Fred Hornkohl

Soriano was an obvious mistake, but as Meph and TT have illustrated, Z's hitting capabilties are enough to make him equitable with guys like Carpenter, Oswalt, et al. most years. Not saying $90 mil wasn't too much, but he's a unique and elite talent. Soriano isn't. I'd rather pay a pitcher 18 million to be a healthy Chris Carpenter (low 3's ERA, WHIP near 1) as opposed to a clearly inferior pitcher who hits a few cool homeruns. They're simply not equal. I think it's great that certain metrics and statistics are starting to factor in other facets of a player's game but now it seems like they're starting to go the other way and those other facets are staring to be a bit over-emphasized. A run saved is the same as a run earned. Didn't Ben Franklin say that ??

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CUBS are 1-1 on Saturdays CUBS are 7-10 in April CUBS are 3-1 vs. Milwaukee CUBS are 5-5 vs. NL Central CUBS are 1-4 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 1-5 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 3-5 at night CUBS are 4-7 on the road CUBS are 2-3 against lefties CUBS are 5-6 when they get a quality start.... 2-4 when they don't CUBS are 2-5 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 5-5 when they don't CUBS are 5-4 when they score first in the game.... 2-6 when they don't CUBS are 1-3 when they score in the first inning.... 6-7 when they don't CUBS are 7-7 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 0-3 when they do CUBS are 6-3 when they score 4 runs or more.... 1-7 when they don't CUBS are 5-3 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 2-7 when they don't CUBS are 4-4 when they outhit the opponent.... 3-5 when they get outhit.... 0-1 when the hits are even CUBS are 1-2 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 6-8 when he doesn't CUBS are 2-4 in one run games .... 1-2 in two runs games CUBS are 2-4 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 5-6 when it's less than 70 CUBS are 7-4 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 0-6 when they don't CUBS are 5-2 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 2-8 when he doesn't CUBS are 6-5 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 1-5 when he doesn't CUBS are 5-7 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 2-3 when they wear alternate blues CUBS are 3-3 when WGN broadcasts the game CUBS are on a pace for: Compared to: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 ..67 wins 84 97 85 66 79 .686 runs 711 857 752 716 703 .181 home runs 162 185 151 166 194 .553 walks 597 638 500 395 419 1277 strike outs 1192 1193 1054 928 920 ..76 stolen bases 55 87 87 121 64 ..95 GIDPs 135 136 128 135 129 .143 errors 103 97 94 104 100 ..48 hit batsmen 58 50 37 41 50 4.24 runs per game 4.39 5.29 4.64 4.42 4.34 3.94 pitches per plate appearance 3.82 3.88 3.74 3.68 3.61 16.7 % of baserunners driven in 17.3 19.7 18.9 20.0 18.4 .341 runs per baserunner 0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365 33.1 % of extra base hits 34.6 34.3 34.1 32.3 35.8 .259 batting average 0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270 .329 on base percentage 0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324 .416 slugging percentage 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440 .745 on base plus slugging (OPS) 0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764 CUBS are 5-5 when they get at least 8 hits .... 2-5 when they don't CUBS are 6-9 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 1-1 when they don't CUBS are 3-1 when they steal a base.... 4-9 when they don't CUBS are 5-3 when they execute a sac bunt.... 2-7 when they don't CUBS are 5-9 when they hit at least one double.... 2-1 when they don't CUBS are 3-0 when they hit at least one triple.... 4-10 when they don't CUBS are 4-2 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 3-8 when they don't CUBS are 3-3 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 4-7 when they don't CUBS are 4-3 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 3-7 when they don't CUBS are 2-5 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 5-5 when they don't CUBS are 2-7 when the opponent steals a base.... 5-3 when they don't CUBS are 3-6 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 4-4 when they don't CUBS are 6-3 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 1-7 when they don't CUBS are 2-7 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 5-3 when they don't CUBS are 4-3 when the opponent triples.... 3-7 when they don't CUBS are 0-2 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 7-8 when they don't CUBS are 0-4 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 7-6 when they don't CUBS are 4-5 when they hit an opposing batter.... 3-5 when they don't CUBS have hit at least one double in each of their last 12 games CUBS have double digit hits in each of their last 3 games CUBS have drawn at least 2 BBs in each of their last 6 games CUBS have not stolen a base in their last 7 games CUBS have not GIDP'd in their last 3 games CUBS opponents have committed at least 1 error in each of their last 7 games CUBS pitchers have hit 5 batters in their last 5 games CUBS starters have not allowed more than 2 earned runs in any of their last 8 games (6 QS) CUBS have not allowed double digit hits in their last 8 games CUBS were 1-1 with John Hirschbeck behind the plate last year. Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .73 Mon 06/29 @ Pittsburgh N 3- 1 Harden Duke 101 Fri 07/31 @ Florida N 2- 5 Harden Volstad CUBS' starting rotation...... Team Run Pitcher GS Record Q/S Q/S % IP # Pit P/IP IP/GS P/GS ERA Suppt Zambrano 4 1- 3 2 0.500 19.3 399 20.6 4.8 99.8 7.45 3.75 Dempster 4 2- 2 3 0.750 27.7 440 15.9 6.9 110.0 2.60 5.25 Wells 3 2- 1 2 0.667 18.3 294 16.0 6.1 98.0 2.45 3.33 Silva 3 2- 1 3 1.000 19.0 249 13.1 6.3 83.0 0.47 6.67 Gorzelanny 3 0- 3 1 0.333 15.0 243 16.2 5.0 81.0 2.40 2.00 Lilly 0 0- 0 0 0.000 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 CUBS 17 7-10 11 0.647 99.3 1625 16.4 5.8 95.6 3.08 4.24 CUBS' pitching staff this year compared to the last 4 years........ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 ERA 4.781 4.041 3.919 3.854 4.041 IP 1430.7 1447.7 1460.7 1445.3 147.0 H 1396 1340 1337 1331 138 R 834 690 678 672 77 ER 760 650 636 619 66 BB 687 573 556 586 54 K 1250 1211 1271 1272 136 HR 210 165 162 156 12 BB/9 4.32 3.56 3.43 3.65 3.31 K/9 7.86 7.53 7.83 7.92 8.33 HR/9 1.32 1.03 1.00 0.97 0.73 WHIP 1.46 1.32 1.30 1.33 1.31 # Pit 24619 23515 24105 24097 2424 #P/IP 17.2 16.2 16.5 16.7 16.5 CUBS are 0-0 when Lilly starts Lilly's start(s) vs. Milwaukee last year (1-0)..... Lilly IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 07/05 vs. Milw 6.3 9 2 2 0 9 1 112 81 0.72 17.7 2 7 0.22 0.00 12.79 1.42 1.42 2.84 season totals 177.0 151 66 61 36 151 22 2672 1816 0.68 15.1 143 229 0.38 1.83 7.68 1.12 1.06 3.10 CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Fri Thur Wed Tue Mon Sun Sat Totals 23 Apr 22 Apr 21 Apr 20 Apr 19 Apr 18 Apr 17 Apr @ Milw @ Mets @ Mets @ Mets @ Mets vs Houst vs Houst pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Berg 1.0 13 0.7 3 1.0 10 2.0 39 4.7 65 Caridad Grabow 0.3 3 1.0 18 1.3 21 Marmol 1.3 22 1.0 19 1.3 25 3.7 66 Marshall 1.0 21 0.3 9 1.0 13 1.0 15 3.3 58 Russell 0.3 11 0.7 14 1.0 6 2.0 31 Samardzjia 0.0 10 0.0 10 Gray 1.0 11 1.0 18 2.0 28 4.0 57 Zambrano 6.0 119 6.0 119 Totals 1.3 22 2.3 35 3.0 46 8.0 155 2.0 43 2.3 38 6.0 88 25.0 427 CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee this year (3-1) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..7 Mon 04/12 Milwaukee 9- 5 Dempster Davis ..8 Wed 04/14 Milwaukee 7- 6 Wells Bush ..9 Thu 04/15 Milwaukee 6- 8 Zambrano Suppan .17 Fri 04/23 @ Milwaukee N 8- 1 Dempster Suppan .18 Sat 04/24 @ Milwaukee N - Lilly Davis .19 Sun 04/25 @ Milwaukee - Wells Bush .58 Tue 06/08 @ Milwaukee N - Lilly Davis .59 Wed 06/09 @ Milwaukee N - Wells Bush .60 Thu 06/10 @ Milwaukee - Silva Suppan 106 Mon 08/02 Milwaukee N - Gorzelanny Gallardo 107 Tue 08/03 Milwaukee N - Dempster Wolf 108 Wed 08/04 Milwaukee - Lilly Davis 141 Fri 09/10 @ Milwaukee N - Gorzelanny Gallardo 142 Sat 09/11 @ Milwaukee N - Dempster Wolf 143 Sun 09/12 @ Milwaukee - Lilly Davis CUBS' season series vs. Milwaukee in 2009 (10-7)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter ..4 Fri 04/10 @ Milwaukee 3- 4 Harden Looper ..5 Sat 04/11 @ Milwaukee N 6- 5 Zambrano Bush ..6 Sun 04/12 @ Milwaukee N 8- 5 Dempster Suppan .29 Fri 05/08 @ Milwaukee N 2- 3 Wells Bush .30 Sat 05/09 @ Milwaukee N 6-12 Dempster Gallardo .31 Sun 05/10 @ Milwaukee 4- 2 Marshall Suppan .76 Thu 07/02 Milwaukee N 9- 5 Dempster McClung .77 Fri 07/03 Milwaukee 2- 1 Zambrano Suppan .78 Sat 07/04 Milwaukee 2-11 Harden Looper .79 Sun 07/05 Milwaukee 8- 2 Lilly Burns 142 Mon 09/14 Milwaukee N 2- 0 Dempster Suppan 143 Tue 09/15 Milwaukee N 13- 7 Zambrano Gallardo 144 Wed 09/16 Milwaukee N 5- 9 Harden Looper 145 Thu 09/17 Milwaukee 4- 7 Wells Bush 149 Mon 09/21 @ Milwaukee N 10- 2 Gorzelanny Looper 150 Tue 09/22 @ Milwaukee N 7- 2 Wells Bush 151 Wed 09/23 @ Milwaukee N 2- 3 Samardzija Narveson Composite scoring vs. Milwaukee this year..... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total CUBS 3 2 6 6 4 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Opponents 1 0 2 2 5 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 CUBS hitters vs. Bush this year..... vs Bush AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Soto 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.500 0.500 2.000 2.500 0.000 2.50 2.0 0.000 0.000 Fontenot 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.000 1.500 0.500 5.00 1.0 0.000 1.000 Theriot 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667 0.667 0.667 1.333 0.667 2.33 1.3 0.000 0.000 Nady 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.500 0.667 0.500 1.167 1.000 2.67 0.7 0.167 0.000 Soriano 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.500 4.00 0.7 0.000 0.000 Fukudome 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.333 2.67 0.3 0.000 0.000 Byrd 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.33 0.0 0.000 0.000 Ramirez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 totals vs Bush 23 2 7 2 0 1 2 0 2 0.304 0.333 0.522 0.855 0.300 3.21 4.0 0.029 0.100 CUBS hitters vs. Milwaukee this year..... vs. Milw AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% Soto 8 2 3 0 0 1 2 4 1 0.375 0.583 0.750 1.333 0.333 3.92 3.5 0.208 0.500 Colvin 10 5 4 1 0 1 2 2 3 0.400 0.500 0.800 1.300 0.500 3.92 4.0 0.100 0.167 D Lee 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 Nady 8 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 3 0.375 0.444 0.750 1.194 0.500 3.89 2.7 0.069 0.250 Baker 8 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.375 0.375 0.750 1.125 0.286 3.00 2.3 0.000 0.250 Theriot 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 Soriano 7 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.429 0.500 0.571 1.071 0.600 4.13 2.0 0.071 0.000 Byrd 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 K Hill 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 0.667 3.75 1.0 0.000 1.000 Ramirez 12 2 2 0 0 2 3 3 5 0.167 0.333 0.667 1.000 0.000 4.80 2.7 0.167 0.143 Fukudome 13 2 4 1 0 1 5 1 5 0.308 0.333 0.615 0.949 0.429 3.93 2.7 0.026 0.500 Fontenot 9 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.444 0.778 0.333 3.33 1.3 0.000 0.667 Tracy 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.250 0.250 0.375 0.625 0.400 4.13 0.8 0.000 0.250 vs. Milw AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% vs Vargas 8 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 1 0.625 0.625 1.000 1.625 0.667 3.44 5.0 0.000 0.375 vs Davis 17 6 7 0 0 2 5 2 4 0.412 0.474 0.765 1.238 0.455 4.68 6.2 0.062 0.333 vs Hoffman 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0.400 0.400 0.800 1.200 0.500 5.80 1.6 0.000 0.333 vs Coffey 10 2 4 0 0 1 3 2 1 0.400 0.462 0.700 1.162 0.375 4.54 3.2 0.062 0.286 vs Suppan 42 10 16 3 1 3 8 3 6 0.381 0.422 0.714 1.137 0.394 3.48 12.7 0.041 0.250 vs Narveson 13 3 4 2 0 1 2 3 4 0.308 0.438 0.692 1.130 0.375 3.11 3.9 0.130 0.143 vs Bush 23 2 7 2 0 1 2 0 2 0.304 0.333 0.522 0.855 0.300 3.21 4.0 0.029 0.100 vs Hawkins 9 4 3 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.333 0.455 0.333 0.788 0.500 4.55 1.4 0.121 0.667 vs Parra 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.000 0.143 0.000 0.143 0.000 5.00 0.0 0.143 0.000 vs Villanueva 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.000 0.100 0.000 0.100 0.000 4.20 0.0 0.100 0.000 vs. Milw AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% vs. starters 82 18 30 5 1 6 15 5 12 0.366 0.409 0.671 1.080 0.375 3.66 22.5 0.043 0.231 vs. relievers 60 12 18 4 0 3 14 9 20 0.300 0.386 0.517 0.902 0.405 4.14 12.0 0.086 0.324 vs Left 19 3 4 2 0 1 2 4 8 0.211 0.348 0.474 0.822 0.300 3.64 3.1 0.137 0.111 vs Right 123 27 44 7 1 8 27 10 24 0.358 0.407 0.626 1.033 0.396 3.92 31.4 0.050 0.297 Home 104 22 35 7 0 7 22 11 23 0.337 0.402 0.606 1.007 0.378 3.92 25.3 0.065 0.288 Road 38 8 13 2 1 2 7 3 9 0.342 0.390 0.605 0.996 0.407 3.74 9.0 0.048 0.238 Day 104 22 35 7 0 7 22 11 23 0.337 0.402 0.606 1.007 0.378 3.92 25.3 0.065 0.288 Nite 38 8 13 2 1 2 7 3 9 0.342 0.390 0.605 0.996 0.407 3.74 9.0 0.048 0.238 Leading off 33 4 6 2 0 1 1 0 8 0.182 0.206 0.333 0.539 0.208 3.85 2.3 0.024 0.000 Pinch hitting 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.200 0.333 0.200 0.533 0.500 3.67 0.3 0.133 0.000 bases loaded 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.333 0.250 0.333 0.583 0.333 3.00 0.3 -0.083 0.333 bases empty 81 17 26 5 0 4 4 5 21 0.321 0.368 0.531 0.899 0.393 3.83 15.8 0.047 0.000 runners on 61 13 22 4 1 5 25 9 11 0.361 0.437 0.705 1.142 0.378 3.93 18.8 0.076 0.274 RISP 40 6 14 4 1 1 17 5 4 0.350 0.413 0.575 0.988 0.371 3.83 9.5 0.063 0.286 Game tied 39 7 15 6 0 1 6 4 5 0.385 0.442 0.615 1.057 0.424 3.37 10.6 0.057 0.227 CUBS leading 67 12 20 1 1 4 12 5 18 0.299 0.356 0.522 0.879 0.356 3.88 12.5 0.058 0.222 CUBS trailing 36 11 13 2 0 4 11 5 9 0.361 0.429 0.750 1.179 0.391 4.37 11.6 0.067 0.467 Close score 100 22 36 8 1 7 21 10 18 0.360 0.420 0.670 1.090 0.387 3.86 28.1 0.060 0.264 Early (1-3) 53 11 19 5 0 4 10 2 9 0.358 0.382 0.679 1.061 0.375 3.85 13.7 0.023 0.214 Middle (4-6) 52 11 19 2 1 4 11 6 11 0.365 0.441 0.673 1.114 0.405 3.45 15.4 0.075 0.250 Late (7th on) 37 8 10 2 0 1 8 6 12 0.270 0.364 0.405 0.769 0.375 4.49 5.5 0.093 0.412 Extra Innings 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 vs. Milw AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% totals vs Milw 142 30 48 9 1 9 29 14 32 0.338 0.399 0.606 1.004 0.386 3.88 34.3 0.061 0.274 season totals 572 72 148 27 3 19 70 61 134 0.259 0.332 0.416 0.748 0.308 3.94 79.1 0.074 0.167 CUBS pitchers vs. Milwaukee this year...... vs. Milw IP H R ER BB K HR PC ST ST% P/IP GB FB GB% BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Berg 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.00 6.0 1 0 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Grabow 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19 14 0.74 19.0 4 0 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 Marmol 3.3 1 0 0 2 7 0 47 27 0.57 14.1 0 2 0.00 5.40 18.90 0.00 0.90 0.00 Russell 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 10 0.59 17.0 0 1 0.00 0.00 18.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Dempster 14.0 14 6 6 5 9 1 225 130 0.58 16.1 21 10 0.68 3.21 5.79 0.64 1.36 3.86 Zambrano 5.0 8 4 3 3 7 1 121 75 0.62 24.2 5 3 0.63 5.40 12.60 1.80 2.20 5.40 Wells 6.3 10 4 4 1 7 0 104 70 0.67 16.4 4 7 0.36 1.42 9.95 0.00 1.74 5.68 Samardzjia 3.0 2 2 2 2 1 1 47 21 0.45 15.7 3 5 0.38 6.00 3.00 3.00 1.33 6.00 Marshall 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 29 18 0.62 29.0 1 2 0.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 9.00 Gray 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 15 7 0.47 15.0 3 0 1.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 18.00 totals vs Milw 36.0 43 20 18 14 33 3 626 374 0.60 17.4 42 30 0.58 3.50 8.25 0.75 1.58 4.50 season totals 147.0 138 77 66 54 136 12 2424 1499 0.62 16.5 165 132 0.56 3.31 8.33 0.73 1.31 4.04 CUBS pitch counts at the plate......... 04/05 - 04/23 P PA P/PA D Lee 339 71 4.77 Soto 191 46 4.15 Ramirez 285 69 4.13 Soriano 224 56 4.00 Baker 142 36 3.94 Fontenot 168 43 3.91 K Hill 77 20 3.85 Fukudome 204 53 3.85 Theriot 288 75 3.84 Nady 110 29 3.79 Colvin 124 33 3.76 Tracy 52 14 3.71 Byrd 251 70 3.59 CUBS 2581 655 3.94 Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 04/05 - 04/23 BDI LOB RBI% Fukudome 7 14 0.333 Byrd 10 28 0.263 Fontenot 3 9 0.250 Theriot 6 21 0.222 Soriano 4 14 0.222 D Lee 6 24 0.200 Soto 2 12 0.143 Nady 3 19 0.136 Ramirez 5 36 0.122 K Hill 1 9 0.100 Tracy 1 9 0.100 Colvin 1 18 0.053 Baker 1 26 0.037 CUBS 51 255 0.167 Fecal League Standings Team W L Pct GB Baltimore 2 15 0.118 --- white sox 6 11 0.353 4.0 Kansas City 6 10 0.375 4.5 Houston 6 10 0.375 4.5 CUBS 7 10 0.412 5.0 Boston 7 10 0.412 5.0 Cincinnati 7 10 0.412 5.0 Pittsburgh 7 9 0.438 5.5 Cleveland 7 9 0.438 5.5 LA Dodgers 7 9 0.438 5.5 Texas 7 9 0.438 5.5 Arizona 7 9 0.438 5.5 NY Mets 8 9 0.471 6.0 Atlanta 8 8 0.500 6.5 Colorado 8 8 0.500 6.5 Milwaukee 8 8 0.500 6.5 LA Angels 9 9 0.500 6.5 Go CUBS !!! © 2010, Fred W. Hornkohl

I would be more than happy to see Soto start 120-130 games a year. That's in the 75-80% range. When you get up much higher than that, you end up with a player that's really gassed at the end of the season. That's not how you want to go into the playoffs.

In previous seasons, how many of those starts were at DH? Those numbers are games started as a catcher. I show no starts as DH in '09, and 2 starts as DH in '08.

Soto has started 12 of the CUBS 17 games this year; that's on a pace to start 114 games. I'm not sure I'd want him to start too many more than that. Last year he started 91 games, and in 2008 he started 133 games.

When you see a guy with a Brazilian Wax on his chin..... of course his name is Bush !!

Friday 23 April 2010 CUBS @ Milwaukee 19:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 8 13 1 Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 3 CUBS ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Theriot ss 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Fukudome rf 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 D Lee 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tracy 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byrd cf 5 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colvin lf 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fontenot 2b 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K Hill c 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dempster p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 38 8 13 6 3 9 16 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 Milwaukee ab r h rbi bb k lob sb cs sac gdp e 2b 3b hr sf hb Weeks 2b 5 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gomez cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Braun lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fielder 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 McGeehee 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonds rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zaun c 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Escobar ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Suppan p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vargas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Inglett ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parra p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Counsell ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Hawkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coffey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gerut ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 33 1 8 1 2 8 19 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 2 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Dempster 7.7 7 1 1 1 4 0 111 Marmol 1.3 1 0 0 1 3 0 22 totals 9.0 8 1 1 2 8 0 133 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB K HR Pit Suppan 4.3 10 6 5 2 2 1 79 Vargas 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 Parra 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 0 35 Hawkins 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 Coffey 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 24 totals 9.0 13 8 7 3 9 2 161 W:Dempster (2-0) S:none L:Suppan (0-1) T: 3:12 A: 37,848 Home runs: CUBS: Fukudome (2), Colvin (1) Milwaukee: none http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

San Diego 10 Cincinnati 4 F Pittsburgh 3 Houston 4 F St. Louis 0 San Francisco 3 4

CUBS Milwaukee P/PA 3.74 3.59 RBI% 0.20 0.05 R/BR 0.50 0.08 BA 0.342 0.242 OBP 0.390 0.324 SLG 0.605 0.333 OPS 0.996 0.658 ERA 1.00 7.00 BB/9 2.00 3.00 K/9 8.00 9.00

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING Edmonds lined out to third base Zaun singled to center field Escobar called out on strikes Zaun took second on defensive indifference Gerut, pinch hitting for Coffey, walked Weeks struck out swinging 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CUBS 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 8 13 1 Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 3 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W:Dempster S:none L:Suppan T: 3:20 A: 37,848 Home runs: CUBS: Fukudome (2), Colvin (1) Milwaukee: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 7.7 7 1 1 1 4 0 111 Marmol 1.3 1 0 0 1 3 0 22 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Suppan 4.3 10 6 5 2 2 1 79 Vargas 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 Parra 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 0 35 Hawkins 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 Coffey 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 24 http://njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/10036/Cubs%20W%20Flag.jpg

Gerut, pinch hitting for Coffey, walked

Zaun took second on defensive indifference

Escobar called out on strikes

Zaun singled to center field

Edmonds lined out to third base

San Diego 10 Cincinnati 4 F Pittsburgh 3 Houston 4 F St. Louis 0 San Francisco 2 3

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Coffey in to pitch for Milwaukee D Lee called out on strikes Tracy grounded out to first, unassisted Byrd singled to center field Colvin homered to center field , Byrd scored Fontenot 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 CUBS 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 8 13 1 Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 3 Home runs: CUBS: Fukudome (2), Colvin (1) Milwaukee: none CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Dempster 7.7 7 1 1 1 4 0 111 Marmol 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Suppan 4.3 10 6 5 2 2 1 79 Vargas 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 Parra 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 0 35 Hawkins 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 Coffey 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 24

Fontenot AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% bases empty 20 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 0.250 0.318 0.300 0.618 0.278 3.73 1.9 0.068 0.000 Late (7th on) 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.182 0.286 0.182 0.468 0.286 4.07 0.6 0.104 0.143 2 outs 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.444 0.500 0.444 0.944 0.500 4.40 2.0 0.056 0.000 CUBS leading 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.500 3.00 0.7 0.000 0.000 last 10 games 18 1 6 2 0 0 2 2 3 0.333 0.381 0.444 0.825 0.400 4.33 3.0 0.048 0.222 Road 22 1 7 1 0 0 1 2 2 0.318 0.360 0.364 0.724 0.350 3.92 2.9 0.042 0.143 Nite 14 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.500 0.500 0.571 1.071 0.583 4.31 4.0 0.000 0.143 vs Right 31 2 10 1 0 0 2 3 4 0.323 0.371 0.355 0.726 0.370 4.00 4.1 0.049 0.200 vs Coffey 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 vs. Milw 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.750 1.250 0.500 3.25 1.5 0.000 0.500 season totals 34 2 11 2 0 0 2 3 4 0.324 0.368 0.382 0.751 0.367 3.97 4.8 0.045 0.182

Colvin homered to center field , Byrd scored

Colvin AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% runners on 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 0.182 0.250 0.273 0.523 0.333 3.85 0.8 0.068 0.000 Late (7th on) 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 0.273 0.385 0.364 0.748 0.375 3.43 1.5 0.112 0.000 2 outs 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.111 0.273 0.111 0.384 0.167 4.00 0.3 0.162 0.000 CUBS leading 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.273 0.333 0.364 0.697 0.333 3.58 1.3 0.061 0.000 last 10 games 15 4 5 2 0 0 0 2 5 0.333 0.412 0.467 0.878 0.500 3.67 2.9 0.078 0.000 Road 16 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.188 0.235 0.438 0.673 0.182 3.82 1.6 0.048 0.000 Nite 15 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.200 0.250 0.467 0.717 0.200 3.88 1.8 0.050 0.000 vs Right 15 5 4 1 0 1 1 3 4 0.267 0.389 0.533 0.922 0.300 4.33 3.1 0.122 0.000 vs Coffey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 0.000 6.00 0.0 1.000 0.000 vs. Milw 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0.400 0.571 0.600 1.171 0.667 4.00 1.7 0.171 0.000 season totals 24 6 6 2 0 1 1 3 6 0.250 0.333 0.458 0.792 0.294 3.75 3.7 0.083 0.000

Byrd singled to center field

Byrd AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% bases empty 36 6 12 5 0 1 1 2 6 0.333 0.385 0.556 0.940 0.379 3.51 7.7 0.051 0.000 Late (7th on) 20 3 4 1 0 0 2 1 4 0.200 0.273 0.250 0.523 0.250 4.41 1.4 0.073 0.222 2 outs 16 2 7 1 0 2 11 0 1 0.438 0.438 0.875 1.313 0.385 3.19 6.1 0.000 0.563 CUBS leading 17 3 5 3 0 1 4 1 0 0.294 0.333 0.647 0.980 0.250 3.56 3.7 0.039 0.214 last 10 games 42 6 17 6 0 1 9 1 6 0.405 0.422 0.619 1.041 0.457 3.67 11.0 0.017 0.444 Road 35 5 10 2 0 2 8 2 6 0.286 0.333 0.514 0.848 0.296 3.54 6.0 0.048 0.273 Nite 24 4 9 2 0 1 5 2 4 0.375 0.429 0.583 1.012 0.421 3.86 6.0 0.054 0.364 vs Right 43 6 8 1 0 3 7 2 7 0.186 0.239 0.419 0.658 0.152 3.85 4.3 0.053 0.160 vs Coffey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 5.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 vs. Milw 13 2 5 2 0 1 3 0 1 0.385 0.385 0.769 1.154 0.364 3.08 3.8 0.000 0.286 season totals 61 8 19 6 0 3 13 2 9 0.311 0.338 0.557 0.896 0.327 3.55 11.5 0.027 0.303

Tracy grounded out to first, unassisted

Tracy AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BABIP P/PA RC IsoD RBI% bases empty 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.250 0.000 4.00 0.0 0.250 0.000 Late (7th on) 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.143 0.143 0.286 0.429 0.250 3.71 0.3 0.000 0.143 1 out 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 5.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 CUBS leading 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.00 0.0 0.000 0.000 last 10 games 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.200 0.200 0.400 0.600 0.333 4.00 0.4 0.000 0.500 Road 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 0.000 3.20 0.0 0.200 0.000 Nite 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.67 0.0 0.000 0.000 vs Right 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.125 0.222 0.250 0.472 0.200 3.67 0.4 0.097 0.143 vs Coffey 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 vs. Milw 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.667 1.000 1.000 4.67 0.7 0.000 1.000 season totals 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.125 0.222 0.250 0.472 0.200 3.67 0.4 0.097 0.143

D Lee called out on strikes