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  • Cubs Groundball Rate: Snorting Bosio’s Magic Sinker Dust 15 Comments

    Prior to the season, I was set to write about how the Cubs were gradually amassing a bunch of fly-ball heavy pitchers. I never ended up getting around to it, but I'm not one ...

    The Ghosts of Free Agency Future 149 Comments

    In the aftermath of the recently announced deal with the city to renovate Wrigley Field, Theo Epstein spoke to the media about its potential benefits to the team: Our payroll now is ...
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    Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (18-36) at Milwaukee General Hospital (24-30) 96 Comments

    I don't have much time today, so this will be a short preview. The Brewers are in bad shape, with several players (Chris Narveson, Mat Gamel, Marco Estrada, Alex Gonzalez, various ...
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    Daily Facepalm 4.11.12 30 Comments

    1000 word recap of Paul Maholm's Cubs debut last night Other comments on last night's game You'd think that conditions like last night's (freezing, wind howling in) ...
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    Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (1-2) at Chicago Cubs (1-2) 57 Comments

    The Brewers dropped their opening series to the Cardinals, losing to Jaime Garcia and Lance Lynn in three relatively high-scoring games. The Cubs, meanwhile, did their best to try ...

    Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (38-28) at Iowa Cubs of Chicago (25-39) 262 Comments

    I blinked, and suddenly the Brewers are on top of the NL Central. They’ve won eight of their last ten games and should win a few more in this series. Team Overviews As always, ...

    Cubs offense as bad as we thought despite Albert Pujols leading off every inning 133 Comments

    Through 11 games the Cubs have scored 45 runs. It should be understood that this is a small sample size. That being said, the Cubs have played eight games against pretty bad teams and ...

    Cubs @ Brewers, 1:10 pm 230 Comments

      Cubs wOBA wRC RS Brewers wOBA wRC RS Kosuke Fukudome .343 .594 -0.13 Rickie Weeks .349 .622 -0.02 Starlin Castro .332 .537 -0.03 Carlos Gomez .297 .396 0.04 Marlon ...

    Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (3-3) at Milwaukee Brewers (3-4) 85 Comments

    The Cubs won the Arizona series but came away less two members of the rotation. They head to Milwaukee, who are coming off three straight wins against the Atlanta Braves. Ryan Braun ...

    NL Central Preview: Milwaukee Brewers 13 Comments

    Last Year: The Brewers finished in third place in the NL Central with a 77-85 record. They had the second-best offense in the NL with a team .334 wOBA, trailing only the surprising ...