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    Cubs swept by Astros, things about to get much worse 249 Comments
    The Cubs just completed a 9-game home stand against the Mets, Pirates and Astros. The Cubs entered the home stand 5 games below .500 and it was concluding the easiest part of their ...
    By dmick89 on . Posted in News And Rumors

    What the Cubs may soon look like 212 Comments
    The Cubs are 8.5 games out of first place and it’s just the first of June. Their pythagorean record is even worse than their actual 23-30 record. Pythag has them at 22-31. The ...
    By dmick89 on . Posted in News And Rumors

    The All Average wOBA hitters 174 Comments
    I was looking on Fangraphs at Starlin Castro‘s stats this morning and couldn’t help but notice that his .357 wOBA was almost entirely batting average (.330). It doesn’t ...
    By dmick89 on . Posted in News And Rumors

    These Cubs Are Not the 1997 Marlins 81 Comments
    Dave Kaplan wrote a post on the CSN Chicago site where he poses the question: Will the Cubs follow Marlins’ blueprint? I clicked on it because I thought maybe, just maybe, he ...
    By Aisle424 on . Posted in News And Rumors

    Cubs Baserunning 2 Comments
    Baseball Prospectus has their sortable statistics available for 2011 now. The first thing I checked out was the Cubs baserunning numbers since they’ve sucked at baserunning for ...
    By dmick89 on . Posted in Unobstructed Views

    It's never too early to look ahead to next year 138 Comments
    A few years ago I wouldn’t have considered writing something about looking ahead. The Cubs had the pieces in place to contend for as long as they were willing to supplement the ...
    By dmick89 on . Posted in News And Rumors

    Grades so far: Infield 82 Comments
    The Cubs are 33 games into their 2011 season and it seems a good time to check on how players are doing. I’ll break it into four parts. Click the link below to read more.
    By dmick89 on . Posted in News And Rumors

    Cubs rWAR and fWAR No Comments
    Most of you are at least somewhat familiar with WAR and how it works. I’d bet most of you are familiar that Fangraphs publishes their own WAR (fWAR) and Baseball Reference publishes ...
    By dmick89 on . Posted in Unobstructed Views

    11 Cubs Sure To Disappoint 115 Comments
    I should have written this about ten days ago, but I didn’t so I’m going to do it now. Early season stats mean absolutely nothing to me so there’s no risk of them ...
    By dmick89 on . Posted in News And Rumors

    Ramirez's single 32 Comments
    “Aramis Ramirez, in typical style, is at first base. I mean, no excuse why a Major Leaguer is not at seconed base on that ball.” — Bill Schroeder, Brewers color ...
    By dmick89 on . Posted in News And Rumors

    Obstructed View Opening Day Roundtable – part 2 61 Comments
    Your fearless Obstructed View Executive Chairmen got together to discuss various topics related to the 2011 Cubs season. We looked at the offseason and the new additions to the club ...
    By Berselius on . Posted in News And Rumors
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