Fred Hornkohl

Lee walked

Pie stole second base

Pie walked

Soriano flied out to deep right center field

CUBS are 26-22 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 2-13 when they do Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Suzuki grounded an IF single to first base Suzuki took second base on a passed ball Lopez grounded out to short, 6-3 , Suzuki holding second Suzuki took third base on a wild pitch Guillen grounded into a FC, 5-2-5-1, Suzuki out at home Ibanez flied out to shallow left center field 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle 0 0 1 0 CUBS 0 0 0 Home runs: Seattle: none CUBS: none Seattle IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Batista 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9

Guillen grounded into a FC, 5-2-5-1, Suzuki out at home

Suzuki took third base on a wild pitch

Lopez grounded out to short, 6-3 , Suzuki holding second

Suzuki took second base on a passed ball

Suzuki grounded an IF single to first base

If Barrett can continue to hit the way he has the last 10 games or so, we'll be fine. 06/02 - 06/12 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Barrett 27 5 8 0 0 2 14 3 4 6 0.296 0.387 0.519 0.906 0.316

04/02 - 06/12 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Soriano 243 41 74 17 4 10 129 24 18 50 0.305 0.358 0.531 0.889 0.350 Pie 90 15 24 6 1 2 38 12 5 17 0.267 0.302 0.422 0.724 0.310 Lee 229 34 76 21 0 6 115 36 28 51 0.332 0.410 0.502 0.912 0.407 Floyd 111 14 34 4 0 3 47 23 10 19 0.306 0.369 0.423 0.792 0.348 DeRosa 184 20 50 11 2 6 83 32 21 39 0.272 0.351 0.451 0.802 0.317 Theriot 194 29 53 9 1 1 67 19 18 25 0.273 0.335 0.345 0.680 0.310 Fontenot 17 2 7 2 1 1 14 3 0 4 0.412 0.412 0.824 1.235 0.500 K Hill 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.063 0.167 0.063 0.229 0.071 Marshall 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Totals 1093 157 319 70 9 29 494 149 101 210 0.292 0.356 0.452 0.808 0.340

Wednesday 13 June 2007 Seattle @ CUBS 19:05 Seattle Suzuki, cf Lopez, 2b Guillen, rf Ibanez, lf Sexson, 1b Johjima, c Betancourt, ss Bloomquist, 3b Batista, p CUBS Soriano, lf Pie, cf Lee, 1b Floyd, rf DeRosa, 3b Theriot, ss Fontenot, 2b K Hill, c Marshall, p

Life is good, no?

I'm bored. Let's play ball already !!

It would have been much easier to attempt to rally against Jason Davis or O'Flerety rather than JJ Putz, who hasn't blown a save all year. This game is a pretty good example to explain why this team is where they are in the standings. They seem to just sit around waiting for the other team to do something before doing something themselves. This team needs to learn to be proactive rather than reactive. This team is scoring 0.21 R/G more than it did last year. That puts them 11 runs above league average. Not great; not where we want to be; but an improvement. We are no longer bottom 3 or 4 in all offense catagories except hits. We're even above league average in OBP !! Go figure.... this is the Chicago CUBS !! 06/12 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Philadelphia 2236 326 587 131 13 72 960 313 251 457 49 10 0.263 0.344 0.429 0.773 Atlanta 2223 300 591 134 9 70 953 288 215 450 25 8 0.266 0.333 0.429 0.762 Florida 2257 320 581 134 19 72 969 303 224 550 44 11 0.257 0.332 0.429 0.761 NY Mets 2181 296 592 109 15 61 914 279 221 386 73 14 0.271 0.341 0.419 0.760 Milwaukee 2169 285 561 115 9 84 946 274 187 426 33 15 0.259 0.323 0.436 0.759 Cincinnati 2215 293 559 104 15 85 948 280 208 444 42 14 0.252 0.320 0.428 0.748 CUBS 2250 292 600 126 13 61 935 276 191 411 35 12 0.267 0.328 0.416 0.744 Colorado 2198 269 579 121 17 42 860 252 234 424 37 15 0.263 0.338 0.391 0.729 Arizona 2162 270 541 119 18 57 867 258 208 388 25 11 0.250 0.318 0.401 0.719 Houston 2162 261 538 122 11 54 844 253 201 393 28 15 0.249 0.318 0.390 0.708 San Francisco 2181 273 551 105 19 52 850 257 196 389 27 13 0.253 0.318 0.390 0.708 LA Dodgers 2195 279 568 120 8 42 830 269 219 310 48 19 0.259 0.328 0.378 0.706 St. Louis 2051 243 527 100 5 52 793 229 155 301 16 12 0.257 0.316 0.387 0.703 San Diego 2169 274 526 129 10 53 834 257 215 480 24 10 0.243 0.314 0.385 0.699 Pittsburgh 2214 269 555 120 8 53 850 253 178 448 22 10 0.251 0.314 0.384 0.698 Washington 2195 247 542 113 11 40 797 236 193 431 19 11 0.247 0.315 0.363 0.678 Average 2191 281 562 119 13 59 884 267 206 418 34 13 0.257 0.325 0.403 0.728 Maximum 2257 326 600 134 19 85 969 313 251 550 73 19 0.271 0.344 0.436 0.773 Minimum 2051 243 526 100 5 40 793 229 155 301 16 8 0.243 0.314 0.363 0.678 06/12 Avg Max Min St Dev CUBS Rank Zscore AB 2191 2257 2051 46.45 2250 2 1.27 R 281 326 243 22.28 292 6 0.49 H 562 600 526 23.20 600 1 1.62 2B 119 134 100 10.28 126 5 0.69 3B 13 19 5 4.18 13 7 0.12 HR 59 85 40 13.47 61 6 0.12 TB 884 969 793 58.76 935 6 0.86 RBI 267 313 229 21.80 276 6 0.40 BB 206 251 155 22.31 191 13 -0.67 SO 418 550 301 58.34 411 7 -0.12 SB 34 73 16 14.05 35 7 0.06 CS 13 19 8 2.65 12 8 -0.19 BA 0.257 0.271 0.243 0.01 0.267 2 1.34 OBP 0.325 0.344 0.314 0.01 0.328 6 0.31 SLG 0.403 0.436 0.363 0.02 0.416 7 0.57 OPS 0.728 0.773 0.678 0.03 0.744 7 0.54 Compare those rankings to the last couple of years......... 2006 Avg Max Min St Dev CUBS Rank Zscore AB 5001 5105 4901 57.27 5053 4 0.90 R 694 773 632 43.08 632 16 -1.43 H 1324 1396 1256 36.49 1353 5 0.79 2B 272 307 245 16.30 245 16 -1.68 3B 31 50 11 11.68 38 4 0.63 HR 160 205 129 23.02 145 12 -0.64 TB 2137 2270 2015 79.49 2109 10 -0.35 RBI 661 734 598 42.93 598 16 -1.46 BB 483 556 365 49.31 365 16 -2.39 SO 975 1132 793 107.10 829 3 -1.36 SB 85 131 49 26.12 106 6 0.82 CS 34 57 19 11.03 45 14 0.96 BA 0.265 0.275 0.254 0.01 0.268 5 0.62 OBP 0.334 0.346 0.320 0.01 0.320 16 -2.11 SLG 0.427 0.451 0.401 0.01 0.417 12 -0.72 OPS 0.761 0.788 0.729 0.02 0.737 15 -1.32 2005 Avg Max Min St Dev CUBS Rank Zscore AB 5508 5584 5426 49.35 5584 1 1.55 R 721 820 639 53.00 703 9 -0.34 H 1441 1506 1367 42.53 1506 1 1.53 2B 297 335 269 18.76 323 3 1.38 3B 29 39 15 6.89 23 13 -0.91 HR 161 222 117 28.03 194 2 1.17 TB 2281 2484 2093 107.64 2457 2 1.64 RBI 686 784 615 48.03 674 8 -0.26 BB 525 639 419 61.77 419 16 -1.71 SO 1055 1303 901 100.53 920 3 -1.34 SB 84 153 45 26.04 65 13 -0.74 CS 35 45 23 6.35 39 12 0.63 BA 0.262 0.272 0.252 0.01 0.270 2 1.29 OBP 0.330 0.348 0.319 0.01 0.324 11 -0.78 SLG 0.414 0.446 0.386 0.02 0.440 2 1.51 OPS 0.744 0.785 0.708 0.02 0.785 4 1.85 It seems to me that this offense is headed in the right direction; a claim we could not make the last few years. If that's reactive, then so be it.

Anytime you can walk 8 Chicago CUBS players in a single game, even a 13 inning game, you know the umpire's zone couldn't have been too wide !!!

got any numbers to support that ridiculous claim? didn't think so. honestly though, i would love to see you list all the instances where barrett's d cost the cubs a run. Well, using one formula for Runs Created, Barrett has generated 26.1 runs for us. I don't know what the "average catcher" would have generated, but taking Blanco's numbers and extrapolating them upward to equal Barrett's playing time, you come up with 11.5 RC. Doing the same with Koyie Hill you get 2.4 RC. On the other side of the coin, I can think of 3 or 4 instances where Barrett's defense or bone headed base running contributed to a CUBS loss. Some will undoubtedly argue that there are more. I can't imagine that there are enough runs given up by Barrett to negate the extra offense he brings, in spite of his current slump.

hehe. Yeah, if that's the way you describe a throw that bounces twice before it ever makes it to the infield. Bruce Miles' account in the Daily Herald indicated that the throw bounced twice on the way to Barrett also.

Funniest thing about that........ Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/02 - 06/12 BDI LOB RBI% Theriot 18 70 0.205 Jones 17 91 0.157 Izturis 6 67 0.082 CUBS 215 953 0.184

The trick is to watch the game at a bar. If the Cubs start making you pissed off, you've got music, booze, and women around to distract you. I used to do that but I just had a baby boy 3 weeks ago. So I stopped drinking and going out for a while. Try getting through a Cubs season without getting hammered. It's a living hell man! Tell me about it !!! I quit drinking 23 years ago !!

How about the fake rally in the 13th? They didn't actually load the bases until there were 2 out, but the point is made, just the same.

Having a life is highly overrated, eh?

This is getting ugly......... Fecal League Standings Team W L Pct GB Texas 23 41 0.359 --- Kansas City 25 40 0.385 1.5 Cincinnati 26 39 0.400 2.5 Washington 27 37 0.422 4.0 Pittsburgh 27 37 0.422 4.0 Houston 27 37 0.422 4.0 white sox 27 34 0.443 5.5 St. Louis 27 34 0.443 5.5 CUBS 28 35 0.444 5.5