Fred Hornkohl

Hudson popped out to shallow right field

Byrnes flied out to right center field

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre singled to right field Pierre stole second base Cedeno struck out swinging Ramirez struck out (called) Pierre picked off second base, 2-6 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 1 0 Arizona . 0 0 0

Ramirez struck out (called)

on ball 4 yeah, he definitely looked overmatched there.

Cedeno struck out swinging

77 degress, wind out to right at 12 mph

Pierre stole second base

Pierre singled to right field

Is Blanco getting the start to get Barrett some rest? He had a few days off last week with the hand/finger injury. Is it possible Dusty is a bit upset with Barrett's defense yesterday? Not that it is ever spectacular, but yesterday he has some horrible throws to second trying to get runners stealing second. Or maybe Dusty believes Barrett is tired based on those throws. FWIW, Barret has started the last 4 games. This is only the second time all season that he's gone 4 straight, and he hasn't yet gone 5 straight. I wouldn't read anything into his getting the night off, at least untill and unless he gets tomorrow night off too.

Who's got the worst OPS over the last 7 games ?? 04/26 - 05/03 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Bynum 4 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0.500 0.500 1.000 1.500 Restovich 6 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0.333 0.429 0.500 0.929 Ramirez 22 4 6 3 0 1 12 1 3 2 0.273 0.360 0.545 0.905 Barrett 9 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0.333 0.571 0.333 0.905 Jones 22 1 7 2 0 1 12 2 1 3 0.318 0.348 0.545 0.893 Cedeno 28 2 9 0 0 1 12 2 1 3 0.321 0.345 0.429 0.773 Walker 24 0 7 1 0 0 8 1 3 4 0.292 0.370 0.333 0.704 Murton 22 2 6 1 0 0 7 4 3 3 0.273 0.360 0.318 0.678 Pierre 25 4 5 1 0 0 6 0 3 2 0.200 0.310 0.240 0.550 Blanco 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.100 0.250 0.100 0.350 Perez 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.077 0.143 0.077 0.220 Mabry 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.200 Hairston 13 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0.077 0.077 0.077 0.154 I know it's a small sample size and all, but Hairston seems to be in as much of a funk as anybody on the team right now. Are you sure it's Hairston that Dusty hates, and not his lack of production ??

I'm probably going to reveal my math ineptitude here, but oh well... Doesn't the mean have to be .500? If each game always results in a win and a loss, and there are X number of games, then there will always be just as many wins as losses each season leaguewide. Now---in each division it's not necessarily the case of course. No. The mean is the average. The median is the middle and the mode is the number that comes up at the highest frequency. When people talk about regression toward the mean it means that the performance is likely to revert to an historical average. For example if St. Louis regress toward the mean of the last 5 years, this year they will likely win 96 games (100,105,85,97,93/5). Not so good for us Cub fans. Ouch. Let's find a string of seasons where St. Louis was terrible and call that their historical average instead! :D Here is such a string of seasons........ 1876 thru 1925 World Series team W L pct PA W L Chicago Cubs 3712 2890 0.562 5 2 3 St. Louis Cardinals 2100 2878 0.422 0 0 0

5-7, I believe. Yeah, 5-7 is correct. Does that include the game he was injured in? They came back and won after he got hurt. Lee was injured in game 14 on Wed 19 April....... since then..... 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 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

I miss my ex-wife..... but my aim is improving !!

Young is relative when you're as old as you :D Good point, Fred ;) Why, I oughta ....... :evil: Oh, never mind !!

5-7, I believe. Yeah, 5-7 is correct.

Seconded. I'll be watching the Lakers-Suns Game 6. I'd rather watch a Devil Rays Vs. Royals game before I watch a Pro-Basketball game. I know a lot of people on this board will be watching the Bulls-Heat Game 6, as long as it's close, before the Cubs game. I'm sure they will... This Cubs isn't nearly as exciting as the Bulls are. The Bulls are young, fresh, and play hard. The Cubs are old, bad, and sometimes unfun to watch. I wouldn't argue the points with you about bad and unfun to watch.... but isn't this about the youngest CUBS team we've seen in a couple of generations ??

Worthless stats of the day for Thursday....... CUBS are 0-1 on Thursdays CUBS are 0-1 vs. Arizona CUBS are 2-0 when they've lost their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 8-3 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 4-5 in games that end a series CUBS are 7-4 at night CUBS are 6-6 on the road CUBS are 10-2 when they get a quality start.... 4-10 when they don't CUBS are 6-10 when the opponenent gets a quality start.... 8-2 when they don't CUBS are 11-3 when they score first in the game.... 3-9 when they don't CUBS are 7-1 when they score in the first inning.... 7-11 when they don't CUBS are 11-5 when they don't allow any runs is the first inning.... 3-7 when they do CUBS are 11-2 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-10 when they don't CUBS are 10-2 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 4-10 when they don't CUBS are 11-2 when they outhit the opponents.... 2-8 when they get outhit.... and 1-2 when the hits are even CUBS are 13-3 when they average 18 pitches per inning or less..... 1-9 when they don't CUBS are 5-1 when they average 4.0 P/PA or greater.... 9-11 when they don't CUBS are 12-3 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 2-9 when he doesn't CUBS are 9-2 when they get at least 8 hits..... 5-10 when they don't CUBS are 13-6 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 1-6 when they don't CUBS are 13-9 when they hit at least 1 double.... 1-3 when they don't CUBS are 4-1 when they hit at least 1 triple.... 10-11 when they don't CUBS are 5-1 when they hit at least 2 home runs.... 9-11 when they don't CUBS are 9-1 when they allow fewer than 4 walks.... 5-11 when they don't CUBS are 9-3 when the opponent GIDPs.... 5-9 when they don't CUBS are 0-4 when the opponent triples.... 14-8 when they don't CUBS are 2-6 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 12-6 when they don't CUBS are 1-5 when the opponent hits a sacrifice fly.... 13-7 when they don't CUBS are 4-6 when they hit an opposing batter.... 10-6 when they don't CUBS are on a pace to win 87 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 698 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 131 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 461 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are on a pace to strike out 872 times this year..... compared to 920 last year CUBS are on a pace to steal 112 bases this year..... compared to 64 last year CUBS are on a pace to ground into 187 double plays this year..... compared to 129 last year CUBS are on a pace to commit 87 errors this year..... compared to 100 last year CUBS are drving in 20.5% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.381 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year Hill's 4 starts from last season (0-2)..... Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/25 vs. S.F. 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 98 3.60 9.00 1.80 1.40 3.60 07/30 vs. Ariz 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 104 3.00 6.00 1.50 1.17 3.00 08/05 vs. Mets 1.3 7 7 7 2 1 0 50 13.50 6.75 0.00 6.75 47.25 08/10 vs. Cincy 3.0 4 6 6 4 2 1 71 12.00 6.00 3.00 2.67 18.00 tot for 4 starts 15.3 21 17 17 10 12 3 323 5.87 7.04 1.76 2.02 9.98 season totals 23.7 25 24 24 17 21 3 475 6.46 7.99 1.14 1.77 9.13 CUBS' season series vs. Arizona ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 26 Wed 05/03 @ Arizona N 1- 5 Maddux 27 Thu 05/04 @ Arizona N - Hill 105 Mon 07/31 Arizona N - 106 Tue 08/01 Arizona N - 107 Wed 08/02 Arizona N - 108 Thu 08/03 Arizona - CUBS' offense during last 7 games..... 04/26 - 05/03 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Bynum 4 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0.500 0.500 1.000 1.500 Restovich 6 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0.333 0.429 0.500 0.929 Ramirez 22 4 6 3 0 1 12 1 3 2 0.273 0.360 0.545 0.905 Barrett 9 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0.333 0.571 0.333 0.905 Jones 22 1 7 2 0 1 12 2 1 3 0.318 0.348 0.545 0.893 Cedeno 28 2 9 0 0 1 12 2 1 3 0.321 0.345 0.429 0.773 Walker 24 0 7 1 0 0 8 1 3 4 0.292 0.370 0.333 0.704 Murton 22 2 6 1 0 0 7 4 3 3 0.273 0.360 0.318 0.678 Pierre 25 4 5 1 0 0 6 0 3 2 0.200 0.310 0.240 0.550 Blanco 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.100 0.250 0.100 0.350 Perez 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.077 0.143 0.077 0.220 Mabry 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.200 Hairston 13 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0.077 0.077 0.077 0.154 7 game totals 220 16 51 9 1 3 71 14 23 32 0.232 0.310 0.323 0.633 season totals 850 112 216 39 6 21 330 102 74 139 0.254 0.315 0.388 0.703 CUBS' pitchers during last 7 games...... 04/26 - 05/03 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Howry 3.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 49 0.00 2.70 0.00 0.30 0.00 Dempster 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Marshall 7.3 4 1 1 1 5 0 90 1.23 6.14 0.00 0.68 1.23 Novoa 5.3 5 5 3 3 8 0 122 5.06 13.50 0.00 1.50 5.06 Ohman 5.0 5 3 3 2 3 0 77 3.60 5.40 0.00 1.40 5.40 Maddux 11.0 18 7 7 1 11 1 174 0.82 9.00 0.82 1.73 5.73 Guzman 10.7 12 9 7 7 12 2 191 5.91 10.13 1.69 1.78 5.91 Williamson 4.3 3 3 3 3 6 0 78 6.23 12.46 0.00 1.38 6.23 Eyre 4.0 3 3 3 4 7 1 76 9.00 15.75 2.25 1.75 6.75 Aardsma 2.3 4 3 3 3 2 2 60 11.57 7.71 7.71 3.00 11.57 Zambrano 4.0 8 7 7 5 5 1 103 11.25 11.25 2.25 3.25 15.75 Rusch 2.7 6 7 7 3 0 4 81 10.13 0.00 13.50 3.38 23.63 7 game totals 62.0 69 48 44 32 62 11 1113 4.65 9.00 1.60 1.63 6.39 season totals 228.7 199 126 115 110 196 35 3886 4.33 7.71 1.38 1.35 4.53 Go CUBS !!

During the last 7 games (2-5)........... 04/26 - 05/03 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS 220 16 51 9 1 3 71 14 23 33 0.232 0.310 0.323 0.633 Oppt 242 48 69 15 3 11 123 44 33 61 0.285 0.374 0.508 0.882 04/26 - 05/03 IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 62.0 69 48 44 33 61 11 4.79 8.85 1.60 1.65 6.39 Oppt 61.0 51 16 14 23 33 3 3.39 4.87 0.44 1.21 2.07 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 1 3 1 3 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Opponents 5 2 10 4 10 7 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 About the only thing they've done well is draw walks. Based on the last 7 games, the CUBS are on a pace to draw 532 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year. Otherwise, they're scoring 2.29 runs per game while allowing 6.86. They're drving in 10.4% of the runners they get on base, and scoring 0.211 runs per baserunner; compared to 18.4% and 0.365 last year. Any way you slice it, this team is in one incredible funk. I don't know what it's gonna take to right the ship, maybe an exorcism ? Maybe, in the words of the immortal Orville Tessier, this team needs a heart transplant, eh?

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Daigle in to pitch for Arizona Barrett walked Perez grounded an IF single to shortstop, Barrett to second Valverde in to pitch for Arizona Mabry, pinch hitting for Howry, struck out swinging Pierre walked, Barrett to third, Perez to second Cedeno struck out swinging Walker grounded out to fiest unassisted 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 3 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 Arizona 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 x 5 12 0 W: Batista (3-1) S: Valverde ( 8 ) L: Maddux (5-1) T: 2:49 A: 25,331 Home runs: Arizona: Tracy (5) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 5.0 10 5 5 0 5 1 85 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 Ohman 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20

Cedeno struck out swinging

Juan Pierre took, that means did not swing, at 5 consecutive pitches ??? :shock:

Pierre walked, Barrett to third, Perez to second

Mabry, pinch hitting for Howry, struck out swinging

Valverde in to pitch for Arizona