Wednesday, June 02, 2004
The Key to Beating the Cubs...
...besides Dusty using the lineup
1) Macias
2) Ordonez
3) Patterson
Or any game where Mike Wuertz pitches
Friday, Game 1:
Ramon E. Martinez: Strike looking, Martinez singled to center
Todd Walker hit for Kyle Farnsworth.
Todd Walker: Strike swinging, Intentional ball, Walker singled to right, Martinez to third.
Jose Macias: Macias singled to left center, Martinez scored, Walker to second.
Michael Barrett: Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Barrett walked, Walker to third, Macias to second.
Aramis Ramirez: Ball, Ramirez lined out to second.
Derrek Lee: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Lee grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Barrett out at second.
End of Inning (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
Game 2:
Matt Clement: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Clement walked.
Todd Walker: Strike looking, Ball, Walker singled to right, Clement to second.
Rey Ordonez: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ordonez reached on fielder's choice to pitcher, Clement to third, Walker to second.
Moises Alou: Strike looking, Alou grounded into double play pitcher to catcher to first, Clement out at home, Walker to third, Ordonez to second.
Aramis Ramirez: Ramirez grounded out to second.
End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Yesterday:
Brandon Duckworth pitching:
Moises Alou: Alou homered to center.
Aramis Ramirez: Ramirez safe at first on 3rd baseman Ensberg's throwing error, Ramirez to second.
Todd Hollandsworth: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Hollandsworth walked.
Derrek Lee: Ball, Ball, Lee reached on an infield single, Ramirez to third, Hollandsworth to second.
Mike D. Gallo relieved Brandon Duckworth.
Corey Patterson: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Foul, Patterson struck out swinging.
Ramon E. Martinez: Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Martinez grounded into double play pitcher to catcher to catcher to first, Ramirez out at home.
End of Inning (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
Brandon Backe pitching:
Moises Alou: Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Alou walked.
Aramis Ramirez: Ball, Ball, Ramirez singled to center, Alou to second.
Todd Hollandsworth: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Hollandsworth walked, Alou to third, Ramirez to second.
Danny Miceli relieved Brandon Backe.
Derrek Lee: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Lee flied out to right.
Corey Patterson: Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Patterson struck out swinging. (Joe's note: Corey's sequence in both innings was shocking! )
Ramon E. Martinez: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Martinez struck out looking.
End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
So, the lesson for all those teams out there is get the Cubs to load the bases with nobody out and if Lee, Patterson and Martinez are the next three hitters, you're home free!
Although to be fair, the Cubs are batting .309 with the bases loaded (10th in MLB). So, I guess it's all just an illusion, right?
Here's some other fascinating stats for that Chip refers to often or that you may wonder about:
The Cubs pinch hitters! (hitting .270, 7th in MLB)
Swinging at the first pitch!(.348, 13th in MLB)
The Cubs #2 hitters! (.239, 26th in MLB)
Against Rocket Roger: (Or, what today's lineup should be:)
Walker .393 (11-28)
Barrett .333 (1-3)
Alou .000 (0-2)
Ramirez .000 (no at-bats)
Hollandsworth .000 (0-4)
Lee .667 (2-3)
Patterson .000 (0-3)
Ordonez .438 (7-16) Good god! Ordonez has a better average against Clemens than he does against any other active pitcher (minimum 10 at-bats, although I think it could be a minimum of 5 or 6 at-bats, but I didn't feel like cycling through all of this again. Simply put, Rey Ordonez owns Roger Clemens.)
Macias .214 (3-14, HR), is the only guy not on the DL for the Cubs to homer off Roger. Sosa has 1 (his first of his 549 career homers) and Alex Gonzalez (!) has 3.
Reference that has an alternate sexual meaning of the day from the Trib:
Sammy Sosa took 25 "dry swings" with a bat in his first baseball-related activity since injuring his back. He received physical therapy downtown and was not at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. "He's getting his swinging in at home, I guess," manager Dusty Baker said.
Does Sammy's wife know about that? (Cue Saxophone music)
2) Ordonez
3) Patterson
Or any game where Mike Wuertz pitches
Friday, Game 1:
Ramon E. Martinez: Strike looking, Martinez singled to center
Todd Walker hit for Kyle Farnsworth.
Todd Walker: Strike swinging, Intentional ball, Walker singled to right, Martinez to third.
Jose Macias: Macias singled to left center, Martinez scored, Walker to second.
Michael Barrett: Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Barrett walked, Walker to third, Macias to second.
Aramis Ramirez: Ball, Ramirez lined out to second.
Derrek Lee: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Lee grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Barrett out at second.
End of Inning (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
Game 2:
Matt Clement: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Clement walked.
Todd Walker: Strike looking, Ball, Walker singled to right, Clement to second.
Rey Ordonez: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ordonez reached on fielder's choice to pitcher, Clement to third, Walker to second.
Moises Alou: Strike looking, Alou grounded into double play pitcher to catcher to first, Clement out at home, Walker to third, Ordonez to second.
Aramis Ramirez: Ramirez grounded out to second.
End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Yesterday:
Brandon Duckworth pitching:
Moises Alou: Alou homered to center.
Aramis Ramirez: Ramirez safe at first on 3rd baseman Ensberg's throwing error, Ramirez to second.
Todd Hollandsworth: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Hollandsworth walked.
Derrek Lee: Ball, Ball, Lee reached on an infield single, Ramirez to third, Hollandsworth to second.
Mike D. Gallo relieved Brandon Duckworth.
Corey Patterson: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Foul, Patterson struck out swinging.
Ramon E. Martinez: Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Martinez grounded into double play pitcher to catcher to catcher to first, Ramirez out at home.
End of Inning (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
Brandon Backe pitching:
Moises Alou: Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Alou walked.
Aramis Ramirez: Ball, Ball, Ramirez singled to center, Alou to second.
Todd Hollandsworth: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Hollandsworth walked, Alou to third, Ramirez to second.
Danny Miceli relieved Brandon Backe.
Derrek Lee: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Lee flied out to right.
Corey Patterson: Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Patterson struck out swinging. (Joe's note: Corey's sequence in both innings was shocking! )
Ramon E. Martinez: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Martinez struck out looking.
End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
So, the lesson for all those teams out there is get the Cubs to load the bases with nobody out and if Lee, Patterson and Martinez are the next three hitters, you're home free!
Although to be fair, the Cubs are batting .309 with the bases loaded (10th in MLB). So, I guess it's all just an illusion, right?
Here's some other fascinating stats for that Chip refers to often or that you may wonder about:
The Cubs pinch hitters! (hitting .270, 7th in MLB)
Swinging at the first pitch!(.348, 13th in MLB)
The Cubs #2 hitters! (.239, 26th in MLB)
Against Rocket Roger: (Or, what today's lineup should be:)
Barrett .333 (1-3)
Alou .000 (0-2)
Ramirez .000 (no at-bats)
Hollandsworth .000 (0-4)
Lee .667 (2-3)
Patterson .000 (0-3)
Ordonez .438 (7-16) Good god! Ordonez has a better average against Clemens than he does against any other active pitcher (minimum 10 at-bats, although I think it could be a minimum of 5 or 6 at-bats, but I didn't feel like cycling through all of this again. Simply put, Rey Ordonez owns Roger Clemens.)
Macias .214 (3-14, HR), is the only guy not on the DL for the Cubs to homer off Roger. Sosa has 1 (his first of his 549 career homers) and Alex Gonzalez (!) has 3.
Reference that has an alternate sexual meaning of the day from the Trib:
Sammy Sosa took 25 "dry swings" with a bat in his first baseball-related activity since injuring his back. He received physical therapy downtown and was not at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. "He's getting his swinging in at home, I guess," manager Dusty Baker said.
Does Sammy's wife know about that? (Cue Saxophone music)
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