Fred Hornkohl

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING Barrett grounded out to short, 6-3 Garciaparra singled to center field Burnitz doubled to left center field, Garciaparra scored, Burnitz to third on the throw Perez struck out swinging Patterson grounded out to second, 4-3 1 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Florida 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 0 1 1 4 0

BEERNUTS !!

Maddux with another 7 pitch inning. Now retired 8 in a row.

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING Conine grounded out to short, 6-3 Cabrera flied out to center field Delgado 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 Florida 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 2 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Maddux 4.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 41

For the first time all year Very surprising..... but accurate.

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING Maddux struck out swinging Hairston grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 Walker hit by pitch Lee 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 Florida 1 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 0 0 2 0

Lord only knows..... 06/03 - 08/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Patterson 162 15 27 4 3 2 43 9 10 50 0.167 0.215 0.265 0.481 What's he hitting since his recall Fred? Patterson AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 08/09 - 08/26 51 7 10 1 1 1 16 4 3 12 0.196 0.241 0.314 0.554

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING Treanor flied out to left center field Willis grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 Pierre flied out to right field 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Florida 1 0 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 0 2 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Maddux 3.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 34

Lord only knows..... 06/03 - 08/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Patterson 162 15 27 4 3 2 43 9 10 50 0.167 0.215 0.265 0.481

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Garciaparra singled to left field Burnitz grounded into a FC, 4-6, Garciaparra out at second Burnitz thrown out trying to steal, 2-4 Perez walked Patterson popped out to second base 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Florida 1 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 0 2 0

Otis.... did you take your ritallin today ?? Perez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/04 - 04/30 68 11 25 2 1 3 38 12 3 7 0.368 0.403 0.559 0.962 05/17 - 06/05 83 11 33 5 0 3 47 12 1 5 0.398 0.407 0.566 0.973 07/10 - 08/26 131 12 42 14 1 2 64 17 5 8 0.321 0.346 0.489 0.834

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Encarnacion singled to left field Easley grounded into a DP, 4-6-3, Encarnacion out at second Gonzalez grounded out to second, 4-3 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Florida 1 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 1 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Maddux 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 19

CUBS are 10-23 when they hit an opposing batter, 50-44 when they don't CUBS are 12-31 when the opponents steal a base, 48-36 when they don't CUBS are 11-33 when the opponents execute a sac bunt, 48-34 when they don't Go CUBS !!

at least we're outhitting them! well.... we were outhitting them.

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Hairston grounded out to short, 6-3 Walker blooped a single to right field Lee flied out to right field Barrett grounded into a FC, 6-4, Walker 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 Florida 1 1 0 0 CUBS 0 0 1 0

Maddux with a no hitter through one. Woo Hoo !!!

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Pierre hit by pitch Pierre stole second base Conine sacrificed to the pitcher, 1-3, Pierre to third Cabrera flied out to right field, Pierre scored Delgado grounded out to second, 4-3 1 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Florida 1 1 0 0 CUBS . 0 0 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Maddux 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11

Calm down, Otis. :wink:

Not yet. Due to start in another 8-10 minutes.

Damned if I know. 04/04 - 08/26 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lawton 78 8 19 2 0 1 24 5 4 8 0.244 0.289 0.308 0.597 Cedeno 58 8 15 2 0 1 20 3 3 7 0.259 0.295 0.345 0.640 Perez 452 48 125 26 2 9 182 47 14 39 0.277 0.301 0.403 0.704

I would like to apologize to one an all. The numbers I posted above for Neifi Perez are incorrect. His real numbers for the time period given are: Perez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/10 - 08/26 131 12 42 14 1 2 64 17 5 8 0.321 0.346 0.489 0.834

Really? Yes. For the time being, it makes sense to ride the wave..... Perez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/10 - 08/26 44 5 17 4 0 1 24 5 3 3 0.386 0.426 0.545 0.971 I'll take my chances with Walker v. LHP this year (.357/.392/.629). All well and good. The original assertion was about Neifi playing; not necessarily play second base, no?

Really? Yes. For the time being, it makes sense to ride the wave..... Perez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/10 - 08/26 44 5 17 4 0 1 24 5 3 3 0.386 0.426 0.545 0.971

Worthless stats of the day....... CUBS are 8-12 on Saturdays CUBS are 4-3 vs. Florida CUBS are 31-37 in the day time. CUBS are 31-33 at home. CUBS are 34-26 when they've won the previous game.... 26-41 after a loss CUBS are 8-8 when they've lost their previous 2 games CUBS are 13-27 when the temperature is in the 70's CUBS are 29-15 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 31-53 when they don't CUBS are 41-52 when Barrett catches, 20-15 when Blanco starts. CUBS are 12-15 when Maddux starts Maddux is 15 of 27 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.09.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.40 CUBS score 4.45 R/G overall.... 5.04 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 1.23 HR/G overall.... 1.37 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS' offensive support of Maddux..... 04/04 - 08/26 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 977 136 284 64 3 37 465 127 81 152 0.291 0.350 0.476 0.826 CUBS overall 4431 569 1213 265 19 157 1987 544 340 723 0.274 0.329 0.448 0.777 Maddux's last five starts...... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/21 vs. Colo 6.0 8 6 6 1 3 3 87 1.50 4.50 4.50 1.50 9.00 08/16 vs. Houst 7.0 3 1 1 2 5 0 70 2.57 6.43 0.00 0.71 1.29 08/11 vs. St. L 9.0 12 4 4 0 5 1 114 0.00 5.00 1.00 1.33 4.00 08/06 vs. Mets 7.0 4 2 2 2 5 0 99 2.57 6.43 0.00 0.86 2.57 07/31 vs. Ariz 4.0 8 6 6 1 1 1 68 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.25 13.50 5 game totals 33.0 35 19 19 6 19 5 438 1.64 5.18 1.36 1.24 5.18 Maddux's previous starts vs. Florida..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/15 vs. Flor 3.7 8 7 7 2 3 1 69 4.91 7.36 2.45 2.73 17.18 07/10 vs. Flor 8.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 98 0.00 3.38 0.00 0.50 0.00 Maddux's splits..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 78.7 91 46 43 13 44 10 1075 1.49 5.03 1.14 1.32 4.92 Road 91.0 94 44 43 16 60 14 1285 1.58 5.93 1.38 1.21 4.25 Day 111.3 127 64 60 15 61 18 1563 1.21 4.93 1.46 1.28 4.85 Nite 58.3 58 26 26 14 43 6 797 2.16 6.63 0.93 1.23 4.01 season totals 169.7 185 90 86 29 104 24 2360 1.54 5.52 1.27 1.26 4.56 CUBS' season series vs. Florida..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 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 85 Fri 07/08 @ Florida N 9- 6 Zambrano 86 Sat 07/09 @ Florida N 8- 2 Wood 87 Sun 07/10 @ Florida 9- 2 Maddux 128 Fri 08/26 Florida 5- 7 Rusch 129 Sat 08/27 Florida - Maddux 130 Sun 08/28 Florida - Zambrano CUBS' hitters vs. Florida..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 22 6 9 4 0 3 22 8 4 7 0.409 0.500 1.000 1.500 Murton 4 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0.500 0.571 0.750 1.321 Burnitz 27 6 11 2 0 2 19 8 6 4 0.407 0.515 0.704 1.219 Walker 22 8 10 2 0 1 15 4 2 1 0.455 0.500 0.682 1.182 Ramirez 27 2 10 4 0 2 20 7 0 5 0.370 0.370 0.741 1.111 Barrett 23 7 8 2 0 1 13 7 6 2 0.348 0.484 0.565 1.049 Greenberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 Hairston 26 6 10 3 1 0 15 7 1 3 0.385 0.407 0.577 0.984 Lawton 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0.333 0.600 0.333 0.933 Macias 6 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.500 0.833 Perez 29 4 9 3 0 0 12 3 0 2 0.310 0.300 0.414 0.714 Hollandsworth 16 3 3 2 0 0 5 1 0 4 0.188 0.188 0.313 0.500 Dubois 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.167 0.167 0.333 0.500 Patterson 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0.182 0.250 0.182 0.432 Cedeno 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.111 0.200 0.111 0.311 Garciaparra 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Wilson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Flor 256 51 85 26 1 9 140 49 25 40 0.332 0.392 0.547 0.939 overall 4431 569 1213 260 20 155 1978 545 340 720 0.274 0.329 0.446 0.775 CUBS' pitchers vs. Florida..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Mitre 9.0 5 0 0 0 3 0 99 0.00 3.00 0.00 0.56 0.00 Dempster 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 34 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Novoa 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Ohman 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Williamson 1.3 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Wood 7.7 6 2 2 1 4 1 104 1.17 4.70 1.17 0.91 2.35 Zambrano 7.0 6 3 3 6 7 1 120 7.71 9.00 1.29 1.71 3.86 Maddux 11.7 12 7 7 2 6 1 167 1.54 4.63 0.77 1.20 5.40 Remlinger 4.0 2 3 3 1 3 1 62 2.25 6.75 2.25 0.75 6.75 Bartosh 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 21 9.00 9.00 9.00 2.00 9.00 Rusch 5.7 10 7 6 2 3 1 113 3.18 4.76 1.59 2.12 9.53 Koronka 4.3 7 6 6 3 1 0 83 6.23 2.08 0.00 2.31 12.46 Hill 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 29 0.00 18.00 0.00 3.00 18.00 Wuertz 2.3 7 5 5 3 2 1 69 11.57 7.71 3.86 4.29 19.29 Wellemeyer 1.3 3 3 3 0 1 2 20 0.00 6.75 13.50 2.25 20.25 Borowski 0.7 3 2 2 0 0 0 16 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.50 27.00 vs. Flor 63.0 66 41 40 19 40 9 996 2.71 5.71 1.29 1.35 5.71 overall 1135.7 1078 583 550 468 1000 156 18815 3.71 7.92 1.24 1.36 4.36 Go CUBS !!

Would you really rather build a team around which veteran is a worse option against righties? You may not have noticed, but Karros and Simon got the same invitation to leave that Choi got. I'm not talking about building a team around him, I'm talking about Baker's refusal to play young players, even when it's in the best short-term, as well as long-term, interests of the franchise. I'd rather have seen Choi play against RHP because we would have performed better and won more games, and at the same time been able to evaluate more how he fit into our long term plans. Who do you think Choi was facing when he put up these numbers ?? Choi AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 05/15 - 06/07 50 5 10 4 0 0 14 2 7 18 0.200 0.298 0.280 0.578 06/30 - 07/31 67 4 11 4 0 1 18 6 8 23 0.164 0.282 0.269 0.551