Fred Hornkohl

If I recall, he was also the President of minor league baseball at one time. That's interesting. I never knew that.

Maybe he could fill in a little in left field..... 07/14 - 08/17 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Zambrano 19 1 6 2 0 1 11 3 1 3 0.316 0.350 0.579 0.929

Having been at Turner Field last month and watching the CUBS play 4 truly uninspired games and get their butts handed to them.... I feel like they have a score to settle with los bravos. I certainly hope that the CUBS share in this feeling and play with some attitude next week they face Atlanta again.

Indeed. Dempster IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/11 - 07/20 25.7 13 4 4 10 23 1 382 3.51 8.06 0.35 0.90 1.40 07/21 - 08/17 12.0 17 8 6 11 7 0 252 8.25 5.25 0.00 2.33 4.50 05/11 - 08/17 37.7 30 12 10 21 30 1 634 5.02 7.17 0.24 1.35 2.39

Dempster seems to be doing better in the relief roll.... but those walk rates are still scary. 04/04 - 08/17 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster (SP) 34.7 41 23 22 22 38 3 620 5.71 9.87 0.78 1.82 5.71 Dempster (RP) 37.7 30 12 10 21 30 1 634 5.02 7.17 0.24 1.35 2.39 overall 72.3 71 35 32 43 68 4 1254 5.35 8.46 0.50 1.58 3.98

I remember Bobby Bragan as the manager of the Braves back in the late 50's / early 60's. He was a very good manager. Nice to hear he's still alive and well.

I came up with .276 also...... 08/09 - 08/16 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Patterson 29 6 8 1 1 1 14 4 2 6 0.276 0.323 0.483 0.805 That doesn't include Wed's game where Corey went 0-4.

Didn't realize it until I read the boxscore..... CUBS didn't draw a single walk in the game. That's the 4th time in the last 12 games that they have failed to draw a walk.

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

Zambrano at 99 pitches through seven, and still dealing !!

CUBS are 26-37 when they GIDP, 31-25 when they don't Go CUBS !!

CUBS are 46-22 when they score 4 runs or more, 11-40 when they don't Go CUBS !!

NOMAH !!

Zambrano with 34 pitches throught 3 innings. Very efficient.

CARLOS !!

Carlos with a really fine first inning. Great stuff. Makes me feel a whole lot more confident about our chances tonight.

The Cubs also got Nomar, Wood, and Williamson. Nomar is only barely starting to find his swing again, which he hasn't had all year... Wood and williamson are out of the bullpen, which only helps you not lose games, they can't win anything for you... I know it's a very small sample size.... but just what kind of numbers do you think Nomar is capable of when he finds that elusive swing of his ???? Garciaparra AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 08/05 - 08/15 35 3 12 1 0 1 16 3 1 1 0.343 0.378 0.457 0.836

Macias hasn't played anywhere near the level that Perez did in April, or again from mid-May to early June. But he has been very solid, not spectacular, for nearly 4 months now in limited action...... Macias AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/27 - 08/15 100 9 33 6 0 0 39 9 2 13 0.330 0.337 0.390 0.727

Worthless stats of the day..... CUBS are 10-7 on Tuesdays CUBS are 3-4 vs. Houston CUBS are 27-28 at night. CUBS are 27-32 on the road. CUBS are 37-17 when they make at least 10 hits, 19-45 when they don't. CUBS are 21-11 when they take 4 or more walks, 35-51 when they don't CUBS are 46-44 when they strikeout 7 times or less, 10-18 when they k 8 or more times. CUBS are 26-17 when they steal a base, 30-45 when they don't CUBS are 26-37 when they GIDP, 30-25 when they don't CUBS are 26-34 when they commit an error, 30-28 when they don't CUBS are 28-14 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 28-49 when they don't CUBS are 40-33 when the opponents strikeout 8 or less times, 16-29 when they K more than 8 times. CUBS are 10-29 when the opponents steal a base, 46-33 when they don't CUBS are 10-28 when the opponents execute a sac bunt, 46-34 when they don't CUBS are 35-29 when the opponents GIDP, 21-33 when they don't CUBS are 21-34 when the opponents hit 2 or more doubles, 35-28 when they don't CUBS are 2-12 when the opponents triple, 54-49 when they don't. CUBS are 13-25 when the opponents hit 2 or more HRs, 43-37 when they don't. CUBS are 45-22 when they score 4 runs or more, 11-40 when they don't CUBS are 39-7 when they give up 3 runs or less, 17-55 when they don't CUBS are 11-14 when Maddux starts Maddux is 14 of 25 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.88.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.72 CUBS score 4.45 R/G overall.... 5.00 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 1.24 HR/G overall.... 1.28 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS' offensive support of Maddux..... 04/04 - 08/15 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 901 125 261 58 2 32 419 116 75 135 0.290 0.350 0.465 0.815 CUBS overall 4115 529 1122 242 18 147 1841 505 311 668 0.273 0.327 0.447 0.775 Maddux's last five starts..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 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 07/26 vs. S.F. 8.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 89 2.25 3.38 0.00 1.25 2.25 07/21 vs. Cincy 5.0 9 3 3 0 4 2 71 0.00 7.20 3.60 1.80 5.40 5 game totals 33.0 41 17 17 5 18 4 441 1.36 4.91 1.09 1.39 4.64 Maddux's previous starts against Houston..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/29 vs. Houst 6.0 7 2 2 1 3 1 87 1.50 4.50 1.50 1.33 3.00 05/25 vs. Houst 7.7 8 5 5 0 4 1 94 0.00 4.70 1.17 1.04 5.87 Maddux' 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 78.0 83 37 36 13 52 11 1128 1.50 6.00 1.27 1.23 4.15 Day 105.3 119 58 54 14 58 15 1476 1.20 4.96 1.28 1.26 4.61 Nite 51.3 55 25 25 12 38 6 727 2.10 6.66 1.05 1.31 4.38 season totals 156.7 174 83 79 26 96 21 2203 1.49 5.51 1.21 1.28 4.54 CUBS' season series vs. Houston..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 22 Fri 04/29 @ Houston N 3- 2 Maddux 23 Sat 04/30 @ Houston N 5- 7 Wood 24 Sun 05/01 @ Houston 3- 9 Prior 42 Mon 05/23 Houston N 4- 1 Rusch 43 Tue 05/24 Houston N 4- 2 Mitre 44 Wed 05/25 Houston N 1- 5 Maddux 119 Mon 08/15 @ Houston N 4-12 Rusch 120 Tue 08/16 @ Houston N - Maddux 121 Wed 08/17 @ Houston N - Zambrano 154 Fri 09/23 Houston - Rusch 155 Sat 09/24 Houston - Maddux 156 Sun 09/25 Houston - Zambrano 159 Thu 09/29 @ Houston N - Rusch 160 Fri 09/30 @ Houston N - Maddux 161 Sat 10/01 @ Houston N - Zambrano 162 Sun 10/02 @ Houston - Williams CUBS' hitters vs. Houston..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Murton 5 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0.400 0.400 1.000 1.400 Dubois 11 2 5 2 0 1 10 2 0 4 0.455 0.455 0.909 1.364 Cedeno 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 Lee 19 5 5 1 0 1 9 4 8 5 0.263 0.464 0.474 0.938 Patterson 19 3 6 0 1 1 11 1 1 5 0.316 0.350 0.579 0.929 Burnitz 27 3 8 2 0 2 16 7 1 4 0.296 0.310 0.593 0.903 Garciaparra 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833 Hollandsworth 14 0 4 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0.286 0.333 0.429 0.762 Walker 7 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0.143 0.143 0.571 0.714 Perez 23 3 7 1 0 0 8 1 1 2 0.304 0.360 0.348 0.708 Macias 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250 0.400 0.250 0.650 Barrett 24 2 7 0 0 0 7 2 0 3 0.292 0.292 0.292 0.583 Hairston 21 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 4 4 0.190 0.320 0.238 0.558 Ramirez 28 1 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 0.143 0.143 0.214 0.357 Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 Grieve 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Houst 224 24 57 12 1 7 92 21 19 38 0.254 0.313 0.411 0.724 overall 4115 529 1122 242 19 147 1843 506 311 665 0.273 0.327 0.448 0.775 CUBS' pitchers vs. Houston..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Ohman 2.7 1 0 0 2 2 0 52 6.75 6.75 0.00 1.13 0.00 Dempster 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hawkins 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Novoa 1.7 1 0 0 1 2 0 25 5.40 10.80 0.00 1.20 0.00 Remlinger 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Mitre 7.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 108 1.29 6.43 0.00 0.86 2.57 Bartosh 2.0 2 1 1 1 4 0 37 4.50 18.00 0.00 1.50 4.50 Maddux 13.7 15 7 7 1 7 2 181 0.66 4.61 1.32 1.17 4.61 Rusch 13.3 19 7 7 5 12 2 250 3.38 8.10 1.35 1.80 4.73 Wuertz 5.0 5 3 3 6 5 0 103 10.80 9.00 0.00 2.20 5.40 Wood 3.0 4 3 3 2 6 0 54 6.00 18.00 0.00 2.00 9.00 Williamson 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 10 0.00 9.00 9.00 1.00 9.00 Prior 5.0 7 8 8 3 7 2 107 5.40 12.60 3.60 2.00 14.40 Wellemeyer 0.3 3 6 6 3 1 2 24 81.00 27.00 54.00 18.00162.00 vs. Houst 59.7 64 38 38 25 55 9 995 3.77 8.30 1.36 1.49 5.73 overall 1056.7 1023 549 519 443 919 147 17571 3.77 7.83 1.25 1.39 4.42 Go CUBS !!

Of all the stats I've ever read, that's by far the most conclusive helping me work out today's result. 8) Here..... this one is much more relevant and has far better predictive ability with respect to the winner of tonight's contest..... CUBS are 0-2 on days when Hornkohl gets married.... 9,813-9,267 when he doesn't. Go CUBS !!!

Yes. CUBS are 15-10 when the temperature is 85 degree or above

The franchise we know as The Chicago Cubs is currently in it's 130th season of competition in the National League. To casually throw around phrases like "unprecedented to the ..... franchise" suggests that you have done little or no research on this team. You may want to start with 1935. Start with 1935? For a little more relevant argument, how about going back 20 years and pull out the years when the monster last month carried the Cubs into the playoffs....... In 1984 the CUBS went 16-11 (0.592) in September to finish 96-65 (0.596). While that's good, I'd hardly call it a monster last month.

The problem is that 3/4 isn't good enough. The Cubs need to play .800 ball in order to win the 93-95 games it's going to take to win the WC. I'm not sure if any team has ever maintained that level of play for that long of a stretch. The 1906 Cubs went 50-8 to end the season, a .862 winning %. On July 24th the Cubs were 61-28 at the end of the season they had 36 losses and had another 55 wins. That '06 CUBS team went 116-36 for the season.... that's a MLB record winning pct of 0.7632 !!!

Worthless stats of the day........ CUBS are 7-7 on Mondays CUBS are 3-3 vs. Houston CUBS are 27-27 at night. CUBS are 27-31 on the road. CUBS are 19-18 in games that open a series CUBS are 6-3 in games openning a road trip CUBS are 32-23 when they've won the previous game.... 24-38 after a loss CUBS are 11-24 when the temperature is in the 70's CUBS are 45-20 when they get a quality start,... 12-41 when they don't CUBS are 20-40 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 37-21 when they don't CUBS are 46-23 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 11-38 when they don't CUBS are 30-24 when they see at least 3.7 Pit/PA.... 27-37 when they don't CUBS are 19-16 in one run games, 8-7 in two run games. CUBS are 34-15 when they score first,.... 23-46 when they don't CUBS are 16-5 when they score in the first inning,... 41-56 when they don't CUBS have been outscored 61-39 in the first inning..... outscored 46-37 in the 9th CUBS are 5-5 when Rusch starts Rusch is 5 of 10 in quality starts Rusch's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.32.... Rusch has not pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.44 R/G overall.... 3.70 R/G when Rusch pitches CUBS hit 1.22 HR/G overall.... 1.30 HR/G when Rusch pitches CUBS' offensive support of Rusch..... 04/04 - 08/14 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Rusch 325 37 81 15 1 13 137 34 29 60 0.249 0.311 0.422 0.733 CUBS overall 4083 525 1115 242 17 145 1826 502 306 665 0.273 0.327 0.447 0.775 Rusch's last five starts..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 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 06/02 vs. S.D. 9.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 122 1.00 7.00 0.00 0.56 0.00 5 game totals 31.7 35 17 15 9 21 4 540 2.56 5.97 1.14 1.39 4.26 Rusch's previous start against Houston..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/23 vs. Houst 8.0 5 1 1 1 6 1 108 1.13 6.75 1.13 0.75 1.13 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 48.3 52 26 25 23 36 4 859 4.28 6.70 0.74 1.55 4.66 Day 47.3 58 23 21 26 37 4 882 4.94 7.04 0.76 1.77 3.99 Nite 50.0 51 23 22 14 40 5 840 2.52 7.20 0.90 1.30 3.96 season totals 97.3 109 46 43 40 77 9 1722 3.70 7.12 0.83 1.53 3.98 CUBS season series vs. Houston..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 22 Fri 04/29 @ Houston N 3- 2 Maddux 23 Sat 04/30 @ Houston N 5- 7 Wood 24 Sun 05/01 @ Houston 3- 9 Prior 42 Mon 05/23 Houston N 4- 1 Rusch 43 Tue 05/24 Houston N 4- 2 Mitre 44 Wed 05/25 Houston N 1- 5 Maddux 119 Mon 08/15 @ Houston N - Rusch 120 Tue 08/16 @ Houston N - Maddux 121 Wed 08/17 @ Houston N - Zambrano 154 Fri 09/23 Houston - Rusch 155 Sat 09/24 Houston - Maddux 156 Sun 09/25 Houston - Zambrano 159 Thu 09/29 @ Houston N - Rusch 160 Fri 09/30 @ Houston N - Maddux 161 Sat 10/01 @ Houston N - Zambrano 162 Sun 10/02 @ Houston - Williams CUBS' hitters vs. Houston..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Dubois 11 2 5 2 0 1 10 2 0 4 0.455 0.455 0.909 1.364 Burnitz 23 3 8 2 0 2 16 7 1 3 0.348 0.360 0.696 1.056 Cedeno 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 Lee 18 4 4 1 0 1 8 4 6 5 0.222 0.400 0.444 0.844 Hollandsworth 13 0 4 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0.308 0.357 0.462 0.819 Patterson 16 2 5 0 0 1 8 1 0 5 0.313 0.313 0.500 0.813 Perez 22 3 7 1 0 0 8 1 1 2 0.318 0.375 0.364 0.739 Macias 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Barrett 20 2 6 0 0 0 6 1 0 2 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.600 Hairston 21 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 4 4 0.190 0.320 0.238 0.558 Ramirez 25 1 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 0.160 0.160 0.240 0.400 Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 Walker 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Grieve 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Houst 192 20 50 12 0 5 77 18 14 35 0.260 0.311 0.401 0.712 overall 4083 525 1115 242 18 145 1828 503 306 662 0.273 0.327 0.448 0.775 CUBS' pitchers vs. Houston..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hawkins 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 Novoa 1.7 1 0 0 1 2 0 25 5.40 10.80 0.00 1.20 0.00 Ohman 1.7 1 0 0 2 0 0 33 10.80 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.00 Remlinger 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Rusch 10.0 9 2 2 3 8 1 158 2.70 7.20 0.90 1.20 1.80 Mitre 7.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 108 1.29 6.43 0.00 0.86 2.57 Bartosh 2.0 2 1 1 1 4 0 37 4.50 18.00 0.00 1.50 4.50 Maddux 13.7 15 7 7 1 7 2 181 0.66 4.61 1.32 1.17 4.61 Wood 3.0 4 3 3 2 6 0 54 6.00 18.00 0.00 2.00 9.00 Wuertz 3.0 3 3 3 4 4 0 67 12.00 12.00 0.00 2.33 9.00 Prior 5.0 7 8 8 3 7 2 107 5.40 12.60 3.60 2.00 14.40 vs. Houst 52.0 48 26 26 18 46 5 814 3.12 7.96 0.87 1.27 4.50 overall 1049.0 1007 537 507 436 910 143 17390 3.74 7.81 1.23 1.38 4.35 Go CUBS !!