Fred Hornkohl

Well then why the [expletive] isn't he using his green font ???

And stupid point number 2. That's just dumb fandom right there. You'd gladly sit through 3 more years of sucking? That's absurd. Show me a team in the playoffs who didn't have to suffer through 4 100 loss seasons before becoming good. Not sure what you're going for here...... Three of the playoff teams (NY Yankees, San Francisco, & Cincinnati) have never had 4 100 Loss seasons. Of the remaining 7 teams, only Washington & Detroit have had a 100 loss season within the last decade. Hell, the Cardinals haven't lost 100 games since 1908 !!! 100 Loss Seasons Team # Last Strk Oakland A's 17 1979 3 Atlanta Braves 14 1988 4 Philadelphia Phillies 14 1961 5 Baltimore Orioles 10 1988 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 8 2010 3 Boston Red Sox 7 1965 3 Detroit Tigers 6 2003 2 New York Mets 6 1993 4 Minnesota Twins 6 1982 1 Texas Rangers 6 1973 4 Seattle Mariners 5 2010 1 San Diego Padres 5 1993 2 Cleveland Indians 5 1991 1 Washington Nationals 4 2009 2 Kansas City Royals 4 2006 3 St. Louis Cardinals 4 1908 2 Chicago Cubs 3 2012 1 Tampa Bay Devilrays 3 2006 2 Toronto Blue Jays 3 1979 3 Chicago White Sox 3 1948 1 Houston Astros 2 2012 2 New York Yankees 2 1912 1 Los Angeles Dodgers 2 1908 1 Arizona Diamondbacks 1 2004 1 Milwaukee Brewers 1 2002 1 Florida Marlins 1 1998 1 San Francisco Giants 1 1985 1 Cincinnati Reds 1 1982 1 Colorado Rockies 0 ---- 0 Anaheim Angels 0 ---- 0

Only 135 more days 'til pitchers and catchers report !! Go CUBS !!

http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/5498.jpg Edgar Gonzalez (3-1) ERA = 4.15, WHIP = 1.02 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30515.png&w=350&h=254 Travis Wood (6-13) ERA = 4.39, WHIP = 1.20 Go CUBS !!

1962 World Series team W L pct PA W L San Francisco Giants 103 62 0.624 1 0 1 Los Angeles Dodgers 102 63 0.618 0 0 0 Cincinnati Reds 98 64 0.605 0 0 0 Pittsburgh Pirates 93 68 0.578 0 0 0 Atlanta Braves 86 76 0.531 0 0 0 St. Louis Cardinals 84 78 0.519 0 0 0 Philadelphia Phillies 81 80 0.503 0 0 0 Houston Astros 64 96 0.400 0 0 0 Chicago Cubs 59 103 0.364 0 0 0 New York Mets 40 120 0.250 0 0 0 CUBS are 7-11 (0.389) vs. Houston Gam# Date Opponent Score 001 Tue 04/10/1962 @ Houston 2-11 002 Wed 04/11/1962 @ Houston N 0- 2 003 Thu 04/12/1962 @ Houston 0- 2 008 Wed 04/18/1962 Houston 3- 2 009 Thu 04/19/1962 Houston 0- 6 046 Wed 05/30/1962 Houston 6- 8 047 Thu 05/31/1962 Houston 6-10 092 Sun 07/15/1962 @ Houston 4- 5 093 Sun 07/15/1962 @ Houston 4- 1 103 Fri 07/27/1962 Houston 5- 1 104 Sun 07/29/1962 Houston 4- 2 105 Sun 07/29/1962 Houston 1- 3 122 Fri 08/17/1962 @ Houston 2- 3 123 Sat 08/18/1962 @ Houston 1- 2 124 Sat 08/18/1962 @ Houston 6- 5 125 Sun 08/19/1962 @ Houston 4- 3 135 Sat 09/01/1962 Houston 4- 3 136 Sun 09/02/1962 Houston 1- 3 CUBS are 9-9 (0.500) vs. New York It was not the best of times.

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30369.png&w=350&h=254 Bud Norris (6-13) ERA = 4.82, WHIP = 1.39 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/28874.png&w=350&h=254 Chris Volstad (3-11) ERA = 6.64, WHIP = 1.68 Go CUBS !!

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30417.png&w=350&h=254 Fernando Abad (0-6) ERA = 5.12, WHIP = 1.64 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30363.png&w=350&h=254 Jason Berken (0-2) ERA = 6.00, WHIP = 2.07 Go CUBS !!

First time the CUBS have scored 6 runs in a game in the last 2 weeks !!

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/31987.png&w=350&h=254 Chris Rusin (1-3) ERA = 7.30, WHIP = 1.78 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/31090.png&w=350&h=254 Josh Collmentor (5-3) ERA = 3.80, WHIP = 1.27 Go CUBS !!

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/5971.png&w=350&h=254 Justin Germano (2-9) ERA = 5.65, WHIP = 1.47 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30054.png&w=350&h=254 Trevor Cahill (12-12) ERA = 3.86, WHIP = 1.31 Go CUBS !!

My ex wife said I was better than nothing......... but then she changed her mind.

CUBS are 7-2 (.778) when they draw 7 or more walks.... 52-95 (.354) when they don't Go CUBS !!

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30515.png&w=350&h=254 Travis Wood (6-12) ERA = 4.23, WHIP = 1.18 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/28864.png&w=350&h=254 Ian Kennedy (14-11) ERA = 4.14, WHIP = 1.30 Go CUBS !!

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/28874.png&w=350&h=254 Chris Volstad (3-10) ERA = 6.22, WHIP = 1.63 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30147.png&w=350&h=254 Jhoulys Chacin (2-5) ERA = 4.73, WHIP = 1.63 Go CUBS !!

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/30363.png&w=350&h=254 Jason Berken (0-1) ERA = 3.27, WHIP = 1.82 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/31010.png&w=350&h=254 Drew Pomeranz (1-9) ERA = 5.30, WHIP = 1.52 Go CUBS !!

Greetings one and all from beautiful Seville, OH !! CUBS are 81-76 (0.516) vs. Colorado CUBS are 39-41 (0.488) vs. Colorado on the road CUBS are 8-10 (0.444) vs. Colorado on Tue CUBS are 4-4 (0.500) vs. Colorado on Tue on the road CUBS are 2-5 (0.286) vs. Colorado in September CUBS are 1-2 (0.333) vs. Colorado in September on the road CUBS are 0-1 (0.000) vs. Colorado on Tue in September CUBS are 0-1 (0.000) vs. Colorado on Tue in September on the road CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado on 25 September CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado on 25 September on the road CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado on Tue 25 September CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado on Tue 25 September on the road CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado in Game No 154 CUBS are 0-0 (0.000) vs. Colorado in Road Game No 76 CUBS vs. Colorado on Tue .............. Gam# Date Opponent Score 019 Tue 04/27/1993 @ Colorado N 2-11 025 Tue 05/04/1993 Colorado N 13-14 081 Tue 07/05/1994 Colorado N 6- 9 092 Tue 07/19/1994 @ Colorado N 6- 1 024 Tue 05/23/1995 @ Colorado N 7- 6 020 Tue 04/23/1996 Colorado 3- 4 011 Tue 04/15/1997 Colorado 7-10 024 Tue 05/04/1999 Colorado 13-12 067 Tue 06/22/1999 @ Colorado N 13-12 046 Tue 05/23/2000 @ Colorado N 7-10 105 Tue 08/01/2000 Colorado 1- 2 138 Tue 09/05/2000 @ Colorado N 2-10 019 Tue 04/24/2001 @ Colorado N 1-14 111 Tue 08/07/2001 Colorado N 5- 4 106 Tue 08/03/2004 @ Colorado N 5- 3 076 Tue 06/26/2007 Colorado N 8- 5 040 Tue 05/18/2010 Colorado N 6- 2 023 Tue 04/26/2011 Colorado N 3- 4 154 Tue 09/25/2012 @ Colorado N Go CUBS !!! © 2012, Fred W. Hornkohl

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/31987.png&w=350&h=254 Chris Rusin (1-2) ERA = 6.00, WHIP = 1.71 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/5906.png&w=350&h=254 Jorge De la Rosa (0-1) ERA = 12.27, WHIP = 2.18 Go CUBS !!

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/4789.png&w=350&h=254 Kyle Lohse (15-3) ERA = 2.71, WHIP = 1.08 vs. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/5971.png&w=350&h=254 Justin Germano (2-8) ERA = 5.58, WHIP = 1.42 http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/Hornkohl/cubs-slug-cards.jpg Go CUBS !!

You do realize we have 6 games left against the other 2 terrible teams in the NL right? Win 4 of those, and we don't even have to worry about tomorrow or the Diamondbacks series. Oh yeah and we still have 3 outs to score at least one run today. I'm just not expecting much out of the road trip Sweep the Astros next weekend and we only need to win 1 out of 6 games on the road trip. CUBS are on a pace to finish 63-99

...... or not.

Time for one of them big hits from DeJesus !!!

CUBS are 23-56 (.291) when the opponent steals a base.... 36-36 (.500) when they don't Go CUBS !!

Seems like that's the only kind we get against the Cardinals, eh?

Did I mention that I really, really hate the Cardinals ??

CUBS are 52-60 (.464) when they get they get at least 6 hits .... 7-32 (.179) when they don't Go CUBS !!!