Fred Hornkohl

PLAY BALL !!

Oh, I don't know.... what are the odds that the sun will rise in the western sky tomorrow ? Slim to none I would say :) Yep.... and Slim just left town.

Oh, I don't know.... what are the odds that the sun will rise in the western sky tomorrow ?

Maten los birdos !! 幼いこどもは恐ろしい! Gesundheit !! :wink:

Maten los birdos !! I don't speak freaky-deaky Dutch. well.... loosely translated that means....... töten Sie die Vögel

I'm anxious to see Lou Piniella not have to flip out !! :wink:

Maten los birdos !!

There has to be a just retribution for these shameful election antics by The News-Star..... and you're just the man to come up with a plan. I got faith in ya, Vance.

Carneal was an excellent broadcaster. I enjoyed listening to him when I lived in the Twin Cities. NCCF..... I know it's only semantics, but the Twins were a charter member of the American League in 1901. They played in DC from 1901-1960, then moved to the Minneapolis area and changed their name to the Minnesota Twins. They have "been in existence" now for 106 years.

Vance.... you call yourself "cubfan" over there ??

Sportsbooks in Vegas had them at 4:1 and 5:1 a week ago. 16:1 sounds closer to what it should be. Not sure.... but I think the 4:1 was on winning the division. Bally's had them at 2:1 on the NL and 4:1 on the WS when I was there. Oh my. Don't remember where I heard it.... but I know they had the CUBS at 16-1. They Yankees were at 4-1.

Sportsbooks in Vegas had them at 4:1 and 5:1 a week ago. 16:1 sounds closer to what it should be. Not sure.... but I think the 4:1 was on winning the division.

My money is on Hendry getting this one done, whether it's today or during the week.

Odds are 16-1 the CUBS win the world series.

You bet

Well.... it's about time for some worthless stats of the day for Openning Day...... CUBS are 11-8 on Mondays CUBS are 10-9 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 42-42 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 31-51 in day games CUBS are 30-51 on the road CUBS are 41-65 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 21-31 in games that start a series CUBS are 6-6 in games that open a road trip CUBS are 3-2 when Vance starts the game thread on NSBB CUBS are 22-47 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 40-19 when they get a quality start.... 26-77 when they don't CUBS are 20-67 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 46-29 when they don't CUBS are 48-26 when they score first in the game.... 18-70 when they don't CUBS are 32-22 when they score in the first inning.... 34-74 when they don't CUBS are 53-50 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 13-46 when they do CUBS are 58-28 when they score at least 4 runs.... 8-68 when they don't CUBS are 40-16 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 26-80 when they don't CUBS are 62-22 when they outhit the opponents.... 4-64 when they get outhit.... and 5-10 when the hits are even CUBS are 25-18 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 41-78 when he doesn't CUBS are 47-31 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 19-66 when they don't CUBS are 15-54 when they throw more pitches than the opponent.... 33-15 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 18-27 when the pitch counts are even. CUBS are 24-20 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 42-76 when they don't CUBS are 52-36 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 14-60 when he doesn't CUBS are 20-13 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 22 of 33 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.35.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.82 CUBS score 4.42 R/G overall.... 5.70 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 1.02 HR/G overall.... 1.33 HR/G when Zambrano pitches Zambrano's starts last year (20-13) Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 1 Mon 04/03 @ Cincinnati 16- 7 Zambrano 4 Sat 04/08 St. Louis 3- 2 Zambrano 8 Thu 04/13 Cincinnati 3- 8 Zambrano 13 Tue 04/18 @ Los Angeles N 1- 2 Zambrano 18 Mon 04/24 Florida N 6- 3 Zambrano 23 Sun 04/30 Milwaukee 0- 9 Zambrano 28 Fri 05/05 @ San Diego N 0- 1 Zambrano 33 Wed 05/10 @ San Francisco N 8- 1 Zambrano 38 Tue 05/16 Washington N 4- 0 Zambrano 43 Sun 05/21 @ Chicago (AL) 7- 4 Zambrano 47 Fri 05/26 Atlanta 5- 6 Zambrano 52 Wed 05/31 Cincinnati N 2- 3 Zambrano 56 Mon 06/05 @ Houston N 8- 0 Zambrano 61 Sat 06/10 @ Cincinnati 4- 2 Zambrano 65 Thu 06/15 Houston 2- 3 Zambrano 71 Wed 06/21 @ Cleveland N 9- 2 Zambrano 76 Tue 06/27 Milwaukee N 5- 8 Zambrano 81 Sun 07/02 Chicago (AL) 15-11 Zambrano 86 Fri 07/07 @ Milwaukee N 7- 2 Zambrano 90 Sat 07/15 New York 9- 2 Zambrano 94 Thu 07/20 Houston 4- 1 Zambrano 99 Tue 07/25 @ New York N 8- 6 Zambrano 104 Sun 07/30 St. Louis 6- 3 Zambrano 109 Fri 08/04 Pittsburgh 0- 6 Zambrano 113 Wed 08/09 @ Milwaukee N 3- 6 Zambrano 118 Mon 08/14 @ Houston N 3- 0 Zambrano 122 Sat 08/19 St. Louis 5- 4 Zambrano 127 Thu 08/24 Philadelphia 11- 2 Zambrano 132 Tue 08/29 @ Pittsburgh N 6- 7 Zambrano 137 Mon 09/04 Pittsburgh 4- 5 Zambrano 150 Sun 09/17 Cincinnati 11- 3 Zambrano 155 Sat 09/23 @ Cincinnati 11- 4 Zambrano 160 Fri 09/29 Colorado 2- 5 Zambrano CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/03 - 10/01 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 1152 188 312 55 8 44 515 179 91 193 0.271 0.327 0.447 0.774 CUBS overall 5587 716 1497 271 46 166 2358 677 395 928 0.268 0.319 0.422 0.741 Zambrano's splits last year (16-7)..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 120.0 92 56 50 64 128 10 2061 4.80 9.60 0.75 1.30 3.75 Road 94.0 70 35 31 51 82 10 1563 4.88 7.85 0.96 1.29 2.97 Day 110.7 87 56 50 64 116 12 1944 5.20 9.43 0.98 1.36 4.07 Nite 103.3 75 35 31 51 94 8 1680 4.44 8.19 0.70 1.22 2.70 season totals 214.0 162 91 81 115 210 20 3624 4.84 8.83 0.84 1.29 3.41 Zambrano's starts against Cincinnati last year (3-2)...... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/03 vs. Cincy 4.7 7 5 5 5 5 2 105 9.64 9.64 3.86 2.57 9.64 04/13 vs. Cincy 6.0 4 5 4 3 8 2 103 4.50 12.00 3.00 1.17 6.00 05/31 vs. Cincy 6.0 4 2 2 3 6 1 101 4.50 9.00 1.50 1.17 3.00 06/10 vs. Cincy 7.7 4 1 1 6 4 1 126 7.04 4.70 1.17 1.30 1.17 09/17 vs. Cincy 7.0 4 0 0 4 6 0 109 5.14 7.71 0.00 1.14 0.00 09/23 vs. Cincy 7.0 6 4 4 3 7 1 109 3.86 9.00 1.29 1.29 5.14 totals vs. Cincy 38.3 29 17 16 24 36 7 653 5.63 8.45 1.64 1.38 3.76 season totals 214.0 162 91 81 115 210 20 3624 4.84 8.83 0.84 1.29 3.41 CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati this year..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 1 Mon 04/02 @ Cincinnati - Zambrano 2 Wed 04/04 @ Cincinnati N - Lilly 3 Thu 04/05 @ Cincinnati - Marquis 10 Fri 04/13 Cincinnati - Zambrano 11 Sat 04/14 Cincinnati - Lilly 12 Sun 04/15 Cincinnati - Marquis 102 Fri 07/27 @ Cincinnati N - Marquis 103 Sat 07/28 @ Cincinnati N - Hill 104 Sun 07/29 @ Cincinnati - Miller 119 Tue 08/14 Cincinnati N - Miller 120 Wed 08/15 Cincinnati N - Zambrano 121 Thu 08/16 Cincinnati - Lilly 151 Mon 09/17 Cincinnati N - Lilly 152 Tue 09/18 Cincinnati N - Marquis 153 Wed 09/19 Cincinnati N - Hill 160 Thu 09/27 @ Cincinnati N - Zambrano 161 Fri 09/28 @ Cincinnati N - Lilly 162 Sat 09/29 @ Cincinnati - Marquis CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati last year (10-9) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 1 Mon 04/03 @ Cincinnati 16- 7 Zambrano 2 Wed 04/05 @ Cincinnati 6- 8 Rusch 6 Tue 04/11 Cincinnati 2- 9 Rusch 7 Wed 04/12 Cincinnati 4- 1 Maddux 8 Thu 04/13 Cincinnati 3- 8 Zambrano 50 Mon 05/29 Cincinnati 7- 3 Wood 51 Tue 05/30 Cincinnati N 8- 3 Maddux 52 Wed 05/31 Cincinnati N 2- 3 Zambrano 59 Thu 06/08 @ Cincinnati N 1- 7 Rusch 60 Fri 06/09 @ Cincinnati N 6- 5 Maddux 61 Sat 06/10 @ Cincinnati 4- 2 Zambrano 62 Sun 06/11 @ Cincinnati 9- 3 Marmol 148 Fri 09/15 Cincinnati 0- 4 Mateo 149 Sat 09/16 Cincinnati 4- 0 Hill 150 Sun 09/17 Cincinnati 11- 3 Zambrano 154 Fri 09/22 @ Cincinnati N 2- 4 Hill 155 Sat 09/23 @ Cincinnati 11- 4 Zambrano 156 Sun 09/24 @ Cincinnati 2- 3 Mateo 157 Mon 09/25 @ Cincinnati 4- 5 Miller CUBS hitters vs. Cincinnati last year..... vs. Cincy AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 13 4 4 3 0 1 10 5 8 2 0.308 0.545 0.769 1.315 Theriot 18 6 6 0 0 2 12 2 3 2 0.333 0.429 0.667 1.095 Ramirez 61 8 18 8 0 3 35 11 5 5 0.295 0.358 0.574 0.932 Nevin 10 1 3 0 0 1 6 2 0 3 0.300 0.300 0.600 0.900 Womack 18 2 6 1 0 1 10 1 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.556 0.889 Walker 41 10 14 3 0 1 20 8 4 2 0.341 0.400 0.488 0.888 Murton 69 13 20 4 0 4 36 7 5 7 0.290 0.355 0.522 0.877 Mabry 13 1 4 0 0 1 7 6 1 2 0.308 0.333 0.538 0.872 Soto 9 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.333 0.400 0.444 0.844 Jones 46 10 10 1 1 4 25 11 1 10 0.217 0.245 0.543 0.788 Barrett 36 5 9 2 0 2 17 10 3 5 0.250 0.300 0.472 0.772 Pierre 83 14 26 5 3 0 37 4 1 5 0.313 0.321 0.446 0.767 Blanco 37 4 11 2 0 1 16 9 1 10 0.297 0.316 0.432 0.748 Cedeno 61 9 17 2 0 2 25 5 3 15 0.279 0.313 0.410 0.722 Coats 7 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0.143 0.143 0.571 0.714 Hairston 13 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 0.308 0.308 0.385 0.692 Perez 23 4 5 1 0 1 9 5 0 5 0.217 0.208 0.391 0.600 Pagan 24 4 6 1 0 0 7 2 2 4 0.250 0.308 0.292 0.599 Bynum 17 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 0.118 0.167 0.118 0.284 Izturis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Moore 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Cincy 649 101 176 37 4 27 302 93 39 110 0.271 0.315 0.465 0.781 season totals 5586 715 1495 266 45 166 2349 667 394 926 0.268 0.319 0.421 0.739 CUBS pitchers vs. Cincinnati last year...... vs. Cincy IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Miller 5.0 3 0 0 3 2 0 86 5.40 3.60 0.00 1.20 0.00 Ryu 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0.00 18.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Wuertz 3.7 1 0 0 2 4 0 55 4.91 9.82 0.00 0.82 0.00 Walrond 3.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 34 0.00 15.00 0.00 0.33 0.00 Mateo 8.0 3 1 1 6 7 0 130 6.75 7.88 0.00 1.13 1.13 Howry 7.3 8 1 1 2 8 1 119 2.45 9.82 1.23 1.36 1.23 Wood 6.0 5 2 1 1 4 0 85 1.50 6.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 Hill 14.0 6 4 4 3 20 3 217 1.93 12.86 1.93 0.64 2.57 Novoa 5.7 2 2 2 5 3 0 101 7.94 4.76 0.00 1.24 3.18 Maddux 17.0 14 6 6 2 10 2 216 1.06 5.29 1.06 0.94 3.18 Zambrano 38.3 29 17 16 24 36 7 653 5.63 8.45 1.64 1.38 3.76 Williamson 2.3 2 2 1 3 3 0 55 11.57 11.57 0.00 2.14 3.86 Willliams 3.0 3 3 2 4 1 1 63 12.00 3.00 3.00 2.33 6.00 Aardsma 4.3 2 3 3 5 4 1 99 10.38 8.31 2.08 1.62 6.23 Marmol 7.0 4 5 5 6 8 2 124 7.71 10.29 2.57 1.43 6.43 Eyre 10.0 14 9 8 7 9 3 207 6.30 8.10 2.70 2.10 7.20 Dempster 8.7 13 7 7 6 11 0 197 6.23 11.42 0.00 2.19 7.27 Rusch 12.7 18 13 13 4 11 9 260 2.84 7.82 6.39 1.74 9.24 Ohman 6.3 6 7 7 3 8 2 97 4.26 11.37 2.84 1.42 9.95 totals vs. Cincy 163.3 134 82 77 86 156 31 2812 4.74 8.60 1.71 1.35 4.24 season totals 1439.0 1402 838 766 691 1256 210 24704 4.32 7.86 1.31 1.45 4.79 Go CUBS !!!

Saturday 31 March 2007 Seattle @ CUBS 15:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 2 CUBS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 Seattle ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Suzuki cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jones ph 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Beltre 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dawkins 3b 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Vidro dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minaker dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ibanez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bloomquist 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sexson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morse rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Broussard rf-1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Boucher ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Johijima c 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Burke c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Oliveros pr-c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bedtancourt ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ordonez ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lopez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saunders lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 34 2 7 2 0 10 12 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Soriano dh 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Camp ph 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Theriot 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lee 1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hoffpauir rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ramirez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 McGeehee 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murton lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matulia 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cedeno ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ward rf-1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blanco c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Reed c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walker cf 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 totals 33 1 10 1 0 4 15 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Seattle IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Ramirez 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 29 Embry 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 Weaver 5.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 71 totals 8.0 10 1 1 0 4 0 113 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Marquis 4.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 55 Howry 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 Ohman 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 23 Rapada 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 Wuertz 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 Guzman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 totals 9.0 7 2 2 0 10 0 122 Home runs: none W: Weaver S: none L: Ohman T: 2:14 A: 11,658

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Cedeno popped out (foul) to the catcher Ward singled to right center field Reed grounded into a DP, 3-6-1, Ward out at second 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 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 2 CUBS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 W: Weaver S: none L: Ohman T: 2:14 A: 11,658 Home runs: none Seattle IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Ramirez 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 29 Embry 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 Weaver 5.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 71 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 4.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 55 Howry 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 Ohman 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 23 Rapada 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 Wuertz 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 Guzman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9

Ward singled to right center field

Cedeno popped out (foul) to the catcher

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Guzman in to pitch for the CUBS Morse grounded out to second, 4-3 Boucher struck out swinging Burke hit by pitch Oliveros in to pinch run for Burke Ordonez grounded out to second, 4-3 0 runs 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 2 CUBS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 Seattle IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Ramirez 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 29 Embry 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 Weaver 5.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 67 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 4.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 55 Howry 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 Ohman 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 23 Rapada 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 Wuertz 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 Guzman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9

Oliveros in to pinch run for Burke

Burke hit by pitch

Boucher struck out swinging

Morse grounded out to second, 4-3