09-30-2009, 04:37 PM
<!--quoteo(post=64826:date=Sep 30 2009, 03:18 PM:name=bz)-->QUOTE (bz @ Sep 30 2009, 03:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CH...le-scores.shtml
I can't get the formatting to work so just click on the link above. Our away record stunk, and we had losing records in April, June and August. Maybe we can try and dissect the away record and why we happened to lose in those months to give us more insight. Obviously you can't win them all but some of these records stand out a bit here: 0-3 vs Detroit, 2-4 vs Colorado, 6-10 vs St. Louis, 1-5 vs Philly and 3-5 vs LAD. If we go 20-19 instead of 12-27 against these teams our record right now would 90-66, and we'd be a half game back of first in the division.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Remember that it's not only which team that the Cubs were playing but also who was healthy/available for the Cubs when they played and who they played against at the time. e.g. The May series in St Louis had the Cubs score a total of 2 runs in 3 games, the result was a sweep by the Cards. The Cubs were without Aramis and as I recall a few players playing injured. If you compare that series to the September series, you find that the Cubs still didn't have much offense but the Cardinals had Holliday, Lugo and DeRosa provide the offense for the Cards.
I can't get the formatting to work so just click on the link above. Our away record stunk, and we had losing records in April, June and August. Maybe we can try and dissect the away record and why we happened to lose in those months to give us more insight. Obviously you can't win them all but some of these records stand out a bit here: 0-3 vs Detroit, 2-4 vs Colorado, 6-10 vs St. Louis, 1-5 vs Philly and 3-5 vs LAD. If we go 20-19 instead of 12-27 against these teams our record right now would 90-66, and we'd be a half game back of first in the division.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Remember that it's not only which team that the Cubs were playing but also who was healthy/available for the Cubs when they played and who they played against at the time. e.g. The May series in St Louis had the Cubs score a total of 2 runs in 3 games, the result was a sweep by the Cards. The Cubs were without Aramis and as I recall a few players playing injured. If you compare that series to the September series, you find that the Cubs still didn't have much offense but the Cardinals had Holliday, Lugo and DeRosa provide the offense for the Cards.