Fred Hornkohl

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 the rotation all together.

Yes. :wink:

There's definitely cause for optimism. Here it is by the numbers..... Wood IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/18 vs. Wash 5.0 5 4 4 0 6 3 71 0.00 10.80 5.40 1.00 7.20 05/23 vs. Flor 5.0 2 3 3 5 3 1 86 9.00 5.40 1.80 1.40 5.40 05/29 vs. Cincy 6.0 5 2 1 1 4 0 85 1.50 6.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 totals 16.0 12 9 8 6 13 4 242 3.38 7.31 2.25 1.13 4.50

Be careful.... you know how fast that lineup can change :wink:

Yeah.... it'll be a real tough couple of months, but as always, they'll go as far as their pitching carries them. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 47 Fri 05/26 Atlanta 5- 6 Zambrano 48 Sat 05/27 Atlanta 1- 2 Marshall 49 Sun 05/28 Atlanta 12-13 Ryu 50 Mon 05/29 Cincinnati 7- 3 Wood 51 Tue 05/30 Cincinnati N - Maddux 52 Wed 05/31 Cincinnati N - Zambrano 53 Fri 06/02 @ St. Louis N - Marshall 54 Sat 06/03 @ St. Louis N - Rusch 55 Sun 06/04 @ St. Louis - Wood 56 Mon 06/05 @ Houston N - Maddux 57 Tue 06/06 @ Houston N - Zambrano 58 Wed 06/07 @ Houston - Marshall 59 Thu 06/08 @ Cincinnati N - Rusch 60 Fri 06/09 @ Cincinnati N - Wood 61 Sat 06/10 @ Cincinnati - Maddux 62 Sun 06/11 @ Cincinnati - Zambrano 63 Tue 06/13 Houston N - Marshall 64 Wed 06/14 Houston N - 65 Thu 06/15 Houston - 66 Fri 06/16 Detroit - 67 Sat 06/17 Detroit - 68 Sun 06/18 Detroit - 69 Mon 06/19 @ Cleveland N - 70 Tue 06/20 @ Cleveland N - 71 Wed 06/21 @ Cleveland N - 72 Fri 06/23 @ Minesota N - 73 Sat 06/24 @ Minesota N - 74 Sun 06/25 @ Minesota - 75 Mon 06/26 Milwaukee N - 76 Tue 06/27 Milwaukee N - 77 Wed 06/28 Milwaukee - 78 Thu 06/29 Milwaukee - 79 Fri 06/30 Chicago (AL) - 80 Sat 07/01 Chicago (AL) - 81 Sun 07/02 Chicago (AL) - 82 Mon 07/03 @ Houston N - 83 Tue 07/04 @ Houston - 84 Wed 07/05 @ Houston N - 85 Thu 07/06 @ Milwaukee N - 86 Fri 07/07 @ Milwaukee N - 87 Sat 07/08 @ Milwaukee N - 88 Sun 07/09 @ Milwaukee -

Yeah..... but we've put double digit hits in 5 consecutive games for the first time since 08-15 July 2005. (right after they left Atlanta last year.) Go CUBS !!

It's kind of a touchy subject for me because I think Hendry will let him walk at the end of the year no matter how good he pitches. And when he does you just know Wood will turn the corner to greatness. Take your solace from the fact that Ernie Broglio has a higher career batting with the CUBS than Lou Brock did.

Unbridled optimism that Ramirez is about to catch fire. :D OK.... that works for me !! :wink: Go CUBS !!

Oh gods no, this lineup is terrible. Starting with the top. There is no reason why Walker shouldn't be leading off or in the 2 hole, along with Murton somewhere up there. Pierre and Womack need to be way down on the order. (Preferably off it completely, but we wont see that) I'd much rather see Womack in there than Neifi. Sounds crazy but I would like to see a lineup like this for a week and see how it goes: Murton Womack Walker Aram Jones Barrett Cedeno Pierre Pitcher Pierre could bunt Cedeno over so the pitcher can knock him in. I totally get it that you want to move Pierre down in the order because he hasn't been hitting. I don't see why you want take Ramirez, who hasn't been hitting well either, and move him up, while you take Barrett, who has been hitting well, and move him down. 05/23 - 05/29 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Barrett 25 6 8 1 1 1 14 4 0 3 0.320 0.333 0.560 0.893 Ramirez 25 2 6 2 1 0 10 4 0 3 0.240 0.269 0.400 0.669

So they are pretty bad either way. However, we're undefeated when Soto starts this year. :D yeah... but my computer just goes nuckin' futs when I try to divide by zero !! :wink:

Worthless stats of the day for Tuesday......... CUBS are 2-5 on Tuesdays CUBS are 3-3 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 4-8 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 6-12 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 10-11 at night CUBS are 11-13 at home CUBS are 16-6 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-25 when they don't CUBS are 13-6 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 5-26 when they don't CUBS are 16-8 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-19 when they get outhit.... and 1-4 when the hits are even CUBS are 11-6 when they allow fewer than 4 walks.... 8-25 when they don't CUBS are 9-9 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 10-22 when he doesn't CUBS are on a pace to win 62 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 622 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 117 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 389 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are drving in 19.2% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.348 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 28.6% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS are 5-5 when Maddux starts Maddux is 6 of 10 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.54.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.79 CUBS score 3.84 R/G overall.... 3.70 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 0.72 HR/G overall.... 0.70 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS' offensive support of Maddux..... 04/03 - 05/29 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 321 37 85 14 4 7 128 33 25 36 0.265 0.315 0.399 0.714 CUBS overall 1671 192 420 69 15 36 627 179 120 257 0.251 0.304 0.375 0.679 Maddux's previous starts (5-4)..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/07 vs. St. L 6.3 4 1 1 2 1 1 87 2.84 1.42 1.42 0.95 1.42 04/12 vs. Cincy 6.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 86 3.00 10.50 0.00 0.83 1.50 04/17 vs. L.A. 8.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 87 0.00 6.75 0.00 0.38 1.13 04/23 vs. St. L 7.0 5 0 0 1 4 0 93 1.29 5.14 0.00 0.86 0.00 04/28 vs. Milw 6.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 89 1.50 9.00 0.00 1.50 3.00 05/03 vs. Ariz 5.0 10 5 5 0 5 1 85 0.00 9.00 1.80 2.00 9.00 05/08 vs. S.D. 3.7 9 7 7 2 4 1 70 4.91 9.82 2.45 3.00 17.18 05/13 vs. S.D. 7.3 4 1 0 1 3 0 73 1.23 3.68 0.00 0.68 0.00 05/19 vs. white sox 5.7 9 6 6 5 1 1 96 7.94 1.59 1.59 2.47 9.53 05/24 vs. Flor 6.0 8 6 6 2 4 1 97 3.00 6.00 1.50 1.67 9.00 Home 25.7 19 5 4 6 17 1 335 2.10 5.96 0.35 0.97 1.40 Road 35.3 44 25 25 10 24 4 528 2.55 6.11 1.02 1.53 6.37 Day 44.3 41 17 16 14 26 3 621 2.84 5.28 0.61 1.24 3.25 Nite 16.7 22 13 13 2 15 2 242 1.08 8.10 1.08 1.44 7.02 season totals 61.0 63 30 29 16 41 5 863 2.36 6.05 0.74 1.30 4.28 Maddux's starts against Cincinnati last year (0-1)...... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/21 vs. Cincy 5.0 9 3 3 0 4 2 71 0.00 7.20 3.60 1.80 5.40 09/12 vs. Cincy 7.0 5 2 2 1 5 2 83 1.29 6.43 2.57 0.86 2.57 totals vs. Cincy 12.0 14 5 5 1 9 4 154 0.75 6.75 3.00 1.25 3.75 season totals 225.0 239 112 106 36 136 29 3098 1.44 5.44 1.16 1.22 4.24 CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati ....... 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 - Maddux 52 Wed 05/31 Cincinnati N - Zambrano 59 Thu 06/08 @ Cincinnati N - Ryu 60 Fri 06/09 @ Cincinnati N - Wood 61 Sat 06/10 @ Cincinnati - Maddux 62 Sun 06/11 @ Cincinnati - Zambrano 148 Fri 09/15 Cincinnati - 149 Sat 09/16 Cincinnati - 150 Sun 09/17 Cincinnati - 154 Fri 09/22 @ Cincinnati N - 155 Sat 09/23 @ Cincinnati - 156 Sun 09/24 @ Cincinnati - 157 Mon 09/25 @ Cincinnati - CUBS hitters vs. Cincinnati this year..... vs. Cincy AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Mabry 4 1 2 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.250 1.750 Lee 13 4 4 3 0 1 10 5 8 2 0.308 0.545 0.769 1.315 Walker 18 6 9 2 0 1 14 6 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.778 1.278 Murton 24 5 10 0 0 3 19 6 1 1 0.417 0.440 0.792 1.232 Womack 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.400 0.400 0.600 1.000 Barrett 20 3 6 2 0 1 11 6 1 2 0.300 0.318 0.550 0.868 Blanco 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 Hairston 12 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 0.333 0.333 0.417 0.750 Pierre 26 6 7 1 2 0 12 2 0 2 0.269 0.269 0.462 0.731 Ramirez 16 1 3 1 0 1 7 3 2 2 0.188 0.278 0.438 0.715 Pagan 13 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 0.308 0.308 0.385 0.692 Cedeno 21 3 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 5 0.286 0.286 0.333 0.619 Perez 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.091 0.091 0.091 0.182 Jones 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bynum 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Cincy 212 38 63 15 2 8 106 35 13 32 0.297 0.333 0.500 0.833 season totals 1671 192 420 68 15 36 626 179 120 255 0.251 0.304 0.375 0.679 CUBS pitchers vs. Cincinnati this year...... vs. Cincy IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 3.3 2 0 0 2 5 0 52 5.40 13.50 0.00 1.20 0.00 Wuertz 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 28 4.50 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Aardsma 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 9.00 18.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wood 6.0 5 2 1 1 4 0 85 1.50 6.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 Maddux 6.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 86 3.00 10.50 0.00 0.83 1.50 Eyre 5.3 4 2 1 4 4 1 92 6.75 6.75 1.69 1.50 1.69 Williamson 2.3 2 2 1 3 3 0 55 11.57 11.57 0.00 2.14 3.86 Howry 2.3 3 1 1 1 1 1 39 3.86 3.86 3.86 1.71 3.86 Willliams 3.0 3 3 2 4 1 1 63 12.00 3.00 3.00 2.33 6.00 Zambrano 10.7 11 10 9 8 13 4 208 6.75 10.97 3.38 1.78 7.59 Rusch 9.0 11 8 8 3 6 6 182 3.00 6.00 6.00 1.56 8.00 Ohman 2.0 5 7 7 2 1 2 35 9.00 4.50 9.00 3.50 31.50 totals vs. Cincy 53.0 49 36 31 32 49 15 942 5.43 8.32 2.55 1.53 5.26 season totals 438.7 400 257 239 228 384 67 7498 4.68 7.88 1.37 1.43 4.90 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 05/29 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Walker 22 48 0.314 Lee 7 17 0.292 Perez 11 33 0.250 Womack 1 3 0.250 Barrett 18 58 0.237 Jones 15 52 0.224 Murton 16 59 0.213 Bynum 4 16 0.200 Ramirez 16 71 0.184 Cedeno 13 60 0.178 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 1 8 0.111 Blanco 2 17 0.105 Mabry 2 28 0.067 Pierre 4 58 0.065 Theriot 0 2 0.000 team 143 600 0.192 Go CUBS !!

Fixed. :wink: Well done !! :wink: Let's hope the CUBS hit Claussen so hard he decides to go out and get pickled !!

The CUBS are showing signs of their offense coming around....... 05/24 - 05/29 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS 188 28 61 10 3 3 86 28 7 17 0.324 0.352 0.457 0.809 I know, it's only 5 games, and we lost 4 of them. But we scored 5.6 R/G which is a whole lot better than what be been doing up to this point. Now let's see what the pitching staff can put together in the near future ??

Let me break it down a little differently for you........... 03 April thru 25 April...... CUBS go 12-7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 16 2 5 11 12 15 11 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 Opponents 10 9 11 4 14 19 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 26 April thru 29 May...... CUBS go 7-24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 14 14 2 17 6 17 7 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 Opponents 22 23 21 22 32 17 14 13 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 179 Combined..... CUBS are 19-31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 30 16 7 28 18 32 18 28 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192 Opponents 32 32 32 26 46 36 16 19 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 257

CUBS are 14-24 (.368) when Barrett starts.... 4-7 (.363) when Blanco starts.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/407799.jpg Claussen (3-5) 5.25 vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/118120.jpg Maddux (5-4) 4.28

Oh gods no, this lineup is terrible. Starting with the top. There is no reason why Walker shouldn't be leading off or in the 2 hole, along with Murton somewhere up there. Pierre and Womack need to be way down on the order. (Preferably off it completely, but we wont see that) There is one good reason why Walker shouldn't be hitting 1 or 2.... he's the best RBI man on the team right now !!

If it helps..... The CUBS are now 5-1 when they get 13 or more hits. Go CUBS !!

We didn't draw a walk? Way to ruin the victory, Fred. :lol: Sorry 'bout that...... but it is what it is !!

CUBS are now 2-6 when they don't draw a single walk. Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Freel doubled to left field LaRue struck out (called) Valentin, pinch hitting for Schakelford, popped out (foul) to third base Lopez struck out (called) 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 1 CUBS 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 x 7 13 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Wood (1-1) S: Dempster (9) L: Ramirez (2-4) T: 2:37 A: 40,072 Home runs: CUBS: Murton (4), Walker (3) - Cincinnati: Dunn (17) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Wood 6.0 5 2 2 1 4 0 85 Aardsma 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 Eyre 0.7 2 1 1 1 0 1 17 Dempster 1.3 1 0 0 0 3 0 21 Happy days are here again, The skies above are clear again, Let's all sing a song of cheer again, Happy days are here again.

Man.... don't got there !!

Valentin, pinch hitting for Schakelford, popped out (foul) to third base

LaRue struck out (called)

Freel doubled to left field