Fred Hornkohl

Geez !! Tough crowd !!! :wink:

18% in 2005, 23.5% in 2006, and 21.5% this year.

Staying home for the penant race? :) Haven't made up my mind yet. Got tickets for Sun, Mon & Wed..... but if they come up with a good enough load(s), I might just hit the road. After all...... CUBS are 45-33 when Hornkohl is on the road.... 23-31 when he's at home Go CUBS !!

forminable ???

That's it !!! Just don't pitch to the guy when he's "due" !!! .... if all the pitchers in the league would just to not pitch to Fielder whenever he's due.... then he'd never get any hits, and the Brewers would have to dump him, and he'd go down in history as one of the greatest baseball trivia questions. Go CUBS !!

Breaking Lee's season down into 11 game increments........ Lee AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP 04/02 - 04/16 45 8 18 5 0 0 23 9 6 11 0.400 0.491 0.511 1.002 0.529 04/17 - 04/30 52 12 20 9 0 1 32 7 6 9 0.385 0.448 0.615 1.064 0.452 05/01 - 05/14 44 4 17 3 0 1 23 5 5 6 0.386 0.460 0.523 0.983 0.432 05/15 - 05/27 27 2 5 2 0 1 10 7 2 5 0.185 0.241 0.370 0.612 0.190 05/28 - 06/09 51 7 14 1 0 3 24 7 6 16 0.275 0.345 0.471 0.815 0.344 06/10 - 06/22 41 4 18 5 1 0 25 4 6 9 0.439 0.531 0.610 1.140 0.563 06/23 - 07/05 39 7 8 1 0 0 9 2 5 6 0.205 0.304 0.231 0.535 0.242 07/06 - 07/21 27 6 10 2 0 2 18 7 8 5 0.370 0.514 0.667 1.181 0.400 07/22 - 08/03 41 13 11 4 0 4 27 9 6 11 0.268 0.354 0.659 1.013 0.269 08/04 - 08/16 46 5 8 1 0 1 12 4 8 11 0.174 0.296 0.261 0.557 0.206 08/17 - 08/30 46 6 13 0 0 2 19 6 3 9 0.283 0.327 0.413 0.740 0.314 season totals 459 74 142 33 1 15 222 67 61 98 0.309 0.395 0.484 0.879 0.367 it doesn't appear that his strikeout rate has gone up significantly, although his OPS has certainly tailed off since 04 Aug.

Greetings one and all from wonderful Algonquin, IL !!! Worthless stats of the day for Friday......... CUBS are 13-8 on Fridays CUBS are 4-5 vs. Houston CUBS are 29-27 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 17-17 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 33-34 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 24-19 in games that start a series CUBS are 38-32 in day games CUBS are 35-32 at home CUBS are 13-20 against lefties CUBS are 33-27 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 49-18 when they get a quality start.... 19-46 when they don't CUBS are 25-37 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 43-27 when they don't CUBS are 52-24 when they score first in the game.... 16-40 when they don't CUBS are 30-20 when they score in the first inning.... 38-44 when they don't CUBS are 57-41 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 11-23 when they do CUBS are 57-25 when they score at least 4 runs.... 11-39 when they don't CUBS are 53-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 15-54 when they don't CUBS are 58-16 when they outhit the opponents.... 5-34 when they get outhit.... and 5-12 when the hits are even CUBS are 17-20 in one run games.... 12-12 in two run games CUBS are 26-20 when they average 3.6 P/PA or fewer.... 42-44 when they don't CUBS are 51-36 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 17-28 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace to win 83 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 745 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 130 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 493 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1063 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 93 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 119 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 97 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05 CUBS are scoring 4.60 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.75 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are drving in 19.3% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.364 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05 CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 33.0% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05 CUBS bullpen has an ERA of 1.25 over the last 13 games (8-5) CUBS have hit at least 1 double in 14 straight games CUBS have committed 8 errors in their last 11 games CUBS have not homered in 7 of their last 9 games CUBS pitchers have a 3 game hitting streak, after going hitless for the previous 12 games CUBS pitchers have hit at least 1 batter in each of their last 4 games CUBS have 5 quality starts in their last 9 games CUBS have scored first in 34 of their last 61 games (36-25) CUBS have drawn more than 4 BBs in 11 of their last 55 games CUBS have hit 2 triples in their last 32 games.... both in the same game CUBS have executed 5 sac bunts in their last 27 games CUBS have hit 3 sac flies in their last 29 games CUBS have been HBP 8 times in their last 60 games CUBS have issued more than 3 BBs in 38 of their last 58 games CUBS have caught 6 base runners stealing in their last 62 games CUBS opponents have stolen 7 bases in their last 4 games CUBS on 30 August..... Year W L Pct Place GB Lead 2007 68 64 .515 1st ---- 2.5 2006 54 79 .406 5th 17.0 ---- 2005 63 69 .477 4th 21.0 ---- 2003 69 65 .515 3rd 1.5 ---- 2001 74 59 .556 2nd 4.0 ---- 1998 75 62 .547 2nd 11.0 ---- 1989 75 58 .564 1st ---- 2.5 1984 80 53 .602 1st ---- 6.0 1969 82 52 .612 1st ---- 4.0 1945 76 45 .628 1st ---- 3.5 1908 70 47 .598 2nd 0.5 ---- 1907 88 32 .733 1st ---- 18.5 1906 91 31 .746 1st ---- 13.0 CUBS are 9-8 when Marshall starts Marshall is 10 of 17 in quality starts Marshall has 1 consecutive quality start(s) Marshall's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.47.... to Blanco it's N/A.... to K. Hill it's 5.23.... to Bowen it's N/A.... to Soto it's N/A.... to Kendall it's 3.43 CUBS score 4.60 R/G overall.... 4.35 R/G when Marshall pitches CUBS hit 0.80 HR/G overall.... 0.82 HR/G when Marshall pitches CUBS' offensive support of Marshall..... 04/02 - 08/30 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marshall 578 74 158 25 5 14 235 70 52 111 0.273 0.333 0.407 0.739 CUBS overall 4606 607 1240 280 23 106 1884 574 402 866 0.269 0.329 0.409 0.738 Composite scoring in games started by Marshall......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 15 6 11 9 8 7 6 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 Opponents 8 10 8 5 5 10 7 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 Marshall's starts this year (7-6) Marshall IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/23 vs. S.D. 7.0 4 2 2 2 8 1 105 2.57 10.29 1.29 0.86 2.57 05/28 vs. Flor 6.3 6 3 2 2 6 1 111 2.84 8.53 1.42 1.26 2.84 06/03 vs. Atla 6.7 6 1 1 1 8 0 99 1.35 10.80 0.00 1.05 1.35 06/08 vs. Atla 6.0 4 1 1 2 4 0 94 3.00 6.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 06/13 vs. Seatt 8.0 6 2 2 0 1 1 94 0.00 1.13 1.13 0.75 2.25 06/19 vs. Texas 4.0 5 4 4 3 4 3 76 6.75 9.00 6.75 2.00 9.00 06/24 vs. CWS 6.3 5 0 0 1 3 0 81 1.42 4.26 0.00 0.95 0.00 06/30 vs. Milw 2.0 7 7 6 2 2 0 48 9.00 9.00 0.00 4.50 27.00 07/05 vs. Wash 5.3 5 2 2 4 2 0 85 6.75 3.38 0.00 1.69 3.38 07/17 vs. S.F. 6.0 5 2 2 2 2 0 88 3.00 3.00 0.00 1.17 3.00 07/22 vs. Ariz 6.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 98 3.00 7.50 0.00 1.17 1.50 07/28 vs. Cincy 6.0 6 1 1 1 3 0 103 1.50 4.50 0.00 1.17 1.50 08/02 vs. Phila 2.7 9 7 7 1 2 1 66 3.38 6.75 3.38 3.75 23.63 08/12 vs. Colo 5.0 6 3 3 2 1 1 84 3.60 1.80 1.80 1.60 5.40 08/18 vs. St. L 5.0 5 2 2 1 0 2 70 1.80 0.00 3.60 1.20 3.60 08/24 vs. Ariz 6.0 2 1 1 1 5 1 72 1.50 7.50 1.50 0.50 1.50 Home 42.7 49 25 23 11 26 5 674 2.32 5.48 1.05 1.41 4.85 Road 51.0 44 19 19 16 32 7 768 2.82 5.65 1.24 1.18 3.35 Day 40.0 49 24 22 12 27 5 657 2.70 6.08 1.13 1.53 4.95 Nite 53.7 44 20 20 15 31 7 785 2.52 5.20 1.17 1.10 3.35 Home Day 28.7 38 21 19 9 23 4 492 2.83 7.22 1.26 1.64 5.97 May 13.3 10 5 4 4 14 2 216 2.70 9.45 1.35 1.05 2.70 June 33.0 33 15 14 9 22 4 492 2.45 6.00 1.09 1.27 3.82 July 23.3 21 6 6 9 12 0 374 3.47 4.63 0.00 1.29 2.31 August 24.0 29 18 18 5 10 6 360 1.88 3.75 2.25 1.42 6.75 totals vs. Houst 5.3 7 5 5 0 2 1 68 0.00 3.38 1.69 1.31 8.44 last 5 starts 24.0 29 18 18 5 10 6 360 1.88 3.75 2.25 1.42 6.75 season totals 93.7 93 44 42 27 58 12 1442 2.59 5.57 1.15 1.28 4.04 Marshall's starts vs. Houston last year (1-2)....... Marshall IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/07 vs. Houst 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 84 3.86 6.43 1.29 1.00 1.29 06/13 vs. Houst 4.0 7 5 5 4 1 1 88 9.00 2.25 2.25 2.75 11.25 07/05 vs. Houst 7.0 6 0 0 3 2 0 102 3.86 2.57 0.00 1.29 0.00 totals vs. Houst 18.0 17 6 6 10 8 2 274 5.00 4.00 1.00 1.50 3.00 season totals 125.7 132 85 78 59 77 20 2054 4.23 5.51 1.43 1.52 5.59 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Thurs Wed Tues Mon Sun Sat Fri Totals 30 Aug 29 Aug 28 Aug 27 Aug 26 Aug 25 Aug 24 Aug vs. Milw vs. Milw vs. Milw no game @ Ariz @ Ariz @ Ariz pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 21 1.0 12 0.3 4 2.3 37 Eyre 0.7 7 0.3 2 1.0 9 Howry 1.0 10 1.0 22 1.0 26 1.0 23 4.0 81 Wuertz 1.0 12 1.0 21 0.7 19 2.7 52 Marmol 2.0 29 1.7 25 1.0 16 4.7 70 Wood 1.0 21 0.7 16 1.7 37 Totals 4.0 60 2.7 40 2.0 34 2.7 51 2.0 39 3.0 62 16.3 286 CUBS' season series vs. Houston this year (4-5)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 7 Mon 04/09 Houston 3- 5 Lilly Williams 8 Tue 04/10 Houston 2- 4 Marquis Sampson 62 Mon 06/11 Houston N 2- 1 Zambrano Williams 88 Fri 07/13 Houston 6- 0 Zambrano Jennings 89 Sat 07/14 Houston 9- 3 Lilly Oswalt 90 Sun 07/15 Houston 7- 6 Marquis Rodriguez 111 Mon 08/06 @ Houston N 1- 2 Hill Rodriguez 112 Tue 08/07 @ Houston N 2- 5 Marshall Williams 113 Wed 08/08 @ Houston N 2- 8 Zambrano Oswalt 133 Fri 08/31 Houston - Marshall Patton 134 Sat 09/01 Houston - Marquis Rodriguez 135 Sun 09/02 Houston - Hill Williams 144 Tue 09/11 @ Houston N - Marquis Albers 145 Wed 09/12 @ Houston N - Hill Patton 146 Thu 09/13 @ Houston N - Zambrano Rodriguez CUBS' season series vs. Houston last year (7-8) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 56 Mon 06/05 @ Houston N 8- 0 Zambrano 57 Tue 06/06 @ Houston N 1- 4 Wood 58 Wed 06/07 @ Houston 0- 1 Marshall 63 Tue 06/13 Houston N 2- 9 Marshall 64 Wed 06/14 Houston N 4- 5 Maddux 65 Thu 06/15 Houston 2- 3 Zambrano 82 Mon 07/03 @ Houston N 2- 7 Marmol 83 Tue 07/04 @ Houston 2- 7 Prior 84 Wed 07/05 @ Houston N 1- 0 Marshall 92 Tue 07/18 Houston N 4- 2 Marmol 93 Wed 07/19 Houston N 2- 4 Maddux 94 Thu 07/20 Houston 4- 1 Zambrano 118 Mon 08/14 @ Houston N 3- 0 Zambrano 119 Tue 08/15 @ Houston N 8- 6 Mateo 120 Wed 08/16 @ Houston 1- 0 O'Malley CUBS hitters vs. Houston this year..... vs. Houst AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Ward 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.333 Murton 11 1 4 0 0 1 7 1 0 2 0.364 0.364 0.636 1.000 0.375 Theriot 28 6 11 1 0 1 15 3 2 4 0.393 0.433 0.536 0.969 0.435 Lee 30 3 9 2 0 1 14 8 8 9 0.300 0.447 0.467 0.914 0.400 Barrett 7 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0.286 0.375 0.429 0.804 0.333 Pagan 10 1 2 0 0 1 5 2 0 2 0.200 0.200 0.500 0.700 0.143 Floyd 20 1 6 0 0 0 6 1 3 2 0.300 0.391 0.300 0.691 0.333 Patterson 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 Ramirez 23 2 6 1 0 0 7 6 2 4 0.261 0.320 0.304 0.624 0.316 DeRosa 34 3 9 1 0 0 10 1 2 8 0.265 0.306 0.294 0.600 0.346 Soriano 25 4 5 1 0 1 9 3 0 8 0.200 0.231 0.360 0.591 0.250 Izturis 10 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.200 0.385 0.200 0.585 0.200 Jones 28 3 7 1 0 0 8 1 1 2 0.250 0.267 0.286 0.552 0.269 Kendall 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167 0.375 0.167 0.542 0.167 K Hill 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452 0.167 Fontenot 20 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 7 0.200 0.200 0.250 0.450 0.308 Soto 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.143 0.250 0.143 0.393 0.250 Pie 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 0.000 Cedeno 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bowen 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Houst 304 34 77 10 0 6 105 31 27 69 0.253 0.315 0.345 0.661 0.310 season totals 4607 605 1240 275 23 105 1876 573 401 856 0.269 0.329 0.407 0.736 0.311 CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year...... vs. Houst IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Marmol 3.7 1 0 0 1 4 0 55 2.45 9.82 0.00 0.55 0.00 Dempster 3.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 29 6.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Guzman 3.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 40 3.00 6.00 0.00 1.33 0.00 Eyre 1.7 2 0 0 3 1 0 44 16.20 5.40 0.00 3.00 0.00 Wood 1.7 2 0 0 0 1 0 31 0.00 5.40 0.00 1.20 0.00 Gallagher 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 9.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Ohman 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 R Hill 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 1 101 2.57 7.71 1.29 0.71 1.29 Lilly 14.0 10 4 4 2 12 0 196 1.29 7.71 0.00 0.86 2.57 Zambrano 20.3 14 8 7 7 21 2 356 3.10 9.30 0.89 1.03 3.10 Howry 4.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 66 0.00 9.00 2.25 1.25 4.50 Wuertz 5.3 5 4 4 3 6 1 100 5.06 10.13 1.69 1.50 6.75 Marshall 5.3 7 5 5 0 2 1 68 0.00 3.38 1.69 1.31 8.44 Marquis 9.0 12 10 9 7 5 1 173 7.00 5.00 1.00 2.11 9.00 totals vs. Houst 79.7 67 34 32 29 67 7 1292 3.28 7.57 0.79 1.21 3.62 season totals 1182.3 1087 560 526 475 980 140 19261 3.62 7.46 1.07 1.32 4.00 CUBS' last 14 games (8-6).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 119 Wed 08/15 Cincinnati N 9-11 Lilly Dumatrait 120 Thu 08/16 Cincinnati 12- 4 Marquis Livingston 121 Fri 08/17 St. Louis 2- 1 Hill Looper 122 Sat 08/18 St. Louis 5- 3 Marshall Reyes 123 Mon 08/20 St. Louis 4- 6 Lilly Wells 124 Tue 08/21 @ San Francisco N 5- 1 Marquis Lincecum 125 Wed 08/22 @ San Francisco N 4- 2 Hill Zito 126 Thu 08/23 @ San Francisco 1- 4 Zambrano Cain 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 130 Tue 08/28 Milwaukee N 5- 3 Hill Suppan 131 Wed 08/29 Milwaukee N 1- 6 Zambrano Sheets 132 Thu 08/30 Milwaukee N 5- 4 Lilly Parra Composite scoring during the last 14 games......... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 9 8 11 4 3 7 12 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 Opponents 7 10 10 6 5 6 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 08/15 - 08/30 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Ward 19 2 7 3 0 1 13 5 1 4 0.368 0.400 0.684 1.084 0.429 Blanco 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.333 Kendall 44 6 15 3 0 1 21 6 4 5 0.341 0.408 0.477 0.885 0.368 Ramirez 47 6 14 4 0 1 21 10 9 5 0.298 0.397 0.447 0.843 0.317 Jones 57 8 19 5 0 1 27 10 2 11 0.333 0.356 0.474 0.830 0.400 DeRosa 45 8 15 3 0 1 21 8 2 7 0.333 0.362 0.467 0.828 0.378 Murton 27 4 8 1 0 1 12 2 3 1 0.296 0.367 0.444 0.811 0.280 Theriot 58 10 16 8 0 0 24 5 5 6 0.276 0.333 0.414 0.747 0.308 Monroe 12 1 3 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 0.250 0.308 0.417 0.724 0.300 Floyd 24 2 6 1 0 1 10 3 0 0 0.250 0.280 0.417 0.697 0.217 Lee 55 6 14 0 0 2 20 6 4 12 0.255 0.305 0.364 0.669 0.293 Soriano 13 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 4 0.154 0.214 0.385 0.599 0.125 Fox 12 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 2 0.167 0.231 0.333 0.564 0.200 Fontenot 18 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 3 6 0.167 0.286 0.222 0.508 0.250 Pie 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 K Hill 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.333 Cedeno 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 last 14 games 472 64 129 34 0 10 193 60 38 82 0.273 0.329 0.409 0.738 0.313 season totals 4607 605 1240 275 23 105 1876 573 401 856 0.269 0.329 0.407 0.736 0.311 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 08/15 - 08/30 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Marmol 9.7 4 0 0 5 14 0 160 4.66 13.03 0.00 0.93 0.00 Eyre 4.3 4 0 0 0 1 0 39 0.00 2.08 0.00 0.92 0.00 Dempster 7.3 2 1 1 4 3 0 82 4.91 3.68 0.00 0.82 1.23 Wood 4.7 3 1 1 1 2 0 67 1.93 3.86 0.00 0.86 1.93 Marshall 11.0 7 3 3 2 5 3 142 1.64 4.09 2.45 0.82 2.45 R Hill 21.0 16 6 6 3 26 1 335 1.29 11.14 0.43 0.90 2.57 Howry 7.7 7 3 3 4 10 2 145 4.70 11.74 2.35 1.43 3.52 Marquis 18.3 16 10 10 12 10 3 304 5.89 4.91 1.47 1.53 4.91 Wuertz 5.0 5 4 3 6 8 1 107 10.80 14.40 1.80 2.20 5.40 Lilly 22.0 22 16 16 9 22 5 389 3.68 9.00 2.05 1.41 6.55 Pignatiello 1.3 2 1 1 0 2 1 20 0.00 13.50 6.75 1.50 6.75 Zambrano 11.7 15 10 9 5 10 1 217 3.86 7.71 0.77 1.71 6.94 last 14 games 124.0 103 55 53 51 113 17 2007 3.70 8.20 1.23 1.24 3.85 season totals 1182.3 1087 560 526 475 980 140 19261 3.62 7.46 1.07 1.32 4.00 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/02 - 08/30 BDI LOB RBI% Kendall 14 39 0.264 Ramirez 62 174 0.263 DeRosa 55 162 0.253 Floyd 34 114 0.230 Lee 52 178 0.226 Jones 45 166 0.213 Blanco 4 15 0.211 Fontenot 25 99 0.202 Pagan 16 66 0.195 Theriot 35 147 0.192 Pie 17 77 0.181 Soto 1 5 0.167 Fox 1 5 0.167 Soriano 26 141 0.156 K Hill 10 58 0.147 Barrett 19 113 0.144 Murton 11 81 0.120 Cedeno 4 31 0.114 Cedeno 4 31 0.114 Bowen 2 19 0.095 Izturis 8 79 0.092 Moore 0 3 0.000 Patterson 0 4 0.000 Monroe 0 7 0.000 CUBS 468 1961 0.193 Wild Card Race Team W L Pct GB Arizona 74 60 0.552 --- Philadelphia 71 62 0.534 2.5 Los Angeles 70 63 0.526 3.5 CUBS 68 64 0.515 5.0 Atlanta 69 65 0.515 5.0 Colorado 68 65 0.511 5.5 Milwaukee 66 67 0.496 7.5 St. Louis 64 66 0.492 8.0 Cincinnati 62 72 0.463 12.0 San Francisco 61 73 0.455 13.0 CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 29 Milwaukee 28 Cincinnati 23 Pittsburgh 21 Houston 21 Go CUBS !! .

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

Brewers haven't scored a run on Dempster yet this year.......... vs. Milw IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 6.0 0 0 0 2 4 0 67 3.00 6.00 0.00 0.33 0.00 Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 17-22 when they hit an opposing batter.... 50-42 when they don't Go CUBS !!

.... and the Bears go down 12-0 on a punt return.

Just because !! :wink:

Jones with a RBI single off the left hander. Could it be that the old dog has learned a new trick ????

How did the Browns get the saftey, I missed it? Fumble on the kickoff after the FG

Bears now trailing 5-0. It's about time to round up the family and go out to dinner. edit: on second thought.... I'm not sure I'm all that hungry

Won't take much..... 04/02 - 08/29 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Lilly 168.3 148 75 72 46 140 23 2631 2.46 7.49 1.23 1.15 3.85 Zambrano 179.7 158 86 81 82 149 21 3079 4.11 7.46 1.05 1.34 4.06 Marquis 158.3 147 86 75 67 88 20 2544 3.81 5.00 1.14 1.35 4.26 Marshall 93.7 93 44 42 27 58 12 1442 2.59 5.57 1.15 1.28 4.04 R Hill 161.3 139 70 66 51 154 24 2528 2.85 8.59 1.34 1.18 3.68

Seems like the CUBS have gone into hibernation a little early this year, eh?

Wait !! There's still Marquis !! [ducks]

Hmm.... better lay off the cotton candy, eh?

CUBS are 56-41 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 11-23 when they do Go CUBS !!

This is not what I would call an auspicious start.

CUBS are 1-1 when Brian Gorman calls the balls & strikes. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 20 Tue 04/24 Milwaukee N 1- 4 Hill Suppan 66 Fri 06/15 San Diego 4- 1 Lilly Wells Go CUBS !!!

CUBS are 1-0 on days when my daughter runs away from home..... so we should be good for tonight !! :D

Because Jones has been hot, he's a vet, and there are no RH options for CF unless you count Monroe, which Lou obviously doesn't. Jones looked pathetic Tuesday night against Shouse (Lefty) Then he came right back last night and got a hit off of him.

I don't know about statistical noise. ERA gives you exactly the target value that it purports to. That happens to be a poor estimation of true talent and how a pitcher has pitched. It gets better the larger the sample. define "true talent" He shouldn't have to define "true talent." You know damn well what he means. It depends on what the meaning of is is. :wink: