 Avg Max Min St Dev CUBS Rank Zscore Rank Zscore Rank Zscore AB 5593 5691 5398 73.04 5643 4 0.68 4 0.90 1 1.55 R 763 892 673 58.93 752 8 -0.19 16 -1.43 9 -0.34 H 1487 1591 1350 66.08 1530 6 0.65 5 0.79 1 1.53 2B 306 340 267 22.10 340 1 1.53 16 -1.68 3 1.38 3B 32 41 13 6.93 28 12 -0.51 4 0.63 13 -0.91 HR 169 231 123 30.48 151 11 -0.59 12 -0.64 2 1.17 TB 2364 2605 2141 135.85 2379 8 0.11 10 -0.35 2 1.64 RBI 729 850 641 56.69 711 8 -0.32 16 -1.46 8 -0.26 BB 536 641 463 42.52 500 15 -0.85 16 -2.39 16 -1.71 SO 1091 1332 864 121.91 1054 6 -0.30 3 -1.36 3 -1.34 SB 98 200 55 36.99 86 10 -0.32 6 0.82 13 -0.74 CS 32 50 19 7.56 33 10 0.18 14 0.96 12 0.63 BA 0.266 0.280 0.250 0.01 0.271 7 0.55 5 0.62 2 1.29 OBP 0.334 0.354 0.321 0.01 0.333 9 -0.08 16 -2.11 11 -0.78 SLG 0.422 0.458 0.387 0.02 0.422 8 -0.02 12 -0.72 2 1.51 OPS 0.756 0.812 0.708 0.03 0.754 8 -0.08 15 -1.32 4 1.85 CUBS' starting rotation...... Team Run Pitcher GS Record Q/S Q/S % IP # Pit P/IP IP/GS P/GS ERA Suppt Zambrano 34 18-16 18 0.529 216.0 3691 17.1 6.4 108.6 3.96 4.62 Lilly 34 19-15 20 0.588 207.0 3240 15.7 6.1 95.3 3.83 5.26 Marquis 33 20-13 15 0.455 191.0 2998 15.7 5.8 90.8 4.43 5.45 Hill 32 17-15 17 0.531 195.0 3071 15.7 6.1 96.0 3.92 3.41 Miller 3 0- 3 0 0.000 13.7 266 19.5 4.6 88.7 10.54 5.33 Guzman 3 1- 2 0 0.000 15.3 231 15.1 5.1 77.0 3.52 5.33 Marshall 19 9-10 10 0.526 100.0 1596 16.0 5.3 84.0 4.05 4.11 Trachsel 4 1- 3 1 0.250 17.3 294 17.0 4.3 73.5 8.31 4.25 CUBS 162 85-77 81 0.500 955.3 15387 16.1 5.9 95.0 4.19 4.64 CUBS' pitching staff this year compared to last year........ - - 2006 - - - - 2007 - - CUBS Oppnt CUBS Oppnt ERA 4.781 3.901 4.041 4.232 IP 1430.7 1446.7 1447.7 1442.0 H 1396 1497 1340 1530 R 834 716 690 752 ER 760 627 650 678 BB 687 395 573 500 K 1250 928 1211 1054 HR 210 166 165 151 BB/9 4.32 2.46 3.56 3.12 K/9 7.86 5.77 7.53 6.58 HR/9 1.32 1.03 1.03 0.94 WHIP 1.46 1.31 1.32 1.41 # Pit 24619 22583 23515 23421 #P/IP 17.2 15.6 16.2 16.2 CUBS are 18-16 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 18 of 34 in quality starts Zambrano has 2 consecutive quality start(s) Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 7.53.... to Blanco it's 4.82.... to K. Hill it's 2.36.... to Bowen it's 1.13.... to Soto it's 0.00.... to Kendall it's 3.83 CUBS score 4.64 R/G overall.... 4.62 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 0.93 HR/G overall.... 0.97 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/02 - 09/30 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 1167 157 309 72 6 33 492 149 105 206 0.265 0.325 0.422 0.747 CUBS overall 5643 752 1530 342 28 151 2381 711 500 1054 0.271 0.332 0.422 0.754 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 17 16 15 20 19 22 16 20 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 Opponents 16 4 12 11 27 17 22 10 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 129 Zambrano's starts this year (18-13) Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/02 vs. Cincy 5.0 6 5 5 5 2 2 92 9.00 3.60 3.60 2.20 9.00 04/07 vs. Milw 7.0 5 3 3 2 6 2 109 2.57 7.71 2.57 1.00 3.86 04/13 vs. Cincy 4.0 6 6 6 4 2 0 87 9.00 4.50 0.00 2.50 13.50 04/18 vs. Atla 6.0 8 5 5 5 6 2 113 7.50 9.00 3.00 2.17 7.50 04/23 vs. Milw 5.3 5 2 2 3 7 1 103 5.06 11.81 1.69 1.50 3.38 04/28 vs. St. L 7.0 7 1 1 0 2 1 113 0.00 2.57 1.29 1.00 1.29 05/04 vs. Wash 6.0 6 4 4 3 4 1 104 4.50 6.00 1.50 1.50 6.00 05/10 vs. Pitts 6.0 7 6 4 2 6 1 117 3.00 9.00 1.50 1.50 6.00 05/15 vs. Mets 8.0 6 1 1 3 3 1 116 3.38 3.38 1.13 1.13 1.13 05/20 vs. CWS 6.7 6 7 7 4 5 1 117 5.40 6.75 1.35 1.50 9.45 05/26 vs. L.A. 7.7 8 2 2 1 8 1 125 1.17 9.39 1.17 1.17 2.35 06/01 vs. Atla 5.0 13 7 6 2 0 0 97 3.60 0.00 0.00 3.00 10.80 06/06 vs. Milw 6.7 5 2 2 3 9 1 117 4.05 12.15 1.35 1.20 2.70 06/11 vs. Houst 8.0 3 1 0 1 8 0 128 1.13 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 06/16 vs. S.D. 9.0 2 1 1 5 6 1 123 5.00 6.00 1.00 0.78 1.00 06/22 vs. CWS 8.0 3 1 1 1 12 1 113 1.13 13.50 1.13 0.50 1.13 06/27 vs. Colo 6.0 5 2 2 3 8 0 107 4.50 12.00 0.00 1.33 3.00 07/03 vs. Wash 6.7 3 1 1 4 8 0 121 5.40 10.80 0.00 1.05 1.35 07/08 vs. Pitts 7.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 122 3.86 6.43 1.29 1.00 3.86 07/13 vs. Houst 6.7 3 0 0 3 7 0 115 4.05 9.45 0.00 0.90 0.00 07/18 vs. S.F. 5.0 2 0 0 2 3 0 80 3.60 5.40 0.00 0.80 0.00 07/24 vs. St. L 6.3 5 2 2 3 5 0 117 4.26 7.11 0.00 1.26 2.84 07/29 vs. Cincy 7.3 2 0 0 3 6 0 113 3.68 7.36 0.00 0.68 0.00 08/03 vs. Mets 5.0 2 1 1 7 5 1 93 12.60 9.00 1.80 1.80 1.80 08/08 vs. Houst 5.7 8 7 7 3 6 2 113 4.76 9.53 3.18 1.94 11.12 08/14 vs. Cincy 7.0 13 6 6 2 0 0 107 2.57 0.00 0.00 2.14 7.71 08/23 vs. S.F. 5.3 6 4 4 4 4 1 103 6.75 6.75 1.69 1.88 6.75 08/29 vs. Milw 6.3 9 6 5 1 6 0 114 1.42 8.53 0.00 1.58 7.11 09/03 vs. L.A. 4.3 7 8 8 5 6 0 96 10.38 12.46 0.00 2.77 16.62 09/08 vs. Pitts 6.0 2 1 1 5 8 0 112 7.50 12.00 0.00 1.17 1.50 09/14 vs. St. L 8.0 4 1 1 2 3 1 101 2.25 3.38 1.13 0.75 1.13 09/18 vs. Cincy 5.3 7 4 4 3 1 1 100 5.06 1.69 1.69 1.88 6.75 09/23 vs. Pitts 6.0 3 0 0 3 6 0 93 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 09/28 vs. Cincy 7.0 6 0 0 1 4 0 110 1.29 5.14 0.00 1.00 0.00 Home 101.7 99 61 56 53 80 7 1781 4.69 7.08 0.62 1.50 4.96 Road 114.7 88 39 39 48 97 16 1910 3.77 7.61 1.26 1.19 3.06 Day 130.7 108 63 60 65 112 15 2236 4.48 7.71 1.03 1.32 4.13 Nite 85.7 79 37 35 36 65 8 1455 3.78 6.83 0.84 1.34 3.68 Road Nite 53.7 42 18 18 26 43 6 903 4.36 7.21 1.01 1.27 3.02 April 34.3 37 22 22 19 25 8 617 4.98 6.55 2.10 1.63 5.77 May 34.3 33 20 18 13 26 5 579 3.41 6.82 1.31 1.34 4.72 June 42.7 31 14 12 15 43 3 685 3.16 9.07 0.63 1.08 2.53 July 39.0 19 6 6 18 34 1 668 4.15 7.85 0.23 0.95 1.38 August 29.3 38 24 23 17 21 4 530 5.22 6.44 1.23 1.88 7.06 September 36.7 29 14 14 19 28 2 612 4.66 6.87 0.49 1.31 3.44 totals vs. Ariz 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 last 5 starts 32.3 22 6 6 14 22 2 516 3.90 6.12 0.56 1.11 1.67 season totals 216.3 187 100 95 101 177 23 3691 4.20 7.36 0.96 1.33 3.95 Zambrano's last start vs. Arizona, openning day, 04 April 2005 (ND)....... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/04 vs. Ariz 4.7 7 3 3 4 8 1 106 7.71 15.43 1.93 2.36 5.79 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Tue Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Totals 02 Oct 01 Oct 30 Sep 29 Sep 28 Sep 27 Sep 26 Sep no game no game @ Cincy @ Cincy @ Cincy @ Flor @ Flor pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 21 1.0 13 1.0 17 3.0 51 Eyre 1.0 19 0.0 15 0.3 1 1.3 35 Howry 1.0 18 1.0 11 1.0 16 3.0 45 Wuertz 1.0 10 1.0 10 Marmol 1.0 19 1.7 32 2.7 51 Wood 1.0 14 2.0 21 3.0 35 Ohman 0.3 4 0.3 2 0.7 6 Marshall 2.0 34 2.0 34 Hart 0.3 6 0.3 6 Totals 5.3 86 3.0 53 2.0 24 3.7 61 3.0 49 17.0 273 CUBS' season series vs. Arizona this year (2-4)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 95 Fri 07/20 Arizona 6- 2 Marquis Webb 96 Sat 07/21 Arizona 2- 3 Hill Owings 97 Sun 07/22 Arizona 0- 3 Marshall Petit 127 Fri 08/24 @ Arizona N 6- 2 Marshall Owings 128 Sat 08/25 @ Arizona 1- 3 Lilly Davis 129 Sun 08/26 @ Arizona 4- 5 Marquis Petit CUBS' season series vs. Arizona last year (2-4) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 26 Wed 05/03 @ Arizona N 1- 5 Maddux 27 Thu 05/04 @ Arizona N 0- 6 Hill 105 Mon 07/31 Arizona N 4-15 Prior 106 Tue 08/01 Arizona N 9- 3 Hill 107 Thu 08/03 Arizona N 2-10 Marmol 108 Thu 08/03 Arizona 7- 3 Mateo CUBS hitters vs. Arizona this year..... vs. Ariz AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Murton 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0.750 0.750 0.750 1.500 1.000 Ward 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 0.500 Blanco 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.333 Pagan 9 0 3 0 1 0 5 2 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.556 0.889 0.429 Fontenot 12 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 0.364 Lee 12 2 3 0 0 1 6 2 1 1 0.250 0.308 0.500 0.808 0.200 Theriot 22 4 6 2 0 0 8 1 4 2 0.273 0.385 0.364 0.748 0.300 Jones 25 3 8 2 0 0 10 3 0 2 0.320 0.320 0.400 0.720 0.348 Floyd 14 1 3 0 0 1 6 1 0 3 0.214 0.214 0.429 0.643 0.200 DeRosa 13 2 3 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 0.231 0.333 0.308 0.641 0.273 Monroe 9 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0.222 0.222 0.333 0.556 0.250 Ramirez 23 2 4 1 0 1 8 7 1 8 0.174 0.200 0.348 0.548 0.214 Pie 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 Kendall 16 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.308 Soriano 11 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.091 0.167 0.182 0.348 0.125 K Hill 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Moore 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Ariz 197 19 47 9 1 3 67 17 15 39 0.239 0.291 0.340 0.631 0.284 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. Arizona this year...... vs. Ariz IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 1.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 0.00 6.75 0.00 0.75 0.00 Eyre 1.3 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 6.75 6.75 0.00 0.75 0.00 Petrick 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 9.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 R Hill 6.0 6 2 1 4 6 0 115 6.00 9.00 0.00 1.67 1.50 Marshall 12.0 7 2 2 3 10 1 170 2.25 7.50 0.75 0.83 1.50 Howry 4.0 3 1 1 2 8 1 85 4.50 18.00 2.25 1.25 2.25 Lilly 6.0 4 2 2 0 8 1 85 0.00 12.00 1.50 0.67 3.00 Wuertz 2.7 3 1 1 3 6 0 59 10.13 20.25 0.00 2.25 3.38 Marmol 4.0 3 2 2 3 6 1 76 6.75 13.50 2.25 1.50 4.50 Marquis 13.0 10 7 7 4 6 3 203 2.77 4.15 2.08 1.08 4.85 Wood 0.7 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 13.50 totals vs. Ariz 52.0 39 18 17 21 52 7 864 3.63 9.00 1.21 1.15 2.94 season totals 1446.7 1338 691 650 570 1209 165 23493 3.55 7.52 1.03 1.32 4.04 CUBS' last 21 games (13-8).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 142 Sun 09/09 @ Pittsburgh 5-10 Trachsel Morris 143 Mon 09/10 St. Louis 12- 3 Lilly Pineiro 144 Tue 09/11 @ Houston N 4- 5 Marquis Backe 145 Wed 09/12 @ Houston N 3- 2 Hill Albers 146 Thu 09/13 @ Houston N 6- 2 Trachsel Williams 147 Fri 09/14 @ St. Louis N 5- 3 Zambrano Wainright 148 Sat 09/15 @ St. Louis 3- 2 Lilly Looper 149 Sat 09/15 @ St. Louis N 3- 4 Marshall Pineiro 150 Sun 09/16 @ St. Louis 4- 2 Marquis Mulder 151 Mon 09/17 Cincinnati N 7- 6 Hill Arroyo 152 Tue 09/18 Cincinnati N 2- 5 Zambrano Harang 153 Wed 09/19 Cincinnati N 3- 2 Lilly Shearn 154 Fri 09/21 Pittsburgh 13- 8 Marquis Maholm 155 Sat 09/22 Pittsburgh 9- 5 Hill Duke 156 Sun 09/23 Pittsburgh 8- 0 Zambrano Gorzelanny 157 Tue 09/25 @ Florida N 2- 4 Lilly Willis 158 Wed 09/26 @ Florida N 4- 7 Marquis Mitre 159 Thu 09/27 @ Florida 4- 6 Trachsel Olsen 160 Fri 09/28 @ Cincinnati N 6- 0 Zambrano Arroyo 161 Sat 09/29 @ Cincinnati N 4- 0 Hill Harang 162 Sun 09/30 @ Cincinnati 4- 8 Lilly Bailey Composite scoring during the last 21 games......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 17 17 18 10 12 11 9 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 Opponents 7 23 14 8 8 7 4 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 84 CUBS' hitters during the last 21 games...... 09/09 - 09/30 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Floyd 34 8 10 1 1 4 25 6 10 5 0.294 0.467 0.735 1.202 0.240 Soto 39 8 16 5 0 3 30 6 2 9 0.410 0.429 0.769 1.198 0.481 Cedeno 19 2 8 0 0 2 14 6 0 6 0.421 0.421 0.737 1.158 0.545 Soriano 89 14 28 8 0 10 66 19 5 22 0.315 0.358 0.742 1.099 0.316 Lee 74 14 26 7 0 5 48 9 7 8 0.351 0.422 0.649 1.070 0.344 Murton 35 7 13 3 0 2 22 5 4 7 0.371 0.436 0.629 1.064 0.423 Ward 15 1 4 2 0 1 9 4 4 4 0.267 0.421 0.600 1.021 0.300 Ramirez 78 16 23 5 1 6 48 17 7 9 0.295 0.353 0.615 0.968 0.270 Jones 58 8 24 5 0 0 29 12 3 8 0.414 0.435 0.500 0.935 0.480 DeRosa 71 12 22 3 1 2 33 7 8 11 0.310 0.388 0.465 0.852 0.345 Monroe 22 4 5 1 0 1 9 4 2 8 0.227 0.292 0.409 0.701 0.308 Pie 13 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 4 0.231 0.286 0.308 0.593 0.333 Kendall 41 4 9 2 0 0 11 4 4 4 0.220 0.304 0.268 0.573 0.243 Fontenot 21 3 4 1 0 0 5 1 2 3 0.190 0.250 0.238 0.488 0.222 Theriot 70 5 12 1 0 0 13 3 6 6 0.171 0.231 0.186 0.416 0.188 Fuld 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 Blanco 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 0.200 last 21 games 740 110 214 47 3 36 375 105 68 138 0.289 0.352 0.507 0.858 0.314 season totals 5644 750 1531 338 28 150 2375 710 499 1044 0.271 0.332 0.421 0.753 0.310 CUBS' pitchers during the last 21 games...... 09/09 - 09/30 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 7.3 5 0 0 4 6 0 112 4.91 7.36 0.00 1.23 0.00 Pignatiello 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00 13.50 0.00 1.50 0.00 Hart 8.7 5 1 1 3 10 0 131 3.12 10.38 0.00 0.92 1.04 Howry 11.7 11 2 2 2 13 0 152 1.54 10.03 0.00 1.11 1.54 Marmol 11.7 4 2 2 5 16 1 194 3.86 12.34 0.77 0.77 1.54 Zambrano 26.3 20 5 5 9 14 2 404 3.08 4.78 0.68 1.10 1.71 Wuertz 8.0 6 2 2 3 13 0 138 3.37 14.62 0.00 1.12 2.25 Ohman 3.7 2 1 1 2 2 0 50 4.91 4.91 0.00 1.09 2.45 Wood 9.7 5 3 3 5 13 0 161 4.66 12.10 0.00 1.03 2.79 Marshall 6.0 8 4 2 4 6 0 126 6.00 9.00 0.00 2.00 3.00 R Hill 22.7 16 8 8 7 22 1 350 2.78 8.74 0.40 1.01 3.18 Lilly 27.0 22 11 11 4 25 4 408 1.33 8.33 1.33 0.96 3.67 Marquis 19.7 34 21 19 7 12 0 313 3.20 5.49 0.00 2.08 8.69 Dempster 10.0 16 11 11 3 5 5 160 2.70 4.50 4.50 1.90 9.90 Trachsel 11.3 18 13 13 6 8 3 212 4.76 6.35 2.38 2.12 10.32 last 21 games 184.3 173 84 80 64 166 16 2922 3.12 8.10 0.78 1.29 3.91 season totals 1446.7 1338 691 650 570 1209 165 23493 3.55 7.52 1.03 1.32 4.04 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/02 - 09/30 BDI LOB RBI% Ward 16 44 0.267 Ramirez 75 219 0.255 Jones 61 193 0.240 DeRosa 63 212 0.229 Kendall 18 61 0.228 Lee 59 210 0.219 Floyd 36 139 0.206 Pagan 16 66 0.195 Fontenot 26 109 0.193 Theriot 41 182 0.184 Cedeno 9 40 0.184 Pie 18 82 0.180 Soto 5 23 0.179 Soriano 40 184 0.179 Fox 1 5 0.167 K Hill 10 58 0.147 Barrett 19 113 0.144 Blanco 4 25 0.138 Murton 14 102 0.121 Bowen 2 19 0.095 Izturis 8 79 0.092 Monroe 3 33 0.083 Moore 0 3 0.000 Patterson 0 4 0.000 Fuld 0 1 0.000 CUBS 560 2395 0.190 Go CUBS !!! © 2007, Fred W. Hornkohl

order a pizza and tell her the Cubs are more important, seems flawless to me. Uh oh !! My wife's birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. Where's that playoff schedule ???

I don't think there's any argument there. The argument though, is that aside from this year, Hendry hasn't been very good at it. Aside from this year, Hendry hasn't been able to spend like a big market team.

[making mental note to self] Navin has no class.

True CUBS fans never miss the reruns of the movie Fail Safe on TV... just so they watch New York get nuked at the end !!!

I don't believe it !!! The CUBS are still playing baseball, and I got snowed in last night in Rawlins, WY !! This just isn't supposed to happen !!

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

CUBS are 21-25 when they hit an opposing batter.... 63-51 when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 76-3 when they lead after 8 innings CUBS are 9-0 when they don't allow any runs. Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 5-4 when they don't draw any BBs in the game. Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 70-30 when they score at least 4 runs.... 14-46 when they don't CUBS are 69-47 when they get at least 8 hits..... 15-29 when they don't CUBS are 27-14 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 57-62 when they don't CUBS are 64-7 when they lead after 6 innings Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 34-27 when they steal a base.... 50-49 when they don't CUBS have stolen 7 bases in their last 23 games Go CUBS !!

Hill with 45 pitches through 4 innings. No reason to pull him now.

My idea is to secure some space, hopefully at Sluggers, for before, during, and after the games. This way, guys like Mizzou, who don't have game tickets, can still join in the fun with the NSBB crew, so to speak. Don't know if I'll be able to pull this one off.... but I am working on it. Will keep you all posted.