06/11 White Sox (Peavy) @ Cubs (Wells) 1:20 CDT, CSN TV

[Monco]

The [expletive] walks are killing us.

10 hits in 4 1/3 don't help either...

[JoshiQ]

I'm about ready to kill myself listening to Hawk. I still like Stone okay, but Hawk is going to kill me.

[NotSoSober]

Gorzelanny back to the rotation

[C.C.]

Didn't realize Beckham was that bad this year.

[J.R.]

I'm about ready to kill myself listening to Hawk. I still like Stone okay, but Hawk is going to kill me.

 

Mute is your friend.

[Sever82]

The Wells experiment is an abysmal failure. Mr. Cashner, your table is ready.

 

Yeah thats what I'm saying. Can the cubs just move Wells to the Pen and move Cashner into the rotation?

[jersey cubs fan]

wells really needs to be taken out of the rotation for a bit.

[98navigator]

Wells is really starting to piss me off.

[C.C.]

The Wells experiment is an abysmal failure. Mr. Cashner, your table is ready.

 

Yeah thats what I'm saying. Can the cubs just move Wells to the Pen and move Cashner into the rotation?

 

Makes too much sense.

[Old Style]

Didn't realize Beckham was that bad this year.

Can he not bend it anymore?

[98navigator]

Jeeze, Peavy almost got a hit. Wells is done.

[CubColtPacer]

The funny thing is that the peripherals would suggest that Wells is pitching better this year than last year. His strikeout rate is up, his walk rate is down, his home run rate is the same. But he's just getting pounded with hit after hit this year.

[Fred Hornkohl]

The ghost of Moises Alou is alive and well.

[UMFan83]

The funny thing is that the peripherals would suggest that Wells is pitching better this year than last year. His strikeout rate is up, his walk rate is down, his home run rate is the same. But he's just getting pounded with hit after hit this year.

 

Either the peripherals don't tell the entire picture, he was extremely lucky last year, he's extremely unlucky this year, or a little of both of the last 2.

[PrimeTime]

Fukucopter

[PrimeTime]

Dont worry guys, " Old Ryan " is back.

[C.C.]

I can't imagine how many Hawks jersey's are being sold.

[J.R.]

I can't imagine how many Hawks jersey's are being sold.

 

Chicago loves a winner. Chicago really, really loves a bunch of white guys who win.

[jersey cubs fan]

I can't imagine how many Hawks jersey's are being sold.

 

I bought two shirts, a hat and a pint glass at the NHL store, and they put it in a damn Crosby bag.

[CubColtPacer]

The funny thing is that the peripherals would suggest that Wells is pitching better this year than last year. His strikeout rate is up, his walk rate is down, his home run rate is the same. But he's just getting pounded with hit after hit this year.

 

Either the peripherals don't tell the entire picture, he was extremely lucky last year, he's extremely unlucky this year, or a little of both of the last 2.

 

Probably all 3. The peripherals would suggest he was lucky last year but that he's been very, very unlucky so far this year. But that also doesn't take into account LD percentage and that has been way up this year. So Wells BABIP is sky high, but he's also had a high LD% to help account for that.

 

Let's just say the peripherals and results for the Cubs starters don't match up well so far. Wells had the best FIP among the whole Cubs starting staff (not counting Gorzelanny who isn't starting anymore) going into the day and it might remain that way after today.

[Careless]

We need a football ump to throw a flag into Bucknor's eye so he has to retire.

[UMFan83]

Let's just say the peripherals and results for the Cubs starters don't match up well so far. Wells had the best FIP among the whole Cubs starting staff (not counting Gorzelanny who isn't starting anymore) going into the day and it might remain that way after today.

 

I heard Dan Bernstein on the radio the other day trying to educate fans on advanced baseball statistics, and was using FIP like it was the king of all pitching statistics. Whoever was with him (not Boers) was noticing that Jimenez wasnt among the top 10 pitchers in FIP and calling the stat out based on that. Dan's response was to defend that damn stat to the death and kept talking about how its more important than anything else you can look at because it's independant of fielding. I was just shaking my head.

 

These stats are great, but people have to understand that there is not one single stat that determines the value or worth of an individual player.

[SouthSideRyan]

I'm guessing that smug [expletive] won't shut the [expletive] up in the booth now

[C.C.]

Colvin continues to hit.

[jersey cubs fan]

These stats are great, but people have to understand that there is not one single stat that determines the value or worth of an individual

 

Outside of bra size of course.

Edited June 11, 2010 by jersey cubs fan