Fred Hornkohl

Not assuming anything. Takes 1 click of the mouse to change starting pitchers. :wink:

I could never get that far ahead of myself. With a healthy team coming out of this year. Prior, Wood, Miller, D Lee, Pagan. I see good things. Hendry makes some move to plug holes he thinks he can address and the Cubs'll be back at it. You're counting on Prior and Wood next year?? :shock: Not to mention the fact that next year's free agent class is far from spectacular...wait till the year after next seems completely reasonable...hell...somebody just posted that our TEAM obp is under .300...has that ever happened for a team to finish with an OBP under .300 for the year? It has happened 24 times since 1961 in the National League........ 1965 New York 0.277 1968 New York 0.281 1963 Houston 0.283 1972 San Diego 0.283 1963 New York 0.285 1969 San Diego 0.285 1964 Houston 0.285 1967 New York 0.288 1968 Los Angeles 0.289 1976 Washington 0.291 1971 San Diego 0.293 1968 Philadelphia 0.294 1964 New York 0.296 1973 San Diego 0.296 1963 CUBS 0.297 1967 Cincinnati 0.297 1988 Atlanta 0.298 1966 St. Louis 0.298 1989 Atlanta 0.298 1968 St. Louis 0.298 1968 CUBS 0.298 1971 Philadelphia 0.298 1968 Houston 0.298 1985 San Fancisco 0.299 It's only happened twice since '86, and not at all since 1990. 24 occurances out of 548 team seasons is 4.38%.

Just not a whole there to chose from, eh? 05/01 - 05/21 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Maddux 21.7 32 19 18 8 13 3 324 3.32 5.40 1.25 1.85 7.48 Hill 19.3 23 20 20 15 11 5 344 6.98 5.12 2.33 1.97 9.31 Guzman 13.0 14 13 11 12 15 1 291 8.31 10.38 0.69 2.00 7.62

The CUBS are 6-21 (.224) over the last month (26 April thru 24 May). Winning .224 of their next 42 games would be 9.4 wins. So you're pretty much right on the same pace. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 47 Fri 05/26 Atlanta - Zambrano 48 Sat 05/27 Atlanta - Marshall 49 Sun 05/28 Atlanta - Wood 50 Mon 05/29 Cincinnati - Maddux 51 Tue 05/30 Cincinnati N - Rusch 52 Wed 05/31 Cincinnati N - Zambrano 53 Fri 06/02 @ St. Louis N - Marshall 54 Sat 06/03 @ St. Louis N - Wood 55 Sun 06/04 @ St. Louis - Maddux 56 Mon 06/05 @ Houston N - Rusch 57 Tue 06/06 @ Houston N - Zambrano 58 Wed 06/07 @ Houston - Marshall 59 Thu 06/08 @ Cincinnati N - Wood 60 Fri 06/09 @ Cincinnati N - Maddux 61 Sat 06/10 @ Cincinnati - Rusch 62 Sun 06/11 @ Cincinnati - 63 Tue 06/13 Houston N - 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 - Has all the makings of another brutal month and a half, no?

Hornkohl hoping that Santo's hopes are realized !!

CUBS have scored 3 ninth inning runs in their last 37 games. Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Borowski in to pitch for Florida Ramirez flied out to left field Murton singled to center field Perez struck out (called) Mabry, pinch hitting for Rusch, walked, Murton to second Pierre grounded out to second, 4-3 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 Florida 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 x 9 11 0 W: Moehler (2-4) S: none L: Maddux (5-4) T: 2:38 A: 7,720 Home runs: Florida: Borchard (3), Cabrera (8 ) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 6.0 8 6 6 2 4 1 97 Novoa 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 0 15 Ohman 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 17 Rusch 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg

Mabry, pinch hitting for Rusch, walked, Murton to second

Perez struck out (called)

Murton singled to center field

CUBS are 0-22 when they trail at the end of the 8th inning. Go CUBS !!

Ramirez flied out to left field

Borowski in to pitch for Florida

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Rusch in to pitch for the CUBS Ramirez flied out to right field Uggla popped out to shallow right field Helms, pinch hitting for Jacobs, struck out swinging 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 Florida 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 9 11 0 Home runs: Florida: Borchard (3), Cabrera (8 ) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 6.0 8 6 6 2 4 1 97 Novoa 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 0 15 Ohman 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 17 Rusch 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11

Uggla popped out to shallow right field

Rusch in to pitch for the CUBS Ramirez flied out to right field

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Messenger in to pitch for Florida Cedeno popped out to shallow center field Walker singled to center field Barrett struck out swinging Jones grounded out to first, unassisted 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 Florida 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 9 11 0 Home runs: Florida: Borchard (3), Cabrera (8 )

Thank you, most kindly !!

Barrett struck out swinging

CUBS are 13-10 when they get at least 8 hits..... 5-17 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Walker singled to center field

Messenger in to pitch for Florida Cedeno popped out to shallow center field

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING Novoa in to pitch for the CUBS Uggla singled to left field Jacobs walked, Uggla to second Cabrera homered to right center field, Uggla & Jacobs scored Ohman in to pitch for the CUBS Borchard walked Hermida flied out to right field Abercrombie grounded into a FC, 6-4, Hermida out at second Olivo singled to left field Aguila, pinch hitting for Moehler, struck out swinging 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 8 0 Florida 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 9 11 0 Home runs: Florida: Borchard (3), Cabrera (8 ) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 6.0 8 6 6 2 4 1 97 Novoa 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 0 15 Ohman 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 17

Olivo singled to left field

Abercrombie grounded into a FC, 6-4, Hermida out at second