Fred Hornkohl

I can't agree with that at all. In 2003 Karros put up a .683 OPS vs. right-handed pitching, despite getting more than his fair share of at bats against the weaker righties in the league, and it was well known going into the season that Karros could only hit lefties. Choi should have gotten all the starts vs. righties while he was healthy enough to play. Choi played himself out of the lineup. Choi AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 03/31 - 05/14 85 22 23 9 0 7 53 20 21 8 0.271 0.426 0.624 1.049 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

The most effective way to run up a pitcher's pitch count is to quit making outs, no?

Team record by number of walks taken W L pct 0. 4 8 0.333 1. 9 11 0.450 2. 14 24 0.368 3. 10 12 0.455 4. 11 5 0.688 5. 6 5 0.545 6. 3 1 0.750 7. 3 0 1.000 8. 0 0 0.000 9. 1 0 1.000 Totals 61 66 0.480 Team record by number of walks allowed W L pct 0. 4 4 0.500 1. 8 7 0.533 2. 7 12 0.368 3. 13 12 0.520 4. 11 9 0.550 5. 9 6 0.600 6. 3 6 0.333 7. 5 4 0.556 8. 0 2 0.000 9. 1 2 0.333 10. 0 1 0.000 11. 0 0 0.000 12. 0 1 0.000 Totals 61 66 0.480 In 66 losses this season....... hitting AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS 2253 191 539 116 10 59 852 183 146 374 0.239 0.289 0.378 0.667 Oppt 2286 419 667 122 11 104 1123 403 253 532 0.292 0.366 0.491 0.857 pitching IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 572.3 667 419 398 253 532 104 3.98 8.37 1.64 1.61 6.26 Oppt 604.0 539 191 182 146 374 59 2.18 5.57 0.88 1.13 2.71 In 61 wins this season..... hitting AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS 2142 373 663 145 9 98 1120 356 189 344 0.310 0.368 0.523 0.891 Oppt 1985 157 401 86 3 51 646 153 212 462 0.202 0.281 0.325 0.606 pitching IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 555.0 401 157 147 212 462 51 3.44 7.49 0.83 1.10 2.38 Oppt 526.7 663 373 361 189 344 98 3.23 5.88 1.67 1.62 6.17

Worthless stats of the day for Friday..... CUBS are 9-10 on Fridays CUBS are 4-2 vs. Florida CUBS are 31-36 in the day time. CUBS are 31-32 at home. CUBS are 20-20 in games that open a series CUBS are 34-26 when they've won the previous game.... 26-40 after a loss CUBS are 49-23 when they get a quality start,... 12-43 when they don't CUBS are 21-43 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 40-23 when they don't CUBS are 5-7 when Rusch starts Rusch is 6 of 12 in quality starts Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.77.... Rusch hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.44 R/G overall.... 3.58 R/G when Rusch pitches CUBS hit 1.24 HR/G overall.... 1.25 HR/G when Rusch pitches CUBS' offensive support of Rusch..... 04/04 - 08/24 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Rusch 394 43 99 19 2 15 167 39 36 64 0.251 0.314 0.424 0.738 CUBS overall 4395 564 1202 261 19 157 1972 539 335 718 0.273 0.328 0.449 0.777 Rusch's last five starts..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/20 vs. Colo 6.0 7 3 2 1 6 0 93 1.50 9.00 0.00 1.33 3.00 08/15 vs. Houst 3.3 10 5 5 2 4 1 92 5.40 10.80 2.70 3.60 13.50 06/23 vs. Milw 6.0 7 4 4 3 2 2 103 4.50 3.00 3.00 1.67 6.00 06/18 vs. Yanks 5.0 9 5 4 1 3 0 98 1.80 5.40 0.00 2.00 7.20 06/12 vs. Bost 5.7 11 5 5 1 7 2 114 1.59 11.12 3.18 2.12 7.94 5 game totals 26.0 44 22 20 8 22 5 500 2.77 7.62 1.73 2.00 6.92 Rusch's splits..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 49.0 57 20 18 17 41 5 863 3.12 7.53 0.92 1.51 3.31 Road 57.7 69 34 32 26 46 5 1044 4.06 7.18 0.78 1.65 4.99 Day 47.3 58 23 21 26 37 4 882 4.94 7.04 0.76 1.77 3.99 Nite 59.3 68 31 29 17 50 6 1025 2.58 7.58 0.91 1.43 4.40 season totals 106.7 126 54 50 43 87 10 1907 3.63 7.34 0.84 1.58 4.22 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 - 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 18 6 9 4 0 3 22 8 3 5 0.500 0.565 1.222 1.787 Murton 4 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0.500 0.571 0.750 1.321 Burnitz 24 5 10 2 0 2 18 7 4 4 0.417 0.500 0.750 1.250 Walker 21 8 10 2 0 1 15 4 2 1 0.476 0.522 0.714 1.236 Ramirez 27 2 10 4 0 2 20 7 0 5 0.370 0.370 0.741 1.111 Barrett 18 6 6 1 0 1 10 7 6 2 0.333 0.500 0.556 1.056 Macias 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.400 0.400 0.600 1.000 Greenberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 Hairston 22 5 8 2 1 0 12 4 1 2 0.364 0.391 0.545 0.937 Perez 25 3 6 2 0 0 8 3 0 2 0.240 0.231 0.320 0.551 Hollandsworth 15 3 3 2 0 0 5 1 0 3 0.200 0.200 0.333 0.533 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 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.167 Wilson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Flor 220 46 74 22 1 9 125 44 20 35 0.336 0.393 0.568 0.961 overall 4395 564 1202 256 20 155 1963 540 335 715 0.273 0.328 0.447 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 Ohman 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Novoa 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00 9.00 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 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 Rusch 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 24 0.00 9.00 9.00 2.00 18.00 Wellemeyer 1.3 3 3 3 0 1 2 20 0.00 6.75 13.50 2.25 20.25 Wuertz 1.0 5 3 3 2 0 1 37 18.00 0.00 9.00 7.00 27.00 Borowski 0.7 3 2 2 0 0 0 16 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.50 27.00 vs. Flor 54.0 56 34 34 16 33 9 845 2.67 5.50 1.50 1.33 5.67 overall 1117.7 1063 573 541 461 984 156 18493 3.71 7.92 1.26 1.36 4.36 Go CUBS !!

Now for your worthless stats of the day for Wednesday..... CUBS are 10-9 on Wednesdays CUBS are 1-5 vs. Atlanta CUBS are 31-35 in the day time. CUBS are 31-31 at home. CUBS are 21-18 in games that end a series CUBS are 5-4 when Hornkohl attends a game at Wrigley...26-27 when he doesn't CUBS are 0-4 vs. Atlanta when Hornkohl is in the stands. CUBS are 34-25 when they've won the previous game.... 26-40 after a loss CUBS are 48-24 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 12-41 when they don't CUBS are 32-25 when they see at least 3.7 Pit/PA.... 29-40 when they don't CUBS are 37-16 when they score first,.... 24-49 when they don't CUBS are 18-6 when they score in the first inning,... 43-59 when they don't CUBS are 14-6 when Prior starts Pior is 15 of 20 in quality starts Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.77.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.63 CUBS score 4.47 R/G overall.... 4.90 R/G when Prior pitches CUBS hit 1.25 HR/G overall.... 1.50 HR/G when Prior pitches CUBS' offensive support of Prior..... 04/04 - 08/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Prior 676 98 188 42 3 30 326 94 61 93 0.278 0.343 0.482 0.825 CUBS overall 4364 563 1197 258 19 157 1964 538 332 710 0.274 0.329 0.450 0.779 Prior's last five starts..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/19 vs. Colo 6.0 5 2 2 2 10 1 118 3.00 15.00 1.50 1.17 3.00 08/14 vs. St. L 6.0 7 3 3 4 7 1 123 6.00 10.50 1.50 1.83 4.50 08/09 vs. Cincy 7.0 8 3 3 0 11 2 117 0.00 14.14 2.57 1.14 3.86 08/04 vs. Phila 4.3 6 6 6 3 7 3 100 6.23 14.54 6.23 2.08 12.46 07/29 vs. Ariz 7.3 7 3 3 2 8 0 119 2.45 9.82 0.00 1.23 3.68 5 game totals 30.7 33 17 17 11 43 7 577 3.23 12.62 2.05 1.43 4.99 Prior's previous start vs. Atlanta..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/07 vs. Atla 4.7 7 6 6 4 5 1 102 7.71 9.64 1.93 2.36 11.57 Prior's splits...... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 72.7 54 22 20 21 86 9 1150 2.60 10.65 1.11 1.03 2.48 Road 52.7 49 32 31 20 54 12 913 3.42 9.23 2.05 1.31 5.30 Day 86.7 67 39 37 27 101 14 1419 2.80 10.49 1.45 1.08 3.84 Nite 38.7 36 15 14 14 39 7 644 3.26 9.08 1.63 1.29 3.26 season totals 125.3 103 54 51 41 140 21 2063 2.94 10.05 1.51 1.15 3.66 CUBS' season series vs. Atlanta..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 81 Mon 07/04 @ Atlanta N 0- 4 Wood 82 Tue 07/05 @ Atlanta N 1- 5 Maddux 83 Thu 07/07 @ Atlanta 0- 6 Prior 84 Thu 07/07 @ Atlanta N 4- 9 Williams 125 Mon 08/22 Atlanta N 2- 4 Zambrano 126 Tue 08/23 Atlanta N 10- 1 Williams 127 Wed 08/24 Atlanta - Prior CUBS' hitters vs. Atlanta..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 11 3 3 0 0 1 6 1 3 5 0.273 0.429 0.545 0.974 Hollandsworth 11 1 4 0 0 1 7 2 0 0 0.364 0.333 0.636 0.970 Lawton 8 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.375 0.444 0.375 0.819 Ramirez 23 3 7 0 0 1 10 3 2 1 0.304 0.360 0.435 0.795 Barrett 17 0 5 0 0 0 5 2 2 2 0.294 0.368 0.294 0.663 Burnitz 18 1 4 0 0 0 4 5 6 4 0.222 0.417 0.222 0.639 Walker 22 5 5 2 0 0 7 1 2 2 0.227 0.292 0.318 0.610 Macias 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 Hairston 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0.154 0.267 0.154 0.421 Perez 24 0 5 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0.208 0.208 0.208 0.417 Blanco 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 Patterson 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.083 0.083 0.083 0.167 Cedeno 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Dubois 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Atla 193 17 45 2 0 3 56 16 17 28 0.233 0.297 0.290 0.587 overall 4364 563 1197 253 20 155 1955 539 332 707 0.274 0.329 0.448 0.777 CUBS' pitchers vs. Atlanta..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Mitre 2.3 3 0 0 1 1 0 50 3.86 3.86 0.00 1.71 0.00 Dempster 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 36 9.00 9.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 Remlinger 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 31 0.00 18.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Wuertz 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Zambrano 8.0 3 2 2 0 10 1 118 0.00 11.25 1.13 0.38 2.25 Williams 13.7 11 4 4 5 8 2 214 3.29 5.27 1.32 1.17 2.63 Ohman 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 1 30 4.50 9.00 4.50 1.00 4.50 Maddux 6.0 8 5 5 1 6 0 86 1.50 9.00 0.00 1.50 7.50 Wood 6.0 8 5 5 3 7 2 129 4.50 10.50 3.00 1.83 7.50 Prior 4.7 7 6 6 4 5 1 102 7.71 9.64 1.93 2.36 11.57 Novoa 1.3 4 3 3 1 2 1 36 6.75 13.50 6.75 3.75 20.25 Rusch 0.0 2 3 3 0 0 1 12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 vs. Atla 50.0 50 29 29 18 48 9 868 3.24 8.64 1.62 1.36 5.22 overall 1117.7 1063 573 541 461 984 156 18493 3.71 7.92 1.26 1.36 4.36 Go CUBS !!!! I'll be watching !!

Some leftover worthless stats from Tuesday night...... CUBS first win over Atlanta since Oct 2004 CUBS scored 10 runs for the first time since Thur 11 Aug vs St. Louis 11-4 (10th time this season) CUBS won by a margin of 9 runs for the first time since Fri 15 July vs. Pittsburgh 11-1 (3rd time this season) CUBS made 15 hits for the first time since Thur 11 Aug vs St. Louis (16) (11th time this season) CUBS drew 6 walks for the first time since Fri 19 Aug vs Colorado (8th time this season) CUBS hitters combined for 25 men LOB for the first time since Mon 18 Jul vs Cincinnati (3rd time this season) CUBS pitcher got 2 hits for the first time since Fri 22 July vs St. Louis (9th time this season) CUBS score 4 or more runs in two different innings for the first time since Tue 14 June vs Florida (2nd time this season) CUBS played in at a temp lower than 70 degrees for the first times since Tue 26 July vs S.F. Williams 7-2/3 innings pitched was his longest outing of the year. Burnitz 5 rbi's was a season high. previous high was 4 vs. Colorado on Sun 29 May

Otis... it wouldn't be that hard to do, except that the information (whether the starter is right handed or left handed) isn't recorded in the daily box score anywhere. That, in turn, means that every time I go to enter a box score into the computer, I'd have to go look up which hand the pitcher throws with. I'm way too lazy for that.

Worthless stats of the day...... CUBS are 11-7 on Tuesdays CUBS are 0-5 vs. Atlanta CUBS are 29-29 at night. CUBS are 30-30 at home. CUBS are 34-25 when they've won the previous game.... 25-40 after a loss CUBS are 3-4 when they've lost their previous 3 games CUBS are 48-22 when they get a quality start,... 12-43 when they don't CUBS are 21-42 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 39-23 when they don't CUBS are 36-16 when they score first,.... 24-49 when they don't CUBS are 18-6 when they score in the first inning,... 42-59 when they don't CUBS have been outscored 67-43 in the first inning..... outscored 48-40 in the 9th CUBS are 3-6 when Williams starts Williams is 4 of 9 in quality starts Williams's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.89.... Williams hasn't pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.42 R/G overall.... 3.78 R/G when Williams pitches CUBS hit 1.25 HR/G overall.... 1.44 HR/G when Williams pitches CUBS' offensive support of Williams..... 04/04 - 08/22 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Williams 302 34 73 12 2 13 128 34 19 54 0.242 0.287 0.424 0.711 CUBS overall 4327 553 1182 255 19 156 1943 528 326 704 0.273 0.327 0.449 0.776 Williams' last five starts..... Williams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 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 07/28 vs. Ariz 5.3 7 1 1 4 5 1 122 6.75 8.44 1.69 2.06 1.69 07/23 vs. St. 6.0 7 4 3 3 3 0 105 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.67 4.50 5 game totals 26.7 30 18 16 15 18 4 494 5.06 6.08 1.35 1.69 5.40 Williams' previous start vs. Atlanta..... Williams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/07 vs. Atla 6.0 8 3 3 2 3 1 102 3.00 4.50 1.50 1.67 4.50 Williams' splits..... Williams IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 23.7 23 15 15 12 17 5 407 4.56 6.46 1.90 1.48 5.70 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 29.0 29 19 18 11 15 6 461 3.41 4.66 1.86 1.38 5.59 season totals 55.3 52 31 29 24 35 9 912 3.90 5.69 1.46 1.37 4.72 CUBS' season series vs. Atlanta..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 81 Mon 07/04 @ Atlanta N 0- 4 Wood 82 Tue 07/05 @ Atlanta N 1- 5 Maddux 83 Thu 07/07 @ Atlanta 0- 6 Prior 84 Thu 07/07 @ Atlanta N 4- 9 Williams 125 Mon 08/22 Atlanta N 2- 4 Zambrano 126 Tue 08/23 Atlanta N - Williams 127 Wed 08/24 Atlanta - Prior CUBS' hitters vs. Atlanta..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Hollandsworth 11 1 4 0 0 1 7 2 0 0 0.364 0.333 0.636 0.970 Lee 8 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 4 0.250 0.333 0.625 0.958 Ramirez 19 1 5 0 0 1 8 3 1 1 0.263 0.300 0.421 0.721 Lawton 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Walker 18 2 4 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0.222 0.263 0.333 0.596 Barrett 13 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0.231 0.286 0.231 0.516 Burnitz 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 0.143 0.368 0.143 0.511 Macias 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 Hairston 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0.111 0.273 0.111 0.384 Blanco 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 Perez 19 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0.158 0.158 0.158 0.316 Patterson 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.083 0.083 0.083 0.167 Cedeno 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Dubois 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Atla 156 7 30 2 0 3 41 6 11 22 0.192 0.244 0.263 0.507 overall 4327 553 1182 253 20 155 1940 529 326 701 0.273 0.327 0.448 0.776 CUBS' pitchers vs. Atlanta..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Mitre 2.3 3 0 0 1 1 0 50 3.86 3.86 0.00 1.71 0.00 Remlinger 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 31 0.00 18.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Wuertz 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Dempster 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 23 9.00 9.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Zambrano 8.0 3 2 2 0 10 1 118 0.00 11.25 1.13 0.38 2.25 Williams 6.0 8 3 3 2 3 1 102 3.00 4.50 1.50 1.67 4.50 Ohman 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 1 30 4.50 9.00 4.50 1.00 4.50 Wood 6.0 8 5 5 3 7 2 129 4.50 10.50 3.00 1.83 7.50 Maddux 6.0 8 5 5 1 6 0 86 1.50 9.00 0.00 1.50 7.50 Prior 4.7 7 6 6 4 5 1 102 7.71 9.64 1.93 2.36 11.57 Novoa 1.0 4 3 3 1 2 1 34 9.00 18.00 9.00 5.00 27.00 Rusch 0.0 2 3 3 0 0 1 12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 vs. Atla 41.0 47 28 28 14 42 8 741 3.07 9.22 1.76 1.49 6.15 overall 1108.7 1060 572 540 457 978 155 18366 3.71 7.94 1.26 1.37 4.38 Go CUBS !!!

Maybe.... but not this time around.

I didn't catch the 8th inning yesterday, as Gameday locked up in the 4th inning and I couldn't get it to reload; I couldn't get MLB audio to stay connected for more than 5 or 6 minutes at a time. Just a bad day all around, but according to the box score I read.... Macias entered the game in the 9th spot.

Worthless stats of the day for Monday....... CUBS are 7-8 on Mondays CUBS are 0-4 vs. Atlanta CUBS are 29-29 at night. CUBS are 30-30 at home. CUBS are 20-19 in games that open a series CUBS are 3-6 in games openning a homestand CUBS are 34-25 when they've won the previous game.... 25-39 after a loss CUBS are 8-7 when they've lost their previous 2 games CUBS are 48-21 when they get a quality start,... 12-43 when they don't CUBS are 21-41 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 39-23 when they don't CUBS are 19-16 in one run games, 10-9 in two run games. CUBS are 36-16 when they score first,.... 24-48 when they don't CUBS are 18-6 when they score in the first inning,... 42-58 when they don't CUBS have been outscored 67-43 in the first inning..... outscored 46-40 in the 9th CUBS are 14-11 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 17 of 25 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.06.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.09 CUBS score 4.44 R/G overall.... 4.40 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 1.25 HR/G overall.... 0.88 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/04 - 08/21 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 883 110 248 59 6 22 385 107 60 147 0.281 0.329 0.436 0.765 CUBS overall 4296 551 1175 254 19 155 1932 527 325 699 0.274 0.328 0.450 0.778 Zambrano's last 5 starts..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/17 vs. Houst 8.3 3 2 1 3 10 0 116 3.24 10.80 0.00 0.72 1.08 08/12 vs. St. L 6.0 6 0 0 1 5 0 96 1.50 7.50 0.00 1.17 0.00 08/07 vs. Mets 3.0 4 4 2 3 2 0 80 9.00 6.00 0.00 2.33 6.00 08/02 vs. Phila 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 104 1.13 4.50 0.00 0.63 0.00 07/27 vs. S.F. 7.3 11 3 3 4 4 0 120 4.91 4.91 0.00 2.05 3.68 5 game totals 32.7 28 9 6 12 25 0 516 3.31 6.89 0.00 1.22 1.65 Zambrano's splits..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 76.3 55 20 19 32 63 4 1213 3.77 7.43 0.47 1.14 2.24 Road 88.0 69 41 37 37 86 8 1432 3.78 8.80 0.82 1.20 3.78 Day 75.3 55 17 16 34 67 4 1210 4.06 8.00 0.48 1.18 1.91 Nite 89.0 69 44 40 35 82 8 1435 3.54 8.29 0.81 1.17 4.04 season totals 164.3 124 61 56 69 149 12 2645 3.78 8.16 0.66 1.17 3.07 CUBS' season series vs. Atlanta..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 81 Mon 07/04 @ Atlanta N 0- 4 Wood 82 Tue 07/05 @ Atlanta N 1- 5 Maddux 83 Thu 07/07 @ Atlanta 0- 6 Prior 84 Thu 07/07 @ Atlanta N 4- 9 Williams 125 Mon 08/22 Atlanta N - Zambrano 126 Tue 08/23 Atlanta N - Williams 127 Wed 08/24 Atlanta - Prior CUBS' hitters vs. Atlanta..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Hollandsworth 11 1 4 0 0 1 7 2 0 0 0.364 0.333 0.636 0.970 Ramirez 15 1 5 0 0 1 8 3 1 0 0.333 0.375 0.533 0.908 Burnitz 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 0.200 0.467 0.200 0.667 Macias 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.286 0.286 0.286 0.571 Walker 14 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0.214 0.267 0.286 0.552 Hairston 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0.111 0.273 0.111 0.384 Blanco 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 Barrett 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.111 0.200 0.111 0.311 Perez 16 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 Patterson 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.111 0.111 0.111 0.222 Cedeno 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Dubois 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Lee 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Atla 125 5 23 1 0 2 30 5 10 17 0.184 0.243 0.240 0.483 overall 4296 551 1175 252 20 154 1929 528 325 696 0.274 0.328 0.449 0.777 CUBS' pitchers vs. Atlanta..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Mitre 2.3 3 0 0 1 1 0 50 3.86 3.86 0.00 1.71 0.00 Remlinger 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 31 0.00 18.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Wuertz 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Dempster 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 23 9.00 9.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Williams 6.0 8 3 3 2 3 1 102 3.00 4.50 1.50 1.67 4.50 Ohman 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 1 30 4.50 9.00 4.50 1.00 4.50 Wood 5.0 6 3 3 3 6 1 102 5.40 10.80 1.80 1.80 5.40 Maddux 6.0 8 5 5 1 6 0 86 1.50 9.00 0.00 1.50 7.50 Prior 4.7 7 6 6 4 5 1 102 7.71 9.64 1.93 2.36 11.57 Novoa 1.0 4 3 3 1 2 1 34 9.00 18.00 9.00 5.00 27.00 Rusch 0.0 2 3 3 0 0 1 12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 vs. Atla 32.0 42 24 24 14 31 6 596 3.94 8.72 1.69 1.75 6.75 overall 1099.7 1055 568 536 457 967 153 18221 3.74 7.91 1.25 1.37 4.39 Go CUBS !!

Here's an even more amazing statistic(s)....... Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta World Series W L pct PA W L 1901 - 1990 6416 7450 0.463 6 2 2 1991 - 2004 1341 859 0.610 13 1 4 A testament to the job that Schurholz & Cox have done in Atlanta. Makes you wonder who the Tribune might find to accomplish such a turnaround after nearly a century of futility ???

Patterson AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 08/09 - 08/20 45 7 10 1 1 1 16 4 2 9 0.222 0.255 0.356 0.611

CUBS are 0-5 when they allow 4 home runs. Go CUBS !! yeah, right !!

That's only the 5th time in the last 15 games that this team has hit 2 home runs in a game...... CUBS, this is your wake up call !!!

BEERNUTS !! CUBS are 29-14 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 30-50 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Worthless stats of the day...... CUBS are 12-7 on Sundays CUBS are 4-2 vs. Colorado CUBS are 31-34 in the day time. CUBS are 30-33 on the road. CUBS are 21-17 in games that end a series CUBS are 5-4 in games ending a road trip CUBS are 34-25 when they've won the previous game.... 25-38 after a loss CUBS are 13-26 when the temperature is in the 70's CUBS are 19-16 in one run games, 10-8 in two run games. CUBS are 36-16 when they score first,.... 24-47 when they don't CUBS are 18-6 when they score in the first inning,... 42-57 when they don't CUBS have been outscored 66-43 in the first inning..... outscored 46-38 in the 9th CUBS are 12-14 when Maddux starts Maddux is 15 of 26 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.88.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.40 CUBS score 4.42 R/G overall.... 4.96 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 1.22 HR/G overall.... 1.27 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS' offensive support of Maddux..... 04/04 - 08/20 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 937 129 270 60 2 33 433 120 78 145 0.288 0.348 0.462 0.810 CUBS overall 4256 544 1161 250 18 151 1900 520 322 692 0.273 0.327 0.446 0.774 Maddux's last five starts..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 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. 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 07/26 vs. S.F. 8.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 89 2.25 3.38 0.00 1.25 2.25 5 game totals 35.0 35 15 15 7 19 2 440 1.80 4.89 0.51 1.20 3.86 Maddux's H/R & D/N 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 85.0 86 38 37 15 57 11 1198 1.59 6.04 1.16 1.19 3.92 Day 105.3 119 58 54 14 58 15 1476 1.20 4.96 1.28 1.26 4.61 Nite 58.3 58 26 26 14 43 6 797 2.16 6.63 0.93 1.23 4.01 season totals 163.7 177 84 80 28 101 21 2273 1.54 5.55 1.15 1.25 4.40 CUBS' season series vs. Colorado..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 45 Thu 05/26 Colorado 2- 5 Zambrano 46 Fri 05/27 Colorado 10- 3 Prior 47 Sat 05/28 Colorado 5- 1 Rusch 48 Sun 05/29 Colorado 11- 6 Mitre 122 Fri 08/19 @ Colorado 5- 3 Prior 123 Sat 08/20 @ Colorado N 2- 4 Rusch 124 Sun 08/21 @ Colorado - Maddux CUBS' hitters vs. Colorado..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 22 11 12 2 0 4 26 7 6 0 0.545 0.643 1.182 1.825 Barrett 12 1 5 3 0 0 8 0 3 0 0.417 0.563 0.667 1.229 Ramirez 25 3 10 1 0 2 17 9 2 4 0.400 0.444 0.680 1.124 Perez 25 5 10 3 0 1 16 4 2 2 0.400 0.444 0.640 1.084 Walker 17 4 5 0 1 1 10 3 3 2 0.294 0.400 0.588 0.988 Dubois 13 1 3 2 0 0 5 1 2 4 0.231 0.333 0.385 0.718 Burnitz 27 3 8 0 0 1 11 6 0 2 0.296 0.296 0.407 0.704 Hollandsworth 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650 Patterson 25 1 6 1 0 1 10 2 0 3 0.240 0.240 0.400 0.640 Hairston 11 5 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0.182 0.308 0.273 0.580 Lawton 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.250 Blanco 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Macias 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Garciaparra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Colo 214 35 65 13 1 10 110 34 21 26 0.304 0.367 0.514 0.881 overall 4256 544 1161 248 19 150 1897 521 322 689 0.273 0.327 0.446 0.773 CUBS' pitchers vs. Colorado..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wellemeyer 3.7 0 0 0 3 2 0 46 7.36 4.91 0.00 0.82 0.00 Wuertz 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 24 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Dempster 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 27 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Hawkins 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 24 9.00 9.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 Rusch 13.0 11 4 3 4 10 0 206 2.77 6.92 0.00 1.15 2.08 Prior 9.3 7 3 3 5 13 1 173 4.82 12.54 0.96 1.29 2.89 Zambrano 7.0 5 3 3 3 5 0 110 3.86 6.43 0.00 1.14 3.86 Borowski 2.3 2 1 1 0 2 1 42 0.00 7.71 3.86 0.86 3.86 Wood 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 1 28 4.50 9.00 4.50 1.00 4.50 Novoa 2.0 2 1 1 3 4 0 43 13.50 18.00 0.00 2.50 4.50 Ohman 2.7 3 2 2 1 4 1 55 3.38 13.50 3.38 1.50 6.75 Mitre 5.3 9 6 6 1 1 3 87 1.69 1.69 5.06 1.88 10.13 Bartosh 0.7 1 1 1 2 0 1 11 27.00 0.00 13.50 4.50 13.50 vs. Colo 53.0 45 22 21 24 48 8 876 4.08 8.15 1.36 1.30 3.57 overall 1091.7 1045 559 527 455 959 149 18083 3.75 7.91 1.23 1.37 4.34 Go CUBS !!

C'mon.. Neifi Perez AB.. why wouldnt it work?? Hey, I think it would have been a great call !! But the squeeze just isn't in Baker's arsenal for some reason.

I don't think Baker has called for a squeeze in the 2.5 years he's been here, has he ???

What is it gonna take to get through to these guys ???? 108 pitches seen, 35 plate appearances = 3.09 P/PA.

Oh for a bomb by Beernuts !!

Worthless stats of the day...... CUBS are 8-11 on Saturdays CUBS are 4-1 vs. Colorado CUBS are 29-28 at night. CUBS are 30-32 on the road. CUBS are 34-24 when they've won the previous game.... 25-38 after a loss CUBS are 3-5 when they've won their previous 3 games CUBS are 16-10 when the temperature is 85 degrees or above CUBS are 38-17 when they make at least 10 hits, 21-45 when they don't. CUBS are 22-11 when they take 4 or more walks, 37-51 when they don't CUBS are 48-44 when they strikeout 7 times or less, 11-18 when they k 8 or more times. CUBS are 27-37 when they GIDP, 32-25 when they don't CUBS are 27-34 when they commit an error, 32-28 when they don't CUBS are 29-14 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 30-49 when they don't CUBS are 5-6 when Rusch starts Rusch is 5 of 11 in quality starts Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.84.... Rusch has not pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.44 R/G overall.... 3.73 R/G when Rusch pitches CUBS hit 1.24 HR/G overall.... 1.36 HR/G when Rusch pitches CUBS' offensive support of Rusch..... 04/04 - 08/19 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Rusch 357 41 88 15 2 15 152 37 34 63 0.246 0.312 0.426 0.738 CUBS overall 4219 542 1150 246 18 151 1885 518 320 691 0.273 0.327 0.447 0.774 Rusch's last five starts..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 08/15 vs. Houst 3.3 10 5 5 2 4 1 92 5.40 10.80 2.70 3.60 13.50 06/23 vs. Milw 6.0 7 4 4 3 2 2 103 4.50 3.00 3.00 1.67 6.00 06/18 vs. Yanks 5.0 9 5 4 1 3 0 98 1.80 5.40 0.00 2.00 7.20 06/12 vs. Bost 5.7 11 5 5 1 7 2 114 1.59 11.12 3.18 2.12 7.94 06/07 vs. Toro 6.0 4 3 2 3 2 0 103 4.50 3.00 0.00 1.17 3.00 5 game totals 26.0 41 22 20 10 18 5 510 3.46 6.23 1.73 1.96 6.92 Rusch's prvious start vs. Colorado..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/28 vs. Colo 7.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 113 3.86 5.14 0.00 1.00 1.29 Rusch's splits..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 49.0 57 20 18 17 41 5 863 3.12 7.53 0.92 1.51 3.31 Road 51.7 62 31 30 25 40 5 951 4.35 6.97 0.87 1.68 5.23 Day 47.3 58 23 21 26 37 4 882 4.94 7.04 0.76 1.77 3.99 Nite 53.3 61 28 27 16 44 6 932 2.70 7.43 1.01 1.44 4.56 season totals 100.7 119 51 48 42 81 10 1814 3.75 7.24 0.89 1.60 4.29 CUBS' season series vs. Colorado..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 45 Thu 05/26 Colorado 2- 5 Zambrano 46 Fri 05/27 Colorado 10- 3 Prior 47 Sat 05/28 Colorado 5- 1 Rusch 48 Sun 05/29 Colorado 11- 6 Mitre 122 Fri 08/19 @ Colorado 5- 3 Prior 123 Sat 08/20 @ Colorado N - Rusch 124 Sun 08/21 @ Colorado - Maddux CUBS' hitters vs. Colorado..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 18 10 10 0 0 4 22 7 5 0 0.556 0.652 1.222 1.874 Ramirez 21 3 9 1 0 2 16 8 2 4 0.429 0.478 0.762 1.240 Walker 12 4 4 0 1 1 9 3 3 2 0.333 0.467 0.750 1.217 Perez 21 4 9 2 0 1 14 4 2 2 0.429 0.478 0.667 1.145 Barrett 9 1 3 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 0.333 0.500 0.556 1.056 Patterson 21 1 6 1 0 1 10 2 0 3 0.286 0.286 0.476 0.762 Dubois 13 1 3 2 0 0 5 1 2 4 0.231 0.333 0.385 0.718 Burnitz 23 3 6 0 0 1 9 6 0 2 0.261 0.261 0.391 0.652 Hairston 10 5 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0.200 0.333 0.300 0.633 Hollandsworth 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 Blanco 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Lawton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Macias 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Colo 177 33 54 9 1 10 95 32 19 25 0.305 0.376 0.537 0.912 overall 4219 542 1150 244 19 150 1882 519 320 688 0.273 0.327 0.446 0.773 CUBS' pitchers vs. Colorado..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wellemeyer 3.7 0 0 0 3 2 0 46 7.36 4.91 0.00 0.82 0.00 Dempster 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 27 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Wuertz 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 24 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Hawkins 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 24 9.00 9.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 18 9.00 18.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Rusch 7.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 113 3.86 5.14 0.00 1.00 1.29 Prior 9.3 7 3 3 5 13 1 173 4.82 12.54 0.96 1.29 2.89 Borowski 2.3 2 1 1 0 2 1 42 0.00 7.71 3.86 0.86 3.86 Zambrano 7.0 5 3 3 3 5 0 110 3.86 6.43 0.00 1.14 3.86 Novoa 1.7 2 1 1 3 3 0 36 16.20 16.20 0.00 3.00 5.40 Ohman 2.0 2 2 2 0 3 1 38 0.00 13.50 4.50 1.00 9.00 Mitre 5.3 9 6 6 1 1 3 87 1.69 1.69 5.06 1.88 10.13 Bartosh 0.7 1 1 1 2 0 1 11 27.00 0.00 13.50 4.50 13.50 vs. Colo 45.0 36 18 18 22 40 7 749 4.40 8.00 1.40 1.29 3.60 overall 1083.7 1036 555 524 453 951 148 17956 3.76 7.90 1.23 1.37 4.35 Go CUBS !!

I've been catching all the games on the radio recently, and I keep hearing Santo tell me how Corey is swinging down on the ball since he came back up. It's somewhat disturbing to hear you say that he's uppercutting it again.

Ah come on, Fred. You can do better than that. The four-run thing has been common knowledge since 2003. :-) IF single by Lee. Nice! :D Well, those ratios work about the same for all clubs.... but since you asked.... CUBS are 33-12 when they score 5 or more runs.... 27-50 when they don't. Go CUBS !!

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Fuentes in to pitch (2nd), Closser in at c (7th) for Colorado Hairston, pinch hitting for Lawton, grounded out to third, 5-3 Walker struck out swinging Lee singled to third base Ramirez singled to shortstop, Lee to second Burnitz doubled to right field, Lee scored, Ramirez to third Perez walked (intentionally) Patterson struck out swinging 1 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 men left on base BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Quintanilla grounded out to third Sullivan struck out swinging Gonzalez flied out to left 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 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 5 10 0 Colorado 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 2 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Prior (9-4) S: Dempster (19) L: Kim (3-10) T: 3:16 A: 30,155 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (9), Colorado: Piedra (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 6.0 5 2 2 2 10 1 118 Novoa 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 20 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 18 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10