Cubs vs. Diamondbacks Pre Series Discussion Thread

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Yeah. Wood was the only pitcher on the staff with an ERA+ over 100.

 

Having said that, Tapani's ERA that year is a little misleading because he had games in which he allowed 7, 8, and 9 earned runs.

 

This is my biggest pet peeve in the stat world. All pitchers look better if you take out their worst starts.

[UK1679666180]

yeah jjg, my memory is foggy. The 98 team was basicly Sammy and Wood. I should never really coment about anything that happened further in the past than yesterday, thats how bad my memory is. 03 is the only team really fresh enough for me to even remember the rotation. Id have to think really hard to remember the 89 roster... hmmm Mitch Williams, Jeff Pico? Salazar?... Wasnt Damon Berryhill on that team? Grace, Sandberg, Dawson, I remember very little about the starting pitching, I think Maddux was there and Sutcliff? mmm Jerome Walton and Dwight Smith hahaha those were the days. Ok Im smelling smoke, better stop before I burn something out.

 

89'

 

Law/Salazar

Dunston

Sandberg

Grace

 

Smith

Walton

Dawson

 

Berryhill

Girardi

Wrona

 

Maddux

Bilecki

Sutcliffe

Sanderson

Kilgus

 

Williams

Lancaster

[VanceJergins]

Is it Wednesday yet?

[Chris24Young]

Is it Wednesday yet?

It's definitely a Wednesday game..just what time..

[David]

Is it Wednesday yet?

It's definitely a Wednesday game..just what time..

 

I think he was asking if it was Wednesday right now...as in, is today Wednesday? ;)

[Chris24Young]

Oh and from someone who has an inside source with the D'Backs he said this on our board

 

I am hearing that the games will be 2pm Wed and 4pm on Thur though.

 

Not official but thats what Im hearing.

so 4 CT wed

6 CT thurs

 

not official like he said, though

[imb]

Oh and from someone who has an inside source with the D'Backs he said this on our board

 

I am hearing that the games will be 2pm Wed and 4pm on Thur though.

 

Not official but thats what Im hearing.

so 4 CT wed

6 CT thurs

 

not official like he said, though

 

son of a.

[treebird]

Oh and from someone who has an inside source with the D'Backs he said this on our board

 

I am hearing that the games will be 2pm Wed and 4pm on Thur though.

 

Not official but thats what Im hearing.

so 4 CT wed

6 CT thurs

 

not official like he said, though

 

i have tickets to see of montreal wednesday night, i sure hope you're right

[Chris24Young]

We'll see...this guy finds out a lot of inside stuff like the projected attendance and some other words that don't get out until they are supposed to

 

Here's the link to the thread..

 

THREAD

[Roast]

Oh and from someone who has an inside source with the D'Backs he said this on our board

 

I am hearing that the games will be 2pm Wed and 4pm on Thur though.

 

Not official but thats what Im hearing.

so 4 CT wed

6 CT thurs

 

not official like he said, though

 

 

 

Ohhh i hope so

 

That gives me just enough time to either come home or go up to wrigley after class on thursday and watch the game.

 

 

Does anyone know if there will be any non-bar hangouts in wrigleyville to watch games? or am I just better off hanging in my dorm and watching?

[Guest]

Oh and from someone who has an inside source with the D'Backs he said this on our board

 

I am hearing that the games will be 2pm Wed and 4pm on Thur though.

 

Not official but thats what Im hearing.

so 4 CT wed

6 CT thurs

 

not official like he said, though

 

son of a.

 

Screw that.

[imb]

Oh and from someone who has an inside source with the D'Backs he said this on our board

 

I am hearing that the games will be 2pm Wed and 4pm on Thur though.

 

Not official but thats what Im hearing.

so 4 CT wed

6 CT thurs

 

not official like he said, though

 

son of a.

 

Screw that.

 

What is that, like 3 am on the west coast

[snoodmonger]

Arizona scares me because it seems like we never play well against them. That could be my crappy memory playing tricks on me, though.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Oh and from someone who has an inside source with the D'Backs he said this on our board

 

I am hearing that the games will be 2pm Wed and 4pm on Thur though.

 

Not official but thats what Im hearing.

so 4 CT wed

6 CT thurs

 

not official like he said, though

I don't buy it. It doesn't make sense for anyone other than the Cubs/Dbacks to play the late game on Thursday night. That's the only game that could be hosted at a reasonable local time. I don't think it's realistic for a game to start at 10:30 local time. I imagine there would be curfew issues preventing such a start time.

Edited October 1, 2007 by Irrelevant Dude

[BCVM22]

Arizona scares me because it seems like we never play well against them. That could be my crappy memory playing tricks on me, though.

 

Everything about this series scares me. A team we never play well against that's overperformed their Pythagorean, has a negative run differential, ranks last in several offensive categories and has one legitimately good pitcher. The better the matchup looks on paper, the more I worry. It's the way this team goes.

[Illini Iceman]

Oh and from someone who has an inside source with the D'Backs he said this on our board

 

I am hearing that the games will be 2pm Wed and 4pm on Thur though.

 

Not official but thats what Im hearing.

so 4 CT wed

6 CT thurs

 

not official like he said, though

 

son of a.

 

Screw that.

 

What evil lurks in the hearts of MLB playoff schedule makers? The Shadow knows!

 

My unofficial insider information (none really, just my best guess based on previous years) tells me that it will be the two late games.

[soccer10k]

Oh and from someone who has an inside source with the D'Backs he said this on our board

 

I am hearing that the games will be 2pm Wed and 4pm on Thur though.

 

Not official but thats what Im hearing.

so 4 CT wed

6 CT thurs

 

not official like he said, though

 

That is not good. I have to work at 4 p.m. on Wednesday and 6 on Thursday which means I would have to miss the last half of both games. Can we switch the game times? Because that would work much better.

[Schwarber Fan]

According to my TV guide, The late games (7:30 CT Weds and 9:30 CT Thurs) are for the ALCS and the NLCS are the earlier games...

[Brendan]

funny .. 12 pages and no mention of the fact of froemming's crew (potentially) calling balls and strikes.

[Brendan]

Am I the only one that doesn't care that they're a 90 win team? Big deal. Do you really think that our team, as currently constructed, wouldnt win 90 games if we started over? We would.

 

yeah .. for all the heartburn they give me, the cubs have had a pretty good 2/3rds of a season. since early june -- over the last 100 games or so -- they're playing at a 0.575ish clip, good for about 93 wins over the course of 162 games.

[Soul]

Arizona scares me because it seems like we never play well against them. That could be my crappy memory playing tricks on me, though.

 

Everything about this series scares me. A team we never play well against that's overperformed their Pythagorean, has a negative run differential, ranks last in several offensive categories and has one legitimately good pitcher. The better the matchup looks on paper, the more I worry. It's the way this team goes.

 

I disagree, because I don't think I would feel any more comfortable playing the Phils or the Pads/Rockies. I don't think there's that powerful veteran presence on the DBacks that scares me, other than Webb. But the hitting lineup seems to me it's full of young guys who haven't been here before.

 

The Phils -- I don't want to face Rollins right now, or really that team, at all. The Pads have the pitching to shut down anyone, and the Rockies hit the snot out of the ball like the Phillies.

[Soul]

Am I the only one that doesn't care that they're a 90 win team? Big deal. Do you really think that our team, as currently constructed, wouldnt win 90 games if we started over? We would.

 

yeah .. for all the heartburn they give me, the cubs have had a pretty good 2/3rds of a season. since early june -- over the last 100 games or so -- they're playing at a 0.575ish clip, good for about 93 wins over the course of 162 games.

 

The fact that the DBacks have 90 wins means nothing. That's good enough to have you sitting at home some seasons. No team in the NL is without vulnerability.

[erik316wttn]

I work until 5 on Wed and till 8 on Thurs, so I hope the Cubs have both of the late games out west.

 

Stupid job. I was supposed to have Wednesday off, too.

[ctcf]

Something to keep an eye on. Per Rotoworld:

 

Justin Upton may need X-rays of his left wrist which was hit by a 96 mph fastball on Sunday.

"Right now, we're just playing it by ear," Upton said, his wrist wrapped with ice. "Whatever happens, we'll talk some more tomorrow." Upton thinks he will be fine for the NLDS, but if he is unable to go the D-Backs will likely use Carlos Quentin to take his spot on the 25-man roster.

[killthegoat06]

funny .. 12 pages and no mention of the fact of froemming's crew (potentially) calling balls and strikes.

 

Oh boy.,..