Before I get to previewing this bloodbath, I just want to mention that it was fun to watch the Cubs take three of four from their little brothers to the north. Team Overviews Teams stats with respective league rankings in parens. Yankees Cubs wOBA .353 (1st) .318 (6th) UBR -1.9 (9th) -7.1 (16th) UZR 11.6 (3rd) -15.5 (15th) SP FIP …
Replacement for Craney Kenney: Tom Ricketts doesn’t care if it’s a baseball guy and good for him
This comment yesterday from Tom Ricketts has become big news: “I’ve never bought into the (idea) that I should have a baseball guy to watch my baseball guy and his baseball guys,” Ricketts said. “Then what do you get? A baseball guy to watch the baseball guy who’s watching your baseball guys?
Cubs compared to their projections
Back in April I compared the Cubs players to their projections and intended to do it once a month. Instead, you get once every two months. Or if we averae the 2+ months of the season you are getting it once a month. So there. Name PA wRC Proj wRC Diff Reed Johnson 69 15.3 6.3 9.0 Jeff Baker 92 …
Aramis Ramirez is Due
With the news that Darwin Barney is now headed to the DL, I thought it would be “fun” to see if the Cubs could field an entire squad of players who have been on the DL this season. SS Darwin Barney 2B Jeff Baker C Geovany Soto 1B Alfonso Soriano LF Marlon Byrd RF Reed Johnson CF Brett Jackson SP …
Derek Jeter has 3179 hits in his career
A lot of talk is being made about Derek Jeter approaching 3000 hits, but he passed that milestone a year ago. Including the postseason, Jeter has 3179 hits. I’ve never understood why postseason numbers aren’t included in career statistics. I get why they don’t include them in year to year stats, but why ignore stats that are put up against …
Sometimes You Have to Learn to Say Goodbye to Those You Love
I love Wrigley Field. I love watching games there. I love that it is nestled into the neighborhood and it has become the focal point of the local businesses in the area. I love the absence of a scoreboard that doesn’t tell me when to cheer. I love the minimal advertising that assaults my eyes when watching a game. People …
Soriano 15th in all-star voting, cubs.com keeps talking about it like it’s a big deal
Can someone explain to me why cubs.com keeps talking about Alfonso Soriano’s chances of getting into the all-star game? He’s now 15th in the balloting and I’m pretty sure they don’t take 15 outfielders. This is at least the second time they’ve written about this. Last time he was 12th. Are the Cubs all-star chances really so bad that you …
Whoever Had June 13 on the Kerry Wood DL Pool is a Winner
It turns out Quade’s bullpen was even thinner than people (translation: I) realized when Zambrano was left hung out to dry in Philadelphia the other night. It seems that Kerry Wood’s blister problems have resurfaced and he has been put on the 15 Day DL. Per Bruce Levine: Wood, who is 1-3 with a 3.25 ERA in 24 games this …
Paul McCartney Confirmed to Be Most Exciting Thing at Wrigley This Summer
Greg Kot of the Tribune reports: Paul McCartney announced Monday that he will play his first Chicago concert since 2005 when he headlines July 31 at Wrigley Field. Tickets will go on sale June 20 at tickets.com for the rare date at the Cubs ballpark, which has seen only a handful of concerts in past summers by the Dave Matthews Band, …
What the realignment proposal would mean
Dave Allen has a good piece up on Fangraphs looking at the races in the AL and NL since 1995 and how different they’d have been if it was instead two 15-team leagues as suggested recently. I wanted to look at this in a slightly different, but also less thorough way than Allen did. I wanted to see how many …