Fred Hornkohl

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre grounded out to short, 6-3 Walker grounded out to second, 4-3 Lee grounded out to short, 6-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 1 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Griffey (2)

I can honestly say, I've never ever uttered those words. Pics, plz !! :wink:

Walker grounded out to second, 4-3

Pierre grounded out to short, 6-3

I had that problem when I lived in Charlotte. Somehow, the powers that be think that North Carolina is in the Cincinnati market. Go figure.

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Freel flied out to center field Lopez flied out to the warning track in right field Griffey homered to right field Aurilia flied out to the wall in right center field 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 1 1 1 0 CUBS . 0 0 0 Home runs: Cincinnati: Griffey (2) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Rusch 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15

Griffey homered to right field

Lopez flied out to the warning track in right field

Freel flied out to center field

Inetersting. He batted fourth against Rusch last week, too.

The more the Tribune stock falls, the more likely they are to sell the Cubs, right? :P Either that or they are more likely to spend less on the cubs :( The fortunes of the parent company have very little direct influence on the operation of the ballclub. Tirbune doesn't spend anything on the CUBS. All of the CUBS' expenditures come out of CUBS' revenues. Now, the recent stadium renovation may have been an exception, but I'm not sure on that.

The more the Tribune stock falls, the more likely they are to sell the Cubs, right? :P Actually, it's just the opposite.... but that's my opinion.

Well, the stock market is in the crapper, Dow Jones is off 62 points, Tribune Co is down to 28, even Krispy Kreme is off 0.40 and falling like a rock. Time to shut that damned window and watch baseball !!!

what about their record on Tuesday's? :wink: Sorry 'bout that. :oops: That is Tuesday. Damned fat fingers !!

Time for some worthless stats of the day........ CUBS are 15-9 on Tuesdays CUBS are 6-9 vs. Cincinnati (1-1 this year, of course) CUBS are 41-44 in the day time. CUBS are 38-43 at home. CUBS are 3-7 when they've won their previous 3 games CUBS are 26-9 when they score in the first inning,... 53-74 when they don't CUBS are 63-40 when they don't give up any runs in the 1st inning.... 16-43 when they do CUBS are 24-28 in games that open a series CUBS are 28-14 when they take 4 or more walks, 50-69 when they don't CUBS are 10-9 when Rusch starts Rusch is 9 of 19 in quality starts Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.36.... pitching to Blanco 4.05 CUBS score 4.34 R/G overall.... 3.63 R/G when Rusch pitches CUBS hit 1.20 HR/G overall.... 1.11 HR/G when Rusch pitches CUBS' offensive support of Rusch last year...... 04/04 - 10/02 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Rusch 625 69 155 33 3 21 257 64 55 102 0.248 0.311 0.411 0.722 CUBS overall 5585 703 1506 322 23 194 2456 674 419 920 0.270 0.324 0.440 0.764 Rusch's line from last week........... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/05 vs. Cincy 4.0 6 4 4 2 2 2 85 4.50 4.50 4.50 2.00 9.00 This year's season series with 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 - Rusch 7 Wed 04/12 Cincinnati - Maddux 8 Thu 04/13 Cincinnati - Zambrano 50 Mon 05/29 Cincinnati - 51 Tue 05/30 Cincinnati N - 52 Wed 05/31 Cincinnati N - 59 Thu 06/08 @ Cincinnati N - 60 Fri 06/09 @ Cincinnati N - 61 Sat 06/10 @ Cincinnati - 62 Sun 06/11 @ Cincinnati - 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 - Who's hot and who's not on offense........ 04/03 - 04/09 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Mabry 3 1 2 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0.667 0.667 1.667 2.333 Hairston 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Lee 16 7 6 1 0 3 16 6 5 3 0.375 0.500 1.000 1.500 Cedeno 18 3 10 4 0 0 14 1 0 2 0.556 0.556 0.778 1.333 Perez 7 2 4 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0.571 0.571 0.714 1.286 Barrett 19 4 6 2 0 2 14 9 1 1 0.316 0.350 0.737 1.087 Walker 14 3 6 2 0 0 8 3 2 2 0.429 0.500 0.571 1.071 Pagan 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800 Murton 19 4 4 0 0 1 7 3 3 1 0.211 0.318 0.368 0.687 Ramirez 19 3 4 0 0 1 7 2 3 2 0.211 0.318 0.368 0.687 Pierre 22 4 6 1 1 0 7 2 1 2 0.273 0.304 0.318 0.623 Jones 16 3 2 0 0 1 5 4 2 6 0.125 0.211 0.313 0.523 Blanco 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bynum 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals 172 38 53 11 1 9 91 35 17 27 0.308 0.366 0.529 0.896 Gotta love that bullpen....... 04/03 - 04/09 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 4.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 51 4.50 4.50 0.00 0.75 0.00 Eyre 2.7 1 1 0 2 3 0 50 6.75 10.13 0.00 1.13 0.00 Howry 3.3 2 0 0 0 5 0 48 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.60 0.00 Ohman 1.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0.00 5.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 Williamson 3.3 3 2 1 3 5 0 63 8.10 13.50 0.00 1.80 2.70 Willliams 3.0 4 3 2 4 1 1 51 12.00 3.00 3.00 2.67 6.00 Wuertz 0.7 2 0 0 0 1 0 22 0.00 13.50 0.00 3.00 0.00 totals 18.7 13 6 3 11 18 1 302 5.30 8.68 0.48 1.29 1.45 CUBS are on a pace to draw 551 walks this year compared to 419 last year (league average last year was 525). Derrek Lee is on a pace to hit 97 HRs and drive in 194 runs. CUBS have driven in 40.2% of the runners on base compared to 22.6% last year. CUBS are 5-0 when attendance is 38,000 or greater. CUBS have yet to allow a run in the 9th inning. CUBS have outscored the opponents 14-3 in the last 3 innings. (7-9). Go CUBS !!

Thanx, Bruce.

Vance, you know I love you like a brother, but you're far too compulsive to wait until tonight to watch the replay. See you here during the game !! :wink:

Better than me, I'll check yahoo.com or espn.com for updates a couple times at work (NSBB is blocked and Gamecast doesn't work at the office). I'd get a new office ! :wink:

It occurs to me..... if Mabry was Albert Einstein, you could call it a stroke of genius, no?

So.... what's not to love ???? 04/03 - 04/09 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 4.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 51 4.50 4.50 0.00 0.75 0.00 Eyre 2.7 1 1 0 2 3 0 50 6.75 10.13 0.00 1.13 0.00 Howry 3.3 2 0 0 0 5 0 48 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.60 0.00 Ohman 1.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0.00 5.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 Williamson 3.3 3 2 1 3 5 0 63 8.10 13.50 0.00 1.80 2.70 Willliams 3.0 4 3 2 4 1 1 51 12.00 3.00 3.00 2.67 6.00 Wuertz 0.7 2 0 0 0 1 0 22 0.00 13.50 0.00 3.00 0.00 totals 18.7 13 6 3 11 18 1 302 5.30 8.68 0.48 1.29 1.45 well..... maybe the number of walks, eh?

They must be the same imposters that took four straight walks after two outs in the first in the Spring Training game I went to in March. We're on a pace to draw 551 walks this year...... compared to last year's league average of 525 and our miserable total of 419. God, I love spring time !!!

Through five games, the CUBS are seeing 3.73 P/PA (which is right on league average from last year) as opposed to their 3.61 from last year. I loved seeing Isringhausen come in with zero control, and CUBS hitters actually taking pitches. Who are these guys ????

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Miles, pinch hitting for Taguchi, flied out to left field Luna grounded out to the pitcher, unassisted Schumaker grouneded out to first, unassisted 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 CUBS 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 x 8 12 0 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Williamson (1-0) S: none L: Isringhausen (0-1) T: 2:57 A: 39,839 Home runs: St, Louis: Rolen (2) - CUBS: Jones (1), Barrett (2) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marshall 4.3 4 4 4 1 2 1 65 Wuertz 0.7 2 0 0 0 1 0 22 Williams 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 23 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Walker walked, Hairston to pinch run Isringhausen (5th) in to pitch, Schumaker in lf (9th) for St. Louis Hairston took second base on a passed ball Lee walked Ramirez walked, Hairston to third, Lee to second Barrett homered to left field, Hairston, Lee & Ramirez scored Jones grounded to second for an IF single Hancock in to pitch for St. Louis Murton struck out (called) Cedeno singled to left field, Jones to second Pagan, pinch hitting for Williamson, grounded into a FC, 6-4, Cedeno out at second, Jones to third Jones scored,Pagan took second base on a wild pitch Pierre grounded out to first, unassisted 5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 9 0 CUBS 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 8 12 0 Home runs: St, Louis: Rolen (2) - CUBS: Jones (1), Barrett (2)

Those walks'll kill ya !! :wink: