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  1. erik316wttn
    It should be noted that the CUBS are 0-5 when they do not score. And, interestingly enough, 0-45 when scoring less runs than the other guys. Yeah, we have to improve on that record.
  2. erik316wttn
    Keys to winning this game: 1) Take the field at some point. This is crucial. 2) The hitters must take bats to the plate. It's hard to score runs without them. 3) And this is THE most important..... score more runs than the other guys. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.
  3. erik316wttn
    And I'm still waiting for my equivilency average explination!! Great idea for a thread, btw.
  4. erik316wttn
    Exactly. Of course, Skip Bayless lost all crediblity with me 10+ years ago when, writing an article before the Cowboys/Packers NFC Championship game, he called Reggie White "Betty" for some reason. I think it was because he wasn't aggressive enough or some crap like that. Bayless is a punk, and nothing would make me happier than having one of the athletes he's spoken ill of corner him in the locker room and.... well, use your imagination.
  5. erik316wttn
    It's not that people want to get rid of Walker, just that the Cubs have to be able to get something out of the deal. Patterson doesn't have much trade value right now, but combined with Walker, they could bring back a decent package. Walker has the playoff experience that the Yanks would value. However, I wouldn't do it unless a 3rd team was involved. I don't want their mediocre prospects. My original trade proposal had the Cubs sending Patterson and Walker to the Yanks, a couple of pitchers to the Reds, and getting Dunn and a Yanks pitching prospect. I like Walker too much to have to cheer against him as a Yankee. I could never be a GM. I'm too sentimental. And I say hang on to him. Resign him this offseason.
  6. erik316wttn
    But is there really a danger of him leaving the Bronx for another team?
  7. erik316wttn
    Hey Chicago, whaddya say? The Cubs are gonna LOSE today!!
  8. erik316wttn
    thats one of the things that always confuses me- all the (seemingly) random letters. i know some of the more basic ones but others ive forgotten, or never knew. is there like a baseball glossary of some kind online? along with whats quoted above, whats WHIP, LHIP, RHIP or whatever? and anything else you'd like to throw in OPS is slugging plus on base percentage (OBP). I think you calculate OBP by: walks plus hits/PA(plate apperances) WHIP is a pitching stat that stands for Walks+Hits/Innings pitched. Pretty much, how many baserunners does a pitcher allow?
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    What the bloody heck is "equivilency average" or whatever that stat is, and what does it determine?
  10. erik316wttn
    Bob Uecker and Jim Powell. I don't think they're that bad. They're not as good as some that I've heard, but they're nowhere near the level of Hawk and DJ, either.
  11. erik316wttn
    OMFGSEASONOVER :roll: :) ! No, it's not over. Five out can be made up in half a season. Twelve out can't.
  12. erik316wttn
    Just because he compiled his numbers quietly, without the media attention of a Mays or an Aaron doesn't mean he's not Hall worthy. He's been consistent nearly every year of his career. Just because he hasn't had a whole career of mind-blowing, gaudy numbers, or even a stretch of 4 or 5 years that way like Sammy had, doesn't mean he's not worthy either. He's just put up very good (but not great) numbers every single year. Consistency breeds winning. 3,000 hits and 500 homers is enough to do it, IMO, I don't care who you are or how much media attention you got or didn't get over your career.
  13. erik316wttn
    Who wants to bet that this Duke guy shuts us down and looks like Sandy Koufax? Final score: Pirates 143, Cubs 1. Losers.
  14. erik316wttn
    WTG losers. You're beating the Pirates. Feh. ;)
  15. erik316wttn
    So don't read the thread.
  16. erik316wttn
    See, i think its harder to close when the finger is sticking out. I always found that to be the case as well.
  17. erik316wttn
    Eh, I'm not so sure... anyone who goes out and sign a Jose Macias, that's a problem, at least in my book. I'm just suprised that the ownership didn't do anything about the fact that Neifi just plainly sucks, and try to force the manager to play the young players. Oh well. *shrug* Not to nitpick, but we actually traded for Macias.
  18. erik316wttn
    Nice to see he was called up so he could get experience in getting splinters in his butt. The only way this gets fixed is if Hendry takes the Neifi option away from Dusty and releases him.
  19. erik316wttn
    Thanks for taking one in the head for the team, kid. Now here's your bus ticket.
  20. erik316wttn
    "Even me?" "Even you, Dorn." /Major League
  21. erik316wttn
    Yeah, that's nuts. I don't see where we'd hae any interest in Thome right now.
  22. erik316wttn
    Forcing detainees at Gitmo to watch tapes of Cub games would be in violation of the Geneva Convention.... ..... because it would be torture, see. *crickets* Oh, shut up.
  23. erik316wttn
    Exactly. Step 1 is "win". But I don't know that this team can do that consistently. We've now had 2 streaks this year of 7 losses or more.
  24. erik316wttn
    Who cares who wins the East? Why can't the Nats get hot, and the Braves collapse? It works just as well, so who cares?
  25. erik316wttn
    You know Harden has been with Oakland all along, they got Haren from STL, right? Oops...my bad. :oops: One letter does make a whole lot of difference. this expert votes that it doesnt make a difference and that you are okay Thanks. And I vote that the Cardinals still gave up too much in that deal. YES. THE EXPERTS ARE HERE! 4 out of 5 experts are idiots. ;)
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