| Cubs | wOBA | wRC | Def | Dodgers | wOBA | wRC | Def | |
| Kosuke Fukudome | .343 | .58 | -.06 | Jamey Carroll | .346 | .59 | -.02 | |
| Darwin Barney | .297 | .39 | .03 | Jerry Sands | .326 | .50 | .00 | |
| Starlin Castro | .330 | .50 | -.03 | Andre Ethier | .374 | .66 | -.01 | |
| Aramis Ramirez | .347 | .54 | -.03 | Matt Kemp | .356 | .58 | -.02 | |
| Marlon Byrd | .334 | .48 | -.01 | Juan Uribe | .322 | .44 | .01 | |
| Carlos Pena | .365 | .57 | -.01 | James Loney | .315 | .41 | .00 | |
| Alfonso Soriano | .347 | .50 | -.10 | Rod Barajas | .311 | .38 | -.02 | |
| Geovany Soto | .353 | .51 | -.01 | Aaron Miles | .272 | .25 | .00 | |
| Ryan Dempster | .175 | .00 | .00 | Chad Billingsley | .175 | .00 | .00 | |
| 4.1 | -.2 | 3.8 | -.1 |
| Starting Pitcher | IP/GS | FIP |
| Ryan Dempster | 6.00 | 4.10 |
| Chad Billingsley | 6.22 | 3.20 |
| Bullpens | xFIP | |
| Cubs | 4.16 | |
| Dodgers | 4.03 | |
Score: Cubs 3.7, Dodgers 4.5
Win Probability: 37.4%
Comments
.346 wOBA for Carroll? He’s at .318 on the year and projected to .305
BerseliusQuote Reply
Also Russell —–> back to the bullpen
BerseliusQuote Reply
I had that same problem with Carroll last night and fixed it. Then it did it again today. He’s the only player I’ve seen that happen with. I have him at .306 and that reduces the Dodgers total score by .1 run and improves the Cubs odds to 38.9%. Fuck yeah! (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Also Russell —–> back to the bullpen[/quote]
But he was doing so well.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
For ZiPS rest of season FIP I calculate it myself using a constant of 3.15 so it probably doesn’t match what Fangraphs has.
mb21Quote Reply
Who gets the next start then?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Who gets the next start then?[/quote]
Maybe they have an off day so everyone stays in rotation.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Who gets the next start then?[/quote]www.whowillgetthenextstartforthecubs.com
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]www.whowillgetthenextstartforthecubs.com[/quote]
I wish I was rich so I could buy every single one of these domains.
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
[quote name=ZappBrannigan]I wish I was rich so I could buy every single one of these domains.[/quote]And they would all link to the Steve Stone Playgirl pic.
GBTSQuote Reply
So if Z goes tomorrow, they have an off-day on Thursday. Garza Friday, Coleman Saturday, then Demp on normal rest on Sunday. Another off day on Monday. That means the fifth starter option needs to pitch next Thursday, whoever that is.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
2 outs to go for liriano
GWQuote Reply
What the hell happened to the Cubs hitters of 2008 with respect to taking pitches? Who, in this day and age of baseball, can possibly think that their extreme aggressiveness in swinging the bats at anything that moves is a good idea?
mambochicken23Quote Reply
2k, 6bb
GWQuote Reply
1 out to go for liriano
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
The forest gif would be better.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
only 2 k for liriano so far… Thats hard to do with a no hitter
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Can’t believe he was at 101 pitches going into the 9th with 5 walks
BerseliusQuote Reply
r[quote name=mambochicken23]What the hell happened to the Cubs hitters of 2008 with respect to taking pitches? Who, in this day and age of baseball, can possibly think that their extreme aggressiveness in swinging the bats at anything that moves is a good idea?[/quote]Obviously, Baldy McGrindy and Rudy Jaramillo
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
liriano======> no hitter
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
got it
GWQuote Reply
So is that the first no-hitter of the season?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
white sox are almost as shitty as the cubs. Which is confusing since i like their team except the pen.. And i liked their pen.
What the fuck is wrong with dempster?
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
[quote name=bubblesdachimp]liriano======> no hitter[/quote]
Is that like when the pitcher doesn’t allow any hits?
Aisle424Quote Reply
I turned on Comcast to hear Hawk call the end of the Twins no hitter vs the Sox. I wanted to hear the pain and disappointment in his voice but he was off tonight. Damn. A Mike Huff was doing pbp but the massive ego of the FPM jumped in and called the last out. Stone is sick and his voice sounds awful but he had to call it, what a dick.
melissaQuote Reply
The pitching coach needs to go out there with his smart phone and show Demp the video of Lou yelling “THROW FUCKING STRIKES” at him.
BerseliusQuote Reply
There’s no excuse for such ignorance of good baseball practice at this point. This isn’t 19 fucking 50.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
I benched Liriano for his start tonight in the Discredited League. Fucking hilarious, although he did only strike out 2 batters
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
Dempster has gone the way of the buffalo.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mambochicken23]There’s no excuse for such ignorance of good baseball practice at this point. This isn’t 19 fucking 50.[/quote]
1950 was a recent baseball season I enjoyed.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=mambochicken23]There’s no excuse for such ignorance of good baseball practice at this point. This isn’t 19 fucking 50.[/quote]Let’s See What Happens.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Byrd just had a good AB.
I think I just saw a flying pig.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
(dying laughing) I hope Len was referencing MO’s rant when he said, “Drop us a line, we love all fan suggestions. Except the ones that say get those guys off the air.”
GBTSQuote Reply
Pat says 4 of Pena’s last 5 PAs were warning track bombs
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS](dying laughing) I hope Len was referencing MO’s rant when he said, “Drop us a line, we love all fan suggestions. Except the ones that say get those guys off the air.”[/quote]I definitely thought of that (dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS](dying laughing) I hope Len was referencing MO’s rant when he said, “Drop us a line, we love all fan suggestions. Except the ones that say get those guys off the air.”[/quote]No, Len can stay. But I want to see Bob ridden out of town on a rail and floated across the lake on a trash barge.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Pat says 4 of Pena’s last 5 PAs were warning track bombs[/quote]
Is it a bomb if it only reaches the warning track?
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Pat says 4 of Pena’s last 5 PAs were warning track bombs[/quote]He has Warning Track Pena
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]Is it a bomb if it only reaches the warning track?[/quote]www.isitabombifitonlytreachesthewarningtrack/.com
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]www.isitabombifitonlytreachesthewarningtrack/.com[/quote]
It is merely a MOAB and not a nuke.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]www.isitabombifitonlytreachesthewarningtrack/.com[/quote]
I knew this was coming and yet I was still (dying laughing).
melissaQuote Reply
Nice AB by Sori
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
[quote name=ZappBrannigan]Nice AB by Sori[/quote]
Shut me right up.
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
8 pitch strikeout…at least it wasn’t 3 (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Prediction: This team will lead the league in strikeouts, and it won’t even be close.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Actually, the Cubs are below league avg in majors (199) with 189 team K. I expect that number to skyrocket, obviously. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Prediction: This team will lead the league in strikeouts, and it won’t even be close.[/quote]
Batters and pitchers
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Actually, the Cubs are below league avg in majors (199) with 189 team K. I expect that number to skyrocket, obviously. (dying laughing)[/quote]I don’t think the Cubs see 3 pitches often enough
WaLiQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Actually, the Cubs are below league avg in majors (199) with 189 team K. I expect that number to skyrocket, obviously. (dying laughing)[/quote]
If you swing at every pitch, you’re not likely to go down looking – more likely to hit a weak, shitty chopper in the infield. Seems like every other AB results in one of those.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Batters and pitchers[/quote]Recipe for success. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mambochicken23][/quote]
Correct.
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
[quote name=WaLi]I don’t think the Cubs see 3 pitches often enough[/quote][quote name=mambochicken23]If you swing at every pitch, you’re not likely to go down looking – more likely to hit a weak, shitty chopper in the infield. Seems like every other AB results in one of those.[/quote]Right, but I think as the season progresses, we’ll see Cub hitters getting thrown fewer pitches they can make contact with. Hell, they’re going to swing no matter what. No reason to risk a ball in play.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]So if Z goes tomorrow, they have an off-day on Thursday. Garza Friday, Coleman Saturday, then Demp on normal rest on Sunday. Another off day on Monday. That means the fifth starter option needs to pitch next Thursday, whoever that is.[/quote]
Let’s try that again…
http://mlb.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=chc
So…
Wednesday Z
Thursday Off day
Friday Garza
Saturday Coleman
Sunday Dempster (normal rest)
Monday Off day
Tuesday Z
Wednesday Garza
Thursday Coleman
Friday Dempster (normal rest)
Saturday Need #5 guy today
Unless they start everyone on short rest starting Saturday. That’s not bad, a week and a half that they don’t need the #5 starter so guys like Wellemeyer and Doug Davis have a chance to stretch out.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I hate three game series bracketed by off days.
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Right, but I think as the season progresses, we’ll see Cub hitters getting thrown fewer pitches they can make contact with. Hell, they’re going to swing no matter what. No reason to risk a ball in play.[/quote]True. Do they track average# of pitches taken by team?
WaLiQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]I hate three game series bracketed by off days.[/quote]
Works in our favor! (dying laughing)
Soto walks…here comes the auto-bunt.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Right, but I think as the season progresses, we’ll see Cub hitters getting thrown fewer pitches they can make contact with. Hell, they’re going to swing no matter what. No reason to risk a ball in play.[/quote]
Good point. Nice to consider that things will get even shittier over the course of the season (dying laughing)
mambochicken23Quote Reply
[quote name=WaLi]True. Do they track average# of pitches taken by team?[/quote]
http://www.dotheytrackaveragenumberofpitchestakenbyteam.com
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=WaLi]True. Do they track average# of pitches taken by team?[/quote]I’m sure someone does.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]www.dotheytrackaveragenumberofpitchestakenbyteam.com[/quote]Fucker. Link is broken (dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
^ (dying laughing)
ESPN’s box score tracks how many pitches are seen by a player throughout the course of the game, but only when they update it after the game is over.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Works in our favor! (dying laughing)
Soto walks…here comes the auto-bunt.[/quote]The Maginot Line lineup strategy strikes again!
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
You can find it on b-ref, in the Team Pitches Batting table. 3.70 pitches/PA
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/2011-batting.shtml
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]I’m sure someone does.[/quote]Ari Kaplan tried, but it was too hard.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Ari Kaplan tried, but it was too hard.[/quote]
He couldn’t figure out how to add another column to his Excel spreadsheet?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Okay, who told Fukudome it wasn’t April anymore?
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]You can find it on b-ref, in the Team Pitches Batting table. 3.70 pitches/PA
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/2011-batting.shtml%5B/quote%5D(dying laughing) I was only joking when I said we don’t see 3 pitches often enough. Didn’t know I was so close to the truth
WaLiQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Ari Kaplan tried, but only tabulated the numbers for odd numbered games on cloudy days in mid-summer months when the temperature was bellow 90, but above 80 with a slight breeze.[/quote]
Fixed.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Darwin Barney with some solid wood.
He flied out too.
/Brenly’d
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Ari Kaplan tried, but it was too hard.[/quote]
TWSS
mambochicken23Quote Reply
SNEAKY POWER
uncle daveQuote Reply
For reference, P/PA for the rest of the NLC
Cubs 3.70
Astros 3.77
Cards 3.87
Brewers 3.67
Pirates 3.99
Reds 3.84
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=uncle dave]SNEAKY POWER[/quote]
Fontenot homered somewhere?
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Okay, who told Fukudome it wasn’t April anymore?[/quote]
It’s seriously uncanny. I doubt very seriously that there is anyone in baseball history with this kind of consistent pattern of production. I mean, I know there are slow starters (Sandberg was notorious for being crappy in April, for example), but who else always starts hot and then peters out for 3/4 of the season?
mambochicken23Quote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Fontenot homered somewhere?[/quote]
Yeah, but it was so sneaky that nobody knows where he did it.
uncle daveQuote Reply
Dempster actually looks pretty good since throwing 8 straight balls to start the game.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
[quote name=Carrie Muskat on twitter]In last start, Dempster threw 40 pitches in 1/3 of inning & couldn’t finish 1st. He’s thrown 40 now thru 3 IP vs Dodgers[/quote].
BerseliusQuote Reply
Castro’s swinging-strike percentage is going up.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]For reference, P/PA for the rest of the NLC
Cubs 3.70
Astros 3.77
Cards 3.87
Brewers 3.67
Pirates 3.99
Reds 3.84[/quote]
I’ll have To check this out when not on my phone. Would be interesting to see if this changed with batting coach. Although that would probably not show anything conclusive since batters changed
WaLiQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Castro’s swinging-strike percentage is going up.[/quote]
/jinx’d
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Double-TOOTBLAN. Fuck.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
TOOTBLAN
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
What a shitty call
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
Seriously? What kind of cocksucking call is that?
mambochicken23Quote Reply
Fuck that shit, he stayed on the base.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
This team needs to spend the next 3 months learning to run the bases. Seriously. No games. Just baserunning.
mb21Quote Reply
Rodrigo wuz robbed
BerseliusQuote Reply
(dying laughing) another clearly blown call that would have been clarified by replay in 4.4 seconds
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
[quote name=mambochicken23]Seriously? What kind of cocksucking call is that?[/quote]It’s a bullshit call, but it did look like he came off at first.
mb21Quote Reply
He hustled and was safe, MB. He did pop up a bit, but I don’t think he ever took his foot off the base. That call was bullshit.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I don’t have any problem with Ramirez going for two there. He hit the fucking wall. It was a perfect throw from Kemp and he should have been safe anyway.
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]The pitching coach needs to go out there with his smart phone and show Demp the video of Lou yelling “THROW FUCKING STRIKES” at him.[/quote]A smart phone? Cubs organization. Come on. They’ve got an abundance of stupid phones.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]He hustled and was safe, MB. He did pop up a bit, but I don’t think he ever took his foot off the base. That call was bullshit.[/quote]Yeah, he stayed on, but from the umpire’s perspective it looked like came off.
mb21Quote Reply
have cubs ever beaten billingsley
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]A smart phone? Cubs organization. Come on. They’ve got an abundance of stupid phones.[/quote]
Ari Kaplan programmed it to give all the hitters numbers vs RHP in May
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]A smart phone? Cubs organization. Come on. They’ve got an abundance of stupid phones.[/quote]
They have tin cans and string.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
YA JUST TOO LITTLE DARWIN
GBTSQuote Reply
If only Darwin could fly.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]I don’t have any problem with Ramirez going for two there. He hit the fucking wall. It was a perfect throw from Kemp and he should have been safe anyway.[/quote]Not to mention that if Ramirez doesn’t go for two, every swinging dick in Chicago would have been spewing cut-rate beer at the TV calling him a lazy spic.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]It’s a bullshit call, but it did look like he came off at first.[/quote]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHZhDdcE2Iw
mambochicken23Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Not to mention that if Ramirez doesn’t go for two, every swinging dick in Chicago would have been spewing cut-rate beer at the TV calling him a lazy spic.[/quote]
Now instead every swinging dick in Chicago will say he’d have been safe if only he just hustled more
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Not to mention that if Ramirez doesn’t go for two, every swinging dick in Chicago would have been spewing cut-rate beer at the TV calling him a lazy spic.[/quote]
As if they won’t do that anyway. They’ll probably bitch that he took 1/100th of a second too long to start running out of the box.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Fontenot homered somewhere?[/quote]in a ballpark?
mb21Quote Reply
beautiful pitch to k kemp
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Now instead every swinging dick in Chicago will say he’d have been safe if only he just hustled more[/quote]
It’s too bad Ramirez only has one gear (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mambochicken23]They have tin cans and string.[/quote]No, they got some of these starting this year:
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]No, they got some of these starting this year:
(dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
mambochicken23Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]No, they got some of these starting this year:
That’s a phone I had recently
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Now instead every swinging dick in Chicago will say he’d have been safe if only he just hustled more[/quote]
I’ve already seen that very statement a couple times already. Some Cubs fans suck.
LukasQuote Reply
I have a better swing than Juan Uribe.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]No, they got some of these starting this year:
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mambochicken23]I have a better swing than Juan Uribe.[/quote]So does the chicken that beats everyone aty tic-tac-toe
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Lukas]I’ve already seen that very statement a couple times already. Some Cubs fans suck.[/quote]
Fixed that for you.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]I have one, but the OV app doesn’t work on it. I’m severely offended.[/quote]
I can’t load the site on this fucking phone!
/obligatory
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]It’s too bad Ramirez only has one gear (dying laughing)[/quote]Actually, he has two: slow and stop.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
OK, now I did.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Actually, he has two: slow and stop.[/quote]
I thought “stop” was the absence of gear.
But that’s neither here nor there.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
only half-way through this, but it’s very good: http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/gasskos_thesis_on_free_agency/
mb21Quote Reply
I love the obligatory McCain with cell phone pic.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=mambochicken23]I have a better swing than Juan Uribe.[/quote]You could probably hit as well against the Cubs too.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mambochicken23]OK, now I did.[/quote]
I was trying to figure out what you changed for a minute the first time. I thought I was missing something obvious (dying laughing)
LukasQuote Reply
I read it about 3 times too. Then I went back and read the original and thought I still missed something.
mb21Quote Reply
dempster has been ok tonight
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
[/quote[quote name=mambochicken23]OK, now I did.[/quote]This interrupted the flow of the thread. You should be executed.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
i mean is ramirez really that fucking slow? For real?
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
[quote name=bubblesdachimp]i mean is ramirez really that fucking slow? For real?[/quote]Not compared to say, a Galapagos tortoise towing a Baldwin Grand.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=bubblesdachimp]i mean is ramirez really that fucking slow? For real?[/quote]
I couldn’t tell if he was running out of the box, but for sure he was turning on the jets around first.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Not compared to say, a Galapagos tortoise towing Alec Baldwin.[/quote]
Different.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Soriano goes yard in this game. Cubs win 1-0.
mb21Quote Reply
(dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Yes, Ramirez really is that slow.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Different.[/quote]
(dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
Holy fuck @ that last curveball
GBTSQuote Reply
Warning Track Pena, but in the wrong direction.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
That’s an evil curve.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Holy fuck @ that last curveball[/quote]Billingsly is pitching Nintendo baseball tonight.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I read it about 3 times too. Then I went back and read the original and thought I still missed something.[/quote]
I am good with computers.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
Fuck, the only guy on this team who takes pitches always seems to fall behind right away. No wonder the rest of the team thinks they need to swing.
LukasQuote Reply
[quote name=Lukas]Fuck, the only guy on this team who takes pitches always seems to fall behind right away. No wonder the rest of the team thinks they need to swing.[/quote]
The first two fastballs were very well-placed.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Billingsly is pitching Nintendo baseball tonight.[/quote]
James Russell could dominate the Cubs.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]The first two fastballs were very well-placed.[/quote]
Yeah, this Billingsley guy is an okay pitcher
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=mambochicken23]James Russell could dominate the Cubs.[/quote]Most AAA pitchers could dominate this lineup. Half of the AA ones too.
mb21Quote Reply
For that matter, I’ll bet some of the guys they’re scouting in Korea, Finland and Iceland could fare pretty well against this lineup.
mb21Quote Reply
They could still steal this one if Dempster keeps them scoreless until Billingsley hits the showers.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]For that matter, I’ll bet some of the guys they’re scouting in Korea, Finland and Iceland could fare pretty well against this lineup.[/quote]
(dying laughing)
mambochicken23Quote Reply
Nice to see Dempster rolling along like we’ve become used to seeing.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]They could still steal this one if Dempster keeps them scoreless until Billingsley hits the showers.[/quote]Dempster can’t pitch 100 innings, RC. Come on. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Dempster can’t pitch 100 innings, RC. Come on. (dying laughing)[/quote]
I’m counting on the fact that Q doesn’t know when to pull his starters (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I think it would be kinda fun if the Cubs lost 130 games this year. I’d rather see historic awfulness than complete mediocrity – I just don’t give a shit if they manage to win 77 games. Big fucking deal. However, if they were to head into September with a chance to set a new mark for futility, I think that I would be very interested in watching the games…
mambochicken23Quote Reply
I’m sure it’s been said, but what the fuck is up with Billingsley’s pants? Did he trade with Prince Fielder?
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]I’m sure it’s been said, but what the fuck is up with Billingsley’s pants? Did he trade with Prince Fielder?[/quote]
His legs are huge (dying laughing)
LukasQuote Reply
When the hell did Fukudome have “good speed”? He’s not slow, but he’s not that fast either (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
130 losses. (dying laughing) I’m pretty sure if the Cubs lost 130 games MLB would just get rid of them. They’d go with 29 teams next year for sure.
mb21Quote Reply
If the Cubs lost 130 games and were eliminated from MLB, would Alvin still purchase season tickets?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]130 losses. (dying laughing) I’m pretty sure if the Cubs lost 130 games MLB would just get rid of them. They’d go with 29 teams next year for sure.[/quote]
How long after the historical tankage did they get rid of the Cleveland Spiders?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]If the Cubs lost 130 games and were eliminated from MLB, would Alvin still purchase season tickets?[/quote]Only if they were full price.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]130 losses. (dying laughing) I’m pretty sure if the Cubs lost 130 games MLB would just get rid of them. They’d go with 29 teams next year for sure.[/quote]
Might be worth it to save me from myself over the next 50 years. Also, to see Al cry.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
Long-time lurker, first-time poster mambochicken out, fuckfaces.
mambochicken23Quote Reply
I think the Cubs need to send Castro to his room each time he hits the ball on the ground. It’s getting ridiculous.
mb21Quote Reply
If AC is watching the game, he’d probably freak out at that Castro non-run through the bag to beat the DP.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]How long after the historical tankage did they get rid of the Cleveland Spiders?[/quote]Wasn’t that their final season?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Only if they were full price.[/quote]Of course. Al wouldn’t want to piss off their best customers.
mb21Quote Reply
Darwin Barney now has a better average than Starlin Castro.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]If the Cubs lost 130 games and were eliminated from MLB, would Alvin still purchase season tickets?[/quote]
I think he’d start posting game recaps for every game starting in the 60’s
LukasQuote Reply
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLV/
mb21Quote Reply
The average age of the Spiders pitchers in 1890 was 22.9. That’s crazy.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Wasn’t that their final season?[/quote]
Correct.
Aftermath
The Robisons’ decision to essentially reduce the Spiders to minor league standards, along with other intra-league raiding such as that conducted by the Dodgers, unwittingly helped pave the way to the National League’s loss of its major league monopoly. The 12th-place Spiders were one of four teams contracted out of the National League at the end of the 1899 season. The others were the 11th-place Senators, the ninth-place Louisville Colonels and, surprisingly, the fourth-place Baltimore Orioles.
The Robisons sold the assets of the Spiders team to Charles Somers and John Kilfoyle in 1900.[2] In 1900, the then-minor Western League fielded a team called the Cleveland Lake Shores, and in 1901, after renaming itself the American League, the team became a new Cleveland Blues team, and eventually the Cleveland Indians.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Darwin Barney now has a better average than Starlin Castro.[/quote]Only a matter of time until that reaches the Playgirl Mansion and marching orders are given to Hobbiton and the Man-O-Lantern.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]If AC is watching the game, he’d probably freak out at that Castro non-run through the bag to beat the DP.[/quote]I’m so pissed I can’t even say it. (dying laughing)
AndCountingQuote Reply
Cubs lose.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
game over
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Sam Fuld —> got into some Kryptonite
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Sam Fuld —> got into some Kryptonite[/quote]Darwin Barney better watch his back. The regression monster is on the prowl.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Dempster can’t pitch 100 innings, RC. Come on. (dying laughing)[/quote]
You Never Know
BerseliusQuote Reply
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=14432919
No-hitter.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]You Never Know[/quote]Let’s See What Happens
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
bdc====> out fuckfaces
Also MB and the creators. I can no longer view this discredited site at work. I am on IE 7 and my people wont let me upgrade or switch browers. i need a way around this
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Ah, the obligatory “California Tits” montage.
GBTSQuote Reply
Switch jobs, bubbles.
GBTSQuote Reply
mb21 out, fuckfaces!
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Ah, the obligatory “California Tits” montage.[/quote]Also known as Plastic Paradise.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]mb21 out, fuckfaces![/quote]Quitter.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Nice battle from Byrd before the WAG
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=bubblesdachimp]bdc====> out fuckfaces
Also MB and the creators. I can no longer view this discredited site at work. I am on IE 7 and my people wont let me upgrade or switch browers. i need a way around this[/quote]
I need more info than that. What happens when you access it? Is it blocked by your employers? What exactly is happening?
mb21Quote Reply
NICE.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
PENA!
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
bdc====> back
Shocked
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=14432919
No-hitter.[/quote]Carlos Quentin is slow as fuck.
GBTSQuote Reply
About Damn Time
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I need more info than that. What happens when you access it? Is it blocked by your employers? What exactly is happening?[/quote]
ill take a picture tomorrow i will try.. or at least report what happens..
BDC=====> out
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Happy for Carlos Pena. He really needed that.
AndCountingQuote Reply
They said Sori’s foundation is for abused mothers and their children. I feel bad that the first thing I thought of was Bill Murray in Kingpin.
LukasQuote Reply
[quote name=AndCounting]Happy for Carlos Pena. He really needed that.[/quote]
He needs to hit 20 more in the next game to quell the naysayers.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
You couldn’t pay me to wear a Cubs shirt to Dodger stadium.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]You couldn’t pay me to wear a Cubs shirt to Dodger stadium.[/quote]
I think the Cubs fans are slightly safer than Giants fans would be.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]You couldn’t pay me to wear a Cubs shirt to Dodger stadium.[/quote]
It’s ok. If anyone attacks you, you could just turn to them and say “Can’t argue with you today”. It will shut em right up.
LukasQuote Reply
Warnign Track Pena out, fuckfaces!
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]You couldn’t pay me to wear a Cubs shirt to Dodger stadium.[/quote]False.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
BerseliusQuote Reply
I don’t think Aaron Miles is badass enough to do a bat-wag.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Jesus, at this rate Quade won’t take Dempster out until Thursday.
GBTSQuote Reply
(dying laughing) @ Aaron Miles.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Jesus, at this rate Quade won’t take Dempster out until Friday Friday.[/quote]
/so excite’d
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]I don’t think Aaron Miles is badass enough to do a bat-wag.[/quote]You’ve obviously never read about his gun-toting robber beatdown.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]/so excite’d[/quote]This is the worst thing to every happen on the blog.
And mentioning that song is bad, too.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]This is the worst thing to every happen on the blog.
And mentioning that song is bad, too.[/quote]
Don’t tell me what to do. Or not do.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]You’ve obviously never read about his gun-toting robber beatdown.[/quote]
I can’t help but still like Miles a little bit because of that. (dying laughing)
LukasQuote Reply
Just because it’s still cracking me up
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]You’ve obviously never read about his gun-toting robber beatdown.[/quote]
Was it a pop-gun wielded by a Leprechaun?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
That was a riveting ginger vs ginger battle if I ever saw one
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]
Just because it’s still cracking me up[/quote]Wherever there is MSM douchebaggery, I will be there.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Wherever there is MSM douchebaggery, I will be there.[/quote]
We couldn’t do it without you, Buntman.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Wow, Demp struck out the side after only 2 Ks in his first 6 innings
BerseliusQuote Reply
Demp’s presumably final line
7 I, 6 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 5 K
BerseliusQuote Reply
Why is Reed Johnson on my TV?
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Why is Reed Johnson on my TV?[/quote]
Because he’s a gamer, dammit.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Shut you right up.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Why is Reed Johnson on my TV?[/quote]http://www.howstuffworks.com/tv.htm
BerseliusQuote Reply
Buntman strikes again!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
wtf gamer? terrible baserunning
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
Bob Brenly is very disappointed in Reed Johnson.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
TOOTBLAN number dos
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
TOOTBLAN out of scoring position with Castro coming up. See what fucking happens.
GBTSQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
I need to find whatever feed you’re watching (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
Fucking bunts. This offense giving away outs is like Haiti asking Japan for aid money.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
MO should throw a buntarang at Quade.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Nice play by Barney.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]MO should throw a buntarang at Quade.[/quote]My buntarang:
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
^ It just might work.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
It seems like we always have to have an extra inning game or two on any west coast road trip
BerseliusQuote Reply
I bet Jonathan Broxton smells like sweaty ass all the time.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Broxton’s getting squeezed, no?
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Byrd walked.
I think someone divided by zero.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Broxton’s getting squeezed, no?[/quote]
No sir, that was a bonafide walk.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
HOLY SHIT, HIDE YO WIFE, HIDE YO KIDS! MARLON BYRD TOOK A 4-PITCH WALK
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]HOLY SHIT, HIDE YO WIFE, HIDE YO KIDS! MARLON BYRD TOOK A 4-PITCH WALK[/quote]
That, MO, is The Beauty Of Short Hops
BerseliusQuote Reply
Those pitches were so bad that Byrd had no choice (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Broxton has completely lost the plate now. This is some Mitch Williams shit. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Broxton shouldn’t have had that third can of Dinty Moore beef stew before leaving the bullpen.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Broxton shouldn’t have had that third can of Dinty Moore beef stew before leaving the bullpen.[/quote]
He popped a few Vienna sausages in those too
BerseliusQuote Reply
that was fucking absurd
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Did Broxton balk or am I thinking of this wrong? He came set, got ready to pitch, lifted his leg and then stepped off.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Why no balk?
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
i feel like this half inning has been going on for 30 minutes. he was about a minute between every pitch
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Did Broxton balk or am I thinking of this wrong? He came set, got ready to pitch, lifted his leg and then stepped off.[/quote]
I thought you could lift your leg so long as it didn’t come down in a 45 degree cone facing the plate. Maybe that’s only true if Venus is in the 8th house though
BerseliusQuote Reply
Just discovered the Dodgers feed on MLBN. Scully sounds rough, but it’s still an improvement…
Any bets on whether Marmol one-ups Broxton (if he gets the call)?
uncle daveQuote Reply
Shit, this one throws strikes.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=bubblesdachimp]i feel like this half inning has been going on for 30 minutes. he was about a minute between every pitch[/quote]
Broxton is a combo of Mitch Williams, Steve Trachsel, and El Guapo
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Broxton is a combo of Mitch Williams, Steve Trachsel, and El Guapo[/quote]
He did throw a plethora of pitches.
I still think he balked. He took enough of a pause and neither threw to a base nor towards home plate.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
i mean he is just not the same pitcher.. 300 pounds… Jesus….
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
FUCK YES
Rice CubeQuote Reply
GEO!
uncle daveQuote Reply
GEO!!!
How is he not on third??? Lazy latin 🙁
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Hell yeah Geo!
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
ooooooohhh a blake dewitt sighting
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
DeWitt instead of Colvin. Interesting.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Geo!
BerseliusQuote Reply
SOTO! Best 8 hitter in the league? (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
dewitts alright at this pinch hitting thing…
Dont know why loney cut that off
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
DeWitt is making the most of his one AB for the week
ZappBranniganQuote Reply
DeWitt! Nice to see someone else suffer from a failpen. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Poor Kosuke.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I forgot Dewitt was on the team. (dying laughing)
GBTSQuote Reply
slider time 🙂
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
BerseliusQuote Reply
Flail.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Juan Uribe has a worse swing than Ted Lilly.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Loney sucks too while we are at it. I wouldnt be surprised f he was nontendered
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Cubs don’t lose.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Are we still stuck with Kool-Aid Man?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Are we still stuck with Kool-Aid Man?[/quote]www.arewestillstuckwithkoolaidman.com
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
WINS!!!!
BDC====> Finally out
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Pretty great night of baseball – Cubs win, Rays walkoff, and I got to watch a no-hitter (a relatively unimpressive one, but still). It’s likely all down hill from here.
MishQuote Reply
[quote name=Mish]Pretty great night of baseball – Cubs win, Rays walkoff, and I got to watch a no-hitter (a relatively unimpressive one, but still). It’s likely all down hill from here.[/quote]Let’s see what happens.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Dr. Aneus TaintQuote Reply
Wallach: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 9 K, 2 BB, 3-0 GO/AO
Dr. Aneus TaintQuote Reply
Mish —-> Mexico tomorrow morning
MishQuote Reply
If you thought “Bonds isn’t the HR King” line was ‘tarded, check this out:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/04/terence-moore-doesnt-believe-that-cal-ripken-is-the-true-consecutive-games-played-record-holder/
MishQuote Reply
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/05/03/mmqbte.kaepernick/index.html
Dr. Aneus TaintQuote Reply
[quote name=Mish]Mish —-> Mexico tomorrow morning[/quote]
We’re finally sending you back?
Dr. Aneus TaintQuote Reply
I’m just saving face.
MishQuote Reply
Dr. Aneus TaintQuote Reply
[quote name=Mish]If you thought “Bonds isn’t the HR King” line was ‘tarded, check this out:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/04/terence-moore-doesnt-believe-that-cal-ripken-is-the-true-consecutive-games-played-record-holder/%5B/quote%5D
Yeah, it’s impressive that Gehrig posted a record that hasn’t been broken for 70 years. But it’s not impressive at all that A-Rod is the only player in 70 years good enough to break it.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Yeah, it’s impressive that Gehrig posted a record that hasn’t been broken for 70 years. But it’s not impressive at all that A-Rod is the only player in 70 years good enough to break it.[/quote]Correct.
MishQuote Reply
Where are all the fagets today? Faget class?
MishQuote Reply
[quote name=Mish]If you thought “Bonds isn’t the HR King” line was ‘tarded, check this out:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/04/terence-moore-doesnt-believe-that-cal-ripken-is-the-true-consecutive-games-played-record-holder/%5B/quote%5D(dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
Anyone in a gif-ing mood?
Idea: Super Upton Bros!
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/The-Juice-Upton-Bros-hit-game-winning-homers-o?urn=mlb-wp5297
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Even Yellon is shaking his head at this sentence.
GBTSQuote Reply
This should be done to the Harlem Globetrotters theme:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=14443299
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Mish]If you thought “Bonds isn’t the HR King” line was ‘tarded, check this out:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/04/terence-moore-doesnt-believe-that-cal-ripken-is-the-true-consecutive-games-played-record-holder/%5B/quote%5DSome days being literate is a curse.
AndCountingQuote Reply
[quote name=AndCounting]Some days being literate is a curse.[/quote]It is days like this when you think how much easier life would be if you were illiterate.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]It is days like this when you think how much easier life would be if you were illiterate.[/quote]
It that like being unable to read or write?
WaLi2Quote Reply
I checked this site out on I/E 7 and it worked fine for me. I don’t know what problem bubs is having, but I don’t think it’s the site. There’s no reason it would work with Firefox or other browsers and not with I/E 7. I might understand if someone say I/E 6. That browser is ancient and retarded. 7 is ancient and less retarded.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I don’t know what problem bubs is having[/quote]
I think his main problem is that there’s a grown man who is NOT Wolverine calling him “bubs.”
Dr. Aneus TaintQuote Reply
What makes you think I’m not Wolverine?
mb21Quote Reply
Have you not seen The Wire?
mb21Quote Reply
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jon_heyman/05/02/draft.top.players/index.html
Wrong.
Dr. Aneus TaintQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Have you not seen The Wire?[/quote]
I’ve seen youtube clips, which makes me, JG, an expert.
/Alvin
Dr. Aneus TaintQuote Reply
[quote name=Jame Gumb]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jon_heyman/05/02/draft.top.players/index.html
Wrong.[/quote]
Woah! I thought Rendon was the consensus top pick…
is he hurt or something? OK, he is hurt…just read the blurb about his shoulder injury.Also…if it were up to you, do you draft from HS or college?
I think I’d prefer a position player.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Jame Gumb]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jon_heyman/05/02/draft.top.players/index.html
Wrong.[/quote]
So I assume he’s winning a lot this year? Or is he a winner like Charlie Sheen is a winner?
Dr. Aneus TaintQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Woah! I thought Rendon was the consensus top pick…is he hurt or something?
Also…if it were up to you, do you draft from HS or college?
I think I’d prefer a position player.[/quote]
Rendon is the top player. I guess some teams are concerned about his injury. Personally, I don’t give a fuck.
The value this year is in college picks. Every team before CHC could pick a college player and there would still be a good value pick at No. 9. I like Dylan Bundy over several college arms, but I’m hoping he goes to college.
Dr. Aneus TaintQuote Reply
New filler.
http://obstructedview.net/unobstructed-views/cubs/cubs-think-no-one-is-better-than-james-russell.html
AndCountingQuote Reply