Fred Hornkohl

Theriot grounded out to third, 5-3

LA Dodgers 7 3 Cincinnati 3 Milwaukee 5 4 Florida 0 Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 2 3 Colorado 0 San Francisco 0 3:05 Washington 0 Arizona 0 3:10 Houston 0 San Diego 0 5:35 Atlanta 0 NY Mets 0 7:05 Detroit 0 1 white sox 0

CUBS St. Louis P/PA 3.50 0.00 RBI% 0.00 0.00 R/BR 0.00 0.00 BA 0.250 0.000 OBP 0.250 0.000 SLG 0.250 0.000 OPS 0.500 0.000 ERA 0.00 0.00 BB/9 0.00 0.00 K/9 0.00 9.00

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Fukudome lined out to left field Barney flied out to right center field Castro singled to center field Pena called out on strikes 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 1 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS:none St. Louis:none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Zambrano 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Carpenter 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14

Castro singled to center field

Barney flied out to right center field

Fukudome lined out to left field

Sunday 05 June 2011 CUBS @ St. Louis 13:15 CUBS Fukudome, rf Barney, 2b Castro, ss Pena, 1b Ramirez, 3b DeWitt, lf Colvin, cf K Hill, c Zambrano, p St. Louis Theriot, ss Carpenter, 3b Pujols, 1b Jay, cf Craig, lf Schumaker, rf Molina, c Descalso, 2b Carpenter, p

Greetings one and all from beautiful Algonquin, IL !!! Worthless stats of the day for Sunday............. Disclaimer: The following data are timely, accurate, and relevant but, in most cases, of insufficient sample size to warrant drawing any statistical inference. Accordingly, no such statistical inference or causal relationship is herein stated, implied, inferred, suggested, hinted at, or equivocated. The data contained herein, when read by the user, will not adversely impact the quality of the human environment. No animals were harmed, or trees destroyed, in the compilation of these data. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. CUBS are 1-7 on Sundays CUBS are 0-3 in June CUBS are 1-4 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 7-18 vs. NL Central CUBS are 0-0 when they've lost their last 5 game(s) in a row CUBS are 18-14 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 5-13 in games that end a series CUBS are 10-16 in daylight CUBS are 11-14 on the road CUBS are 16-26 vs right handers CUBS are 13-6 when they get a quality start.... 10-27 when they don't CUBS are 11-22 when the opponents get a quality start.... 12-11 when they don't CUBS are 12-11 when they score first in the game.... 11-22 when they don't CUBS are 3-11 when the score in the first inning.... 20-22 when they don't CUBS are 16-20 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 7-13 when they do CUBS are 19-12 when they score 4 runs or more.... 4-21 when they don't CUBS are 15-3 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 8-30 when they don't CUBS are 18-10 when they outhit the opponent.... 1-21 when they get outhit.... 4-2 when the hits are even CUBS are 7-5 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 16-28 when he doesn't CUBS are 6-7 in one run games .... 5-7 in two runs games CUBS are 10-12 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 13-21 when it's less than 70 CUBS are 11-12 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 12-21 when they don't CUBS are 14-21 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 9-12 when they don't CUBS are 6-7 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 17-26 when he doesn't CUBS are 17-16 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 6-15 when he doesn't CUBS are 19-26 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 4-7 when they wear alternate blues CUBS are 10-12 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS are on a pace for: Compared to: 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 ..67 wins 75 84 97 85 66 79 .677 runs 684 711 857 752 716 703 .116 home runs 149 162 185 151 166 194 .408 walks 476 597 638 500 395 419 1099 strike outs 1236 1192 1193 1054 928 920 ..43 stolen bases 55 55 87 87 121 64 .124 GIDPs 124 135 136 128 135 129 .130 errors 122 103 97 94 104 100 ..61 hit batsmen 50 58 50 37 41 50 4.18 runs per game 4.22 4.39 5.29 4.64 4.42 4.34 3.66 pitches per plate appearance 3.79 3.82 3.88 3.74 3.68 3.61 .342 runs per baserunner 0.353 0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365 28.7 % of extra base hits 33.6 34.6 34.3 34.1 32.3 35.8 .270 batting average 0.256 0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270 .325 on base percentage 0.319 0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324 .395 slugging percentage 0.401 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440 .720 on base plus slugging (OPS) 0.720 0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764 CUBS are 21-19 when they get at least 8 hits .... 2-14 when they don't CUBS are 18-21 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 5-12 when they don't CUBS are 5-4 when they steal a base.... 18-29 when they don't CUBS are 7-7 when they execute a sac bunt.... 16-26 when they don't CUBS are 15-19 when they GIDP.... 8-14 when they don't CUBS are 9-15 when they commit one or more errors.... 14-18 when they don't CUBS are 21-22 when they hit at least one double.... 2-11 when they don't CUBS are 5-4 when they hit at least one triple.... 18-29 when they don't CUBS are 8-1 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 15-32 when they don't CUBS are 5-4 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 18-29 when they don't CUBS are 5-15 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 18-18 when they don't CUBS are 9-7 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 14-26 when they don't CUBS are 10-17 when the opponent steals a base.... 13-16 when they don't CUBS are 10-13 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 13-20 when they don't CUBS are 13-13 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 10-20 when they don't CUBS are 14-18 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 9-15 when they don't CUBS are 5-10 when the opponent triples.... 18-23 when they don't CUBS are 2-12 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 21-21 when they don't CUBS are 4-10 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 19-23 when they don't CUBS are 6-12 when they hit an opposing batter.... 17-21 when they don't CUBS are 8-4 when Zambrano starts Go CUBS !!! © 2011, Fred W. Hornkohl

He's said stuff that's a lot stupider than that. Stupider ???

Some of us remember the 103 loss seasons of '62 & '65. This team, with it's injuries, could end up being that bad. Others of us remember that it was 66, not 65. :P What I remember about that era is that 65 was the last year of the College of Coaches, at least in name (the rotating head coach system was abolished a couple years earlier in favor of a single head coach, Bob Kennedy, who was therefore a de facto manager). Following the 65 season the College was completely scrapped and Leo Durocher was hired as manager. He promptly declared that the Cubs were not an 8th place team, and in 66 they proved him right by finishing 10th. What a great decade that was !!! 1956 60 94 0.390 8 1957 62 92 0.403 7 1958 72 82 0.468 5 1959 74 80 0.481 5 1960 60 94 0.390 7 1961 64 90 0.416 7 1962 59 103 0.364 9 1963 82 80 0.506 7 1964 76 86 0.469 8 1965 72 90 0.444 8 1966 59 103 0.364 10 One winning season, and an overall record of 740-994 (0.4268). Only the Kansas City (now Oakland) A's had a worse record over that period.

That would be the logical next step in fecal league competition. Oh, we're getting there !! Team W L Pct GB Minnesota 19 37 0.339 --- Houston 23 35 0.397 3.0 CUBS 23 32 0.418 4.5 San Diego 25 33 0.431 5.0 Washington 25 32 0.439 5.5 Kansas City 25 32 0.439 5.5 LA Dodgers 26 32 0.448 6.0 Baltimore 25 30 0.455 6.5 NY Mets 26 31 0.456 6.5 Colorado 26 30 0.464 7.0 Oakland 27 31 0.466 7.0 white sox 28 31 0.475 7.5 Pittsburgh 27 29 0.482 8.0

It occurs to me..... that maybe we're doing this game thread thing all wrong. Instead of having a guy keep going until he loses a game..... maybe we should make him keep going until he wins one, eh?

This is one ugly team, no?

Saturday 04 June 2011 CUBS @ St. Louis 15:10 CUBS Fukudome, rf Barney, 2b Castro, ss Pena, 1b DeWitt, 3b Soto, c Colvin, lf Campana, cf Wells, p St. Louis Theriot, ss Jay, lf Pujols, 1b Berkman, rf Rasmus, cf Molina, c Carpenter, 3b Descalso, 2b Lohse, p

Greetings one and all from beautiful Algonquin, IL !!! Worthless stats of the day for Saturday............. Disclaimer: The following data are timely, accurate, and relevant but, in most cases, of insufficient sample size to warrant drawing any statistical inference. Accordingly, no such statistical inference or causal relationship is herein stated, implied, inferred, suggested, hinted at, or equivocated. The data contained herein, when read by the user, will not adversely impact the quality of the human environment. No animals were harmed, or trees destroyed, in the compilation of these data. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. CUBS are 6-3 on Saturdays CUBS are 0-2 in June CUBS are 1-3 vs. St. Louis CUBS are 7-17 vs. NL Central CUBS are 1-0 when they've lost their last 4 game(s) in a row CUBS are 18-13 when they've lost their previous game CUBS are 10-15 in daylight CUBS are 11-13 on the road CUBS are 16-25 vs right handers CUBS are 13-6 when they get a quality start.... 10-26 when they don't CUBS are 11-22 when the opponents get a quality start.... 12-10 when they don't CUBS are 12-11 when they score first in the game.... 11-21 when they don't CUBS are 3-11 when the score in the first inning.... 20-21 when they don't CUBS are 16-19 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 7-13 when they do CUBS are 19-11 when they score 4 runs or more.... 4-21 when they don't CUBS are 15-3 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 8-29 when they don't CUBS are 18-9 when they outhit the opponent.... 1-21 when they get outhit.... 4-2 when the hits are even CUBS are 7-5 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 16-27 when he doesn't CUBS are 6-6 in one run games .... 5-7 in two runs games CUBS are 10-11 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 13-21 when it's less than 70 CUBS are 11-11 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 12-21 when they don't CUBS are 14-20 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 9-12 when they don't CUBS are 6-7 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 17-25 when he doesn't CUBS are 17-15 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 6-15 when he doesn't CUBS are 19-26 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 4-6 when they wear alternate blues CUBS are on a pace for: Compared to: 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 ..68 wins 75 84 97 85 66 79 .677 runs 684 711 857 752 716 703 .115 home runs 149 162 185 151 166 194 .415 walks 476 597 638 500 395 419 1093 strike outs 1236 1192 1193 1054 928 920 ..44 stolen bases 55 55 87 87 121 64 .127 GIDPs 124 135 136 128 135 129 .130 errors 122 103 97 94 104 100 ..62 hit batsmen 50 58 50 37 41 50 4.18 runs per game 4.22 4.39 5.29 4.64 4.42 4.34 3.68 pitches per plate appearance 3.79 3.82 3.88 3.74 3.68 3.61 .342 runs per baserunner 0.353 0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365 28.6 % of extra base hits 33.6 34.6 34.3 34.1 32.3 35.8 .271 batting average 0.256 0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270 .327 on base percentage 0.319 0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324 .395 slugging percentage 0.401 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440 .722 on base plus slugging (OPS) 0.720 0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764 CUBS are 21-18 when they get at least 8 hits .... 2-14 when they don't CUBS are 18-21 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 5-11 when they don't CUBS are 5-4 when they steal a base.... 18-28 when they don't CUBS are 7-7 when they execute a sac bunt.... 16-25 when they don't CUBS are 15-19 when they GIDP.... 8-13 when they don't CUBS are 9-14 when they commit one or more errors.... 14-18 when they don't CUBS are 21-21 when they hit at least one double.... 2-11 when they don't CUBS are 5-4 when they hit at least one triple.... 18-28 when they don't CUBS are 8-1 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 15-31 when they don't CUBS are 5-4 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 18-28 when they don't CUBS are 5-14 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 18-18 when they don't CUBS are 9-7 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 14-25 when they don't CUBS are 10-17 when the opponent steals a base.... 13-15 when they don't CUBS are 10-13 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 13-19 when they don't CUBS are 13-13 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 10-19 when they don't CUBS are 14-18 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 9-14 when they don't CUBS are 5-10 when the opponent triples.... 18-22 when they don't CUBS are 2-11 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 21-21 when they don't CUBS are 4-10 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 19-22 when they don't CUBS are 6-11 when they hit an opposing batter.... 17-21 when they don't CUBS are 1-1 when Wells starts Go CUBS !!! © 2011, Fred W. Hornkohl

Some of us remember the 103 loss seasons of '62 & '65. This team, with it's injuries, could end up being that bad.

Look at these numbers from the last 7 games............... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .49 Fri 05/27 Pittsburgh 2- 4 Davis Correia .50 Sat 05/28 Pittsburgh 0-10 Wells Maholm .51 Sun 05/29 Pittsburgh 3- 2 Dempster Karstens .52 Mon 05/30 Houston 7-12 Lopez A Rodriguez .53 Tue 05/31 Houston N 3- 7 Zambrano Lyles .54 Wed 06/01 Houston 1- 3 Davis Myers .55 Fri 06/03 @ St. Louis N 1- 6 Dempster Garcia 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Opponents 7 3 1 9 5 3 6 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 05/27 - 06/03 IP H R ER BB K HR BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA CUBS 61.0 71 44 41 25 54 13 3.69 7.97 1.92 1.57 6.05 Oppt 62.0 42 17 14 13 39 4 1.89 5.66 0.58 0.89 2.03 05/27 - 06/03 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS 220 17 42 9 3 4 69 14 13 39 0.191 0.241 0.314 0.554 Oppt 248 44 71 14 1 13 126 41 25 54 0.286 0.353 0.508 0.861

Friday 03 June 2011 CUBS @ St. Louis 19:15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 St. Louis 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 9 1 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Fukudome rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barney 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Castro ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soto c 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pena 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montanez lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Colvin cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LeMaheiu 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dempster p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Campana ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Russell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DeWitt ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grabow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 32 1 5 1 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 St. Louis ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Theriot ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jay lf 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 3 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Berkman rf 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Green 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rasmus cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Molina c 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Schumaker 2b-rf 4 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Descalso 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garcia p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Craig ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 30 6 9 5 4 8 10 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Dempster 5.0 8 6 6 3 5 2 109 Russell 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 19 Lopez 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 Grabow 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 totals 8.0 9 6 6 4 8 2 152 St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Garcia 8.0 4 1 0 1 8 0 94 Sanchez 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 totals 9.0 5 1 0 1 9 0 110 W: Garcia (6-1) S: none L: Dempster (4-5) T: 2:36 A: 40,419 Home runs: CUBS:none St. Louis:Berkman (12), Pujols (10)

Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 2 F Atlanta 6 NY Mets 3 F LA Dodgers 1 Cincinnati 2 F Milwaukee 6 Florida 5 F Washington 0 Arizona 1 4 Houston 0 3 San Diego 0 Colorado 0 San Francisco 0 2 Detroit 3 white sox 5 7

CUBS St. Louis P/PA 3.33 4.22 RBI% 0.10 0.23 R/BR 0.17 0.46 BA 0.156 0.300 OBP 0.182 0.382 SLG 0.188 0.567 OPS 0.369 0.949 ERA 6.75 0.00 BB/9 4.50 1.00 K/9 9.00 9.00

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Sanchez in (9th) to pitch for St. Louis Castro struck out swinging Soto flied out to center field Pena singled to right field Pena took second base on defensive indifference Montanez flied out to center field 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 St. Louis 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 9 1 W: Garcia (6-1) S: none L: Dempster (4-5) T: 2:36 A: 40,419 Home runs: CUBS:none St. Louis:Berkman (12), Pujols (10) CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 5.0 8 6 6 3 5 2 109 Russell 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 19 Lopez 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 Grabow 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Garcia 8.0 4 1 0 1 8 0 94 Sanchez 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16

Pena took second base on defensive indifference

Pena singled to right field

Soto flied out to center field