Series preview: San Francisco Giants (94-68) vs Cincinnati Reds (97-65) 73 Comments
The Reds jockeyed with several other NL Central teams (including the Pirates!) for the divisional lead for the first half of the season, but after July 19 they moved into first place ...
Starlin Castro’s Lineup Spot 35 Comments
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This has nothing to do with talent, as Castro ...
Brewers and Phillies prepare offers to keep Greinke and Hamels 100 Comments
The Brewers are willing to offer Zack Greinke around $100 million over 5 years while the Phillies are prepared to offer Cole Hamels an equally large contract extension. Greinke and ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (18-32) at San Francisco Giants (27-24) 223 Comments
The Cubs start a ten game road trip with a visit to Pac Bell Park (or whatever the hell they're calling it these days). At least this series, unlike most west coast series, will ...
Daily Facepalm – 2.18.12, Evening Edition 90 Comments
Neverending Story
Remember when we were on the 5-yard line in the Theo compensation talks? Remember when Bud Selig said he'd get involved if a decision hadn't been agreed to ...
Another shitty Cubs season in Review: Matt Garza 1 Comment
Although the Cubs were weren't any good in 2011, Matt Garza was one of the few Cubs who impressed. Acquired in a blockbuster trade last winter, the Cubs, media and the fans had ...
World Series Preview: Texas Rangers (96-66) vs St. Louis Cardinals (90-72) 179 Comments
Before we get started, let’s just get this out of the way
GUYS, did you know that the World Series isn’t really all that worldy? A bunch of literal people on the Internet ...
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (90-72) vs Philadelphia Phillies (102-60) 169 Comments
St. Louis squeaked its way into the playoffs thanks to a late-season collapse by the Braves. Again, I find it crazy that there are 2 NL Central teams in the playoffs.
Team Overviews
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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 ...
Why the hell do people care if so and so plays in September? 199 Comments
I’ve seen a lot of comments lately from Cubs fans upset that the Cubs are still playing the veterans (on other sites). Of course they are. What young player has pushed a veteran ...
Starlin Castro Year 1 and Year 2 210 Comments
All numbers updated through games ending on August 6th.
Starlin Castro has nearly had as many plate appearances this season as he did last so it seems a good time to compare the two ...
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 ...
The emptiest batting averages No Comments
Colin Wyers looks at batting average and BP’s True Average to find the players with the emptiest batting averages. Starlin Castro and Darwin Barney at the top 2 and former Cubs ...
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (20-15) at Chicago Cubs (15-18) 147 Comments
The Cubs stranded approximately 215 baserunners in the last series against the Reds, and I don’t know if I should be encouraged by the numbers of batters who got on base or discouraged ...
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 ...
NL Central Questions & Answers: St. Louis Cardinals 125 Comments
This is Obstructed View’s 4th interview with an NL Central blogger that we’re posting this week. Steve Sommer of Gashouse Graphs has taken some time to answer these questions ...
JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 5-9-13 10 Comments