erik316wttn

I didn't know Hurricane Sally has decended over Denver ready to wreck having and get this game called in the 6th inning. If the Cubs win this game, I'll volunteer to get banned for a week. I look forward to posting all this week.

And if this game couldn't be called before, it can be called now. Ballgame.

Gotta get him the win, dude. He's earned it today.

Did Lou get ejected?

Damn, Milt was pissed.

Unreal.

This ump sucks.

Who saw a 40-homer year coming from him? Geez.

A lot of the personnel moves that were made handcuffed us. Also, a lot of guys had career years last year, or did well last year and are struggling this year. I said then that this wasn't even a 90-win team. I'm hoping I'm wrong, but they sure as hell don't look like one lately. Wonder how many more wins DeRosa could have been worth this season? :rotfl: It's not just him.

A lot of the personnel moves that were made handcuffed us. Also, a lot of guys had career years last year, or did well last year and are struggling this year. I said then that this wasn't even a 90-win team. I'm hoping I'm wrong, but they sure as hell don't look like one lately.

Now is not the time to play poorly, especially with the Cardinals playing so well.

Oh look. We gave back a run in the next opponent AB after scoring one. Seems like that's been happening an awful lot lately.

Getting?

Oh. My. God. This is just basic Baseball 101 stuff here. It's not like these are difficult defensive plays that the Cubs aren't coming up with. This is stuff you work on from the first day of spring training! It's like Dustyball is back. Dusty's teams were some of the worst fundamental Cubs teams I had ever seen. This team the past few games is starting to approach that. If I'm Lou, I have mandatory fielding practice for every single member of the team until this bullcrap stops.

I'd drink on the job too if I was on this team.

I wonder if "being more selective" went out the window as an orgainzational philosophy right around the time "get more left-handed" came into fashion.

*sigh* My kingdom for a team that is actually selective at the plate. You know, like last year's team. Whatever happened to being selective, Lou? Or should I say DUSTY IN A LOU COSTUME???

It's a hell of a lot better than Wavin' Wendell.

Yes! Good job, Fuku. THAT'S the approach you take against a struggling pitcher. I hope the rest of the team takes note. Come on, Sori. Get one more in.

No Fukucopter like last time, please.

I said it yesterday and I'll say it again: This team has an absolutely horrific approach against struggling pitchers.

[quote name='"erik316wttn" Prediction: Wells goes 7 strong' date=' gives up 2 runs, 1 earned,[/b'] and the Cubs squeak out the victory. After today, Randy Wells will be the front-runner for the NL ROY, if he isn't already. Just a hunch. You see, this is why I'm not optimistic more often. Because crap like this happens.

Let's call that a virtual tie, as we will have the lead by percentage points, eh? Fair enough.

Ok, guys, if this holds up we can be tied for first at the end of the day. Please don't lay an egg out there like you did on Friday.

this is so far from accurate, it actually makes me a little mad. Care to enlighten me? It's like saying hot can exist, but cold cant. Or wet can exist, but dry can't. Let me try to clarify my stance here: I don't have the definition of "clutch." However, I know that it's not hitting a 3-run homer down by 8 in the 4th inning. I don't know the definition, but with all the "new" stats coming out in the last several years from baseball people much smarter than anyone else here (defensive metrics, even baserunning stats), I'm sure we'll see a "clutch" metric from some respected baseball sabremetition in a few years. I agree with IMB that there are clutch situations, and non-clutch situations. I do believe that there are people who can succumb to the pressure, press, and consistently perform poorly in these situations, making them anti-clutch. However, I'm sure that by whatever definition there is of "clutch", that there are players that perform consistently better than others in those situations. I don't know how you care to measure that stat: Perhaps a hitter getting on base in a "clutch" situation a certain percentage of the time? Or say a relief pitcher coming into a tight spot late in the game with RISP and less than 2 outs and more often than not getting out of it unscathed? I don't know if there are players who perform well in that situation the majority of the time, but there have to be ones that outperform others. There are sample sizes and there are flukes, but if a player consistently performs well in these situations, is it unfair to call him clutch? I know someone is going to throw out the argument "Well, if he's clutch, why can't he do it all the time instead of just in "clutch" situations?" I don't have an answer for you there, but if it happens, it happens. The bottom line is this: If a player consistently outperforms a good number of his peers in the situations defined as "clutch", than that player can be called a clutch performer.