Fred Hornkohl

Walker took third base on a passed ball

Walker doubled off the left field wall

Pierre grounded out to first, unassisted

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Roberts walked Greene flied out to center field Giles grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3, Roberts to second Piazza struck out swinging 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Diego 0 0 0 0 CUBS . 0 0 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR Maddux 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Giles grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3, Roberts to second

Greene flied out to center field

Roberts walked

The starting lineups....... Roberts, cf Greene, ss Giles, rf Piazza, c Gonzalez, 1b Bellhorn, 3b Barfield, 2b Sledge, lf Brazelton, P Pierre, cf Walker, 2b Lee, 1b Ramirez, 3b Jones, rf Barrett, c Murton, lf Cedeno, ss Maddux, P

I am sooooo ready for baseball..... it's been a long winter !!

Neifi is NOT sem-fast !!!! http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/Hornkohl/Trucks003.jpg THIS is semi-fast !!

Just for the record, this one is on WGN-TV & WGN-Radio. Go CUBS !!

SAN DIEGO (8) AT CHICAGO CUBS (4) SAN DIEGO AB R H BI CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI D Roberts cf 3 0 0 0 J Pierre cf 3 1 1 1 B Hill 2b 1 0 0 0 A Pagan cf 1 0 0 0 E Young lf 2 0 0 0 T Walker 2b 3 0 1 0 T Sledge lf 3 0 0 0 J Mabry 1b 1 0 0 0 B Giles rf 2 1 1 0 D Lee 1b 3 0 1 2 B Johnson rf 1 1 1 1 R Theriot 3b 1 0 0 0 D Mirabelli c 3 2 1 1 A Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0 S Cassidy p 0 0 0 0 M Restovich rf 1 1 1 0 A Gonzalez 1b 3 1 3 1 J Jones rf 4 0 0 0 W Williams p 0 0 0 0 S Williamson p 0 0 0 0 J Leone ph 1 0 0 0 R Dempster p 0 0 0 0 V Castilla 3b 4 1 2 3 B Coats ph 1 0 1 1 S Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 M Barrett c 3 0 1 0 B Risinger c 0 0 0 0 H Blanco c 2 0 0 0 K Greene ss 2 0 0 0 M Murton lf 3 0 1 0 G Blum ss 2 1 2 0 J Strong pr 0 0 0 0 J Barfield 2b 2 0 0 0 R Cedeno ss 3 1 1 0 M Bellhorn 2b 2 1 1 2 N Perez ss 1 0 1 0 C Young p 2 0 0 0 S Marshall p 1 1 0 0 E Valent rf 2 0 0 0 M Wuertz p 1 0 0 0 W Ohman p 0 0 0 0 J Hairston Jr 2b 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 35 8 11 8 TOTALS 36 4 9 4 SAN DIEGO 401 003 000 -- 8 CHICAGO CUBS 000 030 001 -- 4 E--W Williams, A Gonzalez. LOB--SAN DIEGO 8, CHICAGO CUBS 11. 2B--B Coats, A Gonzalez 2, G Blum. HR--D Mirabelli 1 (5) (off S Marshall), M Bellhorn 1 (4) (off M Wuertz), V Castilla 1 (2) (off S Marshall), B Johnson 1 (2) (off S Marshall). SB--J Pierre 1 (2). S--S Marshall. IP H R ER BB SO HR SAN DIEGO C Young (W,1-1) 5 4 3 3 3 3 0 W Williams 2 1 0 0 2 4 0 S Linebrink 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 S Cassidy 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 CHICAGO CUBS S Marshall (L,0-1) 4 2-3 7 6 6 2 3 3 M Wuertz 1-3 2 2 2 0 0 1 W Ohman 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 S Williamson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 R Dempster 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 WP--C Young. SO--SDG: D Mirabelli, D Roberts, V Castilla, E Valent, C Young. CHN: M Barrett, A Ramirez, J Jones, J Pierre, T Walker, M Wuertz, S Marshall. BB--SDG: D Mirabelli 2, B Johnson 2, B Hill. CHN: D Lee, A Ramirez, J Pierre, T Walker, M Murton. T--2:44. A--11,327.

\ Bull. I'm sure my judgement is a little clouded because of my Cedeno bias, but Ronny has ABSOLUTELY deserved to be given the starting SS job. Although his overal MiLB performances weren't much to be desired, he came of age last year at a tough position, allthewhile being younger than his peers. Once he was called up, he continued to impress, even in spite of the fact Dusty wasted valuable ABs on Neifi when the season was already "over". He then continued his hot hitting into winer ball. What more do you want this kid to do? Come out of the box hitting 10 homers in spring? I think a lot of his poor performance can be chalked up to pressure and being tired from playing baseball conistently over the last year. IMO, what it all comes down to is that Neifi is a mid-30s veteran who will NEVER get better. He will play great defense while being a black hole at the plate. Ronny on the otherhand, is 22 years old, has tons of potential, and has his best days ahead of him. If the Cubs/Dusty don't **** with him, he'll do just fine, but it doesn't help matters when Dusty doesn't keep his idiotic mouth shut. The last thing this team needs is for him to derail another promising career. What promising career has Dusty derailed? Dubois? :roll: Holy Hyperbole, Batman !!

Just a note for those that care. This game will be on WGN TV, but not WGN Radio.

What is QS going to tell you? A 6 IP 3 ER game is hardly worth noting, and nothing close to a 9 IP 1 ER game, even though they are ranked the same. You could do that 35 times, and win a lot of games with a good bullpen.....but still have a 4.50 ERA. A 4.50 ERA is barely average. Rather than fixating on a performance of 6 innings and 3 runs allowed, it is instructive to remember that this is not the definition of a quality start, but rather the upper limit of the range that is a quality start. Last year, the CUBS pitching staff accumulated 90 quality starts. In those 90 games, starting pitchers averaged 7.0 IP, had an ERA of 2.15, and the team won 61 of those 90 games (0.678). For a fast easy pitchers' stat, percentage of QS is not too bad.

Here's a boxscore that's a little easier on the eye...... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ARIZONA 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 6 2 CHICAGO CUBS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 x 7 16 0 FINAL WP - JEROME WILLIAMS (2-3) LP - ORLANDO HERNANDEZ (0-1) HOME RUNS: ARI - JOHNNY ESTRADA (2) OFF JEROME WILLIAMS IN THE 4TH CHN - ARAMIS RAMIREZ (5) OFF ORLANDO HERNANDEZ IN THE 1ST JACQUE JONES (1) OFF ORLANDO HERNANDEZ IN THE 1ST ARIZONA (4) AT CHICAGO CUBS (7) ARIZONA AB R H BI CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI C Counsell ss 3 0 0 0 J Pierre cf 3 0 0 0 J Gil ss 2 0 0 0 R Theriot 3b 1 0 0 0 O Hudson 2b 2 0 1 0 C Walker 2b 2 2 0 0 A Green 2b 1 0 1 0 J Hairston Jr 2b 2 0 2 0 L Gonzalez lf 1 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 4 1 3 0 S Garrabrants lf 0 1 0 0 C Kopitzke ph 1 0 0 0 T Clark 1b 1 1 0 1 A Ramirez 3b 3 1 1 3 S Green rf 2 0 1 0 J Mabry 3b 2 1 2 0 B Barden 3b 1 0 0 0 M Barrett c 3 0 1 1 M Erickson ph 1 0 0 0 A Pagan cf 2 0 1 0 J Estrada c 3 1 2 1 J Jones rf 3 2 2 1 C Carter 1b 1 0 0 0 H Blanco c 2 0 1 1 E Byrnes cf 4 0 1 2 M Murton lf 2 0 2 1 M Williams cf 0 0 0 0 M Restovich rf 2 0 1 0 D Easley 3b 3 0 0 0 R Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0 K Perez 3b 1 0 0 0 B Coats lf 1 0 0 0 O Hernandez p 1 0 0 0 J Williams p 1 0 0 0 J Milons ph 1 0 0 0 N Perez ss 2 0 0 0 C Quentin rf 1 1 0 0 K Hill c 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 30 4 6 4 TOTALS 39 7 16 7 ARIZONA 000 102 001 -- 4 CHICAGO CUBS 401 100 01x -- 7 E--T Clark, K Perez. DP--ARIZONA 2, CHICAGO CUBS 2. LOB--ARIZONA 10, CHICAGO CUBS 12. 2B--A Green, M Restovich. HR--J Estrada 1 (2) (off J Williams), A Ramirez 1 (5) (off O Hernandez), J Jones 1 (1) (off O Hernandez). SB--M Murton 1 (2). SF--K Hill. IP H R ER BB SO HR ARIZONA O Hernandez (L,0-1) 4 9 6 5 2 4 2 L Vizcaino 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 G Aquino 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 C Daigle 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 CHICAGO CUBS J Williams (W,2-3) 5 3 1 1 4 3 1 R Hill 2 2 2 2 4 3 0 S Eyre 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 R Novoa 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 B Howry 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 HBP--C Quentin by B Howry. BALK--O Hernandez. SO--ARI: C Counsell 2, J Gil 2, E Byrnes, B Barden, C Quentin, O Hudson. CHN: A Ramirez 2, R Cedeno 2, D Lee, J Pierre. BB--ARI: L Gonzalez 2, T Clark 2, S Garrabrants 2, S Green, O Hudson, A Green. CHN: J Pierre, J Williams, M Murton, C Walker. T--2:52. A--12,879.

The radio information is that there is no radio broadcast.

CHICAGO CUBS (4) AT LA ANGELS (8) CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI LA ANGELS AB R H BI J Pierre cf 5 1 2 1 D Erstad cf 1 1 1 0 J Hairston Jr 2b 5 1 2 0 B Specht 2b 1 0 0 0 D Lee 1b 4 1 1 0 E Alfonzo 2b 4 0 2 1 A Ramirez 3b 4 0 2 1 G Anderson lf 2 0 0 1 J Jones rf 4 0 1 1 S Rodriguez lf 1 1 1 0 M Murton lf 4 0 0 0 T Salmon dh 3 1 1 1 N Perez ss 4 0 1 0 J Mathis c 2 0 0 0 H Blanco c 4 0 0 0 M Napoli c 2 2 2 1 C Zambrano p 2 0 2 0 D McPherson 3b 4 1 1 2 A Pagan ph 1 1 0 0 K Morales 1b 3 0 0 0 R Theriot ph 1 0 0 0 D Sales rf 1 0 0 0 R Mount ph 1 0 0 0 C Smith cf 0 0 0 0 B Wood ss 4 2 2 2 C Pride rf 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 4 11 3 TOTALS 32 8 10 8 CHICAGO CUBS 300 000 100 -- 4 LA ANGELS 002 004 20x -- 8 E--K Morales 2, E Alfonzo. DP--LA ANGELS 1. LOB--CHICAGO CUBS 7, LA ANGELS 4. 2B--M Napoli, C Zambrano. 3B--S Rodriguez. HR--M Napoli 1 (2) (off M Watson), B Wood 1 (2) (off T Wellemeyer). SF--G Anderson, T Salmon. IP H R ER BB SO HR CHICAGO CUBS C Zambrano 5 4 2 2 2 6 0 M Watson (L,0-1) 1 4 4 4 0 1 1 J Koronka 1 2-3 2 2 2 0 2 1 D Aardsma 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 LA ANGELS B Colon (W,2-0) 6 8 3 3 0 4 0 J Romero 1 1-3 2 1 0 0 1 0 C Bootcheck 2-3 1 0 0 0 2 0 S Shields 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 WP--J Romero, C Bootcheck. SO--CHN: D Lee 2, M Murton 2, N Perez, J Jones, H Blanco. ANA: K Morales 2, B Wood 2, C Pride, E Alfonzo, D Sales, T Salmon, J Mathis, D McPherson. BB--ANA: D Erstad 2. T--2:25. A--7,996.

Yeah, gotta be a mistake. edit: I wonder if this Watson guy was wearing Wellemeyer's number ???

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - CHICAGO CUBS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 0 LA ANGELS 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 x 8 10 3 FINAL WP - BARTOLO COLON (2-0) LP - MARK WATSON (0-1) HOME RUNS: ANA - BRANDON WOOD (2) OFF TODD WELLEMEYER IN THE 6TH MIKE NAPOLI (2) OFF MARK WATSON IN THE 7TH TIME: 2:25 ATT: 7,996

Gotta run. Bring home a winner for me !!

End of 4 innings, 3-2 CUBS

That's 4 K's for Z

Yep, Carlos is ready for the season to start !!

As long as you're ready to go on opening day, Fred! :D Unfortunately..... they're telling me 6 to 12 months.