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Cubs 8, Phillies 1

In Commentary And Analysis, News And Rumors by dmick8919 Comments

OSS: Javier Baez goes 4-4 and John Lackey continues to dominate.  Three up: Javier Baez was 4-4 today with a double and the game-winning RBI in the 5th. He was worth just over a quarter of a win in WPA today (0.27). Myself and another commenter were complaining about Baez's approach early in this one. He could still clean the …

How Far Have the Cubs Come?

In Commentary And Analysis, Uncategorized by andcounting

It has been almost three years, nearly three hundred losses, and three drafts since the Cubs hired Theo Epstein to save the Cubs from their sins and rescue them from eternal damnation in their permanent subterranean dwelling in the Central Division’s fiery core. And if you think that metaphor is overblown and ridiculous, it was meant to match the expectations …

Theo Epstein On Building Under the Current CBA

In Commentary And Analysis, News And Rumors by GW38 Comments

Theo Epstein was interviewed on WEEI Thursday night (partial transcript). He shared thoughts on a variety of Cub-related topics alongside musings about the Red Sox. There was nothing really groundbreaking in his comments, but they were infused with an undercurrent of pessimism similar to that which you’ve been picking up around these parts since the current CBA was ratified in late 2011. We're two …

The People’s Front of Cubs Nation Hates Theo

In Commentary And Analysis by aisle42436 Comments

I was sadly made aware of another corner of the internet that would be better left unexplored yesterday, thanks to intrepid Friend of Aisle 424, @AndrewCieslak over on Twitter.  I don't know how he found it or what provoked me into asking him what he was pissed off about or why I clicked on the link that I assuredly knew …

No Geeks Allowed: Sabermetrics on the Field

In Commentary And Analysis by GW17 Comments

There are at least a dozen major league teams that gobble up sophisticated analysts from all corners and use them in any way they can conceive of to improve their valuation of personnel. For years, I wished that the Cubs would be one of those teams, and now that they are, I couldn't be happier about it. But it's not …