Fred Hornkohl

Who is Brennaman's new partner now that Joe Nuxhall has retired ?

Were you at that game Fred? :lol: No, but I saw the whole thing on good ol' WGN-TV. your letting on your age now..... My kids tell me I'm 3 days older than dirt..... but we all know how they lie !! I guess that explains the layer of dirt covering most of your body...the dirt must have formed around you. Maybe there's even a fossil of you somewhere? That time he fell down in that puddle of tree sap after running away from a dinosaur has to be around somewhere. ;) You have no idea how hard it was to stay one step ahead of those dinosaurs when you were carrying your stone tablets to and from school. :wink:

Same here !! Pat and Ron all the way !!

[crack of the bat] WOW !! Let's go !! ....... Batter up !!..... We're taking the afternoon off !! It's a beautiful day for a ballgame, For a ballgame today. The fans are out to get a ticket or two, From Walla Walla, Washington to Kalamazoo. It's a beautiful day for a home run, But even a triple's O.K. We're gonna cheer.... and boo.... and raise a hulabaloo, At the ballgame today.

Were you at that game Fred? :lol: No, but I saw the whole thing on good ol' WGN-TV. your letting on your age now..... My kids tell me I'm 3 days older than dirt..... but we all know how they lie !! Nah, man. Dirt has got at least a week on you. At least !! :wink:

Were you at that game Fred? :lol: No, but I saw the whole thing on good ol' WGN-TV. your letting on your age now..... My kids tell me I'm 3 days older than dirt..... but we all know how they lie !!

Were you at that game Fred? :lol: No, but I saw the whole thing on good ol' WGN-TV.

As near as I recall, the last time the CUBS got rained on during an openning day game in Cincinnati....... it was back in 1968 when Milt Pappas beat Joe Niekro and the CUBS 9-4 in old Crosley Field. Today would be a great day for some payback, no?

This could be the longest 45 minute of the year !! Come on, Let's go CUBS !!

That's why it's so great to be a guy. You can get stuff like that done in 15 minutes. I don't know about that. Most dudes take longer than 15 minutes nowadays. Primping and preening in front of the mirror I guess. :roll: It just takes forever to dry my hair !! :shrug:

Your definition of once and my definition of once are clearly different. Guess what these box scores have in common? Sept. 17th Sept. 23rd Sept. 24th Sept. 25th Sept. 28th Sept. 29th Oct. 1st Yep, Neifi and Macias batting 1/2 in the order in every one of these games. BBB, In all fairness, the starting lineup on 23 Sept was Neifi followed by Todd Walker. This is the game in which Todd sustained his season ending injury, and he was then replaced by Macias. May be stretching a point.... maybe not. I would say that totally depends on who else was available to play 2nd base. Well, Walker was out, obviously. Hairston had gone down the week before, and Wilson had already been released. I don't believe there was anybody else. Another interesting point to note about Macias..... he never started a single game all season long unless at least 2 starters were out injured. It would be real hard to make a good case that Baker overused in that regard. Now, as for hitting him at the top of the order, and pinch hitting with him..... well, flame away.

Tremendous job making up that video !! Thank you for sharing it with us, and welcome to the forum !! Go CUBS !!

Blowing in, blowing out, or side to side? I believe someone said blowing out toward left center field.

Which begs the next logical question..... where is Ernie Banks today ???

Damn, it don't get any easier after all these years !! Six hours, and counting.

Your definition of once and my definition of once are clearly different. Guess what these box scores have in common? Sept. 17th Sept. 23rd Sept. 24th Sept. 25th Sept. 28th Sept. 29th Oct. 1st Yep, Neifi and Macias batting 1/2 in the order in every one of these games. BBB, In all fairness, the starting lineup on 23 Sept was Neifi followed by Todd Walker. This is the game in which Todd sustained his season ending injury, and he was then replaced by Macias. May be stretching a point.... maybe not.

BASEBALL IS OFFICIALLY BACK FOLKS!! Thanx for those kind words !! :D

No need for an "after shot"..... when the CUBS are down kicking the crap out of Harang, you could bury him in a matchbox !!

bhogg.... so great to see you back pimping game threads again !!! Got you some worthless stats of the day from last year....... CUBS are 7-12 on Mondays CUBS are 6-9 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 41-44 in the day time. CUBS are 41-39 on the road. CUBS are 65-44 when their starter goes at least 6 innings... 14-39 when he doesn't CUBS are 42-64 when the opponent's starter goes at least 6 innings.... 37-19 when he doesn't CUBS are 61-29 when they get a quality start,... 18-54 when they don't CUBS are 29-56 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 50-26 when they don't CUBS are 20-13 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 22 of 33 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.27.... pitching to Blanco 3.47 CUBS score 4.34 R/G overall.... 4.79 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 1.20 HR/G overall.... 0.94 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano....... 04/04 - 10/02 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS overall 5585 703 1506 322 23 194 2456 674 419 920 0.270 0.324 0.440 0.764 CUBS w/Zambrano 1163 158 328 76 9 32 518 153 82 192 0.282 0.333 0.445 0.778 Zambrano had 2 starts vs. Cincinnati last year (no decisions)....... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/26 vs. Cincy 4.7 7 6 6 3 5 1 104 5.79 9.64 1.93 2.14 11.57 09/13 vs. Cincy 6.0 3 3 3 3 9 2 116 4.50 13.50 3.00 1.00 4.50 total vs. Cincy 10.7 10 9 9 6 14 3 220 5.06 11.81 2.53 1.50 7.59 overall 223.3 170 88 81 86 202 21 3564 3.47 8.14 0.85 1.15 3.26 Last year's CUBS offense against Cincinnati...... vs. Cincy AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 63 16 24 5 0 9 56 19 5 7 0.381 0.420 0.889 1.309 Patterson 28 7 10 1 0 3 20 4 0 4 0.357 0.357 0.714 1.071 Ramirez 48 7 14 2 0 6 34 13 5 3 0.292 0.358 0.708 1.067 Barrett 43 4 15 4 1 2 27 7 5 4 0.349 0.420 0.628 1.048 Walker 44 7 17 1 0 3 27 9 2 0 0.386 0.413 0.614 1.027 Theriot 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 Murton 28 5 10 0 1 1 15 3 3 4 0.357 0.419 0.536 0.955 Dubois 6 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 0.167 0.286 0.667 0.952 Burnitz 55 10 16 3 0 3 28 9 4 7 0.291 0.344 0.509 0.853 Lawton 9 1 3 1 0 0 4 3 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.444 0.778 Hairston 45 10 13 3 0 0 16 1 6 6 0.289 0.418 0.356 0.774 Garciaparra 31 4 9 1 0 1 13 2 1 2 0.290 0.313 0.419 0.732 Cedeno 7 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0.286 0.286 0.429 0.714 Grieve 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Perez 48 5 10 2 2 1 19 7 1 5 0.208 0.240 0.396 0.636 Macias 17 1 5 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0.294 0.333 0.294 0.627 Blanco 13 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0.154 0.267 0.154 0.421 Hollandsworth 25 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0.120 0.154 0.120 0.274 Gerut 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Totals 520 82 156 24 4 30 278 82 36 54 0.300 0.353 0.535 0.887 Last year's CUBS pitchers vs. Cincinnati....... vs. Cincy IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Hawkins 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 27 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Bartosh 3.3 2 1 1 4 2 0 70 10.80 5.40 0.00 1.80 2.70 Prior 26.7 25 9 8 6 35 3 429 2.03 11.81 1.01 1.16 2.70 Maddux 12.0 14 5 5 1 9 4 154 0.75 6.75 3.00 1.25 3.75 Ohman 6.7 5 3 3 7 9 1 132 9.45 12.15 1.35 1.80 4.05 Van Buren 2.0 0 1 1 5 1 0 43 22.50 4.50 0.00 2.50 4.50 Williams 19.0 21 12 12 5 8 3 297 2.37 3.79 1.42 1.37 5.68 Remlinger 3.0 4 2 2 2 1 0 44 6.00 3.00 0.00 2.00 6.00 Wood 11.0 12 8 8 4 13 5 188 3.27 10.64 4.09 1.45 6.55 Rusch 7.7 6 6 6 3 5 1 120 3.52 5.87 1.17 1.17 7.04 Zambrano 10.7 10 9 9 6 14 3 220 5.06 11.81 2.53 1.50 7.59 Williamson 2.3 1 2 2 3 3 0 45 11.57 11.57 0.00 1.71 7.71 Dempster 9.7 15 10 9 9 12 1 205 8.38 11.17 0.93 2.48 8.38 Mitre 2.0 2 2 2 2 3 2 39 9.00 13.50 9.00 2.00 9.00 Novoa 6.0 7 6 6 3 6 0 120 4.50 9.00 0.00 1.67 9.00 Wuertz 5.7 7 7 6 4 9 1 114 6.35 14.29 1.59 1.94 9.53 Leicester 1.7 2 3 2 3 2 0 38 16.20 10.80 0.00 3.00 10.80 Hill 3.3 5 8 8 5 2 1 80 13.50 5.40 2.70 3.00 21.60 Fox 0.3 1 3 3 3 0 1 30 81.00 0.00 27.00 12.00 81.00 Totals 135.0 140 97 93 75 137 26 2395 5.00 9.13 1.73 1.59 6.20 Go CUBS !!!

He had to use steroid eye drops for four months after the Lasik surgery !!!

Bring on them Reds !! Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE TENTH INNING Coates singled to center field Blanco sacrificed, 1-4, Coates to second Restovich doubled to right field, Coates scored 1 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 R H E San Diego 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 11 1 CUBS 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11 1 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Brownlie S: none L: Sweeney T: 3:08 A: 11,427 Home runs: none pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR Maddux 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Rusch 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Howry 1.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 Wuertz 0.7 2 1 1 0 0 0 Eyre 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Baez 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 Rapata 0.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 Aardsma 1.7 2 1 1 0 3 0 Brownlie 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0

Blanco sacrificed, 1-4, Coates to second

Coates singled to center field

TOP OF THE TENTH INNING Brownlie in to pitch for the CUBS Valent struck out (called) Bellhorn struck out (called) Reisinger walked Sledge struck out swinging 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 R H E San Diego 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 11 1 CUBS 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 1 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR Maddux 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Rusch 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Howry 1.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 Wuertz 0.7 2 1 1 0 0 0 Eyre 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Baez 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 Rapata 0.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 Aardsma 1.7 2 1 1 0 3 0 Brownlie 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0