Fred Hornkohl

Jones grounded out to second, 4-3, Murton to second

Murton blooped a single to right field

Ramirez flied out to the track in left field

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Diaz bunted out to the pitcher, 1-3 Jordan grounded out to third, 5-3 Pena walked Ramirez singled to left field, Pena to second Giles doubled to left center field, Pena & Ramirez scored Renteria grounded out to short, 6-3 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Atlanta 0 2 2 3 0 CUBS 1 1 1 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 2.0 3 2 2 2 0 0 43

Giles doubled to left center field, Pena & Ramirez scored

Ramirez singled to left field, Pena to second

Pena walked

Jordan grounded out to third, 5-3

Diaz bunted out to the pitcher, 1-3

Prolly when they fall to 30 games under .500 and finally admit to themselves....that the season is over. Man... they're on a pace now to finish 38 games under .500, and they sure look to me like they believe the season is over now !!

of course, obp's important. unless you have outstanding pitching, you need a good batting average to win. walks are nice and all,but not nearly as important as batting average. the importance of the walk is overvalued. Any way a guy gets on base is important. But to your point, the Cubs have had plenty of baserunners this year -- just look at how many games we lost when we outhit our opponent --- today's game is another exampe. I place a high value on OBP and I place a high value on batting avg. However, this Cub team has neither and that's why they have a pathetic offense. a few 3 run homers would be nice. this teams lack of power is appalling. they have to be close to last in home runs too. Since you asked....... CUBS are 15-7 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-18 when they get outhit.... and 1-4 when the hits are even Dead last in HR's ........ Avg Max Min St Dev CUBS Rank Zscore HR 51 68 34 10.61 34 16 -1.60

The CUBS have drawn 6 walks in their last six games. They're on a pace to draw 400 walks in 162 games, even less than last year's paltry total of 419. This franchise has only lost 100 games in a season twice in it's 131 year history. (1962 & 1966 when they went 59-103 each year). We are now on a pace to go 62-100 !!! How long are they gonna let this team bleed to death ???

This is about as pathetic a CUBS offense as I've seen in 50 years.......... 05/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Los Angeles 1636 257 450 87 16 43 698 251 204 260 43 11 0.275 0.359 0.427 0.785 Atlanta 1650 249 438 84 10 55 707 245 209 343 43 8 0.265 0.335 0.428 0.764 Cincinnati 1633 249 425 93 4 65 721 233 164 263 22 10 0.260 0.349 0.442 0.790 Arizona 1609 249 446 105 11 41 696 235 160 355 27 12 0.277 0.348 0.433 0.781 St. Louis 1568 244 430 75 8 49 668 234 172 224 21 13 0.274 0.351 0.426 0.777 Milwaukee 1611 240 444 103 4 68 759 225 152 359 20 10 0.276 0.346 0.471 0.817 NY Mets 1648 232 425 87 9 65 725 223 175 236 14 6 0.258 0.330 0.440 0.770 San Francisco 1577 232 414 70 18 42 646 217 161 302 46 6 0.263 0.339 0.410 0.749 Philadelphia 1593 228 416 79 10 61 698 216 170 311 24 11 0.261 0.337 0.438 0.775 Houston 1628 226 423 82 6 56 685 218 172 316 24 8 0.260 0.336 0.421 0.756 San Diego 1607 217 394 79 10 36 601 202 169 332 37 3 0.245 0.319 0.374 0.693 Florida 1565 212 400 94 10 41 637 200 162 374 41 15 0.256 0.332 0.407 0.739 Washington 1651 211 419 76 6 60 687 202 143 304 22 10 0.254 0.326 0.416 0.742 Colorado 1599 208 425 100 16 46 695 194 160 307 28 18 0.266 0.332 0.435 0.767 Pittsburgh 1608 201 413 75 6 54 662 192 125 323 21 5 0.257 0.320 0.412 0.732 CUBS 1553 172 381 63 13 34 572 159 115 245 34 13 0.245 0.301 0.368 0.669 Avg Max Min St Dev CUBS Rank Zscore AB 1609 1651 1553 30.38 1553 16 -1.83 R 227 257 172 21.66 172 16 -2.53 H 421 450 381 18.24 381 16 -2.22 2B 85 105 63 11.65 63 16 -1.85 3B 10 18 4 4.11 13 4 0.78 HR 51 68 34 10.61 34 16 -1.60 TB 679 759 572 45.57 572 16 -2.34 RBI 215 251 159 22.54 159 16 -2.50 BB 163 209 115 23.02 115 16 -2.10 SO 303 374 224 44.38 245 3 -1.32 SB 29 46 14 9.68 34 5 0.50 CS 10 18 3 3.77 13 13 0.81 BA 0.262 0.277 0.245 0.01 0.245 16 -1.76 OBP 0.335 0.359 0.301 0.01 0.301 16 -2.44 SLG 0.422 0.471 0.368 0.02 0.368 16 -2.21 OPS 0.757 0.817 0.669 0.04 0.669 16 -2.47

I just looked that up, and unfortunately its followed by "and then all shall see the four horseman, Hendry, Andy, FitzSimons, and Dusty destroyed yea fans...and the world......." Y'all are making me glad I got my boots on !!! :wink:

This should refresh your memory......... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 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 24 Mon 05/01 Pittsburgh N 2- 1 Marshall 25 Tue 05/02 Pittsburgh 0- 8 Guzman 26 Wed 05/03 @ Arizona N 1- 5 Maddux 27 Thu 05/04 @ Arizona N 0- 6 Hill 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 32 Tue 05/09 @ San Francisco N 1- 6 Hill 33 Wed 05/10 @ San Francisco N 8- 1 Zambrano 34 Thu 05/11 @ San Francisco 3- 9 Marshall 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 38 Tue 05/16 Washington N 4- 0 Zambrano 39 Wed 05/17 Washington N 5- 0 Marshall 40 Thu 05/18 Washington 3- 5 Wood 41 Fri 05/19 @ Chicago (AL) 1- 6 Maddux 42 Sat 05/20 @ Chicago (AL) 0- 7 Hill 43 Sun 05/21 @ Chicago (AL) 7- 4 Zambrano 44 Mon 05/22 @ Florida N 1- 9 Marshall 45 Tue 05/23 @ Florida N 4- 5 Wood 46 Wed 05/24 @ Florida 3- 9 Maddux 47 Fri 05/26 Atlanta 5- 6 Zambrano

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday........ CUBS are 1-6 on Saturdays CUBS are 0-1 vs. Atlanta CUBS are 1-1 when they've lost their last 4 game(s) in a row CUBS are 11-17 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 8-18 in day games CUBS are 10-11 at home CUBS are 9-24 without Derrek Lee CUBS are 7-5 when Pierre steals a base.... 11-24 when he dosen't CUBS are 14-13 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 4-16 when they do CUBS are 3-7 in one run games.... 1-3 in two run games CUBS are 16-17 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 2-12 when they don't CUBS are 10-5 when they allow fewer than 4 walks.... 8-24 when they don't CUBS are 0-1 when they allow 2 runs on 1 sacrifice fly :shock: CUBS are on a pace to win 62 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 593 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 400 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are 6-3 when Marshall starts Marshall is 4 of 9 in quality starts Marshall's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.29.... Marshall hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 3.66 R/G overall.... 4.33 R/G when Marshall pitches CUBS hit 0.72 HR/G overall.... 0.56 HR/G when Marshall pitches Marshall's starts this year (6-3) Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 5 Sun 04/09 St. Louis N 8- 4 Marshall 9 Fri 04/14 @ Pittsburgh N 11- 6 Marshall 14 Wed 04/19 @ Los Angeles N 5- 4 Marshall 19 Tue 04/25 Florida N 3- 1 Marshall 24 Mon 05/01 Pittsburgh N 2- 1 Marshall 29 Sat 05/06 @ San Diego N 1- 2 Marshall 34 Thu 05/11 @ San Francisco 3- 9 Marshall 39 Wed 05/17 Washington N 5- 0 Marshall 44 Mon 05/22 @ Florida N 1- 9 Marshall 48 Sat 05/27 Atlanta - Marshall CUBS' offensive support of Marshall..... 04/03 - 05/26 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marshall 298 39 83 9 4 5 115 34 25 49 0.279 0.338 0.386 0.724 CUBS overall 1553 172 381 63 13 34 572 159 116 250 0.245 0.300 0.368 0.669 Marshall's last 5 starts (1-2)..... Marshall IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/01 vs. Pitts 7.3 4 1 1 1 5 0 90 1.23 6.14 0.00 0.68 1.23 05/06 vs. S.D. 6.0 3 1 1 3 6 0 90 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 05/11 vs. S.F. 3.7 9 9 9 5 2 0 88 12.27 4.91 0.00 3.82 22.09 05/17 vs. Wash 6.0 1 0 0 4 6 0 100 6.00 9.00 0.00 0.83 0.00 05/22 vs. Flor 3.3 7 7 7 4 2 1 67 10.80 5.40 2.70 3.30 18.90 5 game totals 26.3 24 18 18 17 21 1 435 5.81 7.18 0.34 1.56 6.15 season totals 47.7 37 28 28 24 36 4 761 4.53 6.80 0.76 1.28 5.29 CUBS' season series vs. Atlanta ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 47 Fri 05/26 Atlanta 5- 6 Zambrano 48 Sat 05/27 Atlanta - Marshall 49 Sun 05/28 Atlanta - 141 Fri 09/08 @ Atlanta N - 142 Sat 09/09 @ Atlanta N - 143 Sun 09/10 @ Atlanta - 144 Mon 09/11 @ Atlanta N - Since their untimely and tragic demise on 26 April 2006....... CUBS are 6-22 (0.214) CUBS have been outscored 161 (5.75 R/G) to 76 (2.71 R/G) CUBS have been shutout 6 times CUBS opponent's have 5 complete game wins CUBS have lost all 17 games in which the opponent scored first CUBS have hit 16 home runs while allowing 34 CUBS are driving in 13.8% of their baserunners, compared to their opponents' 22.5% and the CUBS 18.4% from last year CUBS are scoring 0.262 runs per baserunner, compared to their opponents' 0.415 and the CUBS 0.365 from last year CUBS are seeing 3.51 P/PA, compared to their opponents' 3.88 and the CUBS' 3.63 from last year CUBS are on a pace to GIDP 168 times, compared to 129 last year CUBS are on a pace to commit 110 errors compared to 100 last year CUBS' offense since 26 April..... 04/26 - 05/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Bynum 25 3 7 0 2 2 17 5 1 9 0.280 0.333 0.680 1.013 Barrett 72 7 22 3 3 2 37 4 9 7 0.306 0.390 0.514 0.904 Ramirez 101 15 29 8 1 6 57 15 6 8 0.287 0.336 0.564 0.901 Jones 92 7 29 5 0 4 46 12 3 16 0.315 0.344 0.500 0.844 Restovich 8 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 0.250 0.333 0.375 0.708 Walker 94 6 24 6 0 0 30 9 10 12 0.255 0.321 0.319 0.640 Murton 79 11 19 1 0 1 23 6 9 14 0.241 0.322 0.291 0.613 Cedeno 105 6 27 0 1 1 32 7 3 23 0.257 0.275 0.305 0.580 Pierre 117 10 24 3 1 0 29 0 7 11 0.205 0.256 0.248 0.504 Perez 58 4 11 1 0 0 12 4 3 4 0.190 0.226 0.207 0.433 Hairston 53 3 9 2 0 0 11 3 2 9 0.170 0.214 0.208 0.422 Mabry 41 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 6 10 0.122 0.250 0.122 0.372 Theriot 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 Blanco 28 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 0.036 0.125 0.036 0.161 28 game totals 920 76 216 32 8 16 312 71 65 141 0.235 0.290 0.339 0.629 season totals 1550 172 381 62 13 34 571 159 116 248 0.246 0.301 0.368 0.669 CUBS' pitchers since 26 April...... 04/26 - 05/26 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Eyre 14.3 8 4 4 7 20 2 244 4.40 12.56 1.26 1.05 2.51 Howry 11.7 10 4 4 2 7 2 179 1.54 5.40 1.54 1.03 3.09 Zambrano 40.7 27 14 14 24 46 4 679 5.31 10.18 0.89 1.25 3.10 Ohman 14.0 13 5 5 5 12 1 224 3.21 7.71 0.64 1.29 3.21 Williamson 12.0 6 5 5 9 13 0 198 6.75 9.75 0.00 1.25 3.75 Novoa 14.7 16 13 10 10 13 2 320 6.14 7.98 1.23 1.77 6.14 Marshall 26.3 24 18 18 17 21 1 435 5.81 7.18 0.34 1.56 6.15 Wood 10.0 7 7 7 5 9 4 157 4.50 8.10 3.60 1.20 6.30 Dempster 10.7 11 9 8 5 11 1 159 4.22 9.28 0.84 1.50 6.75 Maddux 33.7 48 27 26 11 23 4 510 2.94 6.15 1.07 1.75 6.95 Guzman 18.0 20 16 14 16 20 2 378 8.00 10.00 1.00 2.00 7.00 Rusch 13.3 16 13 12 8 8 4 277 5.40 5.40 2.70 1.80 8.10 Ryu 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 0 27 18.00 18.00 0.00 3.00 9.00 Hill 19.3 23 20 20 15 11 5 344 6.98 5.12 2.33 1.97 9.31 Aardsma 2.3 4 3 3 3 2 2 60 11.57 7.71 7.71 3.00 11.57 Wuertz 1.0 3 2 2 2 1 0 46 18.00 9.00 0.00 5.00 18.00 28 game totals 243.0 237 161 153 141 219 34 4237 5.22 8.11 1.26 1.56 5.67 season totals 409.7 367 239 224 219 353 58 7010 4.81 7.76 1.27 1.43 4.92 Percentage of baserunners driven in thru 26 May BDI LOB PCT Restovich 1 02 0.333 Walker 19 45 0.297 Lee 7 17 0.292 Barrett 16 51 0.239 Murton 16 58 0.216 Jones 13 50 0.206 Ramirez 15 64 0.190 Perez 7 31 0.184 Cedeno 12 56 0.176 Bynum 3 16 0.158 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 1 08 0.111 Blanco 2 17 0.105 Mabry 2 26 0.071 Pierre 2 55 0.035 Theriot 0 02 0.000 Team 125 563 0.182

Are you CRAZY? None of those players were used as rarely as Dempster has been used in the last 25+ games. No closer would be consistant with inconsistant playing time. Come on, Dempster's been in 11 of the last 25 games. That's very nearly every other game. Let's go easy on the hyperbole.... what do you say ? 04/30 - 05/26 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 10.7 11 9 8 5 11 1 159 4.22 9.28 0.84 1.50 6.75 Eyre 12.3 6 3 3 5 16 2 205 3.65 11.68 1.46 0.89 2.19 Howry 10.0 9 4 4 2 6 2 155 1.80 5.40 1.80 1.10 3.60 Ohman 12.0 9 2 2 3 12 1 185 2.25 9.00 0.75 1.00 1.50 Rusch 10.7 10 6 5 5 8 0 196 4.22 6.75 0.00 1.41 4.22 Williamson 10.7 6 2 2 6 9 0 164 5.06 7.59 0.00 1.13 1.69 Wuertz 1.0 3 2 2 2 1 0 46 18.00 9.00 0.00 5.00 18.00 Novoa 10.7 13 10 7 7 7 2 229 5.91 5.91 1.69 1.88 5.91 Ryu 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 0 27 18.00 18.00 0.00 3.00 9.00

about 5 to 1

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/400141.jpg Ramirez (0-0) 15.00 vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/445156.jpg Marshall (3-2) 5.29

This is so bad...... even chocolate isn't helping. [sigh]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Ray in to pitch for Atlanta Perez struck out swinging Walker flied out to right center field Barrett popped out to shortstop 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Atlanta 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 5 0 CUBS 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 5 12 2 W: Remlinger (2-2) S: Ray (1) L: Dempster (0-3) T: 3:04 A: 40,865 Home runs: CUBS: Bynum (2) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 6.7 2 2 2 6 8 0 124 Howry 0.3 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 Eyre 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 Dempster 1.0 2 3 2 2 1 0 32

Walker flied out to right center field

Perez struck out swinging

Ray in to pitch for Atlanta

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Orr, pinch hitting for Pratt, singled to right field Pena, pinch hitting for Remlinger, singled to left field, Orr to second Orr took third base, Pena took second base on a wild pitch Giles walked Renteria walked, Orr scored, Pena to third, Giles to second C Jones struck out swinging A Jones flied out to right field, Pena & Giles scored, Renteria to third Francoeur flied out to right field 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Atlanta 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 5 0 CUBS 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 5 12 2 Home runs: CUBS: Bynum (2) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 6.7 2 2 2 6 8 0 124 Howry 0.3 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 Eyre 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 Dempster 1.0 2 3 3 2 1 0 32