April 2007 Thoughts

SportsWorld · Post #1 » by **SportsWorld** » Tue May 1, 2007 10:38 pm

April Record: 10-14
First off I would like to say it has been an okay start.
The Cubs have outscored their opponents 112-91 which doesn't make much sense that we have outscored our opponents by 21 but we are 4 games below .500.

Some good and bad things:
Good- Rich Hill has been amazing this year and his breaking ball is one of the best in the league.
Bad- Will Ohman has been dreadful so far in the pen let up a ton of key runs.

Good- A Ram. Aramis has hit really well this month which is a surprise since he usually starts off bad. Hopefully he can keep it goind
Bad- Alfonso- He hasn't done that bad but he isn't playing like he did last year. We spent a ton of money on this guy and he is having the worst start of his career.

Good- Zambrano- He has done really well in his last few starts and looks like a Cy Young contender again.
Bad- Zambrano- He started off not so great with a very high ERA.

Good- Mark DeRosa- In the first 2 weeks he was our offense. He hit homers and drove in key runs.
Bad- Howry/Eyre- Awful and very inconsistent this first month and scare me everytime they run out of the bullpen.

Good- D. Lee- He is playing well despite only have one April homer. These numbers will only get better as time goes on.
Bad- Murton on the bench- It stinks watching Murton sitting on the bench knowing he has some talent.

Good- Felix Pie- Done great in the outfield this month but needs to turn it up on hitting.
Bad- Bullpen- We are 0-7 in 1 run games. Enough said.

Hopefully as the weather gets warmer we start winning some more ballgames.

May Calender:
May 1st - @ Pittsburgh Pirates
May 2nd - @ Pittsburgh Pirates
May 4th - VS Washington Nationals
May 5th - VS Washington Nationals
May 6th - VS Washington Nationals
May 8th - VS Pittsburgh Pirates
May 9th - VS Pittsburgh Pirates
May 10th - VS Pittsburgh Pirates
May 11th - @ Philadelphia Phillies
May 12th - @ Philadelphia Phillies
May 13th - @ Philadelphia Phillies
May 14th - @ New York Mets
May 15th - @ New York Mets
May 16th - @ New York Mets
May 17th - @ New York Mets
May 18th - VS Chicago White Sox
May 19th - VS Chicago White Sox
May 20th - VS Chicago White Sox
May 22nd - @ San Diego Padres
May 23rd - @ San Diego Padres
May 24th - @ San Diego Padres
May 25th - @ Los Angeles Dodgers
May 26th - @ Los Angeles Dodgers
May 27th - @ Los Angeles Dodgers
May 28th - VS Florida Marlins
May 29th - VS Florida Marlins
May 30th - VS Florida Marlins

Key series this month:
White Sox are a crosstown rival so these are always must win games for bragging rights.

Dodgers are my World Series pick this year and should be a tough team to beat.

LETS GO CUBS.

Ruben Douglas · Post #2 » by **Ruben Douglas** » Tue May 1, 2007 11:02 pm

we suck.

mattbulls · Post #3 » by **mattbulls** » Tue May 1, 2007 11:09 pm

Mattbulls is going to the May 10th game vs Pittsburgh

2poor · Post #4 » by **2poor** » Tue May 1, 2007 11:10 pm

I got bleachers for the June 30th game against Milwaukee!

SportsWorld · Post #5 » by **SportsWorld** » Wed May 2, 2007 12:53 am

I will be at May 28 vs Marlins, July 1 vs Brewers, Sept 3 vs Dodgers. I will also probably make a trip up to Milwaukee this year again and maybe a couple more added in.

Posey H8er · Post #6 » by **Posey H8er** » Wed May 2, 2007 5:13 am

Ruben Douglas wrote:we suck.

a little, but this is a good ball club. we just can't win.

Post #7 » by **GYBE** » Wed May 2, 2007 11:38 am

That's a lot of games in a row versus Pittsburgh and Washington. If this team is even remotely a contendor, we should be at or above .500 before we get to Philly and the Mets.

Posey H8er · Post #8 » by **Posey H8er** » Wed May 2, 2007 9:06 pm

2poor wrote:I got bleachers for the June 30th game against Milwaukee!

The best seats at Wrigley.