08/28 CUBS (Jackson) @ Los Angeles (Nolasco) 2:10 CDT, CSNTV

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 6-11 (0.353) vs. Los Angeles on 28 August .....

 

Gam#      Date          Opponent                 Score
103  Mon  08/28/1893  @ Brooklyn                  1- 3    
117  Wed  08/28/1907  @ Brooklyn                  6- 4    
123  Tue  08/28/1917  @ Brooklyn                  2- 0    
124  Sat  08/28/1920    Brooklyn                  1- 0    
130  Fri  08/28/1942    Brooklyn                  1- 7    
121  Wed  08/28/1946    Brooklyn                  4- 3    
126  Thu  08/28/1947  @ Brooklyn                  2- 6    
128  Thu  08/28/1952    Brooklyn                  6- 9    
123  Tue  08/28/1956    Brooklyn                  4- 6    
124  Tue  08/28/1956    Brooklyn                  4- 3    
123  Wed  08/28/1957  @ Brooklyn              N   3- 4    
135  Wed  08/28/1968  @ Los Angeles           N   7- 4    
136  Wed  08/28/1968  @ Los Angeles           N   4- 8    
126  Wed  08/28/1974  @ Los Angeles           N   6- 7    
070  Fri  08/28/1981  @ Los Angeles           N   1- 6    
131  Sat  08/28/1982  @ Los Angeles           N   1- 7    
128  Sat  08/28/1999  @ Los Angeles               3- 4    
133  Wed  08/28/2013  @ Los Angeles               

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Schwarber Fan]

LOL NO SWING

 

ridiculous

[Guest]

Barney batting 2nd again. I've lost my faith in Sveum.

[Schwarber Fan]

what an unlucky 420 foot homer to give up

[bukie]

what an unlucky 420 foot homer to give up

Stop being so obtuse.

 

...well, that's a bit much to ask of you. Learn how to understand basic statistics.

 

...probably still too much. Keep quiet about things you don't understand?

 

...never mind, then.

[Schwarber Fan]

I understand that Edwin Jackson has pitched worse than pretty much everyone else we've had in our rotation this year except maybe Villanueva. (Arrieta and Rusin sample size, obviously)

 

That's enough for me.

[bukie]

See, I knew it was still too much to ask.

[Guest]

I understand that Edwin Jackson has pitched worse than pretty much everyone else we've had in our rotation this year except maybe Villanueva. (Arrieta and Rusin sample size, obviously)

 

That's enough for me.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=sta&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2013&month=0&season1=2013&ind=0&team=17&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=17,a

 

:-k

[Guest]

I realize that Edwin is a guy whose performance has historically not matched his xFIP (and that even taking that into account, he has been very unlucky this year). Just wanted to be a smart ass.

[Guest]

I'd say it was lucky since no one was on base. the distance of the homer is irrelevant.

[Schwarber Fan]

He has great stuff, anyone can see that - and that's why he keeps getting contracts. But he's had long enough to show the ability to harness it and has shown little to no improvement. These are facts.

[Guest]

He has great stuff, anyone can see that - and that's why he keeps getting contracts. But he's had long enough to show the ability to harness it and has shown little to no improvement. These are facts.

 

LOL

[Schwarber Fan]

I understand that Edwin Jackson has pitched worse than pretty much everyone else we've had in our rotation this year except maybe Villanueva. (Arrieta and Rusin sample size, obviously)

 

That's enough for me.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=sta&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2013&month=0&season1=2013&ind=0&team=17&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=17,a

 

:-k

 

Wood being 7th on that list is enough for me. If the Cubs had a must win game tomorrow can you honestly tell me you'd rather have Jackson on the mound than Wood?

[Guest]

what an unlucky 420 foot homer to give up

 

Edwin Jackson has the second lowest HR/9 rate of any Cubs starter this year...second after Rusin.

[sneakypower]

He has great stuff, anyone can see that - and that's why he keeps getting contracts. But he's had long enough to show the ability to harness it and has shown little to no improvement. These are facts.

FIP

2008: 4.88

2009: 4.90

 

...

 

2012: 3.85

2013: 3.60

[Schwarber Fan]

He has great stuff, anyone can see that - and that's why he keeps getting contracts. But he's had long enough to show the ability to harness it and has shown little to no improvement. These are facts.

FIP

2008: 4.88

2009: 4.90

 

...

 

2012: 3.85

2013: 3.60

 

My fault, little to no improvement over the last four seasons. That's pretty substantial I'd say. Good thing the Cubs have time to wait.

[sneakypower]

they weren't banking on improvement; they're paying him to be the 2-3.5 win player he's been the last 4 years, which he's basically doing now

[Guest]

When overwhelming evidence is against me, I try to avoid doubling down.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

He has great stuff, anyone can see that - and that's why he keeps getting contracts. But he's had long enough to show the ability to harness it and has shown little to no improvement. These are facts.

 

http://replygif.net/i/1029.gif

[bukie]

Obtuse enough to qualify as a straight line.

[mul21]

what an unlucky 420 foot homer to give up

 

Or maybe, just maybe, Ramirez is pretty good at baseball and happens to see Jackson's pitches well. Could be that considering he just hit one about 5 feet from going out.

 

Ethier, not so much. Oh well.

[bukie]

Any HR allowed to Ethier is by definition unlucky, though.

[sneakypower]

watching Jerry Hairston Jr. stretch at 1B to try to get that call kind of made my day

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Matt Garza?

[XZero771679666304]

Jackson pulled a Garza there. Too bad, he had the runner easily.