Fred Hornkohl

Currently, it's 70 degrees here in Atlanta, overcast, and it's been raining off and on all morning. It's not raining at the moment, so it's one more cup of coffee, and we're off to Turner Field. Fortunately, our seats are about 8 rows behind the overhang of the upper deck, so we'll stay dry come what may. Go CUBS !!

Here's a philospohical question for everyone. Was Dusty starting Macias over Hairston ?...... or was Dusty starting Patterson over Hairston ????

Agreed. I couldn't have put it any better myself. :D Now there are a couple of truly objective opinions !! :wink:

Lord knows theres enough blame to go around. 06/14 - 07/05 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 77 17 29 4 2 7 58 14 4 13 0.377 0.407 0.753 1.161 Ramirez 71 10 26 2 0 6 46 18 5 10 0.366 0.416 0.648 1.063 Hairston 33 4 10 2 1 2 20 4 2 6 0.303 0.361 0.606 0.967 Hollandsworth 66 9 23 5 1 3 39 10 2 8 0.348 0.368 0.591 0.959 Burnitz 69 14 21 5 0 3 35 7 12 10 0.304 0.407 0.507 0.915 Dubois 22 3 4 1 0 2 11 2 1 7 0.182 0.250 0.500 0.750 Walker 64 3 18 3 0 0 21 5 5 8 0.281 0.329 0.328 0.657 Cedeno 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.167 0.286 0.333 0.619 Macias 14 1 3 2 0 0 5 1 0 4 0.214 0.214 0.357 0.571 Barrett 53 4 7 2 0 2 15 8 4 10 0.132 0.190 0.283 0.473 Wilson 10 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.100 0.250 0.200 0.450 Patterson 73 6 10 1 2 1 18 3 5 25 0.137 0.192 0.247 0.439 Perez 76 6 13 2 0 0 15 3 2 8 0.171 0.203 0.197 0.400 Blanco 21 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 0.190 0.190 0.190 0.381 CUBS 682 80 174 31 6 26 295 77 45 121 0.255 0.304 0.433 0.737

Sure it does. July 5th runners vs the braves runners on 1-3, 1 out Dusty pinch hints jose who ends up striking out. I understand that this is just one example but pinch hitting jose macis in any sittuation with hariston, Dubois, Cedeno, barret hell even zambrano on the bench is simply bad managing. Just a minor point..... Hairston was already in the game at that time.

I would say, if you think keeping Dusty Baker is the answer, you're twice as delusional. Replacing Dusty is one of many answers. He's the wrong manager for the wrong team. I said it before he was hired and I haven't seen anything resembling evidence to the contrary. Goony, I've restored the complete text of my original post. If you think that I'm advocating keeping Dusty Baker.... please quote my post again and highlight where I said, implied, or even infered that we should keep Baker. The thesis of the original post, and the title of this thread, is that firing Baker is the answer. I am merely trying to point out that when you replace Baker with [fill in the name of the world's best baseball manager here], the 2005 Chicago Cubs are NOT a contender. Now, if you really think I'm delusional..... then simply tell me what manager can take this team to the playoffs, and I will gladly retract all.

Dubois last started on Thurs 30 June vs. Milwaukee. 06/14 - 07/05 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Dubois 22 3 4 1 0 2 11 2 1 7 0.182 0.250 0.500 0.750 Pinch hitting..... 07/03 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB K HP SF BA OBP SLG OPS Dubois 12 1 2 1 0 1 6 2 0 5 0 0 0.167 0.167 0.500 0.667 Macias 28 1 7 3 0 0 10 1 1 3 0 0 0.250 0.276 0.357 0.633 Get some medication for that blood pressure problem, eh? :wink:

Dusty is neither a good manager nor a bad one. He is quite average. You could do better, you could also do much worse. And, believe me, the CUBS have done much worse over the years. Frank Luchessi, Preston Gomez, Charlie Metro...... there's no point in going on. If you think that replacing Dusty Baker is the answer, you're quite delusional. Even the ghost of John McGraw couldn't make chicken salad out of chicken s**t !!!

Has it been officially announced that Lee is out of tonight's game ? Last I heard was he is "day to day".

Worthless stats of the day............ CUBS are 8-6 on Wednesdays CUBS are 0-2 vs. Atlanta CUBS are 0-3 in road games with Hornkohl in the stands CUBS are 18-19 at night. CUBS are 18-22 on the road. CUBS are 31-11 when they get a quality start,... 9-31 when they don't CUBS are 13-12 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games. CUBS are 25-12 when they score first,.... 15-30 when they don't CUBS are 12-5 when they score in the first inning,... 28-37 when they don't CUBS are 24-12 when they make at least 10 hits, 16-30 when they don't. CUBS are 14-7 when they take 4 or more walks, 26-35 when they don't CUBS are 32-27 when they strikeout 7 times or less, 8-15 when they k 8 or more times. CUBS are 22-15 when they steal a base, 18-27 when they don't CUBS are 16-12 when they execute a sac bunt, 24-30 when they don't CUBS are 18-23 when they GIDP, 22-19 when they don't CUBS are 17-23 when they commit an error, 23-19 when they don't CUBS are 19-10 when they hit at least 2 HRs, 21-32 when they don't CUBS are 8-3 when Prior starts Prior is 8 of 11 in quality starts Prior's ERA pitching to Barrett is 4.68.... pitching to Blanco it's 1.83 CUBS score 4.43 R/G overall.... 5.18 R/G when Prior pitches CUBS hit 1.28 HR/G overall.... 2.36 HR/G when Prior pitches CUBS offensive support of Prior..... 04/04 thru 07/05 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Prior 368 57 103 20 2 19 184 53 33 53 0.280 0.347 0.500 0.847 CUBS overall 2828 363 765 158 13 105 1264 347 205 494 0.271 0.324 0.447 0.771 Mark Prior's last five starts..... Prior IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 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 05/17 vs. Pitts 7.0 7 3 3 1 6 2 101 1.29 7.71 2.57 1.14 3.86 5 game total 30.3 22 10 10 5 26 6 435 1.48 7.71 1.78 0.89 2.97 Some splits on Prior..... 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 25.0 19 12 11 6 22 4 377 2.16 7.92 1.44 1.00 3.96 Day 49.3 32 18 17 13 50 7 748 2.37 9.12 1.28 0.91 3.10 Nite 20.0 17 6 5 5 22 3 305 2.25 9.90 1.35 1.10 2.25 season tot 69.3 49 24 22 18 72 10 1053 2.34 9.35 1.30 0.97 2.86 CUBS hitters vs. Atlanta..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS vs. Atla 65 1 14 0 0 1 17 1 6 9 0.215 0.282 0.262 0.543 overall 2828 364 765 161 14 103 1263 347 205 493 0.271 0.324 0.447 0.771 CUBS pitchers vs. Atlanta..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA vs. Atla 16.0 17 9 9 5 19 2 262 2.81 10.69 1.13 1.38 5.06 overall 729.3 689 369 350 297 644 98 12028 3.66 7.95 1.21 1.35 4.32 This trip just hasn't been a whole lot of fun so far. Let's get this thing turned around right now. Go CUBS !!!

It'd take something special to pick Dusty off in the dug-out with a foul ball. Is it too much to hope Corey could do it and redeem himself? Dusty got hit by a foul ball last year. hit by Jose Macias, no less. Yet he still plays Macias. I don't get it. Macias has started exactly 5 games out of 82 this year. Compare that to the amount of playing time he got last year.

Point of information....... team OBP CUBS .324 Mets .322 Astros .316 The hell of it is..... we've dropped from .333 (approx league average) to .324 in the last 3 weeks. Thank you. Carry on.

I personally don't ever want Blanco to play. Every time I hear his name, I hear Slim Whitman singing "Una Paloma Blanca" for some reason. Hey... I'm no music critic, but with these numbers I might just rethink my taste in music........... CUBS are 27-33 when Barrett catches, 13-8 when Blanco starts.

The contrast between Patterson and Hairston is even more striking when you focus on the last 30 days....... 06/03 - 07/04 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Patterson 103 8 16 3 2 1 26 5 7 36 0.155 0.209 0.252 0.462 Hairston 45 4 15 2 1 2 25 6 3 5 0.333 0.388 0.556 0.943

The Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves are a very interesting franchise and a study in contrasts. The Braves, along with the CUBS, are the only two teams to compete each and every season since 1876. (That's the same season that the Indians beat the Custer's out in Montana). From 1876 through 1900, the Boston Braves were the best team in professional baseball. (The CUBS did run a close second.), But in 1901, everything changed. The American League was formed, and suddenly the Braves were challenged for popularity within their own home market. During the next 53 years, the Braves played like horse........ well..... lets just say they were bad. Only the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Browns had worse records during the period. (Those are 2 great studies in futility in their own right). The only highlight for the Braves during this period was the summer of 1914. Mired in dead last place in late June..... they came back to win the pennant and the World Series that year, their only title in Boston !! Then it was on to Milwaukee, where the Braves won another World Series, and were the second winningest team in the NL during the period. Then Bill Bartholomay decided he wasn't making enough money in Milwaukee, and uprooted the team for the greener pastures of Atlanta. In their first 24 years in the south, only the Cleveland Indians had worse winning record than the hapless Atlanta Braves. (I'm omitting the expansion teams of the period for this comparison). The turnaround of the Braves in 1991 is well known to all of us. For all their winning over the last 15 years, this franchise is still 41 games under .500 over it's lifetime. Hell, even the CUBS are 9,756 - 9,208 for a 0.5144 winning percentage over that time !! World Series years team W L pct PA W L 1876 - 1900 Boston Braves 1686 1175 0.589 0 0 0 1901 - 1953 Boston Braves 3524 4485 0.440 2 1 1 1954 - 1966 Milwaukee Braves 1139 905 0.557 2 1 1 1967 - 1990 Atlanta Braves 1753 2060 0.460 2 0 0 1991 - 2004 Atlanta Braves 1341 859 0.610 13 1 4 franchise totals 9443 9484 0.499 19 3 6

Or, how about the fact that you've got 7 players on the roster who have hit over .250...... and none of them are catchers. Now who are you gonna play ?

Over the last 3 weeks, this team has gone 7-12 and looked extremely bad doing it. They've scored 3.42 R/G while giving up 5.47 R/G. Over a whole season, this projects out to a record of 60-102. Hardly the W/C contenders we like to fancy them as. Here's a breakdown of the offense...... 06/14 - 07/04 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Lee 71 15 25 2 2 6 49 11 4 12 0.352 0.387 0.690 1.077 Ramirez 64 8 23 2 0 4 37 14 4 10 0.359 0.406 0.578 0.984 Hairston 29 3 9 2 0 2 17 3 2 5 0.310 0.375 0.586 0.961 Burnitz 61 12 17 4 0 3 30 7 12 10 0.279 0.397 0.492 0.889 Hollandsworth 58 6 19 4 1 2 31 8 2 7 0.328 0.350 0.534 0.884 Dubois 21 3 4 1 0 2 11 2 1 6 0.190 0.261 0.524 0.785 Macias 12 1 3 2 0 0 5 1 0 3 0.250 0.250 0.417 0.667 Walker 56 1 15 3 0 0 18 5 5 8 0.268 0.323 0.321 0.644 Cedeno 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.167 0.286 0.333 0.619 Wilson 9 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.111 0.273 0.222 0.495 Patterson 65 6 10 1 2 1 18 3 5 23 0.154 0.214 0.277 0.491 Barrett 50 3 6 2 0 1 11 4 4 10 0.120 0.185 0.220 0.405 Perez 68 5 11 1 0 0 12 3 2 7 0.162 0.197 0.176 0.374 Blanco 17 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0.176 0.176 0.176 0.353 CUBS 608 65 148 26 5 21 247 63 44 113 0.243 0.298 0.406 0.705 ..... and the pitching staff..... 06/14 - 07/04 IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 8.7 0 0 0 4 8 0 119 4.15 8.31 0.00 0.46 0.00 Novoa 5.0 3 0 0 5 9 0 102 9.00 16.20 0.00 1.60 0.00 Ohman 4.7 3 1 1 1 7 1 75 1.93 13.50 1.93 0.86 1.93 Prior 11.0 7 3 3 0 10 1 153 0.00 8.18 0.82 0.64 2.45 Wood 11.0 8 4 4 5 15 2 193 4.09 12.27 1.64 1.18 3.27 Williams 16.0 8 6 6 6 11 3 212 3.38 6.19 1.69 0.88 3.38 Hill 5.7 3 3 3 3 9 0 103 4.76 14.29 0.00 1.06 4.76 Wuertz 8.3 12 5 5 7 10 1 180 7.56 10.80 1.08 2.28 5.40 Mitre 23.3 26 17 16 10 12 3 378 3.86 4.63 1.16 1.54 6.17 Zambrano 23.0 25 16 16 13 18 1 402 5.09 7.04 0.39 1.65 6.26 Borowski 2.7 3 2 2 0 4 2 47 0.00 13.50 6.75 1.13 6.75 Rusch 14.0 23 13 11 5 9 3 281 3.21 5.79 1.93 2.00 7.07 Maddux 20.7 30 18 18 6 13 5 343 2.61 5.66 2.18 1.74 7.84 Bartosh 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16 0.00 0.00 9.00 1.00 9.00 Remlinger 5.3 9 6 6 0 7 2 97 0.00 11.81 3.38 1.69 10.13 Wellemeyer 5.7 10 8 8 4 4 4 111 6.35 6.35 6.35 2.47 12.71 CUBS 167.0 172 104 101 69 147 30 2824 3.72 7.92 1.62 1.44 5.44 ...... so what's not to like ????

How 'bout some worthless stats of the day for Tuesday..... CUBS are 8-4 on Tuesdays CUBS are 0-1 vs. Atlanta CUBS are 0-4 in games where they don't get any extra base hits CUBS are 18-18 at night. CUBS are 18-21 on the road. CUBS are 31-11 when they get a quality start,... 9-30 when they don't CUBS are 13-12 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games. CUBS are 25-12 when they score first,.... 15-29 when they don't CUBS are 12-5 when they score in the first inning,... 28-36 when they don't CUBS are 6-17 when they hit an opposing batter, 34-24 when they don't CUBS are 20-14 when Dubois starts in left field, 20-27 when he doesn't CUBS are 27-33 when Barrett catches, 13-8 when Blanco starts. CUBS are 29-21 from Sun thru Wed, 11-20 on Thur, Fri & Sat. CUBS are 31-15 when they score 4 runs or more, 9-26 when they don't CUBS are 30-2 when they give up 3 runs or less, 10-39 when they don't\ CUBS are 9-8 when Maddux starts Maddux is 10 of 17 in quality starts Maddux's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.28.... pitching to Blanco it's 3.60 CUBS score 4.47 R/G overall.... 5.29 R/G when Maddux pitches CUBS hit 1.28 HR/G overall.... 1.53 HR/G when Maddux pitches CUBS offensive support of Maddux..... 04/04 thru 07/04 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Maddux 612 90 178 44 1 26 302 85 48 98 0.291 0.350 0.493 0.843 CUBS overall 2794 362 757 158 13 104 1253 346 204 490 0.271 0.325 0.448 0.773 Maddux's last five starts..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/30 vs. Milw 5.0 10 6 6 1 2 1 88 1.80 3.60 1.80 2.20 10.80 06/25 vs. CWS 6.0 5 2 2 0 6 2 88 0.00 9.00 3.00 0.83 3.00 06/20 vs. Milw 6.0 7 3 3 3 2 1 98 4.50 3.00 1.50 1.67 4.50 06/15 vs. Flor 3.7 8 7 7 2 3 1 69 4.91 7.36 2.45 2.73 17.18 06/10 vs. Bost 6.7 7 3 3 1 5 1 86 1.35 6.75 1.35 1.20 4.05 5 game total 27.3 37 21 21 7 18 6 429 2.30 5.93 1.98 1.61 6.91 Well.... at least Maddux's splits are consistent..... Maddux IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 49.7 58 31 29 9 29 7 703 1.63 5.26 1.27 1.35 5.26 Road 52.0 58 27 26 10 34 9 774 1.73 5.88 1.56 1.31 4.50 Day 64.3 77 40 37 10 34 10 925 1.40 4.76 1.40 1.35 5.18 Nite 37.3 39 18 18 9 29 6 552 2.17 6.99 1.45 1.29 4.34 season tot 101.7 116 58 55 19 63 16 1477 1.68 5.58 1.42 1.33 4.87 CUBS offense vs. Atlanta..... CUBS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS vs. Atla 31 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 5 5 0.194 0.306 0.194 0.499 overall 2794 363 757 161 14 102 1252 346 204 489 0.271 0.325 0.448 0.773 CUBS pitching vs. Atlanta..... CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA vs. Atla 8.0 8 4 4 3 9 2 141 3.38 10.13 2.25 1.38 4.50 overall 721.3 680 364 345 295 634 98 11907 3.68 7.91 1.22 1.35 4.30 Go CUBS !!

Well, I just got back to my hotel room in Atlanta. Boy, they sure did have a nice fireworks display and tribute to America on the Jumbotron at Turner Field. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy about the 4th of July !

Tell me again..... which one of these guys was the right move this past off season ??? 06/29 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OBP Alou 221 39 72 8 0 12 116 38 34 16 2 0 0.326 0.417 0.525 0.942 Drew 243 44 68 12 1 12 118 32 49 49 1 1 0.280 0.405 0.486 0.890 Burnitz 290 46 80 17 2 13 140 43 26 52 4 3 0.276 0.332 0.483 0.815 Beltran 272 32 71 17 1 9 117 38 22 51 1 2 0.261 0.315 0.430 0.746 Sosa 226 25 53 10 1 9 92 26 22 45 1 0 0.235 0.306 0.407 0.713 Huff 274 26 69 11 2 5 99 38 25 48 8 4 0.252 0.319 0.361 0.681 Ordonez 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.000 0.091 0.000 0.091

Corey has been really painful to watch the last 30 days. I know he's a better hitter than what the numbers show for June, but I'm so frustrated, I just don't know what the answer is. I suspect that describes CUBS management as well. Patterson AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 04/04 - 06/02 203 28 56 6 0 10 92 19 9 45 0.276 0.307 0.453 0.760 06/03 - 07/03 102 8 16 3 2 1 26 5 7 36 0.157 0.211 0.255 0.466 04/04 - 07/03 305 36 72 9 2 11 118 24 16 81 0.236 0.274 0.387 0.661

Would you happen to have Jeromy's stats on how he does after the all-star break in his career? No, I just started keeping stats on individual players this year, so I only have '05 in my database. (I was thinking maybe that long off season would be a good time to start working backwards on that.)

Like many of you, I was prepared to hate Burnitz when we signed him. I must admit, though, he has been a very pleasant surprise so far this season. He seems to be streaky, which not at all unusual, and right now he his hot. Look at his OBP the last month !! 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 05/03 - 06/01 106 11 23 3 0 3 35 13 8 16 0.217 0.272 0.330 0.602 06/02 - 07/03 105 22 33 8 0 5 56 14 13 18 0.314 0.390 0.533 0.923 season tot 303 48 84 18 2 13 145 44 27 54 0.277 0.333 0.479 0.812 In terms of production (OPS) per million dollars in salary, Burnitz is far and away a better value than any of the other outfielders we were considering in the off season. Let's hope he stays hot for a good long while.

Some worthless stats of the day for Monday 04 July 2005..... CUBS are 5-5 on Mondays CUBS are 0-0 vs. Atlanta CUBS are 13-14 in games that open a series CUBS are 4-2 in games openning a road trip CUBS are 18-17 at night. CUBS are 18-20 on the road. CUBS are 13-12 in one run games, 8-5 in two run games. CUBS are 25-12 when they score first,.... 15-28 when they don't CUBS are 12-5 when they score in the first inning,... 28-35 when they don't CUBS are 31-11 when they get a quality start,... 9-29 when they don't CUBS are 29-22 when the opponents strikeout 8 or less times, 11-18 when they K more than 8 times. CUBS are 7-20 when the opponents steal a base, 33-20 when they don't CUBS are 7-17 when the opponents execute a sac bunt, 33-23 when they don't CUBS are 25-21 when the opponents GIDP, 15-19 when they don't CUBS are 2-4 when Wood starts Wood is 1 of 6 in quality starts Wood's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.29.... Wood has not pitched to Blanco CUBS score 4.53 R/G overall.... 4.17 R/G when Wood pitches CUBS hit 1.30 HR/G overall.... 1.50 HR/G when Wood pitches CUBS offensive support for Wood.... 04/04 thru 07/03 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Wood 207 25 50 9 0 9 86 25 17 43 0.242 0.300 0.415 0.715 CUBS overall 2763 362 751 158 13 104 1247 346 199 485 0.272 0.325 0.451 0.776 Wood's six starts this season.... Wood IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 06/29 vs. Milw 6.0 2 1 1 2 9 1 91 3.00 13.50 1.50 0.67 1.50 04/30 vs. Houst 3.0 4 3 3 2 6 0 54 6.00 18.00 0.00 2.00 9.00 04/24 vs. Pitts 5.0 3 2 2 3 8 0 76 5.40 14.40 0.00 1.20 3.60 04/18 vs. Cincy 6.0 8 5 5 2 6 2 95 3.00 9.00 3.00 1.67 7.50 04/13 vs. S.D. 6.7 9 7 6 2 6 3 112 2.70 8.10 4.05 1.65 8.10 04/08 vs. Milw 5.7 4 2 2 5 7 0 102 7.94 11.12 0.00 1.59 3.18 season total 32.3 30 20 19 16 42 6 530 4.45 11.69 1.67 1.42 5.29 An interesting coincidence..... Wood's home/road splits ARE his day/night splits.... Wood IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Home 23.3 18 12 11 12 30 4 381 4.63 11.57 1.54 1.29 4.24 Road 9.0 12 8 8 4 12 2 149 4.00 12.00 2.00 1.78 8.00 Day 23.3 18 12 11 12 30 4 381 4.63 11.57 1.54 1.29 4.24 Nite 9.0 12 8 8 4 12 2 149 4.00 12.00 2.00 1.78 8.00 season total 32.3 30 20 19 16 42 6 530 4.45 11.69 1.67 1.42 5.29 Since the CUBS and Braves have not faced each other yet this season, there is no history between the teams to give you. With that, I'm off to Atlanta to watch the CUBS do battle with the Braves. Go CUBS !!!

That is correct. They travel to Philadelphia the first of August.