5/6 CUBS (Feldman) vs. Rangers (Tepesch) 7:05 WCIU

[bukie]

Make it 4/5.

[Schwarber Fan]

Alright, you want positives?

 

1. DeJesus and Valbuena... awesome. Love their plate approach every time and hopefully it's becoming contagious. Making the opposing pitcher work hard and drive up the pitch count

 

2. Hitting with RISP! About time, hopefully the beginning of a trend.

 

3. Using the opposite field... Rizzo, Schierholtz (all year), and even Feldman!

 

4. Feldman on the mound was awesome obviously. I do agree that he shouldn't have come out for the 8th, however.

 

5. Rizzo is such a great hitter.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Even in a 9-1 game, 3/4 of Aramis Fan's posts are negative crap.

 

It's just frustrating that Dolis is giving up rockets (Andrus and Soto) in a 9-0 game. It feels like outside of Russell there's no end in sight for the crap bullpen. It'd be great to get a 9-0 lead every night and not worry about it, but obviously that's not going to happen. Hopefully Feldman is fine... and I suppose as bad as our pen is, we aren't trotting out Derek Lowe. Wow.

 

Dolis sucks. We *know* this about him. He's got great stuff that he can't keep down in the zone, when he gets it in the zone. There's no point in being annoyed by it, because that's who he is.

[Guest]

Dolis has 62 IP above AA.

[Sammy Sofa]

But we *KNOW*. You don't use those *'s lightly.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Dolis has 62 IP above AA.

 

He pitched in the minor leagues, too, and someone was kind enough to keep a scorebook every night.

[Guest]

I hear many times that scorebook claimed that Dolis pitched 4, 5, even 6 innings at a time back then.

[Sammy Sofa]

So, single-A or bust?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I hear many times that scorebook claimed that Dolis pitched 4, 5, even 6 innings at a time back then.

 

OK. So if we ignore everything that happened since he became a full-time reliever in 2011, and we don't use any sort of non-statistical analysis or observation, then I guess we don't really know that Dolis has massive control problems.

 

But I'm not inclined to throw away any of that data, so I'm sticking with it. I'm might even upgrade it to double asterisks on each side of the word.

[Sammy Sofa]

Those are cat anuses when you use them.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Those are cat anuses when you use them.

 

****awesome****

[Guest]

I hear many times that scorebook claimed that Dolis pitched 4, 5, even 6 innings at a time back then.

 

OK. So if we ignore everything that happened since he became a full-time reliever in 2011, and we don't use any sort of non-statistical analysis or observation, then I guess we don't really know that Dolis has massive control problems.

 

But I'm not inclined to throw away any of that data, so I'm sticking with it. I'm might even upgrade it to double asterisks on each side of the word.

 

 

"Dolis has control problems" is true. It's also not at all the same as "Dolis sucks". The list of relievers with high K and high BB tendencies who can sort things out enough to be productive, even for several seasons at a time, is a long one. There's a longer line of those players who fail, but that's why we aren't saying "Dolis is a productive reliever" quite yet. It has only been 62 IP above AA, after all.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

 

"Dolis has control problems" is true. It's also not at all the same as "Dolis sucks". The list of relievers with high K and high BB tendencies who can sort things out enough to be productive, even for several seasons at a time, is a long one. There's a longer line of those players who fail, but that's why we aren't saying "Dolis is a productive reliever" quite yet. It has only been 62 IP above AA, after all.

 

He doesn't have high K tendencies, though. That's a big part of the problem. His control problems don't just involve walking people, they involve leaving his sinker in really hittable places.

 

He walked a ton of people as a starter, way too many to have any hope of being effective, up through 2010.

 

In 2011, he was converted to a reliever, where he proceeded to put up 5.9 K/9 and 4.33 BB/9.

 

In 2012, he pitched 60 IP across four levels. In those four levels, for 6.7 K/9 and 4.8 BB/9.

 

In 2013 so far, he's pitched 9.1 innings with 7 Ks and 3 BBs.

 

 

Those are all the numbers of a pitcher who sucks. Maybe someday he'll put it all together and suddenly not suck, but probably not. And until then, we ****know**** he sucks.

[jersey cubs fan]

So why don't you just say we have a strong indication that he sucks, or the likelihood is that he will suck?

 

 

And don't pretend it has anything to do with shorthand, because you aren't the least bit interested in brevity on any manner and you are all too willing to spend another 500 words to justify your use of that one.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Because he does suck.

 

He may not suck at some point in the future (although he probably will), but we have a ton of data right now that says he sucks right now.

[neely crenshaw]

Kyle.

Obviously they have been reading parenting books. You can not say a child is bad...they are acting bad.

So Dolis does not suck, he is acting *sucky* when he pitches.

[Guest]

no

[neely crenshaw]

no, they aren't reading parenting books

no, Dolis doesn't suck or no, he isn't pitching sucky?

[Sammy Sofa]

WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU.

 

http://i.imgur.com/0Sm95Nr.jpg

[weis21]

:lol:

[weis21]

God knows what parenting books neely is reading his offspring.

 

Sorry.

 

God Knows what

parenting books neely is

reading his

offspring.

[treebird]

the only parenting books neely's mom read were written by harry craddock

[Sammy Sofa]

the only parenting books neely's mom read were written by harry craddock

 

Holy [expletive], did not expect a a Harry Craddock reference...well, ever.