4/12 Cubs (Lilly) @ Phillies (Hamels) 6:05 CT WGN

[inari]

Well... sweep time.

[Roast]

Raise your hand if you saw that coming

 

*raises hand*

[abuck1220]

move this bum to the bullpen. he's been much, much worse than hill.

[TruffleShuffle]

hey, at least it wasn't pat burrell!!!

[JimSorgi]

This sucks

[Magnetic Curses]

we've never beaten the phillies and we never will.

[Andy]

Over to the hockey game.

 

It's been fun.

[Vanilla Ice]

well this is my last game thread start for awhile

 

damn you CT (isn't that the thing to do)

[Omar]

Raise your hand if you saw that coming

 

*raises hand*

 

Yep. Howard is a beast.

[Butterscup1679666578]

lilly is nothing but a batting practice pitcher.

[Vanilla Ice]

Raise your hand if you saw that coming

 

*raises hand*

*raises hand*

[TruffleShuffle]

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u257/mistercolvin/output.gif

[big_shooter17]

Raise your hand if you saw that coming

 

*raises hand*

*raises hand*

 

i personally didn't. howard was way overmatched in the last 2 ab's

[Garage Party]

This is regression to the mean, folks.

 

I hate this stupid touch of grey commercial. Baby-boomers posing with red plastic cups is pretty much the worst thing ever.

[Guest]

:(

[JimSorgi]

This is regression to the mean, folks.

What are you talking about?

[Garage Party]

This is regression to the mean, folks.

What are you talking about?

He's a .500 pitcher. He had an outstanding year last year, now he's making up for it with terrible play.

[Vanilla Ice]

:(

now i figured out how you have 31 posts a day

 

just kidding (kind of)

[Vanilla Ice]

This is regression to the mean, folks.

What are you talking about?

He's a .500 pitcher. He had an outstanding year last year, now he's making up for it with terrible play.

 

wins and losses do not a good pitcher make

[Little Slide Rooter]

Looks like one of those games where none of these guys earn their overly bloated paychecks.

[erik316wttn]

Lilly is made of fail.

[Guest]

:(

now i figured out how you have 31 posts a day

 

just kidding (kind of)

 

Hey now, most of my posts have a full sentence.

[Garage Party]

How does it work that we play the Mets twice at home and four times at Shea?

[big_shooter17]

This is regression to the mean, folks.

What are you talking about?

He's a .500 pitcher. He had an outstanding year last year, now he's making up for it with terrible play.

 

you're right, looking at win-loss is THE BEST way to judge where a pitcher ranks on a range from best-average-worst scale. you got it solved.

[Guest]

This is regression to the mean, folks.

What are you talking about?

He's a .500 pitcher. He had an outstanding year last year, now he's making up for it with terrible play.

 

wins and losses do not a good pitcher make

 

True but he has had an average career (ERA+ of 102), even if he has had to face stiffer competition in the past in the AL East.