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  1. bukie
    Illinois clinches the B1G with their 25th straight win. NCAA record is 34, that'll be really tough to reach. Usually the B1G is a non-factor in baseball, also, but this year they've arguably got 5-6 regional teams.
  2. bukie
    And that is exactly why Bill James devised the game score metric for pitchers. Which is exactly what the original point was that was wrongly contested.It's not a touchy subject it's a non starter argument. It's like trying to argue that while 5 is objectively larger than 4 ,4 has a certain art to it that can't be quantified so we should consider both options on different levels of quantity. This is the crossroads of statistical analysis and the intangible. Is a regular season game that is statistically superior to a World Series game weighted differently? Bill Jmes would say no because it's in a vacuum. I don't agree. I understand the concept that the strikeout is more highly valued because the pitcher retains control of the situation instead of relying on his defense. I would still say that a 27 pitch game is more impressive than a 27 K game. I think it's an interesting conversation. 97 pitch perfect game in a World Series vs a 20 K statistically superior game. If Kerry Wood had pitched a perfect game in a World Series I think the debate would be more heated here. You are still missing the point by a mile. And don't get statistical analysis at all.
  3. bukie
    A series 23 years in the making...
  4. bukie
    And that is exactly why Bill James devised the game score metric for pitchers. Which is exactly what the original point was that was wrongly contested.It's not a touchy subject it's a non starter argument. It's like trying to argue that while 5 is objectively larger than 4 ,4 has a certain art to it that can't be quantified so we should consider both options on different levels of quantity.
  5. bukie
    There is no possible way that you are going to convince anyone here any differently. You were objectively wrong about something that nearly every Cub fan feels very strongly about, and there's empirical evidence to support it. Hand waving the thought away with the trite excuse of "if you like strikeouts" smacks of desperate ignorance.
  6. bukie
    I'm sure wood will get a ground ball eventually.
  7. bukie
    Familia threw a single strike in 10 pitches.
  8. bukie
    That escalated quickly.
  9. bukie
    You complain about people being smug, and yet only because you made incorrect assumptions and treated them as facts, and then instantly got defensive as soon as someone suggested differently. You just have to expect to be challenged on incorrect assumptions.
  10. bukie
    Illini fall behind 6-2 and 9-5 but refuse to ever stop scoring and end up winning 28-13 to win their 24th in a row. No midweek game, close the season next weekend at home vs. Nebraska. Got to figure they're due to drop one eventually. I do like their odds if they somehow set the NCAA record for consecutive victories (currently 35).
  11. bukie
    Have to win 2 of 3 in Cleveland. "good luck" Don't go scoreless for 8 minutes. 1 of 2 in Cleveland.
  12. bukie
    If not, he's not a closer. Yeah if you can't use your closer every single day despite looking uncomfortable, he's not a closer.
  13. bukie
    No, no, the game threads are a trainwreck. The team is just struggling.
  14. bukie
    All 5 infielders were in front of the bases, they clearly weren't trying to roll 2. Unless rolling two involved home to first.
  15. bukie
    All good points there...over time though this will put stress on the catcher and the middle infielders. We will just have to wait and see how this plays out over the season. How did it play out over last season, when he didn't throw to first once? Did the AL teams just never notice this? Why are people acting like this is something new?
  16. bukie
    http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/pitching/split/128 24th and dropping. And it was bad last week when people were defending it. No, using bullpen ERA to analyze a bullpen is bad.
  17. bukie
    Should probably just merge this thread with the fatalism thread to try to cut down on needless duplicates.
  18. bukie
    Just pick one up from Office Max, then. http://st.houzz.com/simgs/7f51906a0fc3c458_4-0939/contemporary-bulletin-boards-and-chalkboards.jpg
  19. bukie
    I'll miss Simmons' overestimation of the importance of Boston sports. I think my favorite example was when he decided out of all the NBA playoff series, that they'd live chat the Cavs-Celtics series.
  20. bukie
    They have had quite a favorable schedule, playing all 4 of the bottom teams, while missing Iowa (2nd) and Maryland(T-4th) Especially compared to Nebraska, who will have played the entire top 8 sans MSU.
  21. bukie
    Phase two of Kris Bryant has begun.
  22. bukie
    People just need to get over this assumption that DFA means released.
  23. bukie
    Kane has as many goals as the Wild this series.
  24. bukie
    Three-finger Brown, Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Ryne Sandberg. As insane as Sandberg turned out to be, he's still one of the four best Cubs players.
  25. bukie
    I thought the Cavs had an elite defense based on statistics? No, that was never the case with any statistic.
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