Fred Hornkohl

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING Murton grounded out to second, 4-3 Burnitz singled to center field Perez doubled off the wall in left center field, Burnitz to third Blanco doubled off the wall in left field, Burnitz and Perez scored Prior singled to left field, Blanco scored Prior took second on a wil pitch Hairston flied out to left field Prior took third on a wild pitch Walker grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 2 3 5 8 2 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4)

Perez with a 9 pitch AB and a double off the wall ???? The world is about to end.

TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING C Wilson flied out to right field Ward flied out to left field Castillo 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 Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 2 2 4 2 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 4.0 1 1 0 1 5 0 59

BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING Prior singled to center field Hairston struck out swinging Walker homered to right field, Prior scored Lee flied out to the track in left field Ramirez grounded out to short, 6-3 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 1 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 2 2 4 2 Home runs: CUBS: Walker (4)

TOP OF THE THIRD INNING J Wilson grounded to third, safe at first on a fielding error, E5 Redman struck out bunting Lawton singled to left field, J Wilson to third, Lawton to second on a fielding error, E7 Mackowiak grounded out to second, 4-3, J Wilson scored, Lawton to third Bay flied out to center field 1 runs, 1 hits, 2 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 1 1 1 0 CUBS 0 0 0 2 2 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Prior 3.0 1 1 0 1 5 0 48

BOTTOM OF THE SECOND INNING Murton grounded out to second, 4-3 Burnitz struck out swinging Perez singled to center field Blanco doubled down the left field line, Perez out at home 7-6-2 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 CUBS 0 0 0 2 0

Based on 10man's projections above, I came up with the following list of contestant's scores. Please don't confuse this with anything official from Serena. Player Score Dr. Cub 775 Treebeard 745 burnt out cubbie fan 745 Bob's Keeper 650 TB_11 620 Notorius 530 UMFan83 510 Tinkers2Evers 470 JC 470 cubs dane 470 Fred Hornhkol 445 Sweetpeteman 425 Sandberg23 415 coldsteel 400 Bull-Rino-Bowa-Penquin 400 TrueBlueCubFan 385 rawaction 380 Fortybelow16 370 Tim 365 sherwood921 355 Chief_Cardinal 345 Rocket Sauce 345 It Mikght Be! 340 sethuel1 340 vance_the_cubs_fan 340 Knyption 330 Outshined_one 310 Brinoch 305 USSoccer 305 Sabremetrician 305 Mark Prior's Calves 300 DJAXXFAN 300 CubsInNC 275 CT Cubs Fan 270 NCCubbieFan 270 CPatterson20 225 10man 225 Knightlife_in_Lubbock 215 RoastTheD___Goat 185 mhuber92211 185 Gracie's Girl 185 BigbadB 185 Coach C 115 Mizzou 115

If Bowden really twisted our arms, I'd even part with Macias. I don't know. Macias has been one of our best pinch hitters lately. Fred, can you back me up with the numbers? No, any manipulation of statistics to show Macias having success will have this site and all visiting it sucked into a black hole by Gremlins. I guess you could argue that Macias is our best pinch hitter..... but it would be a "best of the worst" kind of argument. All the players with better numbers than Macias are either regular starters on the team, or not currently on the team. 07/10 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB K HP SF BA OBP SLG OPS Walker 4 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.250 1.750 Grieve 10 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 0.300 0.500 0.300 0.800 Hairston 12 2 3 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.750 Wilson 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0.200 0.333 0.400 0.733 Dubois 12 1 2 1 0 1 6 2 0 5 0 0 0.167 0.167 0.500 0.667 Hollandsworth 13 0 3 1 0 0 4 3 1 4 1 0 0.231 0.333 0.308 0.641 Fontenot 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.000 0.600 0.000 0.600 Macias 31 1 7 3 0 0 10 1 1 3 0 0 0.226 0.250 0.323 0.573 Barrett 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0.286 0.286 0.286 0.571 Cedeno 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452 Perez 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Ramirez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Patterson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals 116 10 24 7 1 2 39 10 11 23 3 0 0.207 0.292 0.336 0.629 Note: I've omitted Murton & Greenberg from this list. Each has reached base once in 1 plate appearance.

Awww, come on KIL ..... be nice !!! btw..... CUBS are 28-18 when Hornkohl provides half inning recaps.... 15-26 when he doesn't :wink: Go CUBS !!

I think it'll be important to start getting some early runs too. It seems like almost every game now we either go 1-2-3 in the first, or we strand 2 or 3 guys in the first. We need to start building up early leads so our pitchers can get comfortable out there. That is really right on the point. So far on the season, the CUBS have been outscored 42-35 in the first inning, and 47-42 in the second inning. We really need to get "faster out of the gate".

:shock: Curse thursdays.. I can think of four of those losses off the bat: That home loss to Colorado The 4th game of the latest Brewers series in Milwaukee Last Thursdays doubleheader loss to Atlanta for their 8th in a row....ugh yeah.... I was at four of those games. There ought to be a law against Thursday !! Gm Date Opponent score starter 16 Thur 04/21 @ St. Louis 0 - 4 Dempster 27 Thur 05/05 @ Milwaukee 5 - 6 Maddux 45 Thur 05/26 Colorado 2 - 5 Zambrano 52 Thur 06/02 @ San Diego 5 - 0 Rusch 71 Thur 06/23 @ Milwaukee 7 - 8 Rusch 77 Thur 06/30 Milwaukee 6 - 10 Maddux 83 Thur 07/07 @ Atlanta 0 - 6 Prior 84 Thur 07/07 @ Atlanta 4 - 9 Williams

The all star break is way too long !! Here are some worthless stats of the day for Thursday............ CUBS are 1-7 on Thursdays CUBS are 5-2 vs. Pittsburgh CUBS are 22-23 in the day time. CUBS are 22-20 at home. CUBS are 25-17 when they've won their previous game.... 17-27 after a loss CUBS are 2-3 when they've won their previous 3 games CUBS are 34-12 when they get a quality start,... 9-32 when they don't CUBS are 13-12 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games. CUBS are 28-14 when they score first,.... 15-30 when they don't CUBS are 13-5 when they score in the first inning,... 30-39 when they don't CUBS have been outscored 42-35 in the first inning..... outscored 33-24 in the 9th CUBS are 14-15 in games that open a series CUBS are 1-5 in games openning a homestand CUBS are 27-12 when they make at least 10 hits, 16-32 when they don't. CUBS are 16-7 when they take 4 or more walks, 27-37 when they don't CUBS are 22-15 when they steal a base, 21-29 when they don't CUBS are 19-24 when they GIDP, 24-20 when they don't CUBS are 18-23 when they commit an error, 25-21 when they don't CUBS are 39-34 when they hit a double, 4-10 when they don't CUBS are 20-10 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 23-34 when they don't CUBS are 8-4 when Prior starts Prior is 8 of 12 in quality starts Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.68.... pitching to Blanco it's 2.76 CUBS score 4.52 R/G overall.... 4.75 R/G when Prior pitches CUBS hit 1.26 HR/G overall.... 1.58 HR/G when Prior pitches CUBS offensive support for Prior..... 04/04 - 07/10 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Prior 398 57 106 21 2 19 188 53 34 57 0.266 0.324 0.472 0.796 CUBS overall 3001 394 810 173 13 110 1339 376 226 524 0.270 0.321 0.446 0.767 Prior's last five starts..... 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 07/01 vs. Wash 5.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 82 0.00 12.60 1.80 1.20 5.40 06/26 vs. CWS 6.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 71 0.00 4.50 0.00 0.17 0.00 05/27 vs. Colo 3.3 2 1 1 3 3 0 55 8.10 8.10 0.00 1.50 2.70 05/22 vs. CWS 9.0 6 3 3 1 7 3 126 1.00 7.00 3.00 0.78 3.00 5 game totals 28.0 22 13 13 8 25 5 436 2.57 8.04 1.61 1.07 4.18 Home/Road & Day/Nite splits..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 44.3 30 12 11 12 50 6 676 2.44 10.15 1.22 0.95 2.23 Road 29.7 26 18 17 10 27 5 479 3.03 8.19 1.52 1.21 5.16 Day 54.0 39 24 23 17 55 8 850 2.83 9.17 1.33 1.04 3.83 Nite 20.0 17 6 5 5 22 3 305 2.25 9.90 1.35 1.10 2.25 season total 74.0 56 30 28 22 77 11 1155 2.68 9.36 1.34 1.05 3.41 CUBS' hitters vs. Pittsburgh this year..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Grieve 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Perez 20 3 12 3 0 2 21 6 2 1 0.600 0.609 1.050 1.659 Lee 26 4 10 3 0 2 19 7 2 6 0.385 0.414 0.731 1.145 Hollandsworth 9 0 3 0 1 0 5 1 2 3 0.333 0.500 0.556 1.056 Fontenot 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 Hairston 21 4 7 2 0 0 9 1 1 1 0.333 0.391 0.429 0.820 Ramirez 21 4 4 1 0 1 8 3 5 4 0.190 0.346 0.381 0.727 Dubois 16 1 3 1 0 1 7 3 1 6 0.188 0.235 0.438 0.673 Garciaparra 9 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0.222 0.333 0.333 0.667 Burnitz 25 2 4 0 1 1 9 3 4 6 0.160 0.276 0.360 0.636 Patterson 23 5 4 0 0 1 7 1 1 8 0.174 0.208 0.304 0.513 Barrett 20 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 0.150 0.217 0.200 0.417 Macias 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.143 0.222 0.143 0.365 Blanco 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Cedeno 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 vs. Pitts 220 28 56 12 2 8 96 28 26 41 0.255 0.332 0.436 0.768 overall 2998 394 810 174 14 108 1336 376 226 523 0.270 0.325 0.446 0.771 CUBS' pitchers vs. Pittsburgh this year..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Bartosh 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Ohman 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Wuertz 3.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 44 3.00 6.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Rusch 10.0 9 2 2 8 9 0 175 7.20 8.10 0.00 1.70 1.80 Maddux 14.0 9 4 4 1 6 0 173 0.64 3.86 0.00 0.71 2.57 Dempster 8.0 7 3 3 4 6 1 128 4.50 6.75 1.13 1.38 3.38 Fox 2.7 3 1 1 2 5 0 49 6.75 16.88 0.00 1.88 3.38 Wood 5.0 3 2 2 3 8 0 76 5.40 14.40 0.00 1.20 3.60 Prior 7.0 7 3 3 1 6 2 101 1.29 7.71 2.57 1.14 3.86 Hawkins 4.0 3 2 2 3 2 1 60 6.75 4.50 2.25 1.50 4.50 Zambrano 6.0 6 5 5 2 5 3 108 3.00 7.50 4.50 1.33 7.50 Remlinger 1.7 3 2 2 0 0 0 37 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.80 10.80 vs. Pitts 62.0 53 24 24 25 49 7 954 3.63 7.11 1.02 1.26 3.48 overall 772.3 734 394 375 316 674 106 12764 3.68 7.85 1.24 1.36 4.37 Go CUBS !!

This isn't exactly following the rules as set forth, but consider this premise... Just how good a team could you field from this roster ?? 07/12 team AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB K SB BA OBP SLG OPS M. Alou S.F. 256 43 81 11 0 12 128 41 40 25 2 0.316 0.409 0.500 0.909 K. Lofton Phil 175 29 60 5 3 1 74 15 18 24 10 0.343 0.407 0.423 0.830 L. Gonzalez Ariz 325 53 92 19 0 12 147 51 45 52 2 0.283 0.376 0.452 0.828 R. White Detr 287 37 88 16 3 9 137 42 11 37 1 0.307 0.334 0.477 0.812 R. Palmeiro Balt 283 38 76 10 0 15 131 50 31 31 2 0.269 0.337 0.463 0.800 B. Mueller Bost 256 38 73 15 2 4 104 35 39 41 0 0.285 0.389 0.406 0.796 M. Stairs K.C. 214 32 54 10 1 8 90 27 37 39 1 0.252 0.369 0.421 0.789 H. Choi L.A. 216 26 51 7 1 13 99 32 22 51 1 0.236 0.318 0.458 0.777 D. Jackson S.D. 161 28 47 6 0 4 65 15 16 22 11 0.292 0.365 0.404 0.768 M. Tucker S.F. 161 22 43 13 0 3 65 25 22 31 3 0.267 0.355 0.404 0.759 D. Miller Milw 204 26 54 14 0 4 80 20 19 45 0 0.265 0.336 0.392 0.728 L. Harris Flor 37 1 11 2 0 0 13 2 4 6 0 0.297 0.366 0.351 0.717 E. Hinske Toro 276 51 66 19 1 7 108 38 31 79 6 0.239 0.321 0.391 0.712 J. Hernandez Clev 131 17 34 5 0 5 54 21 7 34 1 0.260 0.298 0.412 0.710 M. Grudzielanek St.L 313 39 87 16 2 4 119 29 16 40 6 0.278 0.324 0.380 0.705 A. Gonzalez Tamp 149 20 39 6 0 4 57 17 13 36 2 0.262 0.321 0.383 0.704 G. Matthews Tex 188 25 47 8 1 7 78 21 10 35 2 0.250 0.286 0.415 0.701 T. Pratt Phil 89 9 21 2 0 4 35 17 9 25 0 0.236 0.306 0.393 0.699 B. Hill Pitt 83 12 23 5 0 0 28 10 9 15 0 0.277 0.358 0.337 0.695 M. Bellhorn Bost 272 39 60 20 0 6 98 27 47 102 3 0.221 0.332 0.360 0.693 S. Sosa Balt 253 28 57 11 1 9 97 27 28 50 1 0.225 0.305 0.383 0.689 E. Young S.D. 28 7 6 4 0 0 10 4 4 1 1 0.214 0.313 0.357 0.670 P. Bako L.A. 40 1 10 2 0 0 12 4 7 12 0 0.250 0.362 0.300 0.662 B. Santiago Pitt 23 1 6 1 1 0 9 0 0 3 0 0.261 0.261 0.391 0.652 M. Cairo NYM 120 13 31 6 0 1 40 8 8 11 8 0.258 0.295 0.333 0.629 R. Sanchez NYY 67 7 12 1 0 0 13 2 2 3 0 0.279 0.326 0.302 0.628 J. Vizcaino Hous 96 7 22 6 1 0 30 7 9 17 1 0.229 0.295 0.313 0.608 R. Martinez Detr 56 4 15 1 0 0 16 5 3 4 0 0.268 0.300 0.286 0.586 T. Womack NYY 259 32 63 4 1 0 69 12 11 41 20 0.243 0.276 0.266 0.542 A. Melhuse Oakl 48 2 7 2 0 0 9 6 1 11 0 0.146 0.163 0.188 0.351 R. Gload CWS 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0.154 0.154 0.154 0.308 07/12 team G GS W L S H IP H ER HR BB SO ERA F. Heredia NYM 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 A. Alfonseca Flor 6 0 0 1 0 0 5.2 2 1 0 3 2 1.59 K. Farnsworth Detr 40 0 1 1 1 15 37.0 27 8 1 15 46 1.95 J. Tavarez St.L 41 0 1 1 3 20 39.1 36 10 4 8 35 2.29 D. Willis Flor 18 18 13 4 0 0 128.0 120 34 4 26 95 2.39 K. Mercker Cinc 46 0 2 1 2 10 37.2 39 11 3 12 24 2.63 A. Sisco K.C. 37 0 1 2 0 9 43.0 33 13 3 26 45 2.72 T. Gordon NYY 41 0 2 3 0 15 42.0 28 13 3 19 44 2.79 M. Batista Toro 37 0 4 2 15 0 39.1 37 13 3 10 25 2.97 J. Garland CWS 17 17 13 4 0 0 120.0 109 45 11 21 56 3.38 D. Weathers Cinc 40 0 5 1 3 7 45.1 42 18 3 15 33 3.57 M. Clement Bost 18 18 10 2 0 0 117.0 113 50 9 35 97 3.85 T. Sturtze NYY 33 1 2 1 0 10 48.1 44 21 4 8 25 3.91 A. Telemaco Phil 7 0 0 1 0 0 10.2 5 5 2 4 8 4.22 K. Lohse Minn 16 15 7 7 0 0 91.2 109 45 10 20 47 4.42 S. Estes Ariz 17 17 6 7 0 0 104.2 110 53 13 35 56 4.56 J. Moyer Seat 18 18 8 3 0 0 104.2 120 54 10 34 56 4.64 T. Mulholland Minn 29 0 0 2 0 3 36.2 36 19 5 11 9 4.66 J. Fassero S.F. 29 6 1 6 0 2 59.2 63 31 4 18 33 4.68 J. Lieber Phil 19 19 8 8 0 0 111.1 128 63 23 26 69 5.09 M. Aybar NYM 22 0 0 0 0 2 25.1 31 17 4 7 27 6.04 J. Gonzalez Bost 7 3 1 1 0 0 23.1 29 16 2 7 16 6.17 R. Mahay Tex 24 0 0 2 1 5 27.2 37 20 5 10 26 6.51 S. Downs Toro 12 1 0 1 0 0 22.2 24 17 6 7 13 6.75 H. Nomo Tamp 18 18 5 7 0 0 98.0 119 74 15 48 54 6.80 T. Worrell Phil 16 0 0 1 1 3 13.1 23 12 3 3 12 8.10 J. Cruz Oakl 21 0 0 2 0 0 23.1 29 22 4 19 27 8.49 T. Adams Phil 16 0 0 2 0 2 13.1 25 19 3 10 4 12.83

I'll let Fred dredge up the stats for you if he feels like it, but suffice to say that Barrett and Burnitz, just like every player not named Pujols or Bonds, have gone through a streak where they've been cold and have hurt the team. Quite right, IMB. They get hot.... and they get cold. It's the nature of the beast. Barrett AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/04 - 04/24 54 3 9 2 0 2 17 6 2 5 0.167 0.207 0.315 0.522 06/11 - 07/04 59 4 7 2 0 2 15 8 4 10 0.119 0.172 0.254 0.426 Burnitz AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 05/02 - 06/01 106 11 23 3 0 3 35 13 8 16 0.217 0.272 0.330 0.602 Even Derrek Lee looks surprisingly mortal at times...... Lee AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/30 - 05/26 80 11 20 4 0 5 39 12 13 23 0.250 0.367 0.488 0.855 06/24 - 07/05 42 6 11 1 2 2 22 3 0 6 0.262 0.262 0.524 0.786

Barrett AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/25 - 06/10 113 15 42 10 1 5 69 22 5 11 0.372 0.408 0.611 1.019 07/05 - 07/10 13 4 5 1 0 0 6 2 7 2 0.385 0.619 0.462 1.081 Burnitz AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/04 - 05/01 92 15 28 7 2 5 54 17 6 20 0.304 0.337 0.587 0.924 06/02 - 06/22 73 16 27 7 0 4 46 12 7 12 0.370 0.425 0.630 1.055 Walker AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/04 - 04/10 21 3 8 2 0 0 10 3 2 0 0.381 0.435 0.476 0.911 06/09 - 06/29 53 8 21 4 1 0 27 6 4 4 0.396 0.431 0.509 0.940 07/08 - 07/10 13 6 6 2 0 1 11 4 2 1 0.462 0.533 0.846 1.379 I don't want to enter into an argument over what constitutes "carrying a team", but over the course of a long season, every player will have their hot streaks and their cold streaks. That applies pretty much without exception. Even the dregs like Macias and Perez have their hot streaks. Making determinations based soley on one's recollection of events is indeed dangerous.... but making a determination based on the lack of recollection of events is just as risky.

Despite 2-3 weeks of quality ABs, Neifi has been a bigger problem for the Cubs offense than Corey. Yes, those 2-3 weeks were nice, but the good they did the Cubs pales in comparison to the harm he's caused by being an automatic out GIDP machine the other two and a half months of the season. I realize that it's easier to replace production in center than it is at short, but the bottom line is that Neifi has been the worst Cub regular this year. (Shocking, I know.) BK.... check your calendar again. When I look at Neifi's line, I see 6.5 weeks of quality AB's and 7 weeks of industrial strength suckage. 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 05/01 - 05/15 50 4 7 2 0 1 12 2 2 5 0.140 0.170 0.240 0.410 05/17 - 06/05 83 11 33 5 0 3 47 12 1 5 0.398 0.407 0.566 0.973 06/06 - 07/09 121 8 18 3 0 0 21 4 3 14 0.149 0.175 0.174 0.348 Overall 327 34 86 12 1 7 121 32 9 31 0.263 0.287 0.370 0.657 He's about the most streaky hitter I can ever recall, but when you take his overall line for the year, it's pretty close to his career averages. Now, I'll readily concede that's not at all good, but Neifi is your backup shortstop, not your starter. If you really want to consider him as a starter, then consider this........ 04/04 - 07/10 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Perez 326 36 86 12 1 7 121 32 9 31 0.264 0.287 0.371 0.659 Patterson 314 36 73 9 2 11 119 24 16 83 0.232 0.270 0.379 0.649 While there's not enough difference here to argue over, Corey does have the lower OPS. Let's just hope that Corey puts it all back together quickly, Neifi has one good hot streak left in him, and Nomar comes back and is effective as soon as he says he will ...... then, hopefully, it all becomes academic.

As bad as the CUBS have been for the last 60 years, they're still better than the White Sox...... 1876 thru 2004 World Series team W L pct PA W L Chicago Cubs 9756 9208 0.514 14 2 8 Chicago White Sox 8104 7957 0.505 7 2 2

1 Cincinnati 3 2 0.600 2 Houston 3 3 0.500 3 Milwaukee 6 7 0.462 4 Pittsburgh 5 2 0.714 5 St. Louis 1 1 0.500 6 Atlanta 0 4 0.000 7 Florida 4 2 0.667 8 Washington 1 5 0.167 9 New York 2 1 0.667 10 Philadelphia 1 2 0.333 11 Arizona 1 2 0.333 12 Colorado 3 1 0.750 13 Los Angeles 3 0 1.000 14 San Diego 4 3 0.571 15 San Francisco 0 0 0.000 16 Chicago (AL) 3 3 0.500 17 Boston 2 1 0.667 18 NY Yanks 0 3 0.000 19 Toronto 1 2 0.333 43 44 0.494

This is Rusch's line since returning to the bullpen..... Rusch IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/24 - 07/10 4.0 11 9 8 1 5 3 116 2.25 11.25 6.75 3.00 18.00

Just a small point..... Burnitz did have a pretty bad go of it in May. Burnitz AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/04 - 05/01 92 15 28 7 2 5 54 17 6 20 0.304 0.337 0.587 0.924 05/02 - 06/01 106 11 23 3 0 3 35 13 8 16 0.217 0.272 0.330 0.602 06/02 - 06/22 73 16 27 7 0 4 46 12 7 12 0.370 0.425 0.630 1.055 06/23 - 07/10 55 8 12 2 0 2 20 6 13 10 0.218 0.368 0.364 0.731 Overall 326 50 90 19 2 14 155 48 34 58 0.276 0.342 0.475 0.817

Yes, of course. Sorry 'bout that.

This one may be a little easier to read...... 07/07 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Burnitz 318 50 89 19 2 14 154 47 32 55 4 3 0.280 0.343 0.484 0.827 Sosa 248 28 57 11 1 9 97 27 28 48 1 0 0.230 0.311 0.391 0.702

Are you sure ??? Perez AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 05/17 - 06/05 83 11 33 5 0 3 47 12 1 5 0.398 0.407 0.566 0.973

I hope nobody is suggesting that 1 rookie going 2 for 4 is the difference in the team's performance in Florida as opposed to the series in Atlanta..... AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS vs. Atl 125 5 23 1 0 2 30 5 10 17 0.184 0.243 0.240 0.483 vs. Fla 110 26 36 12 0 4 60 25 17 22 0.327 0.417 0.545 0.962 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA vs. Atla 32.0 42 24 24 14 31 6 596 3.94 8.72 1.69 1.75 6.75 vs. Flor 27.0 20 10 10 10 18 4 402 3.33 6.00 1.33 1.11 3.33

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Rusch in to pitch, Macias in rf for the CUBS Castillo doubled off the wall in left center field Delgado homered to left field, Castillo scored Cabrera struck out swinging Treanor grounded out to second, 4-3 Conine popped out to shortstop 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 9 13 1 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 1 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Maddux (8-6) S: none L: Leiter (3-7) T: 2:48 A: 20,267 Home runs: CUBS: Lee (27), Florida: Delgado ( 18 ) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR HB PIT Maddux 8.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 98 Rusch 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 24