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  1. bukie
    Got em all. Here's the whole list: 1. Reed Johnson 6.3 2. Mark DeRosa 6.1 3. Kosuke Fukudome 4.6 4. Alfonso Soriano 2.7 5. Aramis Ramirez 2.1 6. Daryle Ward -0.4 7. Ronny Cedeno -1.1 8. Mike Fontenot -1.9 9. Jim Edmonds -1.9 10. Henry Blanco -2.8 11. Geovany Soto -2.9 12. Derrek Lee -3.1 13. Ryan Theriot -5.2 What does this prove? Not a lot, just a bit of fun to pass the time, really.
  2. bukie
    1. Reed Johnson 6.3 2. ? 3. Kosuke Fukudome 4.6 4. Alfonso Soriano 2.7 5. ? 6. ? 7. ? 8. ? 9. Jim Edmonds -1.9 10. ? 11. ? 12. Derrek Lee -3.1 13. Ryan Theriot -5.2 Worst: Ryan Theriot -5.2
  3. bukie
    I posted this buried in another thread, but maybe it should have its own. Bill James calculates a clutch factor into the Runs Created stat. It takes into account hits with RISP, and HRs with runners on base. According to this factor, there are 5 Cubs position players on the current roster that have above average "clutchness". Who are they? Bonus question: Who is the worst on the Cubs in "clutchness". Someone did guess Ronny Cedeno. He's actually 7th on the roster currently with -1.1 clutch.
  4. bukie
    Here's a trivia question related to the "clutch": - Bill James calculates clutch situations into the Runs Created stat (involving average with RISP, and HRs with men on specifically). As of today, there are 5 Cubs that are above average "in the clutch". Who are they? Bonus question: Who on the Cubs is the least "clutch" according to the statistic?
  5. bukie
    This year, at this rate, were the Cubs to finish with 73 wins and lose the rest of their games, there are not enough losses to spread around the remainder of the division teams to keep the Cubs in playoff position. At 74 wins, though, there is a way.
  6. bukie
    At some point, Occam is going to need a new razor.
  7. bukie
    Huh? Are you saying that because the Cards don't have enough head to head games to pass us up by winning all of them or something? He's saying that it's mathematically possible for a team to get 74 wins and make the playoffs
  8. bukie
    And if the Padres win, their record will also be a palindrome.
  9. bukie
    I don't think that word means what you think it means. Unless you are suggesting that he refines his mistakes, in some attempt to make them the most efficient, glorious mistakes anyone has seen.
  10. bukie
    By 2008 win shares: 1. Zambrano 2 (tie). Ramirez 2 (tie). Soto 4. DeRosa 5. Fukudome 6. Dempster 7 (tie). Soriano 7 (tie). Lee 8. Theriot 9. Edmonds 10. Johnson If we take the Edmonds/Johnson platoon as one, they'd be at the top. And all 10 of these players are within 8 WS of each other, so it's not as if there's been one clearly most valuable player on the team. Others within 10 of Z: Wood, Fontenot, Lilly
  11. bukie
    - People who complain about a pet peeves thread inside a pet peeves thread.
  12. bukie
    I agree with the first. Did you mean to type the second as is? I don't know anyone who thinks someone is ignorant about baseball because they played the game. I think there are posters here that are even quicker to jump on something that someone actually associated with baseball says, writes, or types, just because they are associated with the game. Even FJM does this on occasion.
  13. bukie
    - People who think that just because they played the game, they are experts on the knowledge of baseball - People who think that just because someone played the game, that person is ignorant on the knowledge of baseball
  14. bukie
    Technically, the Cubs have two magic numbers. One to make the playoffs, and one to win the division. So, right now, it's 40 to win the division, and 35 to make the playoffs.
  15. bukie
    Now, Ryan Theriot may be much improved, but this is going a little far with it.
  16. bukie
    Unreal, ahead of the last 3 hitters with 2 strikes and can't put any of them away.
  17. bukie
    It's the same concept though. Getting the front of your body ahead of your feet allows a part of your body to cross the "finish line" faster. The same concept can apply in baseball. With a correct slide, minimizing the distance that you actually slide...you can get to first faster than running through it. However, whenever your feet are not on the ground pushing forward, your body is decelerating. If there were a way to lean foward and touch the base without losing your running power in the process, I'd agree completely. The only time I would ever advocate sliding into first would be to avoid a tag. In any other situation it's just not worth it, both from the injuries that can result and from the necessary deceleration to position your body to dive at the base. Sure, theoretically, it may be possible to not purposely decelerate to dive, but in practice that doesn't happen.
  18. bukie
    - People who don't realize the difference between leaning forward and diving involves more than just the composition of the ground :)
  19. bukie
    - Bunting in the first inning with the #2 hitter - Wasting a pinch hitter to force a pitching change - Pinch running/hitting with a pitcher that is important to the team's success on the mound - Using a relief pitcher for one (or fewer?) batter - Sending the runner around third when the throw is already coming in before the runner reaches third - Attributing every non-correlating statistical factor to luck (Record in one-run games doesn't directly correspond to wins, so therefore it must depend on luck) - Splitting statistics so thin that a single HR can result in a huge bump - Getting angry at a batter for swinging at the first pitch when it's a meatball down broadway - Giving away outs in the name of being aggressive
  20. bukie
    True, but if there are going to be judged competitions, have an analyst in there that understands the nuances of the sport and can explain the judging results better than "X had a fall and a step on the dismount, but Y had just the step on the dismount, but somehow X's score was higher and I don't like it."
  21. bukie
    It's hard to determine, since the commentators only ever pointed out obvious problems, like dismount steps, going out of bounds, and falling (the kind of thing anyone can see). I imagine there are more subtle things that go wrong, especially artistically, that never got touched on by the commentators.
  22. bukie
    I'm not sure how they calculate Georgia's SoS, but it looks as if the non-D1 opponent isn't even factored in, which should lower theirs. The Pac-10 teams are playing some ridiculous schedules this year, though.
  23. bukie
    Sure, unless you're striking out on a pitch headed for the backstop, not much good comes from a K, since the pitcher isn't depending on anyone else to get you out. But it is still just one out.
  24. bukie
    This is kind of a weird story. I don't think she's a traitor to her country, and I have no problem with someone playing for a country in which they've lived or even have heritage, but she's not Russian, had never been there, and was basically hired on as a free agent. If the Olympics is going to be about nationalistic pride, there has to be some kind of nationalism involved in the team.
  25. bukie
    Lost in the coolness that was the 400m relay gold, Christine Magnuson of Tinley Park went from basically nowhere to Olympic silver in a year plus, ending 2006 ranked 73rd in the world and 17th in the US in the 100 butterfly, and then finishing about 3 tenths of a second from gold last night.
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