Random Cubs Musings

[A New Era]

Yeah, keep it like that. One, because it looks cool, and two, I'd love to hear the mouthbreathers flip out over it.

 

I would flip out, but I'm having enough trouble breathing.

[Clem Fandango]

The more red they get rid of from anything Cubs related is a good thing.

 

Yep. Get it off the road jerseys too.

 

And their Quickbooks

[ConstableRabbit]

http://www.chicagonow.com/waiting-4-cubs/2014/05/wrigley-field-centennial-mural-mistake-thats-comiskey-park-not-wrigley-field/

[Soul]

Cretans! Can't even get their own history party right.

[sneakypower]

hey, look who's #1!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=Bn1iT

[ConstableRabbit]

hey, look who's #1!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=Bn1iT

The Cubs start #1, got pwned by #3 last week, and intentionally walked #5 this week.

 

Yay!

[Sammy Sofa]

Cretans!

 

Is that a Scientology thing?

[DiamondMind]

luis and starlin hitting up the blackjack table last night due to rain out

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/ZWe89SR.jpg

 

[Guest]

that is a large stack of green chips

[d_money]

What's the U/O as the when Nate S gets DFA'd?

[RynoRules]

What's the U/O as the when Nate S gets DFA'd?

 

My guess is that it wouldn't happen until after the trade deadline.

 

BTW, this team has been horrendously unlucky. Their pythag is 19-20.

[Guest]

Cretans!

 

Is that a Scientology thing?

No, he's pissed at people from Crete.

[Backtobanks]

 

BTW, this team has been horrendously unlucky. Their pythag is 19-20.

 

Third season of being "unlucky". I guess our luck will change eventually.

[Soul]

Cretans!

 

Is that a Scientology thing?

No, he's pissed at people from Crete.

 

Closer. Can't believe none of you have ever heard the expression. I used to hear it all the time.

[ConstableRabbit]

Cretans!

 

Is that a Scientology thing?

No, he's pissed at people from Crete.

 

Closer. Can't believe none of you have ever heard the expression. I used to hear it all the time.

Probably because you misspelled it.

[Soul]

Remember the glory days last year, when at least we weren't as bad as the Stros?

 

Good times.

[Sammy Sofa]

BTW, this team has been horrendously unlucky.

 

http://replygif.net/i/154.gif

[CubInOK]

hey, look who's #1!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=Bn1iT

The Cubs start #1, got pwned by #3 last week, and intentionally walked #5 this week.

 

Yay!

We have #11 and #22 on that list as well.

[Guest]

Cretans!

 

Is that a Scientology thing?

No, he's pissed at people from Crete.

 

Closer. Can't believe none of you have ever heard the expression. I used to hear it all the time.

 

i think you're talking about cretins.

[jersey cubs fan]

BTW, this team has been horrendously unlucky. Their pythag is 19-20.

 

If somebody thinks that pythag more accurately reflects how this team has played than the actual record then I just don't understand the reasoning. They've had a couple big run scoring games. They seemingly come out of nowhere and are surrounded by 0/1 run outputs. This team sucks at hitting. They cannot get on base. They have a handful of marginally powerful hitters, but by and large those players have huge flaws in their individual games that leaves them as all or nothing types or somebody who only occasionally flashes signs of being a dangerous bat. There are backup quality players all over the field. They have 2 legit longterm everyday players and then a collection ranging from garbage to passable. The pitching staff has been pretty good, but they are bottom half of the league in striking people out and giving up walks, which is a weakness that probably leaves them susceptible to giving up more than they "should". Runs scored versus runs allowed may theoretically begin to give you an idea of how well teams have played at this point of the season, but it can still easily be skewed by 2-3 games of unusually high scoring.

 

This is a very bad team. Very bad teams cannot use the excuse of bad luck.

[Guest]

for some reason, I always associated negative deviation from pythag projections with a poor reflection on the manager. but those projections get more accurate as the season progresses. I don't think 39 games is enough of a sample size.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Scoring a bunch of runs sometimes and none other times *is* a form of bad luck. That's the entire reason Pythagorean record is more predictive than real record.

 

Yeah, they've probably been unlucky. They are bad and bad luck has made them look really bad. That's the risk you take when you put together a bad team.

[jersey cubs fan]

for some reason, I always associated negative deviation from pythag projections with a poor reflection on the manager.

 

I've seen people attempt to rank managers in that manner.

[davell]

I'm sure this will piss some off, but there are quite a few bright spots.

 

Starlin and Rizzo look like cornerstone players again.

 

Between Lake, Castillo, Olt, and Kalish, all have shown flashes of being a long term contributor.

 

Only Barney and Schierholtz have actually [expletive] the bed. Neither of whom we were counting on or should have expected much trade value from.

 

Shark has been phenomenal-which helps us one way or another

 

Rondon, Grimm, Ramirez, and Wright all have been excellent or at least shown flashes, even Schlitter has been decent.

 

Hammel is pulling a Feldman

 

Edwin has been fairly bad, Wood has been inconsistent and Russell isn't helping things. Only Wood actually matters to me though(Edwin is a back end guy)

 

Only Veras and Villanueva have completely sucked

 

My ire goes to Barney, Schierholtz, Villanueva, and Veras. None of those guys matter long term to me at least. Without looking, I bet those 4 account for the vast majority of our pythag differential.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

"shown flashes" is just code for "sucked"