Fred Hornkohl

Do the -3 runs come from Pujols hitting 3 homers and running the wrong way around the bases? No, there's a bench clearing brawl in which Zambrano single handedly beats up Pujols, Edmonds and Rolen at the same time. The Cardinals are penalized for 3 runs by the umps out of disgrace for their manhood. Man.... I sure as hell ain't gonna miss this !!!

There's no reason to believe this won't be the case. Dusty shows an obvious preference for Neifi, so it seems likely that he will start at 2B in any games Walker either doesn't play or starts at 1B. 2006 starts at 2b Player starts Walker 10 Hairston 3 Perez 1 Seems perfectly obvious to me. guess who started at third base during those games? exactly. better luck next time. Neifi only started at third base twice. Hairston's other start at second was on a day when Dusty could just as well have started Neifi, but he chose not to. The fact remains that Neifi has started exactly 1 game out 14 not due to an injury. This is a good thing.

After getting off to that 0-12 start, Jones has really started to turn it around. 04/08 - 04/19 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Jones 20 3 6 0 0 1 9 3 2 5 0.300 0.364 0.450 0.814 I don't know if he can keep up that kind of production, but can we at least give him a little time to show what he can do before we throw him under the bus ?

There's no reason to believe this won't be the case. Dusty shows an obvious preference for Neifi, so it seems likely that he will start at 2B in any games Walker either doesn't play or starts at 1B. 2006 starts at 2b Player starts Walker 10 Hairston 3 Perez 1 Seems perfectly obvious to me.

A lot of people saying Neifi would get more playing time is if Cedeno struggled, even for a short period of time. That has yet to happen, so obviously Cedeno is going to remain the starter while he's having success. Even Dusty isn't dumb enough to sit someone hitting as well as Ronny is right now. I hate Dusty. he's an idiot and plays crappy players when he doesn't have to way too much. with that said, many said all winter that Neifi would get all the SS at the first sign of Cedeno struggles, then Cedeno struggled all spring. come openning day, Cedeno was the starting shortstop, so his point is well taken. fwiw, cedeno was pretty much guaranteed the starting job going into spring training. if he struggled during the year like he did during the spring, neifi would probably be starting by now. I wouldn't call this a major struggle for Cedeno.......... 04/11 - 04/14 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Cedeno 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0.133 0.133 0.133 0.267 ..... but it's worth noting that Dusty didn't flinch, and Cedeno kept playing.

While Prior was out last year, we went 16-11 in 27 games........ Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 47 Sat 05/28 Colorado 5- 1 Rusch 48 Sun 05/29 Colorado 11- 6 Mitre 49 Mon 05/30 @ Los Angeles N 5- 3 Maddux 50 Tue 05/31 @ Los Angeles N 2- 1 Zambrano 51 Wed 06/01 @ Los Angeles N 9- 5 Koronka 52 Thu 06/02 @ San Diego N 5- 0 Rusch 53 Fri 06/03 @ San Diego N 2- 6 Mitre 54 Sat 06/04 @ San Diego N 11- 5 Maddux 55 Sun 06/05 @ San Diego 4- 0 Zambrano 56 Mon 06/06 Toronto N 1- 4 Koronka 57 Tue 06/07 Toronto N 4- 6 Rusch 58 Wed 06/08 Toronto 2- 0 Mitre 59 Fri 06/10 Boston 14- 6 Maddux 60 Sat 06/11 Boston 7- 6 Zambrano 61 Sun 06/12 Boston N 1- 8 Rusch 62 Mon 06/13 Florida N 1- 9 Koronka 63 Tue 06/14 Florida N 14- 0 Mitre 64 Wed 06/15 Florida 5-15 Maddux 65 Fri 06/17 @ NY Yanks N 6- 9 Zambrano 66 Sat 06/18 @ NY Yanks 1- 8 Rusch 67 Sun 06/19 @ NY Yanks 3- 6 Mitre 68 Mon 06/20 @ Milwaukee N 5- 4 Maddux 69 Tue 06/21 @ Milwaukee N 4- 2 Williams 70 Wed 06/22 @ Milwaukee N 4- 9 Zambrano 71 Thu 06/23 @ Milwaukee 7- 8 Rusch 72 Fri 06/24 @ Chicago (AL) 2-12 Mitre 73 Sat 06/25 @ Chicago (AL) 6- 2 Maddux

Most of the damage seems to get done after Marshall leaves the game. Marshall IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/09 vs. St. L 4.3 4 4 4 1 2 1 65 2.08 4.15 2.08 1.15 8.31 04/14 vs. Pitts 5.0 5 4 4 1 2 1 79 1.80 3.60 1.80 1.20 7.20 04/19 vs. L.A. 5.0 2 2 2 3 4 1 86 5.40 7.20 1.80 1.00 3.60 totals 14.3 11 10 10 5 8 3 230 3.14 5.02 1.88 1.12 6.28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 2 1 0 4 4 2 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Opponents 2 2 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

Just another bug on windshield of professional sports. :wink:

Just wait until you see the look on his face when Walker is at first for 2 months. Nope, not going to happen. DLee will be back, I have faith! All that faith, plus $1.39, will buy you a cup of coffee down at the truckstop. Remember, man, these are the CUBS we're talking about !!! No...the buck thirty nine gets you the cup of coffee....the faith gets you the free refills! Is that how that works ??? Well, I'll be damned :wink:

I just wasn't sure what you meant by Sox/Yanks. But I couldn't agree with you more. There are plenty of interleague matchups that are entertaining with different plotlines. The Cubs in 2005 playing in Yankee stadium for the first time since 1938 and the Red Sox playing their first game in Wrigley since 1918. I like seeing matchups like that. Just a minor point here. The Red Sox had never played in Wrigley Field before. In 1918, Wirgley did not yet have it's upper deck, so in order to accomodate the larger attendance, the CUBS played the series at Comiskey Park.

Just wait until you see the look on his face when Walker is at first for 2 months. Nope, not going to happen. DLee will be back, I have faith! All that faith, plus $1.39, will buy you a cup of coffee down at the truckstop. Remember, man, these are the CUBS we're talking about !!!

Some worthless stats of the day for Friday....... CUBS are 2-0 on Fridays CUBS are 3-0 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 5-3 on the road CUBS are 4-2 at night CUBS are 5-2 when they get a quality start CUBS are 7-1 when they score first CUBS are 4-1 in games that open a series CUBS are 4-1 when Pierre steals at least one base CUBS are 7-2 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning CUBS are 2-3 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 5-1 when attendance exceeds 38,000 CUBS are 6-1 when their pitchers average less than 17 pitches per inning CUBS are 9-0 when the opponent's starter goes less than 6-1/3 inning CUBS are 6-0 when the lead after 6 innings CUBS are 8-2 when the starter is Marshall, Maddux, or Zambrano CUBS are on a pace to score 879 runs CUBS are on a pace to win 104 games CUBS are on a pace to steal 150 bases CUBS are on a pace to draw 405 walks CUBS are 6-11 when Williams starts Williams is 10 of 17 in quality starts Williams's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.98.... Williams has not pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.34 R/G overall.... 3.76 R/G when Williams pitches CUBS hit 1.20 HR/G overall.... 1.53 HR/G when Williams pitches CUBS' offensive support of Williams..... 04/04 - 10/02 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Williams 575 64 138 25 2 26 245 64 43 108 0.240 0.295 0.426 0.721 CUBS overall 5585 703 1506 322 23 194 2456 674 419 920 0.270 0.324 0.440 0.764 Williams's first start this year (0-1)..... Willliams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/15 vs. Pitts 6.0 4 2 1 4 3 0 94 6.00 4.50 0.00 1.33 1.50 Williams's starts vs. St. Louis in 2005 (1-1) ..... Williams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/23 vs. St. L 6.0 7 4 3 3 3 0 105 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.67 4.50 08/13 vs. St. L 6.0 4 3 3 4 7 1 113 6.00 10.50 1.50 1.33 4.50 totals vs. St. L 12.0 11 7 6 7 10 1 218 5.25 7.50 0.75 1.50 4.50 overall 106.0 98 50 46 45 59 12 1676 3.82 5.01 1.02 1.35 3.91 CUBS season series vs. St. Louis..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 3 Fri 04/07 St. Louis 5- 1 Maddux 4 Sat 04/08 St. Louis 3- 2 Zambrano 5 Sun 04/09 St. Louis N 8- 4 Marshall 15 Fri 04/21 @ St. Louis N - Williams 16 Sat 04/22 @ St. Louis - Rusch 17 Sun 04/23 @ St. Louis - Maddux 53 Fri 06/02 @ St. Louis N - 54 Sat 06/03 @ St. Louis N - 55 Sun 06/04 @ St. Louis - 101 Thu 07/27 St. Louis N - 102 Fri 07/28 St. Louis - 103 Sat 07/29 St. Louis - 104 Sun 07/30 St. Louis - 121 Fri 08/18 St. Louis - 122 Sat 08/19 St. Louis - 123 Sun 08/20 St. Louis - 128 Fri 08/25 @ St. Louis N - 129 Sat 08/26 @ St. Louis N - 130 Sun 08/27 @ St. Louis - CUBS' offense over the last 7 games...... 04/13 - 04/19 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Walker 23 5 9 0 1 2 17 6 0 3 0.391 0.375 0.739 1.114 Murton 24 4 7 2 1 1 14 6 2 6 0.292 0.346 0.583 0.929 Jones 11 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0.364 0.417 0.364 0.780 Mabry 8 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.750 Lee 22 3 6 1 0 0 7 3 5 3 0.273 0.393 0.318 0.711 Ramirez 23 3 5 1 0 1 9 3 2 3 0.217 0.308 0.391 0.699 Hairston 11 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 4 0.273 0.333 0.364 0.697 Cedeno 21 1 6 1 0 0 7 4 2 1 0.286 0.348 0.333 0.681 Pierre 29 4 9 1 0 0 10 0 1 4 0.310 0.333 0.345 0.678 Pagan 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 Blanco 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.143 0.250 0.143 0.393 Barrett 20 3 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 3 0.150 0.190 0.150 0.340 Bynum 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.111 0.111 0.111 0.222 Perez 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0.111 0.111 0.111 0.222 totals 242 32 63 7 2 4 86 28 16 50 0.260 0.307 0.355 0.662 CUBS' pitching during the last week..... 04/13 - 04/19 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 4.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 67 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Williamson 4.0 2 0 0 0 5 0 45 0.00 11.25 0.00 0.50 0.00 Eyre 3.3 2 0 0 2 1 0 55 5.40 2.70 0.00 1.20 0.00 Novoa 1.7 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 5.40 0.00 0.00 1.20 0.00 Maddux 8.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 87 0.00 6.75 0.00 0.38 1.13 Willliams 6.0 4 2 1 4 3 0 94 6.00 4.50 0.00 1.33 1.50 Howry 4.3 3 1 1 2 1 1 77 4.15 2.08 2.08 1.15 2.08 Zambrano 12.0 8 6 5 8 11 2 215 6.00 8.25 1.50 1.33 3.75 Rusch 6.0 5 3 3 1 5 1 88 1.50 7.50 1.50 1.00 4.50 Marshall 10.0 7 6 6 4 6 2 165 3.60 5.40 1.80 1.10 5.40 Ohman 1.7 2 3 3 2 3 0 35 10.80 16.20 0.00 2.40 16.20 Aardsma 0.7 1 2 2 3 0 0 34 40.50 0.00 0.00 6.00 27.00 Wuertz 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 2 15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 inf totals 61.7 43 26 24 27 45 8 993 3.94 6.57 1.17 1.14 3.50 Go CUBS !!

You know 20 April is the day they shot Columbine HS and is Adolph Hitler's birthday ??

Not really, he was hitting .318/.448/.614 on the season and had two shots that would have been HRs if they weren't playing in Chavez Ravine the last few days. Acutally, Lee has had a pretty rough go of it this last week....... 04/15 - 04/19 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 17 2 4 1 0 0 5 2 2 3 0.235 0.316 0.294 0.610 That .318/.448/.614 you referenced is marked down from .370/.513/.815 (03 Apr - 14 Apr)

Well..... I took down a telephone pole in DeRidder once.... does that count ?

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Furcal struck out swinging Lofton singled to center field Cruz struck out swinging Kent lined out to shortstop 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 13 1 Los Angeles 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 2 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Williamson (2-0) S: Dempster (4) L: Barz (0-1) T: 3:19 A: 41,288 Home runs: Los Angeles: Repko (2) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Penny 6.0 9 2 2 1 7 0 98 Kuo 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 Baez 2.0 4 3 0 1 0 0 30 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 5.0 2 2 2 3 4 1 86 Aardsma 0.7 1 2 2 3 0 0 34 Eyre 0.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 06 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Dempster 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11

Cruz struck out swinging

Lofton singled to center field

Furcal struck out swinging Lee: sprained right wrist. X-ray negative Eyre: right knee contusion

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Pierre bunted to the left side for a single Pierre stole second base Walker struck out swinging Hairston, pinch hitting for Howry, popped out to the pitcher Ramirez flied out to right center field 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 13 1 Los Angeles 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 2 Home runs: Los Angeles: Repko (2) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Penny 6.0 9 2 2 1 7 0 98 Kuo 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 Baez 2.0 4 3 0 1 0 0 30 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 5.0 2 2 2 3 4 1 86 Aardsma 0.7 1 2 2 3 0 0 34 Eyre 0.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 06 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18

Hairston, pinch hitting for Howry, popped out to the pitcher

Walker struck out swinging

Pierre stole second base

Pierre bunted to the left side for a single