Omar

theres a dude on the corner of Addison and Sheffield selling tickets. He'll be the one yelling "TICKETS!" in your face as you get off the red line. Tell him Omar sent you.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-mlb-predictions/cubs/ Why does Hammel have a -16.9 adjustment to team rating while Lackey has a -3.3 --- even though Hammel has been better than Lackey? Same thing goes for the pitcher score. Is innings pitched weighted heavily?

Yeah I bet hes having an awful day on the golf course

wake me up when september eeeeeeends

its okay, they will continue to buy their way to mediocrity every offseason.

Projected to get 100 wins again too. How do the Red Sox have better playoff odds across the board with a worse record than the Orioles?

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Monday morning cobwebs

Cubs v. Weaver Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Ben Zobrist 28 27 8 3 1 1 4 1 6 .296 .321 .593 .914 0 0 0 0 0 Dexter Fowler 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .286 .000 .286 0 0 0 0 0 Anthony Rizzo 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0 0 0 0 0 Total 38 34 9 3 1 1 4 4 9 .265 .342 .500 .842 0 0 0 0 0 Has not faced: Javier Baez, Kris Bryant, Chris Coghlan, Willson Contreras, Jason Heyward, Miguel Montero, David Ross, Addison Russell, Jorge Soler and Matt Szczur & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Aroldis Chapman, Carl Edwards, Justin Grimm, Kyle Hendricks, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Mike Montgomery, Hector Rondon, Joe Smith, Pedro Strop and Travis Wood Angels v. Lackey Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Yunel Escobar 37 33 13 4 0 0 5 3 5 .394 .432 .515 .948 0 1 0 0 0 Cliff Pennington 17 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .063 .118 .063 .180 0 0 0 1 0 Albert Pujols 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Trout 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 0 0 0 0 0 Ricky Nolasco 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Andrelton Simmons 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Shane Robinson 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 65 60 18 4 0 1 6 3 11 .300 .338 .417 .755 0 1 0 1 0 Has not faced: Jett Bandy, Kole Calhoun, Ji-Man Choi, Johnny Giavotella, Jefry Marte, Carlos Perez and Gregorio Petit & Has not faced pitchers: Jose Alvarez, Cam Bedrosian, Jhoulys Chacin, Deolis Guerra, Mike Morin, J.C. Ramirez, Fernando Salas, Matt Shoemaker, Tyler Skaggs, Jose Valdez and Jered Weaver

I can watch and enjoy almost any olympic sport, summer and winter. but gynmastics. man that sport is painful to watch any enjoy.

still waiting on my content summarize his first Kyle Hendricks article without looking it up.

Yeah but imagine how many training points he could get for pitching a complete game. Thats a 300 point bonus, at least. Imagine all the player attributes he could improve.

Not privileged enough to spell Hendriks with a C.

No, I am saying that losing 40 percent of your division lead in four games is meaningful. Wait...are we already miserable about the best team in baseball playing the Cardinals and maybe getting swept? Jesus even if that happens the division is over. Why can't we be happy when the Super Cubs are here? Childhood trauma probably. That and/or a general depressive/pessimistic demeanor.

Somebody find Hendricks numbers following Jake vs. Not following Jake. Now.

Baby Maddux http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3867/801/1600/maddux%20baby.jpg

Nah, just flip a 3-sided Maddon Dice™

is it just me or is this really odd wording It wasn't me, it was the leinenkugel writing that.

When a fly ball is hit to the outfield at this Coliseum, why does the outfield feel so much bigger than Wrigley? I was looking at the comparison of the dimensions and there is definitely more area in the outfield in Oakland... however, it doesn't seem to be significantly more than Wrigley.

He's still going to receive his 2017 salary as a special advisor

There wasn't enough to complain about today.

Athletics v. Hendricks Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Khris Davis 16 14 5 0 0 0 2 2 4 .357 .438 .357 .795 0 0 0 0 0 Yonder Alonso 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Danny Valencia 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 22 20 7 1 0 0 3 2 7 .350 .409 .400 .809 0 0 0 0 0 Has not faced: Billy Butler, Coco Crisp, Brett Eibner, Ryon Healy, Tyler Ladendorf, Bruce Maxwell, Max Muncy, Marcus Semien, Jake Smolinski and Stephen Vogt & Has not faced pitchers: John Axford, Daniel Coulombe, Ryan Dull, Kendall Graveman, Sonny Gray, Liam Hendriks, Ryan Madson, Sean Manaea, Zach Neal, Dillon Overton, Marc Rzepczynski and Andrew Triggs

Cubs v. Gray Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Ben Zobrist 6 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .800 1.300 0 0 0 0 0 Dexter Fowler 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Heyward 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 13 12 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .385 .500 .885 0 0 0 0 0 Has not faced: Javier Baez, Kris Bryant, Chris Coghlan, Willson Contreras, Miguel Montero, Anthony Rizzo, David Ross, Addison Russell, Jorge Soler and Matt Szczur & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Aroldis Chapman, Carl Edwards, Justin Grimm, Kyle Hendricks, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Mike Montgomery, Hector Rondon, Joe Smith, Pedro Strop and Travis Wood Athletics v. Arrieta Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Khris Davis 20 19 4 2 0 0 1 1 4 .211 .250 .316 .566 0 0 0 0 0 Danny Valencia 11 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 .182 0 0 0 0 2 Billy Butler 9 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .429 .556 .429 .984 0 0 0 0 1 Coco Crisp 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0 0 0 0 0 Yonder Alonso 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 46 43 9 3 0 0 1 3 9 .209 .261 .279 .540 0 0 0 0 3 Has not faced: Brett Eibner, Ryon Healy, Tyler Ladendorf, Bruce Maxwell, Max Muncy, Marcus Semien, Jake Smolinski and Stephen Vogt & Has not faced pitchers: John Axford, Daniel Coulombe, Ryan Dull, Kendall Graveman, Sonny Gray, Liam Hendriks, Ryan Madson, Sean Manaea, Zach Neal, Dillon Overton, Marc Rzepczynski and Andrew Triggs

Theres no reason we shouldn't sweep this series.