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  1. bukie
    Via Kevin Pelton: In case you didn't think 5 years was a long time, this happened 5 years ago today: http://t.co/msNINMes
  2. bukie
    i'd opt to use a 6 hitter. In fairness, the Cubs really don't have a catcher right now.
  3. bukie
    DeJesus is much better at getting on base. Campana is better at running around them once he's on. Barney is better at preventing the opponent from getting on base with his defense. Cardenas make the most solid contact. If they were somehow melded into one super player with all the benefits of each and none of the drawbacks, I'd be all for leading off with 25 year old phenom Darian CampJesus, but such a player doesn't exist on the roster. In the mean time, they all play different positions, and since DeJesus's best asset is most beneficial at the top of the order and isn't keeping anyone else from playing, he's best served to just stay there.
  4. bukie
    Neyer, Nate Silver and Bill James, mostly. Grew up as a math geek anyway, so I was already into statistics before many of the newer things started being tracked. I'm not exactly sure when statistical analysis really started trending away from the classic triple crown line (AVG/HR/RBI), but I do remember MLB tracking GWRBI for a while like that was some advanced "thing". OBP and SLG tracking didn't pick up much widespread attention until after Moneyball was released, and then Neyer's OPS got picked up more widely by ESPN as the go-to "advanced" statistic (even though Neyer knew it wasn't a great additive stat right off the bat).
  5. bukie

    Week 8

    bukie replied to rawaction's topic in Fantasy Sports

    The DL parade continues. Youkilis off DL, Feliz on to DL, picked up Paulino to cover starts for the week.
  6. bukie
    Was the last pitch Wood threw one of the old-school slurves? It kind of looked that way, and if it was, that would be a pretty awesome way to go out.
  7. bukie
    Well, this is not news I expected to come back to after leaving civilization for four days.
  8. bukie
    VCU has left the Colonial to join the Atlantic 15. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7932814/virginia-commonwealth-rams-leaving-colonial-atlantic-10
  9. bukie
    I haven't seen the play, but a friend said it would have been a routine grounder if Barney wasn't playing up the middle. I know there have been a lot of plays in the Cubs favor, but when the opposing player hits away from the shift, it seems to be a scoring play. Personally, I have a hard time believing Molina pulls that ball that much, especially late in the game with runners on base. Anyway, based on in-game decisions by Sveum, I sure hope the front office can pick young talent better than they picked the manager. The shifts have saved the Cubs a lot more runs than they've cost them. Complain about all the outs freely given up, not the ones he's actually saved through efficient defense and baserunning.
  10. bukie
    The bullpen is back to being the worst in baseball. By a decent margin, now.
  11. bukie
    He just passed Kemp in wOBA. So now he's the second best hitter in baseball.
  12. bukie
    My wife is a Sox fan.
  13. bukie
    We've made a terrible mistake. Fortunately, following Sullivan on Twitter is a mistake easily remedied.
  14. bukie
    I guess I don't find the Sox radio broadcast that terrible, but then again it may just be in comparison to their TV broadcast.
  15. bukie
    No more worried than I was to bring Milton Bradley from Arlington to Wrigley. Or Marlon Byrd.
  16. bukie

    Week 7

    bukie posted a topic in Fantasy Sports

    David Holland got his start pushed back to Saturday to give him some extra rest. So, Texas is using him in relief today. You know, so he gets extra rest. So, please remove any points I get from Holland's relief outing, because Texas is really stupid with their rotation.
  17. bukie
    Yeah, eventually the Cubs are going to lose a game where Dempster starts.
  18. bukie
    They don't do repeat matchups that I'm aware of. Except Illinois has played Maryland 8 billion times. Just in 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2011...
  19. bukie
    They don't do repeat matchups that I'm aware of. 2008 and 2009, Michigan St. and UNC played in the challenge. 06 and 07 for Ohio St. v. UNC. Illinois played Duke in 1999 and 2000, UNC in 2002 and 2003, Maryland in 2006 and 2007, Clemson in 2008 and 2009.
  20. bukie

    Week 6

    bukie replied to moochpuppy's topic in Fantasy Sports

    Yeah, it would, since the game yesterday counted.
  21. bukie
    Do you think he grew up dreaming to play for the Mustangs? Who knows, but I can see why he might want to play for Larry Brown. It comes off like Head was always more into Jerrance Howard than Bruce Weber.
  22. bukie
    Updated ZIPS projections for hitters based on the data so far: http://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&type=uzips&team=0&players=0&sort=18,d Spit-take worthy.
  23. bukie
    I assume it's happened a few times, but that has to be incredibly rare. It's happened 48 times since 1918, but none since 2007: BR
  24. bukie
    Plus, the bullpen is no longer the worst in baseball, so it's kind of nice.
  25. bukie
    Not including Maholm's start from today, the Cubs are 5th in baseball in starters' WAR (Phillies, Nationals, Marlins, Angels higher). 8th in starters' xFIP.
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