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  1. bukie
    Ben Johnson locker room speech game is in midseason form:
  2. bukie

    NFL Week 1

    bukie replied to Tryptamine's topic in Other Sports

    Sometimes a top 40 NFL QB like Carson Wentz just can't be stopped, nothing the Packers could do.
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    NFL Week 1

    bukie replied to Tryptamine's topic in Other Sports

    The Arizona Cardinals, not the worst team in the NFL.
  4. bukie
    On the flip side, it was supposed to be a much improved defense, and the Bears scored 59 offensive points with 8(!) touchdowns.
  5. bukie
    The Shawon-o-meter is arguably the best example of how empty a stat batting average is.
  6. bukie
    One more look at Pete's fWAR: He's currently up to 9.9 fWAR, which is the 14th highest fWAR in a season since the turn of the century, and just behind 2001 Sosa for best Cub season since the turn of the century. The only players above him are prime Barry Bonds, prime Mike Trout, prime Aaron Judge, and one season each from Bobby Witt Jr, Mookie Betts, and A-Rod. It's also higher than any single combined batting and pitching season from Ohtani ever.
  7. bukie
    There is a subset of people (including in this thread actually) that think Ohtani can just flip a switch and be the best player in history, throw 50 innings of no hit ball, hit 30 HR and steal 30 bases like it's nothing. These people have not seen Ohtani play at all since the all star break. Ohtani doesn't deserve the MVP this year just because he lapped the field last year. There's no roll over. My hot take is that at this point, NL MVP is the easiest unanimous choice of any of the 6 major awards.
  8. bukie
    Sagarin updated his ratings, with a special note...
  9. bukie
    PCA has achieved the 25th 35-35 season in MLB history. He has achieved the 9th season with at least 41 HR and 35 SB. EDIT: Other such seasons: - Ohtani '24 54-59 - Soriano '06 46-41 - Soto '25 43-38 - A-Rod '98 42-46 - Bonds '96 42-40 - Canseco '88 42-40 - Acuna '23 41-73 - Acuna '19 41-37
  10. bukie
    Oh, I didn't realize this series was in Wrigley, the walls look different.
  11. bukie
    PCA also now leads MLB in runs scored with 105.
  12. bukie
    PCA is up to 9.5 fWAR offensively. The entire Colorado Rockies offense has been worth 8.3 fWAR offensively.
  13. bukie
    With tonight's SB, PCA has the 38th 33-33 season in MLB history. He has the 25th season with at least 39 HR and at least 33 SB.
  14. bukie
    In case anyone wanted to know more about Caleb Williams, here's a fun interview:
  15. bukie
    Craziest PCA stat of all, he's just 1 HR off the MLB lead now with 39.
  16. bukie
    "How to lie with vague statistics" Last time out, he went 6 and gave up 1 ER and 5 baserunners, lost 2-0 Before that, the Cubs blew the game on a walkoff in the 10th. Before that, he had a bad start. Before that, he won 9 of 10 starts.
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  18. bukie
    If you went by just the game thread, the Brewers are leading. Nice to see the game thread folks can suck the fun out of a 12-2 game just as well as any other game.
  19. bukie
    One other amusing (to me) tidbit: Pete is 10th in the NL in walks, but 2nd on his own team (Busch), and 5 Cubs are among the top 20 batters in walks (Busch, PCA, Happ, Bregman, Suzuki).
  20. bukie
    I am particularly enjoying the manufactured drama in the MVP race when Pete has double the fWAR of any other hitter in the NL and a 3+ fWAR lead on Ohtani (who isn't going to pitch, guys, and even if he did wouldn't accrue an extra 3 fWAR in one month). And like I said last night, it's not only the rate stats where he's in the lead now. His counting stats: HR: 38 (2nd behind Schwarber with 40) R: 99 (2nd behind Wood with 100) SB: 32 (2nd behind Nunez with 43) RBI: 91 (5th behind Stewart 105, Burleson 100, Walker 97 and Abrams 92) AVG: .283 (12th among qualified in NL, Arraez leads at .312) OPS: .954 (1st, 26 points over Wood) wOBA: .405 (1st, 10 points over Wood) wRC+: 160 (1st, 10 points over Wood)
  21. bukie
    That is one crazy PCA stat and tidbit.
  22. bukie
    The top 5 Cub seasons in history, by fWAR:
  23. bukie
    Pete is now 2nd in the MLB in R and HR, so even the counting stats are leaning in his direction.
  24. bukie
    At least they ended up with the guy drafted 3 spots after Howard, and that's worked out ok so far.
  25. bukie
    Waiting with baited breath for Trueblood's article tomorrow on how Pete failed to steal a base today.
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