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Series Preview: Tampa Bay Rays (91-71) at Texas Rangers (96-66) 120 Comments
I’m going to write my usual previews for each of the playoff series. I’ll say flat out that I don’t follow the AL at all, so any of you Rays fans who aren’t ...
Carlos Zambrano was NOT added to the 40-man roster 45 Comments
Pitchers Justin Berg and Brian Schlitter were designated for assignment by the Cubs on Thursday, and pitcher Carlos Zambrano was added to the 40-man roster. Zambrano was taken ...
That's Baseball 114 Comments
As Ron Santo always liked to say: That’s baseball.
Congratulations to the Rays and Cardinals. If the postseason is only 4.38% as exciting as last night was, it’s going to ...
Cubs at Padres game thread 218 Comments
It’s been a while since we had one of these (and I can’t even write more than that one sentence and will make mb21 do the rest).
Although Carlos Zambrano is not with the ...
Offseason Preview: Trade Candidates 87 Comments
Without even knowing what the Cubs general plan is going to be this offseason, it’s very difficult to look ahead to the offseason with any confidence of what they may do. They ...
Caution: Falling Wild Card Teams 231 Comments
As of last night’s games, the American League Wild Card standings are all tied up and the National League Wild Card standings are separated by a single game with two days remaining ...
Some Thoughts On Ryan Dempster 318 Comments
Ryan Dempster‘s April was just horrible. In his first start he allowed 6 runs and then in two others he allowed 7 runs. Dempster took over the role that Carlos Zambrano had ...
Congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers 129 Comments
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 ...
Starlin Castro has 200 hits and Andy Dolan doesn't understand stats 39 Comments
Like it says, Castro got his 200th hit in the first inning. Not at all related to that, Andy Dolan is a great example of why someone who doesn’t understand something shouldn’t ...
Carl Crawford's 2011 Season 134 Comments
One of the running jokes around here is that I hate Carl Crawford. Really, I don’t. And I don’t take greater than usual glee in his disappointing season (at least, above ...
An Unfair Game 322 Comments
There’s a movie coming out this week. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. It’s based on a book that Bill James didn’t write. It goes by many names: Joe Morgan’s ...
Starlin Castro —-> 200 Hits 1 Comment
Starlin Castro got his 200th hit of the season today with his single in the 1st inning off of Chris Carpenter of the Cardinals. Congratulations to him and to Cubs fans who finally ...
On Mariano Rivera's fWAR and rWAR 295 Comments
I know that ACT, myself and another person (sorry for not remembering who) had a discussion awhile back on Mariano Rivera‘s rWAR. I had asked Tango about it and he explained ...
Regarding the "save" statistic 9 Comments
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past 36 hours or so, you know that Mariano Rivera got his 602nd save yesterday. As a former and currently-sometime Yankees fan ...
Next year's Bryan LaHair 189 Comments
If you’ve followed the Cubs closely long enough you can’t help but notice that some Cubs fans (many? most?) fall in love with a certain prospect each year who is going to ...
Roasting the 2011 Cubs 178 Comments
WARNING: Before we get started, I’m assuming most people who come to this site don’t need to be told this, but for those who are not familar with a roast, they are rude, ...
