32 Days of Cupcakes

Sunday night will mark the unofficial end of the Cubs' early-season Cupcake Schedule, which included games against:

  • Atlanta (3 away)
  • Cincy (6 away)
  • Brewers (3 home, 3 away)
  • Houston (3 home)
  • Metropolitans (4 away)
  • Washington (3 home)
  • Arizona (4 home)
  • Pirates (3 away)

That's 32 games against non-playoff teams from a year ago, nearly half (15) against the four clubs which currently hold down the bottom four spots in Jay's Jaffe's National League Power Rankings at Baseball Prospectus: the Nats, Reds, Astros, and Pirates. At this writing, the Cubs have a combined 3-8 mark against those clubs; makes you wonder how long it will be until the Cubs take their rightful place among, or below, that lot. (The Cubs are currently ranked #6.)

Even if the Cubs beat the Pirates tonight and then sweep the weekend series at Great American Ballpark, they'll only have a post-Cupcake record of 17-15. I don't know about you, but from the time the Cubs schedule was first announced, I was hoping for, if not outright expecting, a better start to 2010 than that.

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Submitted by Cubnut on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 11:57am
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Submitted by Cubster
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 12:07pm

http://bakingbites.com/wp-content/uploads/200...

The Cubs missed taking a bite out of one of these?

Submitted by Ryno
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 12:07pm

*sigh*

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 1:49pm

I didn't read the whole article, just the heading and the teams were depressing enough. This series and the Houston one are really going to come back and haunt us if we ever make like contenders - a rather large 'if' at this point.

Submitted by Cubnut
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 12:09pm

Anticipating a question about how BP compiles those rankings, here's the answer from their site:

"The Prospectus Hit List rankings are derived from Won-Loss records and several measurements pertaining to run differentials, both actual and adjusted, from Baseball Prospectus Adjusted Standings through the close of play on every Thursday."

This helps explain why, for example, the Nationals were ranked below six teams, including the Cubs, who had worse records than Washington.

Submitted by Ahone Ahtwo Ahthree
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 12:23pm

Plain and simple... we suck!

But at least we don't have Milton Bradley to deal with, too!!

Submitted by Ryno
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 12:31pm

Yes, at least I can root for them to win, even though they won't.

Submitted by jacos
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 12:57pm

Call it a hunch, but I think the Cubs are going to handle the Cards this year.

Submitted by thedirtbag
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 1:07pm

Yeah, imagine if they could hit mediocore pitching as well as good pitching.

Submitted by dcf
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 1:41pm

This team is underwhelming. Lee and Ramirez need to start hitting and we need a long term solution for the bullpen.

Submitted by jacos
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 2:28pm

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_s...

Cheers to editor for using 16"clincher ball

Submitted by Cubnut
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 2:45pm

Hall of Famer Robin Roberts dead at 83.

http://bit.ly/bcIV9A

Finished his brilliant career with a handful of starts for the '66 Cubs.

Also, by way of Yahoo's Big League Stew, great video of Roberts appearing on the old "What's My Line?" gameshow.

http://bit.ly/cmP8RM

Submitted by Ryno
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 3:08pm

Stock market with a moment of Cubbery today.

Submitted by jacos
on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 3:11pm

Chicago does not know how lucky we are that we did not get the Olympics.

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