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  1. bukie
    To be fair, Lilly and Soriano batted that inning.
  2. bukie
    He gets strategy happy a lot, I'll admit. But he has a good team year in and year own when conventional wisdom says he shouldn't. I don't like the guy much, but a "hack" is overstating it. TLR manages the pitching staff really well, and does some good things with the lineup, but his in-game strategy is far too aggressive to the point of self-destruction.
  3. bukie
    Well, getting into it was a gift, too, TLR just returned it.
  4. bukie
    52 pitches through 5 for Ted. Also, 41 strikes, 11 balls, which is a strike to ball ratio that is stuff of legends.
  5. bukie
    Being aggressive is funny.
  6. bukie
    Dan Plesac.
  7. bukie
    Just as everyone expected coming into the season, Jim Edmonds is leading the Cubs in SLG and OPS.
  8. bukie
    Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Trevor Hoffman, Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling probably also fall into "that era" of people worthy of being in the HOF.
  9. bukie
    No need to play 18 interleague, and I really think they should limit the "rival" series to one each year, switching parks every season. 18 is no more than anyone played this year, and allows each team to play each other team once every 3 years, while still allowing for a "rivalry" series each year. It would be 4 series every 3 years with the rival, which is less than it has been (which really has been excessive), allowing each team two home series with the rival every 3 years. This would also completely balance out the schedule per division aside from 3 games. Which, out of 162, is pretty good.
  10. bukie
    How do to scheduling with 15 teams in each league (3 5-team divisions): 16 games against each divisional foe (16x4 = 64) 8 games against each intradivisional foe (8*10 = 80) 3 games each against six interleague foes, one entire division + an extra series against a rival (so every 3 years, you play the rival two series) (3*6 = 18) Then, instead of playing interleague games all at the same time, they simply get spread out through the year. You can even hold the "rivalry" series all at the same time if you like, and still have enough interleague series left over to cover the rest of the year.
  11. bukie
    Seriously? Rose? You went the Rose angle? Santo was better than Rose.
  12. bukie
    Not only that, but there's a good possibility that 6 Cubs hit at least 20 HRs, and yet none hit 30.
  13. bukie
    I think they'll pick one player from each "era" of Yankee dominance. So, I'm thinking 1. Ruth 2. DiMaggio 3. Mariano Rivera
  14. bukie
    Bernie Williams simply knows how to win. Seriously, though, wouldn't be too surprised to see Mariano Rivera on a list.
  15. bukie
    Perez walks Pierre to lead off the 9th, no simple task.
  16. bukie
    There's a very distinct possibility that the NL West may house 5 of the bottom 8 teams in the league. Clearly, the Nationals have been worse, and likely the Pirates and Reds, but beyond that, even teams like the Astros and Braves don't look that bad compared to that division.
  17. bukie
    I'm curious...what is it that puts Wisconsin as a clear #2 in the Big Ten? I'm not saying they aren't the second-best team, I was just thinking coming into the season it'd be Ohio State first, and then who knows (Wisconsin, Illinois, Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, who knows?) second. According to the polls, though, it's clearly Ohio State, Wisconsin, everybody else.
  18. bukie
    I think a "worst-case" scenario for the Cubs would be Phillies-Brewers-Dbacks in the playoffs, simply because I think those are the best three teams in the league after the Cubs. If, somehow, a combination of the Mets-Marlins-Dodgers-Cards made the playoffs, it would make the path to the World Series statistically easier. That said, I think the Cubs could and would beat a Webb-Haren-Johnson-Rain playoff rotation, as well as a Sabathia-Sheets-Parra-Sabathia-fast track to injury playoff rotation. Just as easily, though, the offense could go into one of those crazy post-ASB-like droughts, and lose to anybody. Gotta like the odds, though. So, I guess my "preference" would be the Cubs making the playoffs with the rotation set the way they want, and everyone healthy and producing at expected levels.
  19. bukie
    It's a timing mechanism for him, just like any hitter that steps or taps their foot when they swing. It doesn't really help anything but timing, but trying to make the play without it, and he's useless.
  20. bukie
    Jason Marquis creates angst, Alfonso Soriano takes it away.
  21. bukie
    A guy like Dunn would be exactly what this team needs. A legit 40-HR guy to put in the middle of the lineup. Unless the Jim Edmonds rejuvenation serum holds up another year.
  22. bukie
    Actually, LaTroy did that plenty in 2004. He was fantastic, as long as it wasn't in the 9th.
  23. bukie
    We'll definitely re-sign him next year, probably try the platoon with Pie out again. He may not be Carlos Quentin or Josh Hamilton, but he was one hell of a pick up off the trash heap. He's maintaining his solid numbers against lefties, and that's good enough for me. I'd rather Fukudome gets moved to center for a platoon so that a big bat can be added as a corner OFer to slide into the #3 slot and Lee hits #2 or #5. It all depends on whats available and how much Mr. Cuban wants to spend. Personally, Id like the put all our free agency eggs in 1 basket this offseason and go after K-Rod, however, I dont think the Angels will let him go. He'll get a record shattering contract for a reliever for sure. That is seriously way beyond the last thing we should even consider doing. Yeah, that seems like a terrible idea. But if there's anything the Cubs need, it's a third closer.
  24. bukie
    Just for kicks, after 32 games over .500, we go all the way back to the 1945 Cubs, who finished the year 98-56, or 42 games over. I really doubt this year's Cubs can top that.
  25. bukie
    Probably 2004 sometime. Didn't an ESPN announcer say that the other day was the first time they had been 21 games over (or whatever it was at the time) since 1969? They ended the 1989 season 93-69, so up to 24 games over, it'll be 1989. 24 games was the high water mark for that season, though. Before that, in 1984 they were 90-58 at one point, so up to 32 games over. Beyond that....it's been a while (1969 high water mark was 83-51, 32 games over).
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