Fred Hornkohl

Lee doubled to left center field

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING DeRosa doubled to down the left field line Fontenot grounded out to second, 4-3 , DeRosa to third Murton grounded into a FC, 6-2, DeRosa out at home K Hill grounded out to short, 6-3 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 1 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Houston: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Oswalt 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 36

Murton grounded into a FC, 6-2, DeRosa out at home

Fontenot grounded out to second, 4-3 , DeRosa to third

DeRosa doubled to down the left field line

CUBS are 49-34 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 9-20 when they do Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Biggio flied out to left center field Lamb flied out to left center field Berkman struck out swinging 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Houston: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Oswalt 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17

Lamb flied out to left center field

Biggio flied out to left center field

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Theriot grounded out to short, 6-3 Jones walked D Lee walked , Jones to second Floyd grounded into a DP, 4-6-3, D Lee out at second 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 Houston 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Houston: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Oswalt 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17

D Lee walked , Jones to second

Pat Hughes reporting that Ramirez was scratched from the lineup...... now looks like this........... CUBS Theriot, ss Jones, cf D Lee, 1b Floyd, rf DeRosa, 3b Fontenot, 2b Murton, lf K Hill, c Zambrano, p

Jones walked

Theriot grounded out to short, 6-3

Any time. :wink:

Here's everything with a differential of 5 runs or more.......... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 100 Thu 07/26 @ St. Louis N 1-11 Marquis Looper 51 Wed 05/30 Florida N 0- 9 Lilly Mitre 79 Sat 06/30 Milwaukee 4-13 Marshall Sheets 68 Sun 06/17 San Diego 3-11 Hill Maddux 38 Wed 05/16 @ New York N 1- 8 Hill Sosa 83 Wed 07/04 @ Washington 0- 6 Hill Chico 6 Sun 04/08 @ Milwaukee 4- 9 Miller Capuano 33 Fri 05/11 @ Philadelphia N 2- 7 Hill Hamels 50 Tue 05/29 Florida N 4- 9 Marquis Willis 110 Sun 08/05 New York N 3- 8 Marquis Glavine

Hey.... at least I waved to you yesterday when I drove through Siloam Springs !!! :wave:

No hyperbole there, eh?

Greetings on and all from wonderful Algonquin, IL !! Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday.......... CUBS are 10-6 on Wednesdays CUBS are 4-4 vs. Houston CUBS are 24-22 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 2-2 when they've lost their last 3 game(s) in a row CUBS are 29-24 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 18-19 in games that end a series CUBS are 23-27 at night CUBS are 28-26 on the road CUBS are 48-36 against right handers CUBS are 28-21 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 42-17 when they get a quality start.... 16-37 when they don't CUBS are 19-32 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 39-22 when they don't CUBS are 47-21 when they score first in the game.... 11-33 when they don't CUBS are 27-18 when they score in the first inning.... 31-36 when they don't CUBS are 49-34 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 9-20 when they do CUBS are 48-21 when they score at least 4 runs.... 10-33 when they don't CUBS are 45-9 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 13-45 when they don't CUBS are 51-14 when they outhit the opponents.... 3-29 when they get outhit.... and 4-9 when the hits are even CUBS are 21-8 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 37-46 when he doesn't CUBS are 15-18 in one run games.... 9-9 in two run games CUBS are 41-33 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 17-21 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are 37-18 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 21-36 when they don't CUBS are on a pace to win 84 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 129 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 500 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1080 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 98 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 111 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 95 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 3.76 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are drving in 19.2% 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 33.2% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05 CUBS' opponents have thrown 5 QS in the last 6 games.... CUBS have lost 5 of 6 CUBS are 14-10 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 14 of 24 in quality starts Zambrano has 1 consecutive non-quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 7.53.... to Blanco it's 3.27.... to K. Hill it's 1.46.... to Bowen it's 1.13.... to Soto it's 0.00.... to Kendall it's 2.38 CUBS score 4.60 R/G overall.... 4.96 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 0.80 HR/G overall.... 0.96 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/02 - 08/07 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 824 119 219 52 4 23 348 111 80 148 0.266 0.329 0.422 0.752 CUBS overall 3915 515 1048 238 21 89 1595 487 346 747 0.268 0.328 0.407 0.736 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 14 14 13 15 13 17 9 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 Opponents 14 2 7 3 20 7 15 9 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 85 Zambrano's starts this year (14-7) 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 Home 72.7 60 37 33 39 61 6 1271 4.83 7.56 0.74 1.36 4.09 Road 82.7 62 26 26 33 72 12 1371 3.59 7.84 1.31 1.15 2.83 Day 115.0 92 51 48 53 96 14 1944 4.15 7.51 1.10 1.26 3.76 Nite 40.3 30 12 11 19 37 4 698 4.24 8.26 0.89 1.21 2.45 Road Nite 27.0 22 9 9 15 22 3 467 5.00 7.33 1.00 1.37 3.00 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 5.0 2 1 1 7 5 1 93 12.60 9.00 1.80 1.80 1.80 totals vs. Houst 14.7 6 1 0 4 15 0 243 2.45 9.20 0.00 0.68 0.00 last 5 starts 30.3 14 3 3 18 26 1 518 5.34 7.71 0.30 1.05 0.89 season totals 155.3 122 63 59 72 133 18 2642 4.17 7.71 1.04 1.25 3.42 Zambrano's starts vs. Houston last year (3-0)....... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/05 vs. Houst 8.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 126 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.38 0.00 06/15 vs. Houst 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 107 2.57 6.43 0.00 1.00 1.29 07/20 vs. Houst 8.0 2 1 1 4 10 0 123 4.50 11.25 0.00 0.75 1.13 08/14 vs. Houst 8.0 4 0 0 7 5 0 121 7.88 5.63 0.00 1.38 0.00 totals vs. Houst 31.0 12 2 2 15 28 0 477 4.35 8.13 0.00 0.87 0.58 season totals 214.0 162 91 81 115 210 20 3624 4.84 8.83 0.84 1.29 3.41 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Tues Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Totals 07 Aug 06 Aug 05 Aug 04 Aug 03 Aug 02 Aug 01 Aug @ Houst @ Houst vs. Mets vs. Mets vs. Mets vs. Phil vs. Phil pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 12 1.0 14 1.0 26 1.0 32 4.0 84 Eyre 0.7 21 1.0 23 1.3 21 3.0 65 Howry 1.0 12 1.0 10 1.0 30 1.0 14 4.0 66 Ohman 0.3 20 1.0 22 1.3 42 Wuertz 0.7 16 0.7 6 2.0 33 3.3 55 Marmol 1.0 15 0.3 8 2.0 35 1.0 9 4.3 67 Cherry 2.7 66 2.7 66 Wood 1.7 31 1.0 14 2.7 45 Totals 2.7 43 2.7 43 3.7 75 1.3 18 4.0 91 6.7 144 4.3 76 25.3 490 CUBS' season series vs. New York this year (4-4)..... 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 - Zambrano Oswalt 134 Fri 08/31 Houston - Lilly Oswalt 135 Sat 09/01 Houston - Marquis Jennings 136 Sun 09/02 Houston - Hill Williams 144 Tue 09/11 @ Houston N - Lilly Oswalt 145 Wed 09/12 @ Houston N - Marquis Jennings 146 Thu 09/13 @ Houston N - Hill Williams 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 7 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 0 2 0.286 0.286 0.714 1.000 0.250 Lee 27 3 9 2 0 1 14 7 6 9 0.333 0.455 0.519 0.973 0.471 Theriot 23 5 8 1 0 1 12 2 2 4 0.348 0.400 0.522 0.922 0.389 Barrett 7 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0.286 0.375 0.429 0.804 0.333 Floyd 16 1 5 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 0.313 0.389 0.313 0.701 0.333 Pagan 10 1 2 0 0 1 5 2 0 2 0.200 0.200 0.500 0.700 0.143 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 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 DeRosa 29 3 7 1 0 0 8 1 2 8 0.241 0.290 0.276 0.566 0.333 Kendall 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167 0.375 0.167 0.542 0.167 Fontenot 15 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 0.200 0.200 0.267 0.467 0.375 Jones 24 3 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 2 0.208 0.200 0.250 0.450 0.227 Soto 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.143 0.250 0.143 0.393 0.250 Pie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 K Hill 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Cedeno 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Houst 267 32 65 10 0 6 93 29 22 65 0.243 0.302 0.348 0.651 0.301 season totals 3915 513 1048 236 21 89 1593 486 345 746 0.268 0.328 0.407 0.735 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 Zambrano 14.7 6 1 0 4 15 0 243 2.45 9.20 0.00 0.68 0.00 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 1 0 0 1 1 0 29 5.40 5.40 0.00 1.20 0.00 Wood 1.7 2 0 0 0 1 0 31 0.00 5.40 0.00 1.20 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 Howry 4.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 66 0.00 9.00 2.25 1.25 4.50 Wuertz 4.0 4 3 3 3 5 0 77 6.75 11.25 0.00 1.75 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 71.7 56 26 24 23 60 4 1118 2.89 7.53 0.50 1.10 3.01 season totals 1007.3 920 466 437 397 833 116 16335 3.55 7.44 1.04 1.31 3.90 CUBS' last 14 games (6-8).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 99 Wed 07/25 @ St. Louis N 7- 1 Lilly Wainright 100 Thu 07/26 @ St. Louis N 1-11 Marquis Looper 101 Fri 07/27 @ Cincinnati N 4- 5 Hill Arroyo 102 Sat 07/28 @ Cincinnati N 8- 1 Marshall Harang 103 Sun 07/29 @ Cincinnati 6- 0 Zambrano Belisle 104 Mon 07/30 Philadelphia N 1- 4 Lilly Hamels 105 Tue 07/31 Philadelphia N 7- 3 Marquis Eaton 106 Wed 08/01 Philadelphia N 5- 4 Hill Moyer 107 Thu 08/02 Philadelphia 6-10 Marshall Lohse 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 111 Mon 08/06 @ Houston N 1- 2 Hill Rodriguez 112 Tue 08/07 @ Houston N 2- 5 Marshall Williams 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 10 4 10 3 7 7 8 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 Opponents 2 6 7 6 12 15 1 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 CUBS' hitters during the last 14 games...... 07/25 - 08/07 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Murton 16 3 5 1 0 1 9 3 2 8 0.313 0.389 0.563 0.951 0.571 Kendall 36 5 12 4 0 0 16 4 6 5 0.333 0.429 0.444 0.873 0.387 Lee 51 14 11 5 0 4 28 9 7 15 0.216 0.305 0.549 0.854 0.219 Theriot 52 9 16 2 0 1 21 5 7 3 0.308 0.390 0.404 0.794 0.313 Ramirez 42 4 11 8 0 0 19 4 4 5 0.262 0.340 0.452 0.793 0.297 Floyd 34 5 11 2 0 0 13 5 4 9 0.324 0.410 0.382 0.793 0.440 DeRosa 40 2 11 2 0 0 13 4 6 12 0.275 0.362 0.325 0.687 0.393 Jones 40 3 10 5 0 0 15 6 3 3 0.250 0.302 0.375 0.677 0.270 Patterson 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 Fontenot 33 1 7 2 0 0 9 6 4 9 0.212 0.297 0.273 0.570 0.292 Pagan 21 3 3 2 0 0 5 2 1 4 0.143 0.182 0.238 0.420 0.176 Cedeno 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0.167 0.231 0.167 0.397 0.250 K Hill 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0.067 0.067 0.067 0.133 0.100 Fox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 last 14 games 481 59 124 37 1 8 187 56 46 106 0.258 0.324 0.389 0.713 0.316 season totals 3915 513 1048 236 21 89 1593 486 345 746 0.268 0.328 0.407 0.735 0.311 CUBS' pitchers during the last 14 games...... 07/25 - 08/07 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 4.7 2 0 0 6 5 0 86 11.57 9.64 0.00 1.71 0.00 Wood 2.7 3 0 0 0 2 0 45 0.00 6.75 0.00 1.13 0.00 Zambrano 12.3 4 1 1 10 11 1 206 7.30 8.03 0.73 1.14 0.73 Marmol 8.0 4 1 1 4 11 0 121 4.50 12.38 0.00 1.00 1.13 Wuertz 8.0 7 2 1 5 5 0 122 5.63 5.63 0.00 1.50 1.13 Howry 6.3 5 1 1 1 6 0 107 1.42 8.53 0.00 0.95 1.42 Lilly 19.7 20 7 7 7 13 4 299 3.20 5.95 1.83 1.37 3.20 R Hill 16.7 17 7 6 8 19 3 301 4.32 10.26 1.62 1.50 3.24 Cherry 3.7 4 2 2 2 4 0 70 4.91 9.82 0.00 1.64 4.91 Dempster 6.0 10 5 5 8 6 0 122 12.00 9.00 0.00 3.00 7.50 Marquis 16.3 22 14 14 10 6 3 289 5.51 3.31 1.65 1.96 7.71 Marshall 14.0 22 13 13 2 7 2 237 1.29 4.50 1.29 1.71 8.36 Ohman 4.7 9 5 5 1 3 0 85 1.93 5.79 0.00 2.14 9.64 Petrick 1.0 4 4 4 3 0 1 35 27.00 0.00 9.00 7.00 36.00 last 14 games 124.0 133 62 60 67 98 14 2125 4.86 7.11 1.02 1.61 4.35 season totals 1007.3 920 466 437 397 833 116 16335 3.55 7.44 1.04 1.31 3.90 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/02 - 08/07 BDI LOB RBI% Ward 8 20 0.286 Ramirez 53 155 0.255 DeRosa 48 141 0.254 Lee 46 142 0.245 Floyd 32 103 0.237 Pie 16 62 0.205 Blanco 3 12 0.200 Fontenot 21 85 0.198 Pagan 16 66 0.195 Theriot 27 114 0.191 Jones 31 140 0.181 Soto 1 5 0.167 Kendall 4 20 0.167 Soriano 26 130 0.167 K Hill 10 52 0.161 Barrett 19 113 0.144 Murton 9 56 0.138 Cedeno 4 30 0.118 Bowen 2 19 0.095 Izturis 8 79 0.092 Fox 0 2 0.000 Moore 0 3 0.000 Patterson 0 3 0.000 CUBS 397 1671 0.192 Wild Card Race Team W L Pct GB San Diego 61 51 0.545 --- Atlanta 60 53 0.531 1.5 Philadelphia 59 53 0.527 2.0 Los Angeles 58 53 0.523 2.5 CUBS 58 54 0.518 3.0 Colorado 58 54 0.518 3.0 St. Louis 51 59 0.464 9.0 Florida 52 61 0.460 9.5 CUBS' magic numbers: Milwaukee 51 St. Louis 46 Houston 42 Pittsburgh 41 Cincinnati 41 Go CUBS !!! .

When the CUBS score first in the game......... 2007 47-20 .701 2006 48-26 .649 2005 49-19 .721 2004 52-22 .703 Notice that this year they've scored first 67 times in 110 games (or 61% of the time) compared to 46%, 42% & 42% in previous years.

Sounds like we need to keep Vance from going to games this year. Perhaps someone can distract him with a Hooters t-shirt before he gets to the Juice Box tonight. Any volunteers? Sully? Fred? I'm looking in your direction. Sorry, man.... I'm in AR and heading north.

04/02 - 08/06 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS vs. L SP 963 93 231 57 3 26 372 87 79 181 0.240 0.297 0.386 0.684 CUBS vs. R SP 2920 420 811 181 18 62 1214 398 263 553 0.278 0.339 0.416 0.755 Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 6 Sun 04/08 @ Milwaukee 4- 9 Miller Capuano 15 Thu 04/19 @ Atlanta N 3- 0 Hill Redman 24 Mon 04/30 @ Pittsburgh N 2- 3 Hill Duke 31 Wed 05/09 Pittsburgh 1- 0 Marquis Gorzelanny 32 Thu 05/10 Pittsburgh 4- 6 Zambrano Maholm 33 Fri 05/11 @ Philadelphia N 2- 7 Hill Hamels 36 Mon 05/14 @ New York N 4- 5 Marquis Glavine 39 Thu 05/17 @ New York 5- 6 Guzman Vargas 40 Fri 05/18 Chicago (AL) 6- 3 Lilly Beuhrle 44 Wed 05/23 @ San Diego N 1- 2 Marshall Wells 47 Sat 05/26 @ Los Angeles 4- 2 Zambrano Hendrickson 48 Sun 05/27 @ Los Angeles 1- 2 Hill Wolf 50 Tue 05/29 Florida N 4- 9 Marquis Willis 53 Sat 06/02 Atlanta 3- 5 Hill James 58 Thu 06/07 @ Atlanta N 2- 1 Hill James 63 Tue 06/12 Seattle N 3- 5 Hill Washburn 66 Fri 06/15 San Diego 4- 1 Lilly Wells 72 Fri 06/22 @ Chicago (AL) 5- 1 Zambrano Beuhrle 75 Mon 06/25 Colorado N 10- 9 Marquis Francis 83 Wed 07/04 @ Washington 0- 6 Hill Chico 85 Fri 07/06 @ Pittsburgh N 4- 8 Marquis Maholm 87 Sun 07/08 @ Pittsburgh 2- 6 Zambrano Youman 90 Sun 07/15 Houston 7- 6 Marquis Rodriguez 92 Tue 07/17 San Francisco N 2- 4 Marshall Zito 104 Mon 07/30 Philadelphia N 1- 4 Lilly Hamels 106 Wed 08/01 Philadelphia N 5- 4 Hill Moyer 110 Sun 08/05 New York N 3- 8 Marquis Glavine 111 Mon 08/06 @ Houston N 1- 2 Hill Rodriguez

Sadly, my trip to Denver to see the CUBS last year was unexpectedly canceled due to the birth of my grandson. This year, it got scrubbed to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of that birth. Go CUBS !!

Greetings one and all from beautiful Springdale, AR !!! Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday......... CUBS are 7-9 on Tuesdays CUBS are 4-3 vs. Houston CUBS are 24-21 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 9-4 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 29-23 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 23-26 at night CUBS are 28-25 on the road CUBS are 48-35 against right handers CUBS are 19-20 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 42-17 when they get a quality start.... 16-36 when they don't CUBS are 19-31 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 39-22 when they don't CUBS are 47-20 when they score first in the game.... 11-33 when they don't CUBS are 27-17 when they score in the first inning.... 31-36 when they don't CUBS are 49-33 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 9-20 when they do CUBS are 48-21 when they score at least 4 runs.... 10-32 when they don't CUBS are 45-9 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 13-44 when they don't CUBS are 51-14 when they outhit the opponents.... 3-28 when they get outhit.... and 4-9 when the hits are even CUBS are 37-17 when their pitchers average 15 pitches per inning or less..... 21-36 when they don't CUBS are 50-31 when they get at least 8 hits..... 8-22 when they don't CUBS are 50-39 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 8-14 when they don't CUBS are 22-9 when they execute a sac bunt.... 36-44 when they don't CUBS are 21-26 when they commit 1 or more errors.... 37-26 when they don't CUBS are 53-42 when they hit at least 1 double.... 6-10 when they don't CUBS are 14-8 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 44-45 when they don't CUBS are 17-8 when they hit a sacrifice fly.... 41-45 when they don't CUBS are 26-11 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 33-42 when they don't CUBS are 20-30 when the opponent steals a base.... 38-23 when they don't CUBS are 12-21 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 46-32 when they don't CUBS are 12-6 when the opponent commits at least 2 errors.... 46-47 when they don't CUBS are 5-21 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 53-32 when they don't CUBS are 5-14 when the opponent hits a sacrifice fly.... 53-39 when they don't CUBS are 14-16 when they hit an opposing batter.... 44-37 when they don't CUBS have scored first in 25 of their last 40 games (26-14) CUBS have drawn more than 4 BBs in 8 of their last 34 games CUBS have hit 8 HR in their last 19 games CUBS have issued more than 3 BBs in 26 of their last 37 games CUBS have caught 2 base runners stealing in their last 41 games CUBS opponents have committed at least 1 error in 20 of their last 32 games CUBS are 7-6 when Marshall starts Marshall is 9 of 13 in quality starts Marshall has 1 consecutive non-quality starts 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 2.00 CUBS score 4.62 R/G overall.... 4.46 R/G when Marshall pitches CUBS hit 0.79 HR/G overall.... 0.92 HR/G when Marshall pitches CUBS' offensive support of Marshall..... 04/02 - 08/06 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marshall 449 58 125 21 5 12 192 55 40 85 0.278 0.336 0.428 0.764 CUBS overall 3883 513 1042 238 21 88 1586 485 342 734 0.268 0.329 0.408 0.737 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 12 6 6 6 8 6 5 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 Opponents 8 7 7 4 3 3 7 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Marshall's starts this year (5-5) 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 Home 37.7 44 23 21 10 26 3 604 2.39 6.21 0.72 1.43 5.02 Road 34.7 29 10 10 13 24 4 544 3.38 6.23 1.04 1.21 2.60 Day 30.0 38 19 17 9 26 2 503 2.70 7.80 0.60 1.57 5.10 Nite 42.3 35 14 14 14 24 5 645 2.98 5.10 1.06 1.16 2.98 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 2.7 9 7 7 1 2 1 66 3.38 6.75 3.38 3.75 23.63 last 5 starts 26.0 30 13 13 10 14 1 440 3.46 4.85 0.35 1.54 4.50 season totals 72.3 73 33 31 23 50 7 1148 2.86 6.22 0.87 1.33 3.86 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..... Mon Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Tues Totals 06 Aug 05 Aug 04 Aug 03 Aug 02 Aug 01 Aug 31 Jul @ Houst vs. Mets vs. Mets vs. Mets vs. Phil vs. Phil vs. Phil pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 14 1.0 26 1.0 32 3.0 72 Eyre 0.7 21 1.0 23 1.3 21 3.0 65 Howry 1.0 12 1.0 10 1.0 30 1.0 14 1.0 16 5.0 82 Ohman 0.3 20 1.0 22 0.7 13 2.0 55 Wuertz 0.7 16 0.7 6 2.0 33 3.3 55 Marmol 1.0 15 0.3 8 2.0 35 1.0 9 1.3 23 5.7 90 Cherry 2.7 66 2.7 66 Wood 1.0 14 1.0 14 Totals 2.7 43 3.7 75 1.3 18 4.0 91 6.7 144 4.3 76 3.0 52 25.7 499 CUBS' season series vs. New York this year (4-3)..... 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 - Marshall Williams 113 Wed 08/08 @ Houston N - Zambrano Oswalt 134 Fri 08/31 Houston - Lilly Oswalt 135 Sat 09/01 Houston - Marquis Jennings 136 Sun 09/02 Houston - Hill Williams 144 Tue 09/11 @ Houston N - Lilly Oswalt 145 Wed 09/12 @ Houston N - Marquis Jennings 146 Thu 09/13 @ Houston N - Hill Williams 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 Lee 24 3 9 2 0 1 14 7 5 6 0.375 0.483 0.583 1.066 0.471 Ward 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.333 Theriot 19 4 7 1 0 1 11 2 1 2 0.368 0.400 0.579 0.979 0.375 Kendall 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 0.333 Barrett 7 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0.286 0.375 0.429 0.804 0.333 Pagan 9 1 2 0 0 1 5 2 0 1 0.222 0.222 0.556 0.778 0.143 Floyd 13 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0.308 0.357 0.308 0.665 0.333 Ramirez 23 2 6 1 0 0 7 6 2 4 0.261 0.320 0.304 0.624 0.316 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 DeRosa 25 3 6 1 0 0 7 1 2 6 0.240 0.296 0.280 0.576 0.316 Jones 20 3 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 2 0.250 0.238 0.300 0.538 0.278 Fontenot 11 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 0.182 0.182 0.273 0.455 0.400 Murton 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.250 Soto 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.143 0.250 0.143 0.393 0.250 K Hill 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Cedeno 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Houst 235 30 59 10 0 5 84 27 18 52 0.251 0.306 0.357 0.663 0.303 season totals 3883 511 1042 236 21 88 1584 484 341 733 0.268 0.328 0.408 0.736 0.312 CUBS pitchers vs. Houston this year...... vs. Houst IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 14.7 6 1 0 4 15 0 243 2.45 9.20 0.00 0.68 0.00 Marmol 3.7 1 0 0 1 4 0 55 2.45 9.82 0.00 0.55 0.00 Guzman 3.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 40 3.00 6.00 0.00 1.33 0.00 Dempster 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 4.50 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Eyre 1.7 1 0 0 1 1 0 29 5.40 5.40 0.00 1.20 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 Howry 4.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 66 0.00 9.00 2.25 1.25 4.50 Wuertz 4.0 4 3 3 3 5 0 77 6.75 11.25 0.00 1.75 6.75 Marquis 9.0 12 10 9 7 5 1 173 7.00 5.00 1.00 2.11 9.00 totals vs. Houst 63.7 46 21 19 22 56 3 1007 3.11 7.92 0.42 1.07 2.69 season totals 999.3 910 461 432 396 829 115 16224 3.57 7.47 1.04 1.31 3.89 CUBS' last 7 games (3-4).............. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 105 Tue 07/31 Philadelphia N 7- 3 Marquis Eaton 106 Wed 08/01 Philadelphia N 5- 4 Hill Moyer 107 Thu 08/02 Philadelphia 6-10 Marshall Lohse 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 111 Mon 08/06 @ Houston N 1- 2 Hill Rodriguez 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 4 1 10 1 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Opponents 2 5 3 2 6 5 1 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games...... 07/31 - 08/06 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Fontenot 10 1 3 2 0 0 5 4 4 3 0.300 0.500 0.500 1.000 0.429 Lee 27 8 8 5 0 1 16 4 4 4 0.296 0.387 0.593 0.980 0.318 Kendall 20 3 7 3 0 0 10 3 4 3 0.350 0.458 0.500 0.958 0.412 Murton 10 1 4 1 0 0 5 2 1 4 0.400 0.455 0.500 0.955 0.667 Jones 22 1 8 4 0 0 12 5 1 2 0.364 0.391 0.545 0.937 0.400 Ramirez 22 1 5 5 0 0 10 3 2 5 0.227 0.320 0.455 0.775 0.294 Soriano 24 3 8 1 0 0 9 0 1 3 0.333 0.360 0.375 0.735 0.381 Theriot 25 3 7 1 0 0 8 2 2 0 0.280 0.333 0.320 0.653 0.280 Floyd 16 3 4 0 0 0 4 1 3 6 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650 0.400 DeRosa 22 2 5 1 0 0 6 2 4 7 0.227 0.346 0.273 0.619 0.333 Cedeno 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0.125 0.222 0.125 0.347 0.250 Pagan 10 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0.100 0.100 0.200 0.300 0.143 K Hill 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 last 7 games 239 30 63 24 0 1 90 28 27 50 0.264 0.343 0.377 0.720 0.330 season totals 3883 511 1042 236 21 88 1584 484 341 733 0.268 0.328 0.408 0.736 0.312 CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games...... 07/31 - 08/06 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Howry 5.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 82 1.80 10.80 0.00 0.80 0.00 Eyre 3.0 1 0 0 4 5 0 65 12.00 15.00 0.00 1.67 0.00 Cherry 2.3 2 0 0 1 2 0 43 3.86 7.71 0.00 1.29 0.00 Wood 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Marmol 5.7 2 1 1 4 9 0 90 6.35 14.29 0.00 1.06 1.59 Zambrano 5.0 2 1 1 7 5 1 93 12.60 9.00 1.80 1.80 1.80 Lilly 7.7 7 2 2 1 8 2 113 1.17 9.39 2.35 1.04 2.35 Wuertz 3.3 3 1 1 3 1 0 55 8.10 2.70 0.00 1.80 2.70 R Hill 11.7 11 5 4 5 11 2 197 3.86 8.49 1.54 1.37 3.09 Marquis 11.3 17 8 8 6 5 1 203 4.76 3.97 0.79 2.03 6.35 Dempster 3.0 7 5 5 4 3 0 72 12.00 9.00 0.00 3.67 15.00 Ohman 2.0 8 5 5 1 3 0 55 4.50 13.50 0.00 4.50 22.50 Marshall 2.7 9 7 7 1 2 1 66 3.38 6.75 3.38 3.75 23.63 last 7 games 63.7 73 35 34 38 61 7 1148 5.37 8.62 0.99 1.74 4.81 season totals 999.3 910 461 432 396 829 115 16224 3.57 7.47 1.04 1.31 3.89 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/02 - 08/06 BDI LOB RBI% Ward 8 20 0.286 DeRosa 48 138 0.258 Ramirez 53 155 0.255 Lee 46 141 0.246 Floyd 31 102 0.233 Pie 16 62 0.205 Fontenot 21 83 0.202 Blanco 3 12 0.200 Pagan 16 66 0.195 Theriot 27 113 0.193 Kendall 4 17 0.190 Jones 31 135 0.187 Soto 1 5 0.167 Soriano 26 130 0.167 K Hill 10 52 0.161 Barrett 19 113 0.144 Murton 9 56 0.138 Cedeno 4 30 0.118 Bowen 2 19 0.095 Izturis 8 79 0.092 Fox 0 2 0.000 Moore 0 3 0.000 Patterson 0 0 0.000 CUBS 396 1652 0.193 Wild Card Race Team W L Pct GB San Diego 60 51 0.541 --- Atlanta 59 53 0.527 1.5 CUBS 58 53 0.523 2.0 Philadelphia 58 53 0.523 2.0 Los Angeles 58 53 0.523 2.0 Colorado 57 54 0.514 3.0 St. Louis 51 58 0.468 8.0 Florida 52 60 0.464 8.5 CUBS' magic numbers: Milwaukee 52 St. Louis 47 Houston 42 Pittsburgh 41 Cincinnati 41 Go CUBS !! .

Personally, I would never pass up a chance to take a shot at Vance.... especially when he's in Houston and can't defend himself. But... that's just me. :wink: