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    Another shitty Cubs season in review: Marlon Byrd 137 Comments

    In 2010 Marlon Byrd had more plate appearances (630) than any other year in his career. He rewarded the Cubs with a .343 wOBA (107 wRC+), nearly 10 runs worth of UZR and was slightly ...

    Another shitty Cubs season in review: Alfonso Soriano 69 Comments

    Alfonso Soriano hit 10 home runs and slugged .613 in April. Over the remaining five months he hit 16 home runs and slugged .435. Although he had a very good April, his OBP was only ...

    Bill James Expected RBI and Apologizing For Shit You Shouldn't Have to Apologize For 241 Comments

    I bought Solid Fool’s Gold by Bill James this morning and I always like writing about some of the things he discusses. Not everything he writes has a lot of practical value, but ...
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    Another shitty Cubs season in review: Randy Wells 96 Comments

    The 2011 Cubs posted the 109th worst winning percentage in its history. What’s really depressing about that is since I’ve been a fan the following Cubs teams have been as ...

    Series Preview: Oklahoma City Redhawks of Houston (51-98) at Iowa Cubs of Chicago (65-85) 334 Comments

    Can’t yoiu just feel the excitement in this matchup? There’s a good chance that the Cubs will be the team to push the Astros over the 100-loss threshold this weekend, just ...

    Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (64-82) at Cincinnati Reds (71-75) 172 Comments

    The Cubs played the Reds just last week, and five of the six starters from that series are pitching this series. I’m just going to make a few minor tweaks to the last preview ...

    Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (62-81) at New York Mets (70-73) 138 Comments

    Have the Cubs even played the Mets this year? I can’t remember (laughing). Apparently the Cubs took two out three from them behind strong performances from Demp and Z. Team Overview Cubs Mets wOBA .315 ...
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    Cubs sign 9 of top 10 draft picks, 18 of top 20 228 Comments

    Post to be updated as the bonus numbers trickle in. Notable signings announced tonight: First round pick SS Javier Baez signed for $2.625 mm Second round pick 1B Dan Vogelbach signed ...

    Aramis Ramirez caused the US debt downgrade (also, mini Cubs-Braves preview) 97 Comments

    Cubs Legend Todd Hollandsworth shot his mouth off on the radio today (recap at HBT). Then you bring into question effort and that’s one thing in the game of baseball that really ...

    Series Preview: Washington Nationals (55-59) at The Untouchables (49-66) 127 Comments

    Now that the winning streak is over, time to get started on a new losing streak. Not only did the Cubs gain no meaningful ground on the Brewers, who were also playing quite well in ...

    Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (54-57) at Chicago Cubs (47-65) 147 Comments

    BREAKING NEWS: I heard the 49ers are shopping Taylor Mays Just 18 more wins in a row until the Cubs are back at .500! It’s Gonna Happen. Where have things gone wrong with the ...

    Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (43-65) at Pittsburgh Pirates (54-52) 230 Comments

    The Untouchables (h/t @thecubreporter) head to Pittsburgh to lose in beautiful PNC Park. Pittsburgh improved itself at the deadline by adding former foes Derrek Lee and Ryan Ludwick ...
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    Batman-abbreviated Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (42-63) at St. Louis Cardinals (55-50) 52 Comments

    I was going to write a longer preview, but I got sucked into this whole “Batman Equation” thing that was running around the internets today     I tried reproducing the ...

    Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (42-60) at Milwaukee Brewers (54-49) 131 Comments

    Team Matchups NL ranks in parens Cubs Brewers wOBA .316 (7th) .322 (6th) UBR -11.6 (16th) -3.6 (13th) UZR -17.7 (13th) 4.7 (5th) SP FIP 4.07 (10th) 3.71 (7th) RP FIP 4.05 ...

    Bruce Levine's 5 most likely to be traded, yo 155 Comments

    Happy Breaking Bad Day … bitch! After xoomwaffle posted this link to Levine’s article earlier today I started writing something and then lost interest about a half sentence ...

    Series Preview: Florida Marlins (43-48) at Iowa Cubs of Chicago (37-55) 148 Comments

    After three days of not losing, the Cubs are back in the saddle again to play out the string on the rest of the season. The Marlins have had a roller coaster of a season so far. As ...

    Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (36-53) at Pittsburgh Pirates (45-42) 145 Comments

    I was going to write a longer preview for this series, but I saw the Cubs probable pitchers and gave up. Friday: Rodrigo Lopez Saturday: TBA Sunday: Ramon Ortiz Saturday will probably ...
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    Series Preview: Chicago White Sox (40-42) vs Iowa Cubs of Chicago (34-48) 282 Comments

    Somehow the White Sox are hovering around .500 despite the vortex of suck that is their offense. As @rotopat pointed out on Twitter yesterday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has more ...

    Series Preview: Reigning Champs (44-34) vs Iowa Cubs of Chicago (32-46) 195 Comments

    I knew that today’s first game is a makeup game, but I was wondering how that worked out. The “typical” schedule, at least as I have always assumed it, was more or ...

    Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (30-44) vs Kansas City Royals (31-44) 91 Comments

    For a while there it looked like the Royals might contend in the weak AL central. Much like the Cubs they got off to a decent enough start to the season and had a winning record as ...