With the Cubs 5-1 win over the Cardinals yesterday, the Milwaukee Brewers won their first division title since the days of Harvey’s Wallbangers. Kudos to the Brewers front office for going all in for this season when it was clear their window was closing.
Congratulations to everyone on that team. Except Ryan Braun.
Hopefully Prince Fielder will bring a World Series ring with him when he’s the Cubs 2012 first baseman.
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Cubs (and Braves) took a huge bite out of the Cards’ playoff hopes last night: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/odds/
Of course, the BP model doesn’t take strength of schedule into account, so their odds are probably better than 4.5%, but it will be tough.
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Ryan Braun’s oversized eyeballs can go straight to hell!
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[quote name=Aisle424]I didn’t have a problem with Andy’s use of stats. It’s not like he was doing a serious analysis of the team, he was setting up jokes. I’ve done the same thing. My biggest criticism is that it wasn’t nearly as funny as a lot of the other stuff he has written.[/quote]That’s true, but this isn’t even honest:
K/BB
2008: 2.46
2009: 2.65
2010: 2.42
2011: 2.49 prior to last night’s game (2.36 now)
He’s right where he’s been since 2008. The difference between 2.47 (his average over those 4 years) and any one year is tiny. For example, he’s averaged 188 strikeouts and 76 walks and if you subtract 5 walks to that it’s a K/B ratio of 2.65 (matching his 2009 season) and if you add 4 walks you get 2.47 (basically what it was at the time he wrote that post). When you see a difference that small, you have to look at something else or ignore it.
Not that I expect Dolan or anyone else for that matter to do what I’m doing below, but I figure since I called him out I may as well post some accurate numbers. Intentional walks cannot be counted. That’s a managerial decision. Hit by pitch has to be included because it’s equal to a walk. Both are the result of wildness. When I talk about K/BB, I’m always talking about K per BB+HBP-IBB. Below are those numbers since moving into the rotation in 2008.
Year K/BB
2008 2.28
2009 2.57
2010 2.26
2011 2.27
That’s including last night. We have 2.28, 2.26 and 2.27 and then the outlier of 2.57 in 2009. If anything, this is proof of just how damn consistent Ryan Dempster has been since joining the rotation (at least with regards to what he controls on the mound).
Using rates are better. K% = strikeouts per batter faced (IBB subtracted from BF). BB% = walks (BB, HBP -IBB) per batter faced (IBB also excluded).
K% BB%
21.9% 9.6%
20.5% 8.0%
22.8% 10.1%
21.6% 9.5%
Again, there’s little difference. But as I said, I don’t expect him to do that. I do expect what he says to be truthful and it wasn’t.
He claims Soriano was “3 better than the average left fielder” in OPS+, but as ACT said, that’s not what OPS+ tells us. He was almost certainly below average among left fielders. OPS+ tells us how he compares to the league with ballpark adjustments included. It’s not based on position.
I only read the parts quoted in the comments in the last thread. So I’m sure there were more problems. I mean, if you’re willing to lie about Dempster’s K/BB ratio, why should I trust anything else he says?
/nitpicking bastard
mb21Quote Reply
He also lied about allowing more hits per inning for 4 straight year.
2008: 0.84
2009: 0.98
2010: 0.92
2011: 1.03
He’s either blind or stupid.
mb21Quote Reply
I love how much Cubs fans hate Ryan Braun. There are probably only a few position players I’d rather watch.
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berseliius, you think Fielder will be the 1B next year?
mb21Quote Reply
Can we just replace moreland with kerry?
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Has Kerry ever done any announcing? I would like to think the Cubs would hire someone with experience. What possible reason would people have to think that Wood would be a good announcer? Because he threw 100 mph when he was really young? I don’t think that’s a qualification for an announcer.
mb21Quote Reply
I think Keith Moreland is doing a good job but he probably talks too much (dying laughing)
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I find Keith’s pronunciations amusing. Staling just made an erra on his throw to Peenya.
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[quote name=mb21]I love how much Cubs fans hate Ryan Braun. There are probably only a few position players I’d rather watch.[/quote]He sometimes seems lost in the field but that’s probably just my lying eyes augmenting what I know of his defense. Most fans probably embellish his attitude issues too. I don’t really have a problem with athletes these days, it’s not like they’re inviting me over for dinner. The players I “hate” are the guys on the Cubs who sucks at baseball 😛
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[quote name=mb21]berseliius, you think Fielder will be the 1B next year?[/quote]
I think he’s the most likely, but if if’s Fielder vs the field I’d obviously take the field.
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[quote name=mb21]I love how much Cubs fans hate Ryan Braun. There are probably only a few position players I’d rather watch.[/quote]
All opinions are okay. Some people hate Ryan Braun. Some people like spending all day in a TGI Friday’s in midtown Manhattan. (dying laughing)
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1. I think it’s safe to say at this point that Rick Hahn is not Ricketts’ number one choice for GM, no? He’s at least going to wait it out and see if he can shake loose a big name.
2. My prediction for the next realignment move is FSU—>SEC
3. Ryan Braun is a douche.
GWQuote Reply
I would like Kerry cause he really does remind me of Ron… Dont know
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[quote name=Berselius]All opinions are okay. Some people hate Ryan Braun. Some people like spending all day in a TGI Friday’s in midtown Manhattan. (dying laughing)[/quote]While all opinions are OK, only one of them is acceptable and it’s mine. (dying laughing)
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[quote name=GW]1. I think it’s safe to say at this point that Rick Hahn is not Ricketts’ number one choice for GM, no? He’s at least going to wait it out and see if he can shake loose a big name.
[/quote]I would guess that Hahn is a last resort option. If Ricketts can’t get Theo, Friedman, Cashman, Beane, Shapiro and probably even a couple other guys then Hahn may become more likely.
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[quote name=bubblesdachimp]I would like Kerry cause he really does remind me of Ron… Dont know[/quote]With all due respect to Ron Santo, I hope the Cubs have announcers better than him.
mb21Quote Reply
Who’s the tall dude next to Fielder? Is that Axford?
I also hate Joey Votto for no good reason. I don’t know, their personalities from what I’ve seen makes them seem like the kind of people I wouldn’t like. If they were on the Cubs, I’d probably think they were okay. I used to find Z’s antics annoying to embarrassing, but I liked it when he was pitching well. Whatever, I don’t need reasons to hate a person I will probably never meet in real life. Maybe Donald Trump is a cool motherfucker in real life, but I’m going to go on hating that bald prick anyway.
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[quote name=josh] I don’t need reasons to hate a person I will probably never meet in real life. [/quote]
Good…good…
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[quote name=Rice Cube]
Good…good…[/quote]I hate that motherfucker too! Maybe he parties like a boss, but fuck him and his old face and black robes.
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[quote name=GW]1. I think it’s safe to say at this point that Rick Hahn is not Ricketts’ number one choice for GM, no? He’s at least going to wait it out and see if he can shake loose a big name.
2. My prediction for the next realignment move is FSU—>SEC
3. Ryan Braun is a douche.[/quote]
I agree with all three of these statements.
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ACT, thanks for mentioning the Bill James crime book. I got it on Kindle and am really enjoying it.
mb21Quote Reply
Seems like the kind of guy you’d invite to a party, and give him free beer, and he’s still shoot your ass full of lightning just to get a laugh out of his asshole friends.
binkyQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]With all due respect to Ron Santo, I hope the Cubs have announcers better than him.[/quote]I think they’ll probably just give Keith another year. He ended up being okay, despite his humorous pronunciations. He got better at play-by-play as the year went on. Kerry Wood, whenever I hear him on interviews sounds a little….well….wooden. Zonk’s as good a choice as any.
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[quote name=josh]Seems like the kind of guy you’d invite to a party, and give him free beer, and he’s still shoot your ass full of lightning just to get a laugh out of his asshole friends.[/quote]Could be. I don’t know and I don’t care. He’s good at hitting baseballs and that’s all I care about.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=josh]I think they’ll probably just give Keith another year. He ended up being okay, despite his humorous pronunciations. He got better at play-by-play as the year went on. Kerry Wood, whenever I hear him on interviews sounds a little….well….wooden. Zonk’s as good a choice as any.[/quote]I think I’ve only listened to one game on the radio this year so I don’t know. I’ve read mixed reviews, but I think the negative reviews often reference Ron Santo.
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[quote name=mb21]Could be. I don’t know and I don’t care. He’s good at hitting baseballs and that’s all I care about.[/quote]Ryan Braun is a Sith?!
Or rather…what is Palpatine’s starWARs?
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Boston has a 94.6% chance to win the wild card according to ACT’s link. Atlanta is at 95.4%. Teams still mathematically alive into the last week of the season seems commonplace, but I doubt STL can make up a 3 game deficit unless the Nats turn it on and the Cubs forget how to win…
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Well, the Cubs do have Lopez and Coleman scheduled to pitch…
ACTQuote Reply
What do you guys think of the two wild-cards/one-game playoff?
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/24/report-mlb-likely-to-add-wild-card-implement-one-game-playoff/
I may fear change but I think it’s stupid, although it would allow NYY, BOS and Tampa Bay to all make the playoffs for once, it basically screws one of them anyway.
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Plus now fans will get to celebrate the “2013 Second Wild-Card Winner Chicago Cubs” banner instead of just sitting at home, so maybe it’s not such a bad thing (dying laughing)
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I hate the one-game idea. If they’re adding another wild card team it should at least be a 3-game series. I know some teams would complain about layoff, but that’s not a big deal. I’m making dates up below.
October 1: season ends
October 2: WC1/WC2 game 1
October 3: WC1/WC2 game 2
October 4: WC1/WC2 game 3, ALDS1 and NLDS1 game 1
October 5: ALDS1 and NLDS1 game 2, NLDS2 and ALDS2 game 1
Some teams gets that many days off already. One of the advantages of that type of system would be that the WC teams would be playing without any rest (unless they win the first 2 of the 3-game series).
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[quote name=mb21]ACT, thanks for mentioning the Bill James crime book. I got it on Kindle and am really enjoying it.[/quote]Great book, I read it this summer and couldn’t put it down. He presents an interesting Kennedy assassination theory that I’d never heard before.
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I feel like they should add two wild cards such that the top seeds in each league would have a bye while the worst division champ and the three wild cards duke it out for a week. Having five teams and forcing a one-game playoff seems really stupid. It’s like the play-in game at the end of the season in the current system if multiple division leaders/wild card leaders are tied.
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[quote name=GBTS]Great book, I read it this summer and couldn’t put it down. He presents an interesting Kennedy assassination theory that I’d never heard before.[/quote]Carlos Zambrano was the shooter? I’ve heard that before.
mb21Quote Reply
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11266/1176934-87-0.stm
Swarbrick—>pissed
GWQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Carlos Zambrano was the shooter? I’ve heard that before.[/quote]He would have been but he stopped for dinner and missed his chance.
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[quote name=Berselius]He would have been but he stopped for dinner and missed his chance.[/quote]My source says he was having a picnic on the grassy knoll. He can also be seen in this photo:
mb21Quote Reply
Are we sure we want no part of Soriano next year? I mean was he that unproductive this year to jsut eat 18 million?
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[quote name=mb21]Carlos Zambrano was the shooter? I’ve heard that before.[/quote]Yeah but he acted alone because Aramis slept in.
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[quote name=bubblesdachimp]Are we sure we want no part of Soriano next year? I mean was he that unproductive this year to jsut eat 18 million?[/quote]I don’t know if I want no part of him, but it’s hard to imagine the Cubs don’t have a better player than Soriano to take his place.
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[quote name=GBTS]Yeah but he acted alone because Aramis slept in.[/quote]My source said that Aramis slept in because he started thinking about having to run away from the scene and realized he didn’t want to run.
mb21Quote Reply
That picture of Z on the grassy knoll is reminiscent of when Al randomly shows up on Quantum Leap (dying laughing)
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Maryland=======> Hospital for a rape kit
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[quote name=Rice Cube]That picture of Z on the grassy knoll is reminiscent of when Al randomly shows up on Quantum Leap (dying laughing)[/quote]I really wanted to put that Nyjer Morgan image in the picture too. Not the one you posted, but the meme started on Lookout Landing a year or two ago.
mb21Quote Reply
I want pujols so bad
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[quote name=bubblesdachimp]I want pujols so bad[/quote]
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Lopez scoreless, but still hasn’t struck anyone out yet. He must have bribed that BABIP gods.
ACTQuote Reply
Have yall been paying attention to Matt Kemp…
He has the most legit shot i have seen at the triple crown in my lifetime
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[quote name=mb21]My source said that Aramis slept in because he started thinking about having to run away from the scene and realized he didn’t want to run.[/quote]You know if he was there he definitely would have hit Kennedy, because the assassination was in November when the games don’t matter.
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[quote name=bubblesdachimp]Have yall been paying attention to Matt Kemp…
He has the most legit shot i have seen at the triple crown in my lifetime[/quote]Yeah I’m actually really excited to follow that closely.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]You know if he was there he definitely would have hit Kennedy, because the assassination was in November when the games don’t matter.[/quote]He was there.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Yeah I’m actually really excited to follow that closely.[/quote]i mean they might have the Cy young winner and a triple crown winner and still fucking blow.. Unreal
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Cashner looks great in small samples.
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Someone mentioned Samardzija in this thread or the last one. A big part of his success this season is a .250 BABIP and even more the sub 6% HR/FB rate. He’s still walked over 5 per 9. His xFIP is a replacement level 4.25.
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[quote name=mb21]Someone mentioned Samardzija in this thread or the last one. A big part of his success this season is a .250 BABIP and even more the sub 6% HR/FB rate. He’s still walked over 5 per 9. His xFIP is a replacement level 4.25.[/quote]
Stats don’t tell the whole story MB. Shark just looks like a winner to me, and nothing you can say will convince me otherwise. I’d love to sit down and have a three-course dinner with him at an Applebee’s.
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Shark played WR in front of hundreds of thousands of people. Has Sean Marshall? Didn’t think so.
GBTSQuote Reply
Did the Phillies decide they didn’t want to win anymore? Or are they just trying to match projections?
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Ah, Marmol… (dying laughing)
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If the Cubs end up winning, it would’ve been thanks to either Patterson or Theriot. Interesting call by TLR here.
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(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
Even my son is exasperated.
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I saw one pitch in the Cubs game. The wild pitch to end the game.
mb21Quote Reply
Jesus Christ, he gets the runner on third and 2 outs, and then walks 3 straight.
ACTQuote Reply
(dying laughing), Cubs baseball
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http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7012704/chicago-cubs-alfonso-soriano-feels-mistreated-hitting-seventh-2011
ACTQuote Reply
These days, I keep wishing that Quade would leave Marshall in for just one more inning.
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[quote name=ACT]http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7012704/chicago-cubs-alfonso-soriano-feels-mistreated-hitting-seventh-2011[/quote]It doesn’t help that he’s generally sucked this year but I think he probably should’ve just stayed in the fifth spot.
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Aramis says he wants to sign with a contender: http://twitter.com/#!/cwyers/status/117680558905106432
Also, ESPN commenters are assholes.
ACTQuote Reply
Oops, I meant: http://espn.go.com/chicago/conversations/_/id/7012272/chicago-cubs-aramis-ramirez-only-wants-sign-contender
ACTQuote Reply
That tweet I posted was about Soriano, damn cut/paste.
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[quote name=ACT]These days, I keep wishing that Quade would leave Marshall in for just one more inning.[/quote]I hope they trade Marmol this offseason and make Marshall the closer.
mb21Quote Reply
It would have been better if they traded him a few months ago.
ACTQuote Reply
And that is why I stopped watching the Cubs.
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This game also is a demonstration of why I cringed when the announcers spoke of pitching around Molina. Terrible idea, though the way Marmol was pitching, it’s impossible to say whether it was intentional or not.
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[quote name=mb21]I hope they trade Marmol this offseason and make Marshall the closer.[/quote]
I would not mind Wood at this point. Yea, he’s good for the big inning every now and then, but so much more consistent. Which to me is one of the biggest requirements for a closer.
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[quote name=ACT]http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7012704/chicago-cubs-alfonso-soriano-feels-mistreated-hitting-seventh-2011[/quote]
From the quotes in the article, it sounds like Soriano is complaining more about being moved around in the lineup than batting 7th.
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ACTQuote Reply
Soriano has made it clear about 785 times that he doesn’t like to be moved around in the lineup. The entertaining part is that every time he says it he says the manager makes the lineup and blah blah blah. Then he goes and continues to complain. It’s humorous.
I understand how he could be irritated or upset. I get that. I might even see how he could think it affects his performance, but I don’t need to hear about it 7 times per year.
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[quote name=mb21]
I understand how he could be irritated or upset. I get that. I might even see how he could think it affects his performance, but I don’t need to hear about it 7 times per year.[/quote]
The thing with baseball players is that if they think it hinders them to be moved around, then it probably does simply because they are focused less on their job and more on moving around in the lineup.
I think that is why he always liked batting 1st is because he knew that was where he was going to be every damn day and it just put his mind at ease. Do we want our players to not care about where they hit because it shouldn’t matter? Yeah. But they are people and people are irrational.
What is interesting is how nobody seems to give a fuck what makes him comfortable when they have 800 billion dollars invested in him.
Aisle424Quote Reply
It seems that the Red Sox have no desire to win the wild card.
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By the way, how can they trade Marmol for something quasi-valuable when he’s relatively expensive and has control issues?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Boston losing again. Or, no matter how much the Rays try to hand over the WC title, the Sox refuse to take it.
ACTQuote Reply
RC beat me to it. That what I get for not refreshing the comments list first.
ACTQuote Reply
(dying laughing) Boston
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Theo Epstein is obviously a horrible GM.
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Phillies are also in a freefall (7 straight losses), but they clinched in late March, so no one cares.
ACTQuote Reply
I think the Phillies were only projected to win 96 games or so, right? I guess this is regression (dying laughing)
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19581079
I feel like Soto could have tried more, but considering the pitch position ended up two feet away from where Soto set up…
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]I think the Phillies were only projected to win 96 games or so, right? I guess this is regression (dying laughing)
[/quote]They’re trying really hard to win -2 games and almost succeeding.
ACTQuote Reply
The Rockies’ losing streak is even longer. Whatever happened to them being a great September team?
ACTQuote Reply
[quote name=ACT]The Rockies’ losing streak is even longer. Whatever happened to them being a great September team?[/quote]Shitty variance.
Hmmm, I thought the Sox/Yanks doubleheader would be made up today but I guess they’re doing it tomorrow.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]
Hmmm, I thought the Sox/Yanks doubleheader would be made up today but I guess they’re doing it tomorrow.[/quote]They’ll have Wakefield and Lackey going. Ouch.
ACTQuote Reply
I predict the Yankees will score 15 runs. In the second game, they might score even more.
ACTQuote Reply
If the Rays do not take advantage of this new development, then they didn’t deserve the wild card anyway…
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Just saw the replay for the first time, I’m kind of stunned Theriot didn’t swing at that last pitch.
GBTSQuote Reply
Looks like Verlander won’t be winning #25…
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Zobrist!
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]By the way, how can they trade Marmol for something quasi-valuable when he’s relatively expensive and has control issues?[/quote]Oh I don’t think they’ll get much in return. Just as they won’t get anything for Zambrano or Soriano if they’re traded. Marmol has been overrated by Cubs fans for a long time. The Cubs expected much more value out of him than was reasonable. The Cubs probably won’t have to kick in any money, but if they did they might get something useful.
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[quote name=Aisle424]The thing with baseball players is that if they think it hinders them to be moved around, then it probably does simply because they are focused less on their job and more on moving around in the lineup.
I think that is why he always liked batting 1st is because he knew that was where he was going to be every damn day and it just put his mind at ease. Do we want our players to not care about where they hit because it shouldn’t matter? Yeah. But they are people and people are irrational.
What is interesting is how nobody seems to give a fuck what makes him comfortable when they have 800 billion dollars invested in him.[/quote]I agree it could have an impact, but at this point Soriano barely deserves to be batting 7th.
mb21Quote Reply
I think this is even uglier on a baseball cap.
Seriously, I really liked the original “F” logo with the marlin on it. Why couldn’t they have just done that with an “M”? If I were the owner I’d want my money back from whatever hack agency designed this thing.
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Heh. Phillies phans are starting to panic.
ACTQuote Reply
Never mind the 98 victories, the past 7.5 games prove that the team is terrible!
ACTQuote Reply
Verlander may yet get his 25th victory.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Verlander may yet get his 25th victory.[/quote]False.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]
I think this is even uglier on a baseball cap.
Seriously, I really liked the original “F” logo with the marlin on it. Why couldn’t they have just done that with an “M”? If I were the owner I’d want my money back from whatever hack agency designed this thing.[/quote]
that’s funny. i’m still not a fan, but I think it’s much better on the hat, without the “MARLINS” in orange and white above it.
GWQuote Reply
I don’t mind it too much. I wish they’d get rid of the yellow, though.
ACTQuote Reply
I think the block “MARLINS” is for the front of the jersey and not part of the hat.
I think if the M were a different font I’d like it better. The M is really what messes it up for me.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]I think the block “MARLINS” is for the front of the jersey and not part of the hat.
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yeah, i picked up on that (dying laughing).
GWQuote Reply
JOHNNY
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Verlander may yet get his 25th victory.[/quote]He won’t lose, anyway.
ACTQuote Reply
The Twins blew a 6-run lead.
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[quote name=ACT]The Twins blow.[/quote].
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If the Rays are eliminated, does that mean the Cubs will throw $$$ at Friedman first?
/Rays blasphemer’d
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Hey, Marises, shut up, please. http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7014627/sons-think-roger-maris-homer-record
ACTQuote Reply
GM watch aside, go Rays! 1.5 back!
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Hey, the Cubs no longer have the worst walk rate in the league. Thank you, Astros.
ACTQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Great book, I read it this summer and couldn’t put it down. He presents an interesting Kennedy assassination theory that I’d never heard before.[/quote]
I know this is late to the party, but what was his theory?
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http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/24/marlins-closer-revealed-true-identity-because-it-was-his-dying-fathers-final-wish/
….okay.
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[quote name=Steve Swisher]I know this is late to the party, but what was his theory?[/quote]Did you read the thread? Carlos Zambrano was one of the shooters and there is photographic evidence to support it. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
Giants —> pretty much eliminated
‘Twas fun while it lasted.
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[quote name=mb21]Could be. I don’t know and I don’t care. He’s good at hitting baseballs and that’s all I care about.[/quote]I meant Palpatine, but I wouldn’t put it past Braun. I know if I met 99% of baseball players, I would hate them. I base that on the fact that 99% of the baseball players I knew in college were a-holes. Small sample size etc. Still, the least they can do is keep their personality in their pants so I don’t have reason to actively hate them.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Giants —> pretty much eliminated
‘Twas fun while it lasted.[/quote]They were fun to watch last year.
ACTQuote Reply
I think if you watched the Giants, you pretty much saw what the Cubs would be if they had decent pitching. I’m too lazy to make a statsy case about it, but I think that’s about right.
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I don’t see the similarity. The Giants have good defense and no offense. The Cubs have some offense,but terrible defense.
ACTQuote Reply
Aubrey Huff leads the Giants in BA, OBP, and SLG at .245/.305/.370. Second place? No one qualifies.
ACTQuote Reply
[quote name=ACT]I don’t see the similarity. The Giants have good defense and no offense. The Cubs have some offense,but terrible defense.[/quote]Seems these things might cancel out depending on how you feel about run prevention. The main difference then seems to be in the quality of pitching.
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[quote name=Steve Swisher]I know this is late to the party, but what was his theory?[/quote]
SPOILER FOR THOSE STILL READING BILL JAMES CRIME BOOK
He says there couldn’t possibly have been a conspiracy because there is no way it could have been kept secret all these years with the amount of people it would have required. Which I completely agree with. But then he presents evidence (eyewitness accounts, and maybe some ballistics if I remember right) that the fatal head shot to Kennedy actually came from one of the secret service agents trailing behind him. When Oswald started ringing shots from above, he pulled out his weapon in the commotion and inadvertently blew his head off. He also says its much more likely that there was a coverup that the secret service accidentally murdered the president than the tin foil hat conspiracy theories floating around.
So no conspiracy, but two shooters. I’d never ever heard that before.
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[quote name=GBTS]SPOILER FOR THOSE STILL READING BILL JAMES CRIME BOOK
He says there couldn’t possibly have been a conspiracy because there is no way it could have been kept secret all these years with the amount of people it would have required. Which I completely agree with. But then he presents evidence (eyewitness accounts, and maybe some ballistics if I remember right) that the fatal head shot to Kennedy actually came from one of the secret service agents trailing behind him. When Oswald started ringing shots from above, he pulled out his weapon in the commotion and inadvertently blew his head off. He also says its much more likely that there was a coverup that the secret service accidentally murdered the president than the tin foil hat conspiracy theories floating around.
So no conspiracy, but two shooters. I’d never ever heard that before.[/quote]
That seems like a plausible theory but isn’t that also a conspiracy that would be hard to conceal? It would still require massive cover-up from various government agencies not just within the secret service. It would have been accidental but the cover-up would still be vary hard to have kept secret. I also think it would have leaked out before now and been more commonly presented. Your spoiler actually makes me have some interest in reading this book which I really didn’t have before. (dying laughing)
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