Fred Hornkohl

CUBS have played 3 consecutive 3 hour plus games...... this one will be number 4. Go CUBS !!

Braun singled to left field

Gomez popped out (foul) to shortstop

That's 4.00 P/PA, no?

Weeks popped out to shortstop

CUBS are 1-3 when they score in the first inning.... 6-7 when they don't CUBS are 2-4 when they GIDP.... 5-6 when they don't Go CUBS !!!

San Diego 5 Cincinnati 0 F Pittsburgh 0 Houston 0 1 St. Louis 0 San Francisco 0 8:05

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Theriot singled to center field Byrd grounded into a FC, 5-4, Theriot out at second D Lee grounded into a DP, 1-4-3, Byrd out at second 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 Milwaukee 0 0 0 Home runs: CUBS: none Milwaukee: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Lilly 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Davis 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12

And that was a weak attempt at a coherent thought, as well. I had the sound turned off and the radio on.... what did he say ? He attempted to say that the replay was used well last night (prince double) but he couldnt exactly put words together very well. Gotta wonder if he's suffering from some terminal condition ??

04/05 - 04/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% runners on 26 5 8 1 0 1 7 6 7 0.308 0.438 0.462 0.899 0.389 4.94 5.3 0.130 0.200 Early (1-3) 20 4 5 0 0 1 1 5 7 0.250 0.423 0.400 0.823 0.333 5.12 3.4 0.173 0.000 1 out 15 4 5 1 0 1 2 6 4 0.333 0.524 0.600 1.124 0.400 4.38 4.7 0.190 0.143 Game tied 19 3 6 0 0 0 1 5 6 0.316 0.480 0.316 0.796 0.462 4.68 2.9 0.164 0.200 This series 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.333 0.600 0.333 0.933 0.500 5.20 0.6 0.267 0.000 last 10 games 35 3 6 1 0 2 5 7 10 0.171 0.310 0.371 0.681 0.174 5.00 4.0 0.138 0.150 Road 37 3 9 0 0 1 4 13 10 0.243 0.451 0.324 0.775 0.308 4.45 5.4 0.208 0.150 Nite 28 2 7 0 0 1 3 9 7 0.250 0.447 0.357 0.805 0.300 4.45 4.5 0.197 0.143 vs Left 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 4 0.154 0.313 0.154 0.466 0.222 4.56 0.6 0.159 0.091 vs Davis 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 1.000 4.00 0.5 0.000 0.000 vs. Milw 10 3 4 0 0 1 2 2 3 0.400 0.500 0.700 1.200 0.500 4.75 3.5 0.100 0.250 season totals 57 8 14 1 0 3 9 13 16 0.246 0.394 0.421 0.815 0.289 4.77 9.5 0.149 0.200

Byrd grounded into a FC, 5-4, Theriot out at second

And that was a weak attempt at a coherent thought, as well. I had the sound turned off and the radio on.... what did he say ?

04/05 - 04/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% runners on 28 2 7 1 0 2 12 0 4 0.250 0.241 0.500 0.741 0.227 3.62 3.4 -0.009 0.263 Early (1-3) 22 2 6 1 0 1 6 0 4 0.273 0.261 0.455 0.715 0.294 3.22 2.6 -0.012 0.313 0 outs 22 3 6 3 0 0 0 2 4 0.273 0.333 0.409 0.742 0.333 3.79 3.0 0.061 0.000 Game tied 23 2 9 2 0 1 5 0 3 0.391 0.391 0.609 1.000 0.421 3.26 5.5 0.000 0.333 This series 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.800 0.500 4.00 0.8 0.000 0.000 last 10 games 42 7 16 5 0 1 8 1 7 0.381 0.400 0.571 0.971 0.441 3.82 9.6 0.019 0.350 Road 40 7 12 2 0 2 8 2 7 0.300 0.341 0.500 0.841 0.323 3.59 6.8 0.041 0.222 Nite 29 6 11 2 0 1 5 2 5 0.379 0.424 0.552 0.976 0.435 3.88 6.8 0.045 0.250 vs Left 19 2 11 5 0 0 6 0 3 0.579 0.550 0.842 1.392 0.688 2.95 8.8 -0.029 0.667 vs Davis 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 2.00 2.0 0.000 0.000 vs. Milw 18 4 7 2 0 1 3 0 2 0.389 0.389 0.667 1.056 0.400 3.33 4.7 0.000 0.167 season totals 66 10 21 6 0 3 13 2 10 0.318 0.343 0.545 0.888 0.340 3.59 12.3 0.025 0.263

Theriot singled to center field

Holy [expletive] Froeming looks like death warmed over !!!

CUBS have been outscored 8-7 in the first inning. Go CUBS !!

04/05 - 04/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% bases empty 45 7 11 2 0 0 0 3 10 0.244 0.292 0.289 0.581 0.314 4.15 3.8 0.047 0.000 Early (1-3) 28 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 5 0.179 0.233 0.214 0.448 0.217 3.77 1.4 0.055 0.000 0 outs 34 4 5 1 0 0 0 2 9 0.147 0.194 0.176 0.371 0.200 4.14 1.2 0.047 0.000 Game tied 25 3 6 1 0 0 2 3 5 0.240 0.310 0.280 0.590 0.300 3.62 2.2 0.070 0.200 This series 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0.400 0.400 1.000 1.400 0.500 2.60 2.0 0.000 0.333 last 10 games 42 6 14 2 1 0 5 2 8 0.333 0.364 0.429 0.792 0.412 3.59 6.5 0.030 0.250 Road 41 6 11 1 1 0 3 4 13 0.268 0.326 0.341 0.668 0.393 3.83 4.6 0.058 0.200 Nite 30 4 9 1 1 0 3 2 9 0.300 0.333 0.400 0.733 0.429 3.76 4.0 0.033 0.214 vs Left 17 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.235 0.316 0.235 0.551 0.308 3.16 1.3 0.080 0.154 vs Davis 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333 0.000 7.33 0.0 0.333 0.000 vs. Milw 19 5 8 2 1 0 3 1 1 0.421 0.450 0.632 1.082 0.444 3.65 5.4 0.029 0.333 season totals 69 11 19 2 1 0 6 5 15 0.275 0.320 0.333 0.653 0.352 3.84 7.4 0.045 0.222

Sure would be nice to see Ted Lilly bat once before he has to pitch. Tends to settle a pitcher down, no?

Now there's half an hour of your life that you'll never get back, eh?

San Diego 5 Cincinnati 0 F Pittsburgh 0 Houston 0 6:05 St. Louis 0 San Francisco 0 8:05

BlackHawks win 5-4 in OT. That's a good omen, no?

04/05 - 04/23 AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Theriot 69 11 19 2 1 0 6 5 15 0.275 0.320 0.333 0.653 0.352 3.84 7.4 0.045 0.222 Byrd 66 10 21 6 0 3 13 2 10 0.318 0.343 0.545 0.888 0.340 3.59 12.3 0.025 0.263 D Lee 57 8 14 1 0 3 9 13 16 0.246 0.394 0.421 0.815 0.289 4.77 9.5 0.149 0.200 Nady 24 1 6 0 0 1 4 2 6 0.250 0.379 0.375 0.754 0.294 3.79 3.4 0.129 0.136 Ramirez 63 4 8 2 0 3 8 5 22 0.127 0.188 0.302 0.490 0.132 4.13 3.6 0.061 0.122 Soriano 52 7 16 6 1 2 6 4 11 0.308 0.357 0.577 0.934 0.359 4.00 10.7 0.049 0.222 Baker 34 6 7 0 0 2 3 2 5 0.206 0.250 0.382 0.632 0.185 3.94 3.3 0.044 0.037 Soto 33 6 11 1 0 1 3 13 8 0.333 0.522 0.455 0.976 0.417 4.15 7.8 0.188 0.143 Lilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 Totals 398 53 102 18 2 15 52 46 93 0.256 0.338 0.425 0.763 0.300 4.05 57.2 0.082 0.171

Saturday 24 April 2010 CUBS @ Milwaukee 18:10 CUBS Theriot, ss Byrd, cf D Lee, 1b Nady, rf Ramirez, 3b Soriano, lf Baker, 2b Soto, c Lilly, p Milwaukee Weeks, 2b Gomez, cf Braun, lf Fielder, 1b McGeehee, 3b Hart, rf Escobar, ss Kottaras, c Bush, p

It's 7:10 eastern !! :wink:

To build further on what CChris said...... the Giants began operation in NY in 1883, the Dodgers in 1890. The Yankees (first known as the Highlanders) came to NY in 1903 after being the Baltimore Orioles for two years. They were the new upstarts in town, and they played like it. From 1903 through 1920, the Highlanders / Yankees went 1,316 and 1357 (.4923) with no WS appearances, 3 second place finishes, 7 winning seasons out of 18, and 2 years of losing more than 100 games. The class of the American League during that period....... 1903 thru 1920 World Series team W L pct PA W L Chicago White Sox 1481 1212 0.550 3 2 1 Boston Red Sox 1464 1222 0.545 5 5 0 Cleveland Indians 1414 1286 0.524 1 1 0 Detroit Tigers 1408 1285 0.523 3 0 3 Philadelphia A's 1305 1333 0.495 5 3 2 New York Yankees 1316 1357 0.492 0 0 0 Washington Senators 1181 1507 0.439 0 0 0 St. Louis Browns 1146 1543 0.426 0 0 0 Notice that team from Boston going 5-0 in the World Series !! Meanwhile, back in the senior circuit, the Giants were the class of the league, tying the CUBS with 5 World Series appearances, and the Brooklyn Superbas / Robins / Dodgers were..... well, also rans............. 1903 thru 1920 World Series team W L pct PA W L New York Giants 1638 1059 0.607 5 1 4 Chicago Cubs 1594 1109 0.590 5 2 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 1481 1219 0.549 2 1 1 Philadelphia Phillies 1319 1359 0.493 1 0 1 Cincinnati Reds 1320 1385 0.488 1 1 0 Brooklyn Dodgers 1202 1483 0.448 2 0 2 St. Louis Cardinals 1110 1580 0.413 0 0 0 Boston Braves 1107 1577 0.412 1 1 0 The American League won 11 out of 17 World Series, but with no thanx to the Yankees. Then, suddenly, with the arrival of George Herman Ruth in New York, the fortunes of the Yankees and the Red Sox would take off in opposite directions. Much has been written about this, and you've all heard most of the stories and legends. Over the next 34 years, the Yankees won 62% of every game they played in, went to the WS 20 times and won 16 of those. It's much more interesting, in my opinion, to look at what happened in the National League during this period. The Giants continued their winning ways. The team down in St Louis, which had been a worse doormat than the Dodgers for over 50 years, finally started winning..... and the fans down there still won't shut up about it !!! The Dodgers also starting winning, but quickly earned a reputation as the team that chokes on the big one, making 5 WS appearances, and losing them all.......... 1921 thru 1954 World Series team W L pct PA W L St. Louis Cardinals 2978 2245 0.570 9 6 3 New York Giants 2839 2366 0.545 9 4 5 Brooklyn Dodgers 2779 2439 0.533 5 0 5 Chicago Cubs 2689 2539 0.514 5 0 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 2631 2578 0.505 2 1 1 Cincinnati Reds 2512 2723 0.480 2 1 1 Boston Braves 2364 2840 0.454 1 0 1 Philadelphia Phillies 2078 3126 0.399 1 0 1 Then, the franchise moving began. After the 1952 season the Boston Braves became the Milwaukee Braves. After the 1954 season, the hapless St. Louis Browns became the hapless Baltimore Orioles, and the Philadelphia A's moved to Kansas City. Then, in 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers won their first ever World Series, and just 3 years later ther Dodgers, along with the Giants, headed for the coast. A couple years after that, the Washington Senators became the Minnesota Twins, completing a 7 year span during which more than one third of the franchises in MLB had moved. Then the geography of baseball really changed in the 1960's with expansion and more moves. The American League expanded into Los Angeles, Washington DC, Seattle, and Kansas City while the National League expanded into New York, Houston, San Diego, and Montreal. The Kansas City A's moved to Oakland, and the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta, and after just 1 season, the Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee. Then, the 1970's saw the new Washington Senators move to Texas, and more expansion into Seattle and Toronto. You really need a scorecard to keep track of all the entrants !!! But, back to New York and the National League for a minute. It's interesting to me, how the fortunes of the two New York National League teams changed after their exodus to the left coast. Remember, the Giants had been the most dominant team in the Leauge for more than half a century, and the Dodgers after years of ineptitude, had finally started to field a good team and had won their first World Series in 1955. Since the move.............. 1959 thru 2008 World Series team W L pct PA W L Los Angeles Dodgers 4364 3750 0.538 17 5 4 St. Louis Cardinals 4251 3848 0.525 15 4 4 Cincinnati Reds 4228 3877 0.522 9 3 3 San Francisco Giants 4201 3914 0.518 8 0 3 Atlanta Braves 4191 3906 0.518 16 1 4 Arizona Diamondbacks 970 974 0.499 4 1 0 Houston Astros 3809 3838 0.498 9 0 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 4029 4066 0.498 10 3 0 Philadelphia Phillies 3970 4106 0.492 10 2 3 Chicago Cubs 3874 4220 0.479 6 0 0 New York Mets 3655 3979 0.479 7 2 2 Florida Marlins 1283 1403 0.478 2 2 0 Washington Nationals 3098 3409 0.476 1 0 0 Colorado Rockies 1281 1411 0.476 3 0 1 Milwaukee Brewers 3089 3420 0.475 3 0 1 San Diego Padres 3008 3508 0.462 5 0 2 .... the Dodgers have been, arguably, the most dominant team in the league, appearing in the playoffs 17 times and winning 5 more World Series. Meanwhile, the Giants, while still playing winning baseball, have made it to the World Series 3 times, and lost them all. Meanwhile, back in New York.......... 1962 thru 2009 World Series team W L pct PA W L New York Mets 3655 3979 0.479 7 2 2 New York Yankees 4245 3386 0.556 22 8 6 .... the Yankees, except for a couple of dry spells in the '70s and '90s, have kept rolling on [yawn], while the upstart Mets have had 26 losing seasons out of 48, lost 100 or more games 6 times, won 100 or more games 3 times, finished in first place 5 times, and in last place 11 times. On average, the Yankees win 12.5 more games per season than the Mets. It's not hard to see who's the fan favorite and why. Did I mention that I really, really hate New York ???