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7/25 DBR (Cueto) @ Cubs (Hart) 12:05 CSN
bukie replied to David's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
So glad the Cubs gave Cueto a free out, what with the struggling to hit today. -
I'm watching now on Gamecast...did Costa Rica really score from the corner?
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The US has played really well again against Honduras, now up 2-0 in the 90th minute.
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7/23 Other Games (Buehrle throws perfect game)
bukie replied to Roast's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Really, I'm only annoyed because it makes me lose my fantasy week. :P -
Damn it all with the no hitters and perfect games.
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You think a freshman-laden Illinois team is a favorite to win at Clemson early in the year?
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The Cubs are getting better at developing hitters, thanks in large part to Joshua. With Soto, Theriot, Hoffpauir, Fox and Hill, there are actually 5 farm products actively contributing to the major league team this year. Hill maybe more out of necessity than anything else, but it beats spending 3 million dollars on a backup C.
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lol what is this supposed to prove? that weeks wills himself to score better than soriano? I was thinking it was meant to show how unreliable runs are as a measure of singular offensive capability.
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I put Nelson Cruz back into the lineup because apparently he's going to play with a broken finger anyway.
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Yeah, that 11-3 nailbiter on Sunday was painful to watch.
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7/21 Cubs (Harden) @ Phillies (Blanton) 6:05 CDT, WGN TV
bukie replied to pitchcs's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Soto is a valued commodity that the Cubs would like to keep around as long as possible. Hill is a necessary evil that is the only real catcher on the roster. -
Is there another way to do it while still getting every team to play a balance schedule and leaving enough weeks for the playoffs? Is there a way to roll the short week in with the following week, and make that just one slightly longer week?
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On the flip side, now you get Lilly twice and you'll beat me instead. :)
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7/20 Cubs (Lilly) @ Phillies (Lopez) 6:05PM CSN/ESPN
bukie replied to ctcf's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
The Cubs haven't won the season series from them since 2001. 16-29 v. the Phillies since '02. I go every year. For a while I think Chicago won every time I attended. I'm on a horrible losing streak stretching back to at least the day of the Nomar trade. The only recent win I remember was the cheap one they got thanks to a really bad homerun call off a Mark DeRosa foul ball. At least Pat Burrell isn't there any longer to kill them. Heh. Last year, the Cubs went into Philly after sweeping a bad team on the road (Pirates), and proceeded to lose the first 2 of the Philly series. In fact, every time except the 4-game series at Wrigley last year, they have played the previous 3 years, the Cubs have come off of a series win, only to have Philly win the series 2 of 3 or 3 of 4. Not to mention that Philly is hardly struggling coming into the series. -
Really, the only team at this point that's a safe bet for the playoffs is Don's.
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Back to normal weeks, back to divisional games. Tootielicious at NC Cubs Saber Metrics at Quakers Valenzuela's Screwballs at The Fighting Manginos Fuzzy Logistics at Lynx Harrys Budcrew at Tampa Bay Rays Severe Tooterstorms at Alamo Stealth The Eyes of Texas at Northside Baseball Galesburg Hand Sanitizers at Raw Dawgs
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I am a Dan Haren fan.
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Well, Juan Pierre did set a Cubs franchise record in 2006. Most 4-3 putouts ever? Most outs in a single season. He also set Florida's franchise record in 2005 and LA's franchise record in 2007.
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Well, Juan Pierre did set a Cubs franchise record in 2006.
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Lannan is basically the only guy on the Nats roster who can pitch, so it would benefit the Cubs to at least be patient tonight.
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That wouldn't make Soriano guilty of an atrocity. That would just make him a member of the 1988 Cubs. And "member of the 1988 Cubs" would include front office, scouting, stadium staff, random vagrants inhabiting Wrigleyville, etc.. When a franchise doesn't win a world series for 100 years, a franchise needs a slump buster.
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Lannan against righties: .686 OPSA Lannan against lefties: 1.018 OPSA I don't get stacking righties against him.
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Actually, Madlock was nowhere near the player for the rest of his career as he was for those 3 years as a Cub. If anything, the Cubs did the right thing in selling high on him. Of course, it would have been nice if they had actually gotten good value for him.
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Starters 2008 2009 2004 2007 2003 Relievers 2008 2003 2007 2009 2004
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More pesky stats incoming (these ones I had to figure out mostly on my own, so...) Win shares are basically a stat designed to compare across eras and positions. It's adjusted to era, but also includes fielding for hitters and pitching (for pitchers, obviously). For purposes of how good a player would be, I took the average win shares of a player with that many appearances, and took the overall difference to be Win Shares Above Average (hardball times does this, but they didn't have this data for everyone). So, cumulative WSAA for famous Cubs (except Cap Anson, because WS data isn't available prior to 1900): Player (Years as Cub) WSAA (as Cub) ---------------------------- Hartnett, Gabby (19) 132 Sandberg, Ryne (13) 103 Williams, Billy (16) 102 Chance, Frank (15) 101 Sosa, Sammy (13) 87 Santo, Ron (14) 86 Wilson, Hack (6) 69 Banks, Ernie (19) 58 Grace, Mark (13) 54 * Ramirez, Aramis (7) 33 Hornsby, Rogers (4) 32 * Lee, Derrek (6) 27 Dawson, Andre (6) 18 * Soriano, Alfonso (3) 8
