Fred Hornkohl

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING Wuertz in to pitch for the CUBS Zambrano flied out to center field Reyes singled to left center field Cairo grounded into a DP, 3-6-1, Reyes out at second 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 NY Mets 2 0 2 0 4 5 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 3.0 4 4 2 3 2 0 80 Wuertz 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 08

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING Perez flied out (foul) to left field Lee grounded out to short, 6-3 Ramirez popped out (foul) to the catcher 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 0 0 0 0 1 1 NY Mets 2 0 2 4 4 0

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING Cairo singled to right field Beltran walked, Cairo to second Floyd walked, Cairo to third, Beltran to second Wright flied out to left field, Cairo scored, Beltran to third Cameron struck out (called) Piazza singled to center field, Beltran scored, Floyd to second Anderson popped out to the catcher 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 1 1 NY Mets 2 0 2 4 4 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 3.0 4 4 2 3 2 0 80

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING Macias grounded out to short, 6-3 Zambrano struck out swinging Lawton grounded out to second, 4-3 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 0 0 0 1 1 NY Mets 2 0 2 2 0

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Piazza walked Anderson flied out to left field Piazza took second base on a passed ball Zambrano grounded out to second, 4-3, Piazza to third Reyes grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 1 1 NY Mets 2 0 2 2 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 2.0 2 2 0 1 1 0 49

CUBS are 8-28 when they give up 1 or more runs in the first inning. Go CUBS.

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Ramirez walked Garciaparra singled to shortstop, Ramirez to second Hollandsworth grounded into a DP, 4-6-3, Garciaparra out at second Barrett grounded out to short, 6-3 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 0 0 1 1 NY Mets 2 2 2 0

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Reyes flied out to left field Cairo struck out swinging Beltran grounded to third, safe at first on a throwing error, E5 Floyd singled to center field, Beltran scored, Floyd to second on the throw Wright singled to left field, Floyd scored Cameron grounded out to second, 4-3 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 1 NY Mets 2 2 2 0 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 1.0 2 2 0 0 1 0 32

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Lawton flied out to right field Perez grounded out to second, 4-3 Lee grounded out to third, 5-3 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 0 0 0 NY Mets . 0 0 0

Look, I don't like this lineup much either.... but keep it civil. This is a family board, and there's just no reason to make remarks like that.

Take some time while you're waiting for the game to start, and look up the Cardinals' record when trailing by 2 after 8 innings. I'm sure we'd all be interested to know.

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday..... CUBS are 11-6 on Sundays CUBS are 2-3 vs. NY Mets CUBS are 26-26 at night. CUBS are 27-30 on the road. CUBS are 19-15 in games that end a series CUBS are 5-3 in games ending a road trip CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 22-34 after a loss CUBS are 1-2 when they've lost their previous 4 games CUBS are 43-18 when they get a quality start,... 11-38 when they don't CUBS are 44-22 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 10-34 when they don't Team record by first inning runs allowed W L pct 0. 46 28 0.622 1. 6 19 0.240 2. 0 4 0.000 3. 2 3 0.400 4. 0 2 0.000 Totals 54 56 0.491 CUBS are 12-10 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 15 of 22 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.35.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.09 CUBS score 4.48 R/G overall.... 4.59 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 1.25 HR/G overall.... 0.86 HR/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/04 - 08/06 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 787 101 221 53 6 19 343 98 55 136 0.281 0.331 0.436 0.766 CUBS overall 3809 493 1035 226 17 137 1706 472 290 634 0.272 0.327 0.448 0.775 Zambrano's last five starts..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 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 07/22 vs. St. L 9.0 3 1 1 0 12 1 118 0.00 12.00 1.00 0.33 1.00 07/17 vs. Pitts 8.0 5 1 0 4 4 0 95 4.50 4.50 0.00 1.13 0.00 07/08 vs. Flor 7.0 6 3 3 6 7 1 120 7.71 9.00 1.29 1.71 3.86 5 game totals 39.3 29 8 7 15 31 2 557 3.43 7.09 0.46 1.12 1.60 Zambrano's splits..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 70.3 49 20 19 31 58 4 1117 3.97 7.42 0.51 1.14 2.43 Road 76.7 62 35 34 31 74 8 1236 3.64 8.69 0.94 1.21 3.99 Day 69.3 49 17 16 33 62 4 1114 4.28 8.05 0.52 1.18 2.08 Nite 77.7 62 38 37 29 70 8 1239 3.36 8.11 0.93 1.17 4.29 season totals 147.0 111 55 53 62 132 12 2353 3.80 8.08 0.73 1.18 3.24 CUBS' season series vs. NY Mets..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 31 Mon 05/09 New York N 4- 7 Leicester 32 Tue 05/10 New York N 7- 0 Maddux 33 Wed 05/11 New York 4- 3 Prior 109 Fri 08/05 @ New York N 5- 9 Hill 110 Sat 08/06 @ New York 0- 2 Maddux 111 Sun 08/07 @ New York - Zambrano CUBS' hitters vs. NY Mets..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Blanco 5 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 0.600 0.714 0.800 1.514 Barrett 12 1 5 1 0 1 9 5 0 2 0.417 0.417 0.750 1.167 Lee 15 4 4 1 0 2 11 2 3 5 0.267 0.389 0.733 1.122 Ramirez 12 2 4 1 0 1 8 2 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 Patterson 17 2 5 0 0 2 11 3 1 1 0.294 0.333 0.647 0.980 Hairston 10 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0.400 0.455 0.400 0.855 Burnitz 19 4 5 0 0 1 8 3 1 4 0.263 0.300 0.421 0.721 Perez 17 2 4 2 0 0 6 1 1 2 0.235 0.278 0.353 0.631 Macias 12 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.333 0.583 Dubois 9 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 0.111 0.111 0.444 0.556 Grieve 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 Walker 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.143 0.250 0.143 0.393 Lawton 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.143 0.250 0.143 0.393 Murton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Cedeno 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Garciaparra 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hollandsworth 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Mets 166 20 42 7 0 8 73 18 12 27 0.253 0.307 0.440 0.747 overall 3809 493 1035 225 18 135 1701 472 290 633 0.272 0.327 0.447 0.773 CUBS' pitchers vs. NY Mets..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Ohman 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 28 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Wellemeyer 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 26 4.50 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Remlinger 1.7 0 0 0 0 3 0 23 0.00 16.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 Bartosh 1.3 2 0 0 0 3 0 33 0.00 20.25 0.00 1.50 0.00 Novoa 1.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 0.00 6.75 0.00 0.75 0.00 Wuertz 1.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 6.75 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 9.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 0.00 18.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Prior 7.0 2 2 1 3 7 0 110 3.86 9.00 0.00 0.71 1.29 Maddux 13.7 7 2 2 5 15 0 199 3.29 9.88 0.00 0.88 1.32 Dempster 4.0 8 3 3 2 4 0 82 4.50 9.00 0.00 2.50 6.75 Rusch 2.3 4 2 2 1 1 0 41 3.86 3.86 0.00 2.14 7.71 Hawkins 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 17 0.00 0.00 9.00 2.00 9.00 Leicester 3.0 5 4 4 1 3 2 59 3.00 9.00 6.00 2.00 12.00 Hill 1.3 7 7 7 2 1 0 50 13.50 6.75 0.00 6.75 47.25 vs. Mets 44.0 40 21 20 17 45 3 740 3.48 9.20 0.61 1.30 4.09 overall 978.0 932 492 467 404 838 132 16155 3.72 7.71 1.21 1.37 4.30 Go CUBS !!

why can't this team ever pull out wins like that against good teams.... coughNeifihitagrandslamcough that was one case, the good teams seem to win like that all the time... There's perception.... and then there's reality.

Worthless stats of the day for Saturday..... CUBS are 8-9 on Saturdays CUBS are 37-26 from Sun thru Wed, 16-29 on Thur, Fri & Sat. CUBS are 2-2 vs. NY Mets CUBS are 28-29 in the day time. CUBS are 27-29 on the road. CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 22-33 after a loss CUBS are 3-3 when they've lost their previous 3 games CUBS are 18-16 in one run games, 8-6 in two run games. CUBS are 33-15 when they score first,.... 21-40 when they don't CUBS are 15-5 when they score in the first inning,... 39-50 when they don't CUBS are 10-13 when Maddux starts Maddux is 13 of 23 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.96.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.92 CUBS score 4.52 R/G overall.... 4.96 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 1.26 HR/G overall.... 1.30 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS' offensive support of Maddux..... 04/04 - 08/05 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 832 114 241 53 2 30 388 107 69 127 0.290 0.349 0.466 0.816 CUBS overall 3779 493 1031 225 17 137 1701 472 288 629 0.273 0.328 0.450 0.778 Maddux's last five starts..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 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 07/16 vs. Pitts 8.0 5 3 2 1 6 1 101 1.13 6.75 1.13 0.75 2.25 07/10 vs. Flor 8.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 98 0.00 3.38 0.00 0.50 0.00 5 game totals 33.0 34 14 13 4 17 4 427 1.09 4.64 1.09 1.15 3.55 Maddux's previous start against the Mets..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/10 vs. Mets 6.7 3 0 0 3 10 0 100 4.05 13.50 0.00 0.90 0.00 Maddux's splits..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 69.7 79 42 39 13 39 9 961 1.68 5.04 1.16 1.32 5.04 Road 71.0 79 35 34 11 47 11 1029 1.39 5.96 1.39 1.27 4.31 Day 89.3 103 52 48 12 48 14 1263 1.21 4.84 1.41 1.29 4.84 Nite 51.3 55 25 25 12 38 6 727 2.10 6.66 1.05 1.31 4.38 season totals 140.7 158 77 73 24 86 20 1990 1.54 5.50 1.28 1.29 4.67 CUBS' season series vs. NY Mets..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 31 Mon 05/09 New York N 4- 7 Leicester 32 Tue 05/10 New York N 7- 0 Maddux 33 Wed 05/11 New York 4- 3 Prior 109 Fri 08/05 @ New York N 5- 9 Hill 110 Sat 08/06 @ New York - Maddux 111 Sun 08/07 @ New York - Zambrano CUBS' hitters vs. NY Mets..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Patterson 13 2 5 0 0 2 11 3 1 1 0.385 0.429 0.846 1.275 Blanco 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.500 0.750 0.500 1.250 Barrett 12 1 5 1 0 1 9 5 0 2 0.417 0.417 0.750 1.167 Lee 15 4 4 1 0 2 11 2 3 5 0.267 0.389 0.733 1.122 Ramirez 12 2 4 1 0 1 8 2 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 Burnitz 15 4 5 0 0 1 8 3 1 3 0.333 0.375 0.533 0.908 Hairston 10 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0.400 0.455 0.400 0.855 Perez 13 2 4 2 0 0 6 1 1 2 0.308 0.357 0.462 0.819 Macias 9 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0.222 0.222 0.333 0.556 Dubois 9 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 0.111 0.111 0.444 0.556 Grieve 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 Walker 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 Lawton 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 Murton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Cedeno 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Garciaparra 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hollandsworth 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Mets 136 20 38 6 0 8 68 18 10 22 0.279 0.333 0.500 0.833 overall 3779 493 1031 224 18 135 1696 472 288 628 0.273 0.328 0.449 0.776 CUBS' pitchers vs. NY Mets..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Maddux 6.7 3 0 0 3 10 0 100 4.05 13.50 0.00 0.90 0.00 Wellemeyer 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 26 4.50 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Remlinger 1.7 0 0 0 0 3 0 23 0.00 16.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 Bartosh 1.3 2 0 0 0 3 0 33 0.00 20.25 0.00 1.50 0.00 Novoa 1.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 0.00 6.75 0.00 0.75 0.00 Wuertz 1.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 6.75 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 Ohman 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wood 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 9.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Williamson 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 0.00 18.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Prior 7.0 2 2 1 3 7 0 110 3.86 9.00 0.00 0.71 1.29 Dempster 4.0 8 3 3 2 4 0 82 4.50 9.00 0.00 2.50 6.75 Rusch 2.3 4 2 2 1 1 0 41 3.86 3.86 0.00 2.14 7.71 Hawkins 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 17 0.00 0.00 9.00 2.00 9.00 Leicester 3.0 5 4 4 1 3 2 59 3.00 9.00 6.00 2.00 12.00 Hill 1.3 7 7 7 2 1 0 50 13.50 6.75 0.00 6.75 47.25 vs. Mets 36.0 36 19 18 15 39 3 628 3.75 9.75 0.75 1.42 4.50 overall 970.0 928 490 465 402 832 132 16043 3.73 7.72 1.22 1.37 4.31 Go CUBS !!

Personally, I would be rooting for Armgeddon to begin.... but I wouldn't bet on it. :wink:

The CUBS (known as the White Stockings back then) were off that day, after having beaten the New York Mutuals 16-2 in Chicago the day before. They enjoyed a couple days off at home waiting for the Philadelphia Athletics to come to town. At the time, the White Stockings were in first place in the National League, 2.5 games ahead of the Hartford Dark Blues. Ah... the good old days.

It's not funny at all when you consider how they're producing with respect to their individual talent..... but, you knew that, no? :wink:

Oh man, Im glad I actually like Maddux as a person, because I have tickets to the 11th, 22nd, and 28th of August. I really wanted to see someone else, but I guess I will have to keep the Maddux jersey clean this month. I hadn't even thought about that angle of it. As I look at my remaining tickets.... I've got Williams, Prior, Prior, & Prior. Hmmmmmmm.

Who's hot...... Walker AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/31 - 08/04 17 3 6 1 0 0 7 1 1 1 0.353 0.389 0.412 0.801 Macias AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/27 - 08/04 80 7 27 5 0 0 32 6 1 11 0.338 0.337 0.400 0.737 Perez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/10 - 08/04 78 7 24 9 1 1 38 12 2 5 0.308 0.325 0.487 0.812 Murton AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/18 - 08/04 23 1 12 1 1 0 15 1 5 6 0.522 0.607 0.652 1.259 .... and who's not..... Barrett AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/27 - 08/04 21 2 4 2 1 0 8 1 2 7 0.190 0.261 0.381 0.642 Burnitz AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/22 - 08/04 52 4 7 2 0 1 12 4 5 9 0.135 0.207 0.231 0.438 Hollandsworth AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/07 - 08/04 49 4 6 3 0 0 9 4 4 12 0.122 0.185 0.184 0.369 Lee AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/20 - 08/04 56 7 14 3 0 1 20 6 12 8 0.250 0.382 0.357 0.739 Ramirez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/25 - 08/02 24 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 1 6 0.208 0.296 0.208 0.505 Hairston AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 07/23 - 08/04 36 1 6 1 0 0 7 1 4 3 0.167 0.250 0.194 0.444 Gonna be tough to make any kind of an effective lineup out of this bunch. Maybe if we brought Julio Zuleta and his voodoo back.............

Here's your remaining schedule, with probable starters penciled in. Would be interesting to see specifically which games you think the CUBS will win. Note: there is no makeup game in Atlanta. They played a day night double header on 07 July. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 109 Fri 08/05 @ New York N - Hill 110 Sat 08/06 @ New York - Maddux 111 Sun 08/07 @ New York - Zambrano 112 Mon 08/08 Cincinnati N - Williams 113 Tue 08/09 Cincinnati - Prior 114 Wed 08/10 Cincinnati - Hill 115 Thu 08/11 St. Louis - Maddux 116 Fri 08/12 St. Louis - Zambrano 117 Sat 08/13 St. Louis - Williams 118 Sun 08/14 St. Louis N - Prior 119 Mon 08/15 @ Houston N - Hill 120 Tue 08/16 @ Houston N - Maddux 121 Wed 08/17 @ Houston N - Zambrano 122 Fri 08/19 @ Colorado - Williams 123 Sat 08/20 @ Colorado N - Prior 124 Sun 08/21 @ Colorado - Hill 125 Mon 08/22 Atlanta N - Maddux 126 Tue 08/23 Atlanta N - Zambrano 127 Wed 08/24 Atlanta - Williams 128 Fri 08/26 Florida - Prior 129 Sat 08/27 Florida - Hill 130 Sun 08/28 Florida - Maddux 131 Mon 08/29 Los Angeles N - Zambrano 132 Tue 08/30 Los Angeles N - Williams 133 Wed 08/31 Los Angeles - Prior 134 Fri 09/02 @ Pittsburgh N - Hill 135 Sat 09/03 @ Pittsburgh - Maddux 136 Sun 09/04 @ Pittsburgh - Zambrano 137 Mon 09/05 @ St. Louis - Williams 138 Tue 09/06 @ St. Louis N - Prior 139 Wed 09/07 @ St. Louis N - Hill 140 Thu 09/08 @ San Francisco N - Maddux 141 Fri 09/09 @ San Francisco N - Zambrano 142 Sat 09/10 @ San Francisco - Williams 143 Sun 09/11 @ San Francisco - Prior 144 Mon 09/12 Cincinnati N - Hill 145 Tue 09/13 Cincinnati N - Maddux 146 Wed 09/14 Cincinnati N - Zambrano 147 Thu 09/15 St. Louis N - Williams 148 Fri 09/16 St. Louis - Prior 149 Sat 09/17 St. Louis - Hill 150 Sun 09/18 St. Louis - Maddux 151 Tue 09/20 @ Milwaukee N - Zambrano 152 Wed 09/21 @ Milwaukee N - Williams 153 Thu 09/22 @ Milwaukee - Prior 154 Fri 09/23 Houston - Hill 155 Sat 09/24 Houston - Maddux 156 Sun 09/25 Houston - Zambrano 157 Tue 09/27 Pittsburgh N - Williams 158 Wed 09/28 Pittsburgh - Prior 159 Thu 09/29 @ Houston N - Hill 160 Fri 09/30 @ Houston N - Maddux 161 Sat 10/01 @ Houston N - Zambrano 162 Sun 10/02 @ Houston - Williams

Here's a little better timetable of just when Derrek was hot and when he was cold..... Lee AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/04 - 04/29 82 20 35 9 0 7 65 27 14 11 0.427 0.500 0.793 1.293 04/30 - 05/26 80 11 20 4 0 5 39 12 13 23 0.250 0.367 0.488 0.855 05/27 - 06/23 104 29 50 12 0 10 92 25 12 17 0.481 0.542 0.885 1.427 06/24 - 07/05 42 6 11 1 2 2 22 3 0 6 0.262 0.262 0.524 0.786 07/06 - 07/19 35 10 13 4 0 5 32 10 4 4 0.371 0.425 0.914 1.339 07/20 - 08/04 56 7 14 3 0 1 20 6 12 8 0.250 0.382 0.357 0.739 Overall 399 83 143 33 2 30 270 83 55 69 0.358 0.438 0.677 1.114

Worthless stats of the day for Friday..... CUBS are 7-9 on Fridays CUBS are 2-1 vs. NY Mets CUBS are 26-25 at night. CUBS are 27-28 on the road. CUBS are 18-16 in games that open a series CUBS are 15-8 when the temperature is 85 degree or above CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 22-32 after a loss CUBS are 8-6 when they've lost their previous 2 games CUBS are 34-16 when they make at least 10 hits, 19-38 when they don't. CUBS are 20-9 when they take 4 or more walks, 33-45 when they don't CUBS are 24-16 when they steal a base, 29-38 when they don't CUBS are 26-12 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 27-43 when they don't CUBS are 38-29 when the opponents strikeout 8 or less times, 15-25 when they K more than 8 times. CUBS are 9-26 when the opponents steal a base, 44-28 when they don't CUBS are 9-26 when the opponents execute a sac bunt, 44-28 when they don't CUBS are 13-22 when the opponents hit 2 or more HRs, 40-32 when they don't. CUBS are 42-19 when they score 4 runs or more, 11-35 when they don't CUBS are 38-6 when they give up 3 runs or less, 15-48 when they don't CUBS are 1-1 when Hill starts Hill is 1 of 2 in quality starts Hill's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.27.... Hill has not pitched to Blanco. CUBS score 4.52 R/G overall.... 2.50 R/G when Hill pitches CUBS hit 1.25 HR/G overall.... 0.50 HR/G when Hill pitches CUBS' offensive support of Hill..... 04/04 - 08/04 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Hill 69 5 18 4 0 1 25 4 4 13 0.261 0.307 0.362 0.669 CUBS overall 3744 488 1021 224 17 135 1684 468 288 627 0.273 0.328 0.450 0.778 Hill's previous 2 starts..... Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/30 vs. Ariz 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 104 3.00 6.00 1.50 1.17 3.00 07/25 vs. S.F. 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 98 3.60 9.00 1.80 1.40 3.60 2 game totals 11.0 10 4 4 4 9 2 202 3.27 7.36 1.64 1.27 3.27 Hill's H/R & D/N splits..... Hill IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 12.0 13 6 6 4 11 2 231 3.00 8.25 1.50 1.42 4.50 Road 4.7 0 1 1 3 7 0 74 5.79 13.50 0.00 0.64 1.93 Day 7.3 8 5 5 3 7 1 141 3.68 8.59 1.23 1.50 6.14 Nite 9.3 5 2 2 4 11 1 164 3.86 10.61 0.96 0.96 1.93 season totals 16.7 13 7 7 7 18 2 305 3.78 9.72 1.08 1.20 3.78 CUBS' season series vs. NY Mets..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 31 Mon 05/09 New York N 4- 7 Leicester 32 Tue 05/10 New York N 7- 0 Maddux 33 Wed 05/11 New York 4- 3 Prior 109 Fri 08/05 @ New York N - Hill 110 Sat 08/06 @ New York - Maddux 111 Sun 08/07 @ New York - Zambrano CUBS' hitters vs. NY Mets..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Patterson 13 2 5 0 0 2 11 3 1 1 0.385 0.429 0.846 1.275 Blanco 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.500 0.750 0.500 1.250 Lee 11 3 3 1 0 1 7 1 3 4 0.273 0.429 0.636 1.065 Burnitz 11 3 4 0 0 1 7 3 1 3 0.364 0.417 0.636 1.053 Barrett 8 1 2 0 0 1 5 3 0 2 0.250 0.250 0.625 0.875 Hairston 10 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0.400 0.455 0.400 0.855 Perez 13 2 4 2 0 0 6 1 1 2 0.308 0.357 0.462 0.819 Ramirez 8 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.375 0.625 Macias 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.600 Dubois 9 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 0.111 0.111 0.444 0.556 Grieve 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 Cedeno 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hollandsworth 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. NY Mets 101 15 28 5 0 6 51 14 10 20 0.277 0.348 0.505 0.853 overall 3744 488 1021 223 18 133 1679 468 288 626 0.273 0.328 0.448 0.776 CUBS' pitchers vs. NY Mets..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Maddux 6.7 3 0 0 3 10 0 100 4.05 13.50 0.00 0.90 0.00 Wellemeyer 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 26 4.50 13.50 0.00 0.50 0.00 Remlinger 1.7 0 0 0 0 3 0 23 0.00 16.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 Bartosh 1.3 2 0 0 0 3 0 33 0.00 20.25 0.00 1.50 0.00 Wuertz 1.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 6.75 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 Ohman 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Prior 7.0 2 2 1 3 7 0 110 3.86 9.00 0.00 0.71 1.29 Dempster 3.0 7 3 3 1 4 0 62 3.00 12.00 0.00 2.67 9.00 Hawkins 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 17 0.00 0.00 9.00 2.00 9.00 Leicester 3.0 5 4 4 1 3 2 59 3.00 9.00 6.00 2.00 12.00 vs. Mets 28.0 22 10 9 10 34 3 469 3.21 10.93 0.96 1.14 2.89 overall 962.0 914 481 456 397 827 132 15884 3.71 7.74 1.23 1.36 4.27

Here's an after thought..... The CUBS offense has been almost non-existant over the last 2 weeks. If Hollywood made a movie about 'em, they'd call it, "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". See for yourself..... 07/22 - 08/03 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Blanco 10 2 6 0 0 2 12 4 1 1 0.600 0.636 1.200 1.836 Murton 16 0 7 1 1 0 10 1 3 4 0.438 0.526 0.625 1.151 Ramirez 41 7 12 0 0 2 18 8 2 8 0.293 0.356 0.439 0.795 Cedeno 11 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0.364 0.417 0.364 0.780 Lee 43 5 10 2 0 1 15 5 12 7 0.233 0.400 0.349 0.749 Barrett 37 5 8 3 1 1 16 4 4 9 0.216 0.293 0.432 0.725 Lawton 9 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Walker 48 5 13 3 0 0 16 1 3 4 0.271 0.314 0.333 0.647 Macias 13 3 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0.308 0.333 0.308 0.641 Hairston 41 2 10 1 1 0 13 1 4 3 0.244 0.311 0.317 0.628 Perez 43 1 9 3 0 1 15 7 2 4 0.209 0.244 0.349 0.593 Gerut 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 0.111 0.273 0.222 0.495 Burnitz 48 4 7 2 0 1 12 4 5 9 0.146 0.222 0.250 0.472 Hollandsworth 24 1 3 3 0 0 6 3 1 9 0.125 0.160 0.250 0.410 CUBS 416 41 101 20 3 9 154 39 41 72 0.243 0.312 0.370 0.683

Well... I managed to drive all the way back across Pennsylvania without getting run over by any big trucks last night. The CUBS, unfortunately, didn't fare so well. Did anybody get the number of that truck ??? Here's your worthless stats of the day for Thursday...... CUBS are 2-9 on Thursdays CUBS are 2-3 vs. Philadelphia CUBS are 28-28 in the day time. CUBS are 27-27 on the road. CUBS are 18-8 when Derrek Lee hits at least 1 HR.... 36-45 when he doesn't CUBS are 22-14 when their pitchers' get at least 1 hit.... 32-39 when they don't CUBS are 31-22 when they've won the previous game.... 22-31 after a loss CUBS are 15-7 when the temperature is 85 degree or above CUBS are 43-17 when they get a quality start,... 11-36 when they don't CUBS are 19-34 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 35-19 when they don't CUBS are 44-21 when they throw less than 17 pitches per inning.... 10-32 when they don't CUBS are 28-20 when they see at least 3.7 Pit/PA.... 26-33 when they don't CUBS are 18-16 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games. CUBS are 33-15 when they score first,.... 21-38 when they don't CUBS are 15-5 when they score in the first inning,... 39-48 when they don't CUBS have been outscored 50-38 in the first inning..... outscored 40-32 in the 9th CUBS are 12-4 when Prior starts Prior is 12 of 16 in quality starts Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.77.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.04 CUBS score 4.52 R/G overall.... 5.06 R/G when Prior pitches CUBS hit 1.26 HR/G overall.... 1.63 HR/G when Prior pitches CUBS' offensive support of Prior..... 04/04 - 08/03 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Prior 535 81 145 32 3 26 261 77 52 73 0.271 0.342 0.488 0.830 CUBS overall 3709 484 1010 219 17 135 1668 464 286 622 0.272 0.328 0.450 0.778 Prior's last 5 starts..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/29 vs. Ariz 7.3 7 3 3 2 8 0 119 2.45 9.82 0.00 1.23 3.68 07/24 vs. St. L 6.0 5 3 3 3 2 3 108 4.50 3.00 4.50 1.33 4.50 07/19 vs. Cincy 6.7 7 3 3 2 8 0 108 2.70 10.80 0.00 1.35 4.05 07/14 vs. Pitts 8.0 2 1 0 3 10 0 115 3.38 11.25 0.00 0.63 0.00 07/07 vs. Atla 4.7 7 6 6 4 5 1 102 7.71 9.64 1.93 2.36 11.57 5 game totals 32.7 28 16 15 14 33 4 552 3.86 9.09 1.10 1.29 4.13 Prior's previous start against Philadelphia..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 05/06 vs. Phila 8.0 4 1 1 2 10 1 105 2.25 11.25 1.13 0.75 1.13 Prior's splits..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 59.7 39 16 14 17 68 6 910 2.56 10.26 0.91 0.94 2.11 Road 42.3 38 24 23 15 37 8 695 3.19 7.87 1.70 1.25 4.89 Day 69.3 48 28 26 22 73 8 1084 2.86 9.48 1.04 1.01 3.38 Nite 32.7 29 12 11 10 32 6 521 2.76 8.82 1.65 1.19 3.03 season totals 102.0 77 40 37 32 105 14 1605 2.82 9.26 1.24 1.07 3.26 CUBS' season series vs. Philadelphia..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 28 Fri 05/06 Philadelphia 2- 3 Prior 29 Sat 05/07 Philadelphia 1- 4 Rusch 30 Sun 05/08 Philadelphia 2- 1 Zambrano 106 Tue 08/02 @ Philadelphia N 2- 1 Zambrano 107 Wed 08/03 @ Philadelphia N 3- 4 Williams 108 Thu 08/04 @ Philadelphia - Prior CUBS' hitters vs. Philadelphia..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 16 2 4 2 0 1 9 2 4 6 0.250 0.400 0.563 0.963 Macias 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.500 0.400 0.500 0.900 Walker 8 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0.375 0.375 0.500 0.875 Ramirez 18 3 6 0 0 1 9 3 1 3 0.333 0.368 0.500 0.868 Lawton 9 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 Patterson 10 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 2 3 0.100 0.250 0.400 0.650 Perez 18 1 3 1 0 1 7 1 1 2 0.167 0.211 0.389 0.599 Barrett 15 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 0.200 0.250 0.267 0.517 Hairston 12 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 0.083 0.214 0.167 0.381 Hollandsworth 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0.125 0.125 0.250 0.375 Burnitz 18 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 4 0.111 0.200 0.167 0.367 Grieve 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 Blanco 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Cedeno 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Dubois 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Murton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Phil 155 10 30 8 0 4 50 10 14 37 0.194 0.259 0.323 0.581 overall 3709 484 1010 216 17 130 1650 464 286 621 0.272 0.328 0.445 0.773 CUBS' pitchers vs. Philadelphia..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Wellemeyer 2.3 0 0 0 0 4 0 25 0.00 15.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hawkins 1.0 2 2 0 1 2 0 25 9.00 18.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 Novoa 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Ohman 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 0.00 18.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Remlinger 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 25 18.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 Zambrano 17.0 9 1 1 4 9 1 240 2.12 4.76 0.53 0.76 0.53 Prior 8.0 4 1 1 2 10 1 105 2.25 11.25 1.13 0.75 1.13 Rusch 6.7 10 2 2 1 8 0 120 1.35 10.80 0.00 1.65 2.70 Williams 4.0 5 3 2 1 1 0 70 2.25 2.25 0.00 1.50 4.50 Wuertz 1.3 2 2 1 1 0 0 33 6.75 0.00 0.00 2.25 6.75 Dempster 1.0 0 1 1 4 2 0 41 36.00 18.00 0.00 4.00 9.00 vs. Phil 44.3 36 13 8 16 38 2 720 3.25 7.71 0.41 1.17 1.62 overall 954.0 906 475 450 392 820 129 15736 3.70 7.74 1.22 1.36 4.25 Go CUBS !!

The path is clear. You know what you must do. :twisted: :shrug: No, sarcastic, anything but that !!