Fred Hornkohl

As Santo pointed out, you gotta expect that when you square around too soon.

Payback for hitting Bay ??

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING C Wilson grounded out to short, 6-3 Ward struck out swinging Wigginton popped out to shortstop 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (6) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Williams 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 48

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING Lee grounded out to short, 6-3 Burnitz popped out (foul) to third base Garciaparra 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 CUBS 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 3 0 Home runs: CUBS: Garciaparra (6)

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING Wells grounded out to short, 6-3 Sanchez blooped a single to left center field Mackowiak flied out to center field, Sanchez holding first Bay grounded into a FC, 6-4, Sanchez out at second 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 1 0 1 2 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 3 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Williams 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 39

With the team being 4 games -.500 in September after the sweep, who would believe? The 1969 Mets believed. The 1935 CUBS believed. The 1914 Braves believed. Do you ? Those teams believed. This team doesn't. Half of the players don't even look like they're trying. Is that really your assessment.... that half the players aren't trying ?? OK. I was exaggerating there, but some of the players haven't looked like they've been trying. Well.... then you should stop exagerating and start believing, no? :wink:

With the team being 4 games -.500 in September after the sweep, who would believe? The 1969 Mets believed. The 1935 CUBS believed. The 1914 Braves believed. Do you ? Those teams believed. This team doesn't. Half of the players don't even look like they're trying. Is that really your assessment.... that half the players aren't trying ??

Perhaps you missed it, Roast. Sammy Sosa was transacted to Baltimore. :wink:

With the team being 4 games -.500 in September after the sweep, who would believe? The 1969 Mets believed. The 1935 CUBS believed. The 1914 Braves believed. Do you ?

Yeah.... that ridiculous feet first dive when he's still 25 feet from the wall is trying...... very trying !!

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday..... CUBS are 13-8 on Sundays CUBS are 10-3 vs. Pittsburgh CUBS are 33-39 in the day time. CUBS are 32-34 on the road. CUBS are 22-20 in games that end a series CUBS are 35-28 when they've won the previous game.... 29-42 after a loss CUBS are 9-9 when they've won their previous 2 games CUBS are 7-0 when attendance is less than 24,000 CUBS are 17-30 when the temperature is in the 70's CUBS are 4-7 when Williams starts Williams is 5 of 11 in quality starts Williams's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.03.... Williams hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.53 R/G overall.... 4.55 R/G when Williams pitches CUBS hit 1.24 HR/G overall.... 1.64 HR/G when Williams pitches CUBS' offensive support of Williams...... 04/04 - 09/03 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Williams 377 50 99 17 2 18 174 50 26 64 0.263 0.310 0.462 0.772 CUBS overall 4674 612 1283 282 20 168 2109 586 356 758 0.274 0.329 0.451 0.780 Williams' last five starts..... Williams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/29 vs. L.A. 1.7 5 6 5 3 0 0 45 16.20 0.00 0.00 4.80 27.00 08/23 vs. Atla 7.7 3 1 1 3 5 1 112 3.52 5.87 1.17 0.78 1.17 08/13 vs. St. L 6.0 4 3 3 4 7 1 113 6.00 10.50 1.50 1.33 4.50 08/08 vs. Cincy 5.3 7 7 7 3 2 2 84 5.06 3.38 3.38 1.88 11.81 08/03 vs. Phila 4.0 5 3 2 1 1 0 70 2.25 2.25 0.00 1.50 4.50 5 game totals 24.7 24 20 18 14 15 4 424 5.11 5.47 1.46 1.54 6.57 Williams' splits...... Williams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 33.0 31 22 21 18 22 6 564 4.91 6.00 1.64 1.48 5.73 Road 31.7 29 16 14 12 18 4 505 3.41 5.12 1.14 1.29 3.98 Day 26.3 23 12 11 13 20 3 451 4.44 6.84 1.03 1.37 3.76 Nite 38.3 37 26 24 17 20 7 618 3.99 4.70 1.64 1.41 5.63 season totals 64.7 60 38 35 30 40 10 1069 4.18 5.57 1.39 1.39 4.87 CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 10 Fri 04/15 @ Pittsburgh N 5- 8 Zambrano 11 Sat 04/16 @ Pittsburgh N 4- 3 Dempster 12 Sun 04/17 @ Pittsburgh 4- 2 Maddux 17 Sat 04/23 Pittsburgh 3- 4 Maddux 18 Sun 04/24 Pittsburgh 5- 2 Wood 37 Tue 05/17 @ Pittsburgh N 4- 3 Prior 38 Wed 05/18 @ Pittsburgh 3- 2 Rusch 88 Thu 07/14 Pittsburgh 5- 1 Prior 89 Fri 07/15 Pittsburgh 11- 1 Wood 90 Sat 07/16 Pittsburgh 0- 3 Maddux 91 Sun 07/17 Pittsburgh 8- 2 Zambrano 134 Fri 09/02 @ Pittsburgh N 7- 3 Maddux 135 Sat 09/03 @ Pittsburgh 9- 5 Zambrano 136 Sun 09/04 @ Pittsburgh - Williams 157 Tue 09/27 Pittsburgh N - Prior 158 Wed 09/28 Pittsburgh - Rusch CUBS' hitters vs. Pittsburgh..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Grieve 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Perez 38 8 20 7 0 2 33 8 2 1 0.526 0.537 0.868 1.405 Hollandsworth 15 2 6 0 1 0 8 1 4 3 0.400 0.550 0.533 1.083 Blanco 15 4 5 3 0 1 11 3 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.733 1.067 Cedeno 11 1 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 1 0.455 0.500 0.545 1.045 Fontenot 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 Lee 47 7 16 4 0 3 29 9 3 7 0.340 0.365 0.617 0.982 Ramirez 37 8 10 3 0 3 22 8 5 6 0.270 0.357 0.595 0.952 Walker 25 3 9 1 0 1 13 3 2 4 0.360 0.407 0.520 0.927 McClain 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 Burnitz 49 6 11 3 1 2 22 6 7 7 0.224 0.321 0.449 0.770 Garciaparra 16 3 3 1 0 1 7 5 3 0 0.188 0.286 0.438 0.723 Hairston 46 9 11 3 0 1 17 8 3 2 0.239 0.314 0.370 0.683 Dubois 16 1 3 1 0 1 7 3 1 6 0.188 0.235 0.438 0.673 Barrett 31 4 7 1 0 1 11 3 4 2 0.226 0.306 0.355 0.660 Murton 14 1 3 0 0 1 6 1 0 3 0.214 0.214 0.429 0.643 Patterson 28 6 6 0 0 1 9 1 1 10 0.214 0.241 0.321 0.563 Macias 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.222 0.273 0.222 0.495 vs. Pitts 437 68 130 31 2 18 219 67 40 61 0.297 0.357 0.501 0.858 overall 4674 612 1282 277 21 166 2099 587 354 748 0.274 0.329 0.449 0.778 CUBS' pitchers vs. Pittsburgh..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wuertz 5.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 73 3.60 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Williamson 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 15 0.00 18.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Van Buren 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Mitre 0.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 Bartosh 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Rusch 11.0 10 2 2 8 10 0 187 6.55 8.18 0.00 1.64 1.64 Prior 15.0 9 4 3 4 16 2 216 2.40 9.60 1.20 0.87 1.80 Wood 11.0 5 3 3 3 13 1 151 2.45 10.64 0.82 0.73 2.45 Dempster 10.3 10 3 3 5 6 1 158 4.35 5.23 0.87 1.45 2.61 Maddux 27.0 19 9 8 2 18 1 349 0.67 6.00 0.33 0.78 2.67 Fox 2.7 3 1 1 2 5 0 49 6.75 16.88 0.00 1.88 3.38 Zambrano 21.7 16 11 10 10 18 3 320 4.15 7.48 1.25 1.20 4.15 Hawkins 4.0 3 2 2 3 2 1 60 6.75 4.50 2.25 1.50 4.50 Novoa 1.7 2 1 1 0 2 0 26 0.00 10.80 0.00 1.20 5.40 Remlinger 2.7 3 2 2 0 0 0 48 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.13 6.75 Ohman 1.3 1 1 1 0 1 0 12 0.00 6.75 0.00 0.75 6.75 vs. Pitts 116.0 90 39 36 39 98 9 1691 3.03 7.60 0.70 1.11 2.79 overall 1198.7 1138 615 581 487 1055 161 19785 3.66 7.92 1.21 1.36 4.36 Go CUBS !!! .... and birthday greetings to mhuber92211

hey.... mhuber92211 still believes !! :wink:

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Van Buren in to pitch (6th), Patterson in cf (9th), Hairston from cf to lf for the CUBS Eldred flied out to left center field J Wilson singled to center field Wigginton, pinch hitting for Torres, flied out to deep left field McLouth popped out to shallow right 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 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 9 13 1 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 6 1 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Zambrano (12-5) S: none L: Williams (10-11) T: 2:50 A: 22,909 Home runs: CUBS: Murton (2), Blanco (5) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 7.7 5 5 5 4 9 0 117 Ohman 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 04 Van Buren 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Torres in to pitch for Pittsburgh Burnitz grounded out to second, 4-3 Murton singled to center field Perez grounded out to second, 4-3, Murton to second Blanco grounded to third, safe at first on a fielding error, E5, Murton to third Patterson, pinch hitting for Ohman, struck out swinging 0 runs, 1 hits, 1 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 9 13 1 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 5 1 Home runs: CUBS: Murton (2), Blanco (5)

Does ol' Hank White have a triple in him ???

CUBS are 25-0 when they're leading by 4 runs or more at the end of 8 innings. Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING McClain in at 1b (3rd) for the CUBS Redman, pinch hitting for White, lined out to shortstop McLouth doubled down the right field line McLouth took third base on a passed ball Sanchez walked Bay singled to left field, McLouth scored, Sanchez to second Mackowiak struck out swinging C Wilson doubled down the left field line, Sanchez and Bay scored Ohman in to pitch for the CUBS Doumit struck out swinging 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 9 12 1 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 5 0 Home runs: CUBS: Murton (2), Blanco (5) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 7.7 5 5 5 4 9 0 117 Ohman 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 04

It's time to take Carlos out. This is a mistake.

Me too !! I sure wouldn't want to see that boy lose his stroke, eh? 08/02 - 09/02 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Perez 80 7 29 8 0 1 40 6 5 6 0.363 0.400 0.500 0.900

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING White in to pitch for Pittsburgh Cedeno grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 Lee grounded out to short, 6-3 Macias grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 9 12 1 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 Home runs: CUBS: Murton (2), Blanco (5)

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING Macias in at 3b (4th), Perez in at 2b (7th) for the CUBS Doumit struck out swinging Eldred flied out to left field J Wilson flied out to center field 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 9 12 1 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 Home runs: CUBS: Murton (2), Blanco (5) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 7.0 2 2 2 3 8 0 94

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING Murton homered to center field Walker struck out swinging Blanco homered to left field Zambrano grounded out to third, 5-3 Hairston lined out to second base 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 9 12 1 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 Home runs: CUBS: Murton (2), Blanco (5)

CUBS are 15-1 when they score 9 runs or more. Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 31-16 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 32-55 when they don't Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING Bay grounded out to third, 5-3 Mackowiak grounded out to second, 4-3 C Wilson struck out (called) 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 2 0 2 1 0 6 10 1 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 6.0 2 2 2 3 7 0 86