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  1. bukie
    It seems to be a "When you think Cubs, who are the first three players that come to mind?" kind of list. So yeah, Banks, Sosa, Williams, Sandberg make sense. Santo if it were a Cub fan only poll.
  2. bukie
    There's never a good time for injury, but Braun's injury couldn't have been better timed for the Brewers, playing the punchless Nats and Pads coming up. If there are any games that an offense can absorb the loss of a player like that, it's those kind of games.
  3. bukie
    Here's a clip of the last leg of the race. The announcers go from already having conceded first to the French to practically Gus Johnson in a 20 second clip.
  4. bukie
    I'd almost prefer a completely separate wing of "Players good enough statistically to be in the hall, but who did something really stupid to compromise the integrity of the game." Then put guys like Jackson, Rose, and the HGH squad in there so they can be remembered for both the good and the bad.
  5. bukie
    And now I can see that. I'm not sure why I thought the Cards were in first. Right now they're actually 8th in the NL.
  6. bukie
    Is defensive efficiency calculated by fielding percentages? Just trying to figure out if maybe that has something to do with it... Fielding percentage is only a part of it. Another part of it is the percentage of balls that fielders get to that are hit towards them, or in their area, as well as balls they get to that are technically out of their zone (referred to as OOZ in metrics). Using fielding percentage as a comparative tool is a restrictive statistic because it assumes everyone has the same range.
  7. bukie
    Without checking (right now, I can only seem to access this site from work), I think the Cubs were #1 in defensive efficiency last year. This year, I believe the Cardinals are #1, and the Cubs are either #2 or #3.
  8. bukie
    Even better than the French losing the relay was that Benard lost his world record, too, broken by that Australian on the first leg of the relay.
  9. bukie
    Better than Pujols-Ludwick-Glaus.
  10. bukie
    Actually, it might not be inconsistent, it might just be 3 inches high and 4 feet wide.
  11. bukie
    It's completely inconsistent, which is the worst kind of bad.
  12. bukie
    It's the incredible moving strike zone. It even moves within a single AB!
  13. bukie
    I'd be surprised if Ramirez gets a pitch to hit here.
  14. bukie
    Lee hasn't grounded into a double play in a while.
  15. bukie
    Soriano watches strike 3, which was higher than ball 2 to Glaus last inning.
  16. bukie
    Soriano hasn't homered in a while.
  17. bukie
    Ball 2 looked like the textbook definition of a strike, though, so the end result was the same.
  18. bukie
    Just for the record, I don't like the idea of Marmol walking anyone on purpose. He already has enough trouble with that on accident, and nobody really hits bloop singles off him anyway.
  19. bukie
    I wasn't an Edmonds fan when he was on the Cards because he was a fantastic hitter that killed the Cubs, and had a knack for turning normal defensive plays into highlight reel plays. I wasn't a fan of the Cubs signing Edmonds because he was just released from the worst team in baseball. Of course, as long as he leads the team in SLG, it's hard not to root for him, even if he now turns normal defensive plays into doubles.
  20. bukie
    Marmol coming in to face Pujols and, if necessary, Ludwick.
  21. bukie
    C'mon, Lilly, help the cause.
  22. bukie
    I believe they should just use the "Hey Hey!" HR call on every Edmonds HR.
  23. bukie
    If Lilly's disaster inning resulted in 1 run, you gotta like your chances.
  24. bukie
    How about inning by inning? There have been maybe 2 games where the Cubs jumped on a team early. The last two, actually.
  25. bukie
    True, but Rose has as much of a case to be in the HOF as Santo. Look I am on board with the "Get Santo in the Hall" bandwagon, but I also believe Rose should be in the Hall, too. But Rose isn't held out of the HOF because of his statistics, so it's a poor argument. Especially when you have a guy with perfectly legitimate numbers that is held out of the HOF for no reason at all. Rose has as much of a case as anyone to NOT be in the HOF.
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