Fred Hornkohl

Pierre grounded out to first, 3-1

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Granderson homered to right field Polanco singled to center field Wilson sacrificed to the pitcher, safe at first on a throwing error, E1, Polanco to third Ordonez popped out to first base Guillen homered to left field, Polanco & Wilson scored Thames walked Shelton homered to center field, Thames scored Inge grounded out to third, 5-3 Rogers struck out (called) 6 runs, 4 hits, 1 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Detroit 6 6 4 0 CUBS . 0 0 1 Home runs: Detroit: Granderson (10), Guillen (9), Shleton (13) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 1.0 4 6 5 1 1 3 39

Shelton homered to center field

Thames walked

Guillen homered to left field, Polanco & Wilson scored

Ordonez popped out to first base

Wilson sacrificed to the pitcher, safe at first on a throwing error, E1, Polanco to third

Polanco singled to center field

Granderson homered to right field

How'd that work for Leo back in '69 ?

That's the fallacy. Todd Walker has a .348 career OBP. He's clearly the best 2b we have on the team. Over the long term, he's the guy that has to get the overwhleming majority of the bats. But baseball is still a game played by people who go into hot streaks and cold streaks over the course of a season. Walker's not a coin that flip and always has a .348 chance of getting on base. It just doesn't work that way. When any player goes into an extended slump like Walker is right now, he's not .348 bet to get on base TODAY.

iirc, blanco usually catches prior anyway. Last year, Blanco caught Prior in 22 out of 27 starts. edit: His ERA pitching to Blanco was 3.65, pitching to Barret 3.77.

Can the rhetoric. As long as Walker is in this blue funk of his, he's not the best player. 05/31 - 06/17 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Walker 56 5 10 1 0 0 11 3 5 3 0.179 0.246 0.196 0.442 You betting that today is the day that Walker will snap out of it ?? I'll take some of that action. Seriously Fred? You'd rather Womack or Neifi play because Walker is having a poor 2 week stretch? For today's game, yes. Long term, no way in hell.

Can the rhetoric. As long as Walker is in this blue funk of his, he's not the best player. 05/31 - 06/17 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Walker 56 5 10 1 0 0 11 3 5 3 0.179 0.246 0.196 0.442 You betting that today is the day that Walker will snap out of it ?? I'll take some of that action.

I'm still trying to figure out what difference it really makes. Hell, I'd rather see Perez get a shot today. 06/10 - 06/17 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Perez 16 3 5 1 0 1 9 3 0 2 0.313 0.294 0.563 0.857 Walker 23 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 0.130 0.167 0.174 0.341 Womack 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333

Is there a rule against placing a player on the DL who isn't hurt? Don't know how anyone could prove they are not hurt, but just wondering. I do believe there is a rule against putting a player on the DL who isn't hurt, and there's no way to disprove a back injury. You Teamsters sure know that rule! The teamsters contract, to this very day, contains a clause that requires a driver to be at work 15 minutes prior to his listed starting time. This was put into effect to allow for feeding the horses. Real boy scouts them teamsters, no?

The starting lineups.......... Granderson, cf Polanco, 2b Wilson, c Ordonez, rf Guillen, ss Thames, lf Shelton, 1b Inge, 3b Rogers, p Pierre, cf Womack, 2b Ramirez, 3b Nevin, 1b Murton, lf Cedeno, ss Jones, rf Blanco, c Prior, p

Is there a rule against placing a player on the DL who isn't hurt? Don't know how anyone could prove they are not hurt, but just wondering. I do believe there is a rule against putting a player on the DL who isn't hurt, and there's no way to disprove a back injury.

Misery loves company...... is about the only reason I can think of why the CUBS are on a pace to draw 3,214,728 fans this season !!

No it isn't. We had a good team in '84 !! Yes we did but isn't it just like the Cubs to be a day late and a dollar short? A day..... a dollar..... 98 years ........ Go CUBS !!

Even the Cubs went 5-4 in the first nine games after Derrek Lee went down. We were actually 4-5 in the first nine games after Lee went down. 4-5 is correct. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 15 Fri 04/21 @ St. Louis N 3- 9 Williams 16 Sat 04/22 @ St. Louis 1- 4 Rusch 17 Sun 04/23 @ St. Louis 7- 3 Maddux 18 Mon 04/24 Florida N 6- 3 Zambrano 19 Tue 04/25 Florida N 3- 1 Marshall 20 Wed 04/26 Florida 5- 7 Guzman 21 Fri 04/28 Milwaukee 6- 2 Maddux 22 Sat 04/29 Milwaukee 2-16 Rusch 23 Sun 04/30 Milwaukee 0- 9 Zambrano

No it isn't. We had a good team in '84 !!

Remember when he was gonna miss 1, maybe 2 starts? . . . yeah. I remember that too. And I don't want to have the same memories, next year. . I fear that the only way to change the memories is to change the personnel.

Or Pierre, or Neifi, or... I don't know. Tough question. 06/10 - 06/17 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Nevin 26 3 9 2 0 2 17 5 2 5 0.346 0.393 0.654 1.047 Perez 16 3 5 1 0 1 9 3 0 2 0.313 0.294 0.563 0.857 Pierre 29 3 11 1 0 0 12 2 2 2 0.379 0.438 0.414 0.851 Murton 20 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0.150 0.227 0.150 0.377

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday......... CUBS are 5-5 on Sundays CUBS are 0-2 vs. Detroit CUBS are 1-4 vs. the ALC Division CUBS are 1-3 when they've lost their last 4 game(s) in a row CUBS are 13-25 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 6-16 in games that end a series CUBS are 1-3 in games that close out a home stand CUBS are 11-25 in day games CUBS are 12-19 at home CUBS are 5-23 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are 7-20 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above CUBS are 17-36 without Derrek Lee CUBS are 23-8 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-33 when they don't CUBS are 18-8 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 8-33 when they don't CUBS are 21-8 when they outhit the opponents.... 3-27 when they get outhit.... and 1-5 when the hits are even CUBS are 12-10 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 14-31 when he doesn't CUBS are 11-7 when Pierre steals a base.... 15-34 when he dosen't CUBS are 22-19 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 4-22 when they do CUBS are on a pace to win 63 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 638 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 128 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 394 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are on a pace to steal 116 bases this year..... compared to 64 last year CUBS are on a pace to ground into 164 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year CUBS are scoring 3.94 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year CUBS are seeing 3.63 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year CUBS are drving in 18.8% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.344 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 28.9% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS have 8 GIDP's in their last 10 games CUBS have 4 sac bunts in their last 12 games CUBS have 3 errors in their last 12 games CUBS have 9 home runs in their last 11 games CUBS have drawn 10 BBs in their last 6 games..... 24 BBs in their last 12 games CUBS are 0-0 when Prior starts Prior's starts last year (16-11) Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 9 Wed 04/13 San Diego 8- 3 Prior 14 Tue 04/19 @ Cincinnati N 7- 1 Prior 19 Mon 04/25 Cincinnati N 10- 6 Prior 24 Sun 05/01 @ Houston 3- 9 Prior 28 Fri 05/06 Philadelphia 2- 3 Prior 33 Wed 05/11 New York 4- 3 Prior 37 Tue 05/17 @ Pittsburgh N 4- 3 Prior 41 Sun 05/22 Chicago (AL) 4- 3 Prior 46 Fri 05/27 Colorado 10- 3 Prior 74 Sun 06/26 @ Chicago (AL) 2- 0 Prior 78 Fri 07/01 Washington 3- 4 Prior 83 Thu 07/07 @ Atlanta 0- 6 Prior 88 Thu 07/14 Pittsburgh 5- 1 Prior 93 Tue 07/19 @ Cincinnati N 7- 3 Prior 98 Sun 07/24 @ St. Louis N 8- 4 Prior 103 Fri 07/29 Arizona 4- 3 Prior 108 Thu 08/04 @ Philadelphia 4- 6 Prior 113 Tue 08/09 Cincinnati 3- 8 Prior 118 Sun 08/14 St. Louis N 5- 4 Prior 122 Fri 08/19 @ Colorado 5- 3 Prior 127 Wed 08/24 Atlanta 1- 3 Prior 132 Tue 08/30 Los Angeles N 6- 3 Prior 137 Mon 09/05 @ St. Louis 4- 6 Prior 142 Sat 09/10 @ San Francisco 5- 2 Prior 147 Thu 09/15 St. Louis N 1- 6 Prior 152 Wed 09/21 @ Milwaukee N 6- 7 Prior 158 Wed 09/28 Pittsburgh 2- 3 Prior Prior's stat line from last year (11-7)..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/04 - 10/02 166.7 143 73 68 59 188 25 2825 3.19 10.15 1.35 1.21 3.67 CUBS' bullpen usage for the last week...... Sat Fri Thu Wed Tue Mon Sun Totals 17 Jun 16 Jun 15 Jun 14 Jun 13 Jun 12 Jun 11 Jun vs Detr vs Detr vs Houst vs Houst vs Houst no game at Cincy pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Dempster 1.0 11 1.0 11 Eyre 0.7 8 0.7 21 1.0 25 2.3 54 Howry 0.7 18 1.0 29 1.0 15 2.7 62 Ohman 1.0 13 0.7 19 1.0 16 0.3 5 3.0 53 Novoa 0.3 2 0.3 1 1.0 15 1.0 12 2.7 30 Aardsma 0.7 23 1.0 18 1.0 15 0.7 26 3.3 82 Guzman 5.3 96 2.0 31 7.3 127 Rusch 1.7 54 1.7 54 Totals 3.0 62 9.0 189 2.0 51 2.0 26 5.0 77 3.0 68 24.0 473 CUBS' season series vs. Detroit (0-2)....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 66 Fri 06/16 Detroit 3- 5 Rusch 67 Sat 06/17 Detroit 3- 9 Marmol 68 Sun 06/18 Detroit - Prior CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games...... 06/10 - 06/17 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Blanco 8 1 4 0 0 1 7 2 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.875 1.375 Bynum 7 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 0.429 0.429 0.714 1.143 Ramirez 24 2 9 3 0 1 15 3 1 2 0.375 0.423 0.625 1.048 Nevin 26 3 9 2 0 2 17 5 2 5 0.346 0.393 0.654 1.047 Barrett 20 3 8 1 0 1 12 5 2 2 0.400 0.435 0.600 1.035 Mabry 7 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 0.286 0.375 0.571 0.946 Perez 16 3 5 1 0 1 9 3 0 2 0.313 0.294 0.563 0.857 Pierre 29 3 11 1 0 0 12 2 2 2 0.379 0.438 0.414 0.851 Cedeno 22 3 5 0 1 1 10 4 1 4 0.227 0.261 0.455 0.715 Jones 28 4 6 1 0 1 10 2 1 10 0.214 0.233 0.357 0.590 Murton 20 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0.150 0.227 0.150 0.377 Walker 23 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 0.130 0.167 0.174 0.341 Womack 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 7 game totals 246 27 69 12 2 8 109 27 16 41 0.280 0.326 0.443 0.769 season totals 2279 264 588 95 18 53 878 246 163 343 0.258 0.310 0.385 0.696 CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games...... 06/10 - 06/17 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Novoa 2.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 30 0.00 3.38 0.00 0.38 0.00 Zambrano 14.7 9 2 2 8 9 1 233 4.91 5.52 0.61 1.16 1.23 Guzman 7.3 4 2 2 4 9 0 127 4.91 11.05 0.00 1.09 2.45 Marmol 12.0 9 5 5 5 11 2 185 3.75 8.25 1.50 1.17 3.75 Eyre 2.3 3 1 1 1 2 1 54 3.86 7.71 3.86 1.71 3.86 Dempster 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 28 0.00 4.50 0.00 1.00 4.50 Maddux 7.0 11 5 5 0 1 0 90 0.00 1.29 0.00 1.57 6.43 Aardsma 3.3 4 3 3 1 2 1 82 2.70 5.40 2.70 1.50 8.10 Ohman 3.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 53 3.00 3.00 0.00 1.67 9.00 Marshall 4.0 7 5 5 4 1 1 88 9.00 2.25 2.25 2.75 11.25 Howry 3.0 7 5 4 1 6 0 73 3.00 18.00 0.00 2.67 12.00 Rusch 1.7 6 4 4 0 2 1 54 0.00 10.80 5.40 3.60 21.60 7 game totals 63.0 67 36 35 25 46 7 1097 3.57 6.57 1.00 1.46 5.00 season totals 592.7 557 334 311 286 498 82 10086 4.34 7.56 1.25 1.42 4.72 Since their untimely and tragic demise on 26 April 2006....... CUBS are 14-34 (0.292) CUBS have been outscored 256 (5.33 R/G) to 168 (3.50 R/G) CUBS have been shutout 7 times CUBS opponent's have 5 complete game wins CUBS have lost 25 of 27 games in which the opponent scored first CUBS have hit 35 home runs while allowing 58 CUBS are driving in 16.7% of their baserunners, compared to their opponents' 21.1% and the CUBS 18.4% from last year CUBS are scoring 0.305 runs per baserunner, compared to their opponents' 0.393 and the CUBS 0.365 from last year CUBS extra base hit ratio is 27.7% compared to their opponents' 37.9% and the CUBS 35.8% from last year CUBS are seeing 3.59 P/PA, compared to their opponents' 3.87 and the CUBS' 3.63 from last year CUBS are on a pace to GIDP 162 times, compared to 129 last year CUBS' offense since 26 April..... 04/26 - 06/17 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Nevin 37 5 11 2 0 3 22 7 3 6 0.297 0.350 0.595 0.945 Barrett 135 16 44 5 3 4 67 12 16 16 0.326 0.400 0.496 0.896 Jones 169 20 52 8 0 9 87 26 7 34 0.308 0.337 0.515 0.852 Ramirez 182 21 51 15 1 8 92 28 9 14 0.280 0.323 0.505 0.829 Bynum 51 6 13 0 3 2 25 6 2 17 0.255 0.296 0.490 0.786 Womack 44 5 14 1 0 1 18 2 4 3 0.318 0.375 0.409 0.784 Restovich 8 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 0.250 0.333 0.375 0.708 Murton 140 19 37 4 0 2 47 7 12 21 0.264 0.329 0.336 0.665 Walker 164 17 42 8 0 1 53 17 19 15 0.256 0.330 0.323 0.653 Cedeno 176 16 47 1 3 2 60 14 6 33 0.267 0.290 0.341 0.631 Pierre 201 21 48 7 2 0 59 5 13 15 0.239 0.298 0.294 0.592 Blanco 45 2 9 2 0 1 14 8 4 6 0.200 0.260 0.311 0.571 Mabry 58 2 11 3 0 0 14 1 8 13 0.190 0.299 0.241 0.540 Perez 92 11 19 2 1 1 26 11 3 6 0.207 0.227 0.283 0.509 Hairston 58 3 9 2 0 0 11 3 2 10 0.155 0.197 0.190 0.386 Theriot 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 48 game totals 1649 168 423 65 13 35 619 158 112 236 0.257 0.308 0.375 0.683 season totals 2279 264 588 95 18 53 878 246 163 343 0.258 0.310 0.385 0.696 CUBS' pitchers since 26 April...... 04/26 - 06/17 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Zambrano 69.3 41 18 18 37 69 6 1139 4.80 8.96 0.78 1.13 2.34 Marmol 16.0 12 5 5 5 17 2 254 2.81 9.56 1.13 1.06 2.81 Ohman 24.7 20 8 8 7 23 1 363 2.55 8.39 0.36 1.09 2.92 Eyre 24.3 23 10 9 12 29 4 449 4.44 10.73 1.48 1.44 3.33 Howry 23.0 24 10 9 6 21 2 413 2.35 8.22 0.78 1.30 3.52 Wood 19.7 19 13 9 8 13 5 317 3.66 5.95 2.29 1.37 4.12 Dempster 18.3 17 11 10 8 18 1 292 3.93 8.84 0.49 1.36 4.91 Novoa 25.0 22 17 14 18 20 4 499 6.48 7.20 1.44 1.60 5.04 Marshall 49.7 50 28 28 27 33 3 795 4.89 5.98 0.54 1.55 5.07 Williamson 13.0 10 8 8 10 15 0 223 6.92 10.38 0.00 1.54 5.54 Guzman 25.3 24 18 16 20 29 2 505 7.11 10.30 0.71 1.74 5.68 Maddux 56.7 79 43 42 13 27 6 806 2.06 4.29 0.95 1.62 6.67 Aardsma 10.7 13 9 8 6 7 3 231 5.06 5.91 2.53 1.78 6.75 Rusch 27.7 39 29 27 12 29 10 582 3.90 9.43 3.25 1.84 8.78 Hill 19.3 23 20 20 15 11 5 344 6.98 5.12 2.33 1.97 9.31 Wuertz 1.0 3 2 2 2 1 0 46 18.00 9.00 0.00 5.00 18.00 Ryu 2.3 8 7 7 2 2 4 55 7.71 7.71 15.43 4.29 27.00 48 game totals 426.0 427 256 240 208 364 58 7313 4.39 7.69 1.23 1.49 5.07 season totals 592.7 557 334 311 286 498 82 10086 4.34 7.56 1.25 1.42 4.72 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 06/17 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Lee 7 17 0.292 Walker 26 69 0.274 Barrett 22 70 0.239 Perez 13 43 0.232 Blanco 7 26 0.212 Ramirez 26 97 0.211 Nevin 4 15 0.211 Jones 22 84 0.208 Cedeno 18 87 0.171 Murton 16 86 0.157 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 1 8 0.111 Pierre 7 72 0.089 Mabry 3 32 0.086 Womack 1 13 0.071 Theriot 0 2 0.000 CUBS 193 836 0.188 Go CUBS !! http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg Avoid the broom !!