Random Cubs Musings

[Guest]

different sources of pitch framing analysis pretty universally say our catchers are really bad at it

 

http://www.bleachernation.com/2014/10/13/ugly-ugly-pitch-framing-for-the-chicago-cubs-this-year-may-have-cost-them-several-wins/

[Cubswin11]

I really only want Castillo on this team in a back up role at most next year.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

where's geo? I always thought he was awesome at pitch framing, but have no idea if that's supported by numbers.

[Cubswin11]

where's geo? I always thought he was awesome at pitch framing, but have no idea if that's supported by numbers.

He barely played this year so maybe he didn't qualify if he even did rank highly by the percentages/rate stats.

[sneakypower]

where's geo? I always thought he was awesome at pitch framing, but have no idea if that's supported by numbers.

he seems consistently above average, but nothing special there

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/card/card.php?id=43102#catcher_extras

[Clem Fandango]

Jose Molina is probably gonna retire given the season he's had and his age. Should bring him on as an instructor and have him work with Castillo in the offseason. Or forget about Castillo and have him work with Schwarber.

 

Easier said than done, obviously, but it'd be cool.

[Cubswin11]

Jose Molina is probably gonna retire given the season he's had and his age. Should bring him on as an instructor and have him work with Castillo in the offseason. Or forget about Castillo and have him work with Schwarber.

 

Easier said than done, obviously, but it'd be cool.

F that, have him work with Schwarber

[Guest]

if you like pain and self torture, click this

 

 

 

sigh

[minnesotacubsfan]

I was having a good Tuesday until BAM Karros and Wood had to destroy it THANKS GUYS.

 

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/eric-karros-reveals-2003-cubs-world-series-hat-101414?cmpid=tsm%3Afscom%3Afoxsports

[treebird]

I was having a good Tuesday until BAM Karros and Wood had to destroy it THANKS GUYS.

 

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/eric-karros-reveals-2003-cubs-world-series-hat-101414?cmpid=tsm%3Afscom%3Afoxsports

 

saw that and very intentionally didn't link. just brutal.

 

i do like how straightforward karros was about "yeah, i still assumed we'd win game 6" and "we had a lead in game 7 and all thought we were going to win that, too."

 

though he does mention how quickly the crowd quit even then.

[Guest]

nothing was worse than the funeral crowd throughout the entirity of the 08 playoffs

 

i hope that post 03 angst has worn off by the next playoff appearance (obv next year)

[Hairyducked Idiot]

nothing was worse than the funeral crowd throughout the entirity of the 08 playoffs

 

i hope that post 03 angst has worn off by the next playoff appearance (obv next year)

 

My guess: It depends on whether the Cubs fall behind in the series or not. The first time it's 0-1 or we come back down 0-2, we revert back to that.

[seanimal]

nothing was worse than the funeral crowd throughout the entirity of the 08 playoffs

 

i hope that post 03 angst has worn off by the next playoff appearance (obv next year)

 

My guess: It depends on whether the Cubs fall behind in the series or not. The first time it's 0-1 or we come back down 0-2, we revert back to that.

 

#wfib

[KingCubsFan]

nothing was worse than the funeral crowd throughout the entirity of the 08 playoffs

 

i hope that post 03 angst has worn off by the next playoff appearance (obv next year)

Hopefully they give us something to cheer about this time around. The '08 playoffs basically consisted of a DeRosa homer followed by a comedy of errors.

[SouthSideRyan]

I was having a good Tuesday until BAM Karros and Wood had to destroy it THANKS GUYS.

 

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/eric-karros-reveals-2003-cubs-world-series-hat-101414?cmpid=tsm%3Afscom%3Afoxsports

 

saw that and very intentionally didn't link. just brutal.

 

i do like how straightforward karros was about "yeah, i still assumed we'd win game 6" and "we had a lead in game 7 and all thought we were going to win that, too."

 

 

Maybe somebody should tell him how lazy Aramis bought airplane tickets already!

[jersey cubs fan]

nothing was worse than the funeral crowd throughout the entirity of the 08 playoffs

 

i hope that post 03 angst has worn off by the next playoff appearance (obv next year)

Hopefully they give us something to cheer about this time around. The '08 playoffs basically consisted of a DeRosa homer followed by a comedy of errors.

 

Yeah, it was more about the team playing horribly than angst. Any team that puts on that display is going to have a dead ass home crowd. The one exception may be a team that is in the playoffs for the first time in forever.

[ctcf]

This just blew my mind:

 

Christopher Kamka @ckamka

Of all the players currently on the #Cubs roster, the player with the most career MLB games played was born in 1990 (Starlin Castro - 740)

[Backtobanks]

From MLBTR:

 

http://beisbols.org/2014/10/16/chicago-cubs-already-done-schwarber/

[Guest]

Yeah, we all had a good laugh at that in the Minor League forum.

[Banedon]

From MLBTR:

 

http://beisbols.org/2014/10/16/chicago-cubs-already-done-schwarber/

 

lol, closed comments.

[Guest]

@TheCCO: On this day in 2006, #Cubs signed amateur free agent Starlin Castro

[Guest]

ChicagoCubsOnline ‏@TheCCO 4m4 minutes ago

#Braves hired Jose Castro to be team’s assistant hitting coach. Castro was #Cubs quality assurance coach this season (2014)

[Cubswin11]

What the hell is a quality assurance coach?

[Guest]

What the hell is a quality assurance coach?

 

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=62543&p=3012416&hilit=quality+assurance+coach#p3012416

[Guest]

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=11772291

 

Olney and Law start talking Maddon/Cubs at about 27 minutes