Fred Hornkohl

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Ramirez singled to left field Walker singled to right field, Ramirez to second Cedeno lined out to right field, Ramirez out at third, 9-5 Jones struck out swigning, 2-3 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 1 1 2 0 CUBS 0 0 0 2 1

Cedeno lined out to right field, Ramirez out at third, 9-5

Walker singled to right field, Ramirez to second

Ramirez singled to left field

CUBS are 16-8 when they score first in the game.... 3-23 when they don't Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Dunn doubled (ground rule) to left center field Kearns flied out to left field, Dunn holding second Valentin flied out to shallow center field Encarnacion singled to right field, Dunn scored, Encarnacion took third on a throwing error, E9 Freel struck out (called) 1 runs, 2 hits, 1 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 1 1 2 0 CUBS 0 0 0 1 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 20

Encarnacion singled to right field, Dunn scored, Encarnacion took third on a throwing error, E9

Valentin flied out to shallow center field

Kearns flied out to left field, Dunn holding second

Dunn doubled to left center field

I'm a little tired this evening..... what'dya say we only play 8.5 innings ??

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre struck out (called) Womack grounded out to short, 6-3 Murton grounded out to third, 5-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0

Womack grounded out to short, 6-3

Pierre struck out (called)

With Neifi not in the starting line-up, I think the patented double switch is all but guaranteed. Patented, my butt !! Managers were using the double switch in baseball 70 years before Johnnie B. was a gleam in his old man's eye !!! Dusty "reinvented" the double switch. :) Nice first inning for Maddux. Let's just call it his signature move, eh? :wink:

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Lopez grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 Hattieberg, grounded out to second, 4-3 Griffey flied out to left field 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 CUBS . 0 0 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06

Hattieberg, grounded out to second, 4-3

Lopez grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

With Neifi not in the starting line-up, I think the patented double switch is all but guaranteed. Patented, my butt !! Managers were using the double switch in baseball 70 years before Johnnie B. was a gleam in his old man's eye !!!

Not raining 40 miles west of Chicago. . Not raining 30 miles northwest..... but it does look ominous.

Sometimes they will hold the appeal when the team is in NY. Sometimes they will bring the player to NY on an off day. Sometimes Watson will go to the player. I think the suspension starts immediately upon the decision of the appeal being made. It's no longer in NY. It can be done anytime. And if the player wins, he can choose when to serve. If it is upheld, he must serve right away. If the player wins there wouldn't be a suspension to serve. I assume he meant if it's reduced on appeal. Of course he did, but that's not winning the appeal.

It just occured to me that Michael Barrett has started every game (9 consecutive) since the A J Pierzynski incident. That's his longest string of consecutive starts since he joined the team in 2004. His previous high was 6.

I always thought of the 1914 Boston Braves as the greatest comeback team of all times. As of 15 June 1914, they were mired in dead last, 10.5 games out of first....... Team Name W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Giants 27 18 0 .600 - 209 186 Cincinnati Reds 29 22 1 .569 1.0 215 169 Pittsburgh Pirates 24 23 2 .511 4.0 180 173 St. Louis Cardinals 27 26 2 .509 4.0 201 197 Chicago Cubs 26 26 2 .500 4.5 216 217 Philadelphia Phillies 22 23 0 .489 5.0 196 214 Brooklyn Robins 20 25 0 .444 7.0 169 193 Boston Braves 17 29 1 .370 10.5 149 186 Then, the miracle happend, and the Braves went 77-30 (.720) the rest of the season to finish 10.5 games out in front of the pack......... Team Name W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Braves 94 59 5 .614 - 657 548 New York Giants 84 70 2 .545 10.5 672 576 St. Louis Cardinals 81 72 4 .529 13.0 558 540 Chicago Cubs 78 76 2 .506 16.5 605 638 Brooklyn Robins 75 79 0 .487 19.5 622 618 Philadelphia Phillies 74 80 0 .481 20.5 651 687 Pittsburgh Pirates 69 85 4 .448 25.5 503 540 Cincinnati Reds 60 94 3 .390 34.5 530 651 Now, that .720 finish is not quite as good as the '06 CUBS, but the '06 CUBS weren't coming from dead last. Anyway, those '14 Braves went on to beat the Philadelphia A's in the world series for their only WS championship in Boston. (To date, the franchise has 3 WS championships, 1 in Boston (1914), 1 in Milwaukee (1957), and 1 in Atlanta (1995)). Not really on topic, but I just thought I'd share. Go CUBS !!

:shock: Yikes! Let's hope Prior and Miller get back real soon, eh?

Be careful.... you know how fast that lineup can change :wink: Well, I'll settle for Kerry or Carlos! But if fat Glendon ends up starting, I might have to go to the game with a bag over my head. :twisted: Actually, my worst nightmare will be Rusch pitching, and Neifi and Hairston playing middle infield. Neifi will go 0-4 with 4 weak pop ups, and Hairston will go 0-4 and slide headfirst into 1st base on each play.... You never know about these things. I drew Rusch for 3 games at Wrigley last year, and the CUBS won them all. Besides, there is a chance that Prior is back by then, and Rusch is out of baseball all together. fixed! :lol: Yeah.... yeah..... yeah..... CUBS are 1-4 when Rusch starts CUBS are 0-2 when Williams starts CUBS are 0-4 when Guzman starts CUBS are 0-4 when Hill starts CUBS are 0-1 when Ryu starts So which is worse ??