Fred Hornkohl

Murton singled to left field , Lee scored

Lee took second on a wild pitch

CUBS are 4-2 when they score first in the game.... 0-5 when they don't CUBS are 1-1 when they score in the first inning.... 3-6 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Lee singled to center field , Soriano scored

Theriot grounded out to first, unassisted , Soriano to second

Soriano singled to center field

CUBS are 4-4 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 0-3 when they do Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING M Giles flied out to center field Blum flied out to center field B Giles grounded out to second, 4-3 0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Diego 0 0 0 0 CUBS 0 0 0 Home runs: San Diego: none CUBS: none San Diego IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Hensley 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15

Blum flied out to center field

M Giles flied out to center field

PLAY BALL !!

What's your problem with that quote? You wouldn't consider a combined 11-2 record with an era around 1.3 to be "stupid" good? Or do you just not like the phrase? I hate the phrase. He's been a scout for over 30 years. I'm assuming he's over 50. It's bad enough when a 20 year old talks like that. What's next? Yo, that Samardzija is just phat. i heard if a person doesn't speak super white proper english he/she worships the devil, too. Proper English comes in colors? What does orange English sound like? :) Just think Irish Protestant. :wink:

I flew to Virginia back in January to attend the wedding of a young couple, both of whom are VT alums. Sat next to a gentleman at the reception who is a professor there. What a shock, and what a tragedy !! I don't believe that suspending pro sports would be appropriate in this circumstance. Just my opinion. I had one disjointed thought during the day. If this is an average day in America, 109 will lose their lives on our nation's highways. My heart goes out to the victims and the families of all these tragedies, large and small.

This means either one of two things will happen: 1. The Cubs offense doesn't jump all over the Padres and the Cubs lose. 2. The Cubs offense does jump all over the Padres but Marquis has a horrible performance to blow the good show by the offense and the Cubs lose. Pick your poison. I'll take what's behind door #2 please. The Cubs should win 2 out of 3 against the Padres if their offense is decent. It's only a 2 game set.

Your optimism is quite unnecessary and will not be tolerated around here. It never is. [sigh] :wink:

Current OBP among outfielders, total AB in parentheses: Murton: .278 (17) Soriano: .280 (47) Floyd: .300 (29) Jones: .326 (41) We all know the drawbacks of using RBIs as a meterstick. In terms of OBP, though it's close (and pathetic) among all four OF, Murton has been at the bottom of the list. He hasn't gotten anywhere near the same opportunity though. The other three have a combined OBP of .302 thru an average of 39 AB. I'll keep that in mind for when Murton reaches his 39th AB, which, at this rate, will be in the neighborhood of the first of May :x I offer this for your consideration........ Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/02 - 09/29 BDI LOB RBI% Floyd 2 16 0.111 Soriano 1 11 0.083 Murton 0 4 0.000 Jones 0 16 0.000 team 35 151 0.188 To use your own words....... it's close (and pathetic).

The same way they won their first day game and their first home game this year? sorry Well.... we haven't lost a night game yet this season !!

I just don't understand why anybody would jump out of a perfectly good airplane !!! Reasons: 1) I'm a control freak, and landing is the scariest part of flying. It's easier to trust myself to land safely under a parachute out in the open than to trust a stranger who has me trapped in a multi-ton chunk of metal that also happens to be full of jet fuel. 2) More legroom outside. 3) Better view. 4) The adrenaline rush and blast of cold, thin air to the face is GREAT for hangovers, so if you make it up to altitude and out the door without refunding breakfast, you're set to go! 5) There's no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. (Just don't tell the Air Force I said that - I'm up for promotion this year.) yeah..... ask yer mother about this. :wink:

I also believe Glendon Rusch had a CG Shoutout with a 4-hitter in the same series. Give that young man a kewpie doll !!!! Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 7 Mon 04/11 San Diego 0- 1 Dempster 8 Wed 04/13 San Diego 3- 8 Wood 9 Wed 04/13 San Diego 8- 3 Prior 52 Thu 06/02 @ San Diego N 5- 0 Rusch 53 Fri 06/03 @ San Diego N 2- 6 Mitre 54 Sat 06/04 @ San Diego N 11- 5 Maddux 55 Sun 06/05 @ San Diego 4- 0 Zambrano

CUBS haven't beaten San Diego since Zambrano shut 'em out 4-0 on Sun 05 June 2005 in San Diego. Go CUBS !!

Fixed. CUBS are on a pace to win 59 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05 Go CUBS !!

I just don't understand why anybody would jump out of a perfectly good airplane !!!

It's been an interesting week for Theriot. 8 singles in 14 ABs with no walks. His OBP=SLG. 04/09 - 04/15 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP Theriot 14 1 8 0 0 0 8 3 0 3 0.571 0.571 0.571 1.143 0.727

thru 11 games AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2007 377 43 98 21 1 5 136 40 30 78 0.260 0.319 0.361 0.679 2006 378 66 109 21 4 13 177 59 31 61 0.288 0.341 0.468 0.809 2005 399 56 105 23 3 10 164 54 36 77 0.263 0.328 0.411 0.739

Some worthless stats of the day for Monday.............. CUBS are 0-2 on Mondays CUBS are 0-0 vs. San Diego CUBS are 0-0 vs. the NLW Division CUBS are 1-1 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 3-3 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 1-3 in games that start a series CUBS are 2-0 at night CUBS are 1-4 at home CUBS are 4-6 against right handers CUBS are 1-4 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are 4-3 when they get a quality start.... 0-4 when they don't CUBS are 1-4 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 3-3 when they don't CUBS are 4-2 when they score first in the game.... 0-5 when they don't CUBS are 1-1 when they score in the first inning.... 3-6 when they don't CUBS are on a pace to win 59 games this year..... compared to 66 last year and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 633 runs this year..... compared to 716 last year and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 74 homeruns this year..... compared to 166 last year and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 442 walks this year..... compared to 395 last year and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1149 times this year..... compared to 928 last year and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 88 bases this year..... compared to 121 last year and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 103 double plays this year..... compared to 135 last year and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 103 errors this year..... compared to 104 last year and 100 in '05 CUBS are scoring 3.91 runs per game...... compared to 4.42 last year and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.69 pitches per plate appearance...... compared to 3.68 last year and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are drving in 18.8% of their runners on base...... compared to 20.0% last year and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.328 runs per baserunner...... compared to 0.370 last year and 0.365 in '05 CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 27.6% rate...... compared to 32.3% last year and 35.8 in '05 CUBS pitchers have not given up an XBH in their last 22 innings. CUBS are 0-2 when Marquis starts Marquis is 1 of 2 in quality starts Marquis's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.27.... Marquis hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 3.91 R/G overall.... 2.00 R/G when Marquis pitches CUBS hit 0.45 HR/G overall.... 0.50 HR/G when Marquis pitches CUBS' offensive support of Marquis..... 04/02 - 04/15 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marquis 70 4 17 4 0 1 24 4 3 11 0.243 0.284 0.343 0.627 CUBS overall 377 43 98 21 1 5 136 40 30 78 0.260 0.318 0.361 0.679 Marquis's starts this year (0-1) Marquis IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/05 vs. Cincy 6.0 4 1 1 2 1 0 82 3.00 1.50 0.00 1.00 1.50 04/10 vs. Houst 5.0 4 4 3 4 3 0 91 7.20 5.40 0.00 1.60 5.40 Home 5.0 4 4 3 4 3 0 91 7.20 5.40 0.00 1.60 5.40 Road 6.0 4 1 1 2 1 0 82 3.00 1.50 0.00 1.00 1.50 Day 11.0 8 5 4 6 4 0 173 4.91 3.27 0.00 1.27 3.27 Nite 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 season totals 11.0 8 5 4 6 4 0 173 4.91 3.27 0.00 1.27 3.27 CUBS bullpen load during the last week Sun Sat Fri Thur Wed Tue Mon Totals 15 Apr 14 Apr 13 Apr 12 Apr 11 Apr 10 Apr 09 Apr vs Cincy vs Cincy vs Cincy no game no game vs Houst vs Houst pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Cotts 2.0 31 2.0 31 Dempster 1.0 15 1.0 10 1.0 8 3.0 33 Eyre 1.0 21 1.0 10 2.0 31 Guzman 3.0 40 3.0 40 Howry 1.0 20 1.0 9 1.0 25 3.0 54 Ohman 0.0 9 0.0 9 Wuertz 2.0 22 1.0 11 1.0 14 4.0 47 Totals 3.0 37 2.0 30 5.0 81 4.0 50 3.0 47 17.0 245 CUBS' season series vs. San Diego this year..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 12 Mon 04/16 San Diego N - Marquis Hensley 13 Tue 04/17 San Diego - Miller Maddux 44 Tue 05/22 @ San Diego N - Zambrano Peavy 45 Wed 05/23 @ San Diego N - Hill Young 46 Thu 05/24 @ San Diego N - Lilly Hensley 66 Fri 06/15 San Diego - Lilly Hensley 67 Sat 06/16 San Diego - Marquis Maddux 68 Sun 06/17 San Diego - Miller Wells CUBS' season series vs. San Diego last year (0-7) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 28 Fri 05/05 @ San Diego N 0- 1 Zambrano 29 Sat 05/06 @ San Diego N 1- 2 Marshall 30 Sun 05/07 @ San Diego 3- 6 Guzman 31 Mon 05/08 @ San Diego N 3- 8 Maddux 35 Fri 05/12 San Diego 5-10 Guzman 36 Sat 05/13 San Diego 3- 4 Maddux 37 Sun 05/14 San Diego 0- 9 Hill CUBS hitters vs. San Diego last year..... vs. S.D. AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Theriot 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 Ramirez 31 4 8 2 0 2 16 4 2 2 0.258 0.294 0.516 0.810 Jones 23 1 7 0 0 1 10 3 1 4 0.304 0.333 0.435 0.768 Mabry 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0.286 0.444 0.286 0.730 Hairston 19 0 5 1 0 0 6 2 2 4 0.263 0.333 0.316 0.649 Cedeno 25 2 7 0 1 0 9 1 0 9 0.280 0.280 0.360 0.640 Perez 16 2 4 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 0.250 0.316 0.313 0.628 Murton 18 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 0.278 0.350 0.278 0.628 Walker 19 1 4 2 0 0 6 1 2 3 0.211 0.273 0.316 0.589 Barrett 22 0 4 1 1 0 7 0 2 3 0.182 0.250 0.318 0.568 Pierre 31 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0.097 0.152 0.129 0.281 Restovich 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Blanco 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bynum 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. S.D. 237 15 51 9 2 3 73 14 16 39 0.215 0.267 0.308 0.575 season totals 5586 715 1495 266 45 166 2349 667 394 926 0.268 0.319 0.421 0.739 CUBS pitchers vs. San Diego last year...... vs. S.D. IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Ohman 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 35 0.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Zambrano 7.0 4 0 0 3 10 0 107 3.86 12.86 0.00 1.00 0.00 Eyre 3.3 2 0 0 0 2 0 47 0.00 5.40 0.00 0.60 0.00 Marshall 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 90 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 Hill 5.3 4 3 3 5 4 0 90 8.44 6.75 0.00 1.69 5.06 Williamson 3.3 3 2 2 3 4 0 62 8.10 10.80 0.00 1.80 5.40 Howry 5.0 7 3 3 0 4 2 73 0.00 7.20 3.60 1.40 5.40 Maddux 11.0 13 8 7 3 7 1 143 2.45 5.73 0.82 1.45 5.73 Rusch 5.3 9 6 5 4 3 0 110 6.75 5.06 0.00 2.44 8.44 Guzman 7.3 8 7 7 9 8 0 187 11.05 9.82 0.00 2.32 8.59 Ryu 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 0 27 18.00 18.00 0.00 3.00 9.00 Dempster 3.0 5 4 4 1 3 1 54 3.00 9.00 3.00 2.00 12.00 Novoa 2.7 4 5 4 4 2 1 74 13.50 6.75 3.38 3.00 13.50 totals vs. S.D. 62.3 65 40 37 37 57 5 1099 5.34 8.23 0.72 1.64 5.34 season totals 1439.0 1402 838 766 691 1256 210 24704 4.32 7.86 1.31 1.45 4.79 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/02 - 04/15 BDI LOB RBI% Theriot 4 3 0.571 Blanco 1 1 0.500 Lee 8 18 0.308 DeRosa 5 13 0.278 Ramirez 4 14 0.222 Barrett 5 20 0.200 Izturis 2 12 0.143 Floyd 2 16 0.111 Cedeno 1 9 0.100 Soriano 1 11 0.083 Murton 0 4 0.000 Jones 0 16 0.000 Ward 0 3 0.000 CUBS 35 151 0.188 Go CUBS !!