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  1. bukie
    Not often you get Soriano, Theriot, and Lee all out in an inning, and still give up 8 runs.
  2. bukie
    Can't think of a way I'd rather respond to a 4-run inning than with an 8-run inning.
  3. bukie
    Let's go, Soriano. Can't leave runs there in scoring position...
  4. bukie
    Marquis could go a long way toward overcoming that last half inning by keeping this half inning going here.
  5. bukie
    Although, rarely have I gone so quickly from a sense of excitement to disappointment when I got an alert of "Lee 3-run HR in 3rd".
  6. bukie
    So, three straight fastballs to Lee...probably not a good plan.
  7. bukie
    Earlier in the day, it appeared that NSBB lost its connection with its mySQL database (possible server down or moved?). As far as max user connections, I'm not sure if that's something Tim can set himself or if that's a constraint of the ISP of this site.
  8. bukie
    I'm not sure how much that means in terms of Anson being the face of the Cub franchise, however. He played long before they were even known as the Cubs. This is why I'm much more apt to label Williams/Sandberg/Banks/Santo/Jenkins/Sosa as the face of the Cub franchise.
  9. bukie
    I'd be in favor of moving to two leagues of four divisions of four teams each. The only thing that would be particularly important to preserve would be the truly classic "storied" rivalries of the Red Sox/Yankees, Cubs/Cards, A's/Angels, Indians/Tigers and Dodgers/Giants. Heck, bring back the Phillies/Pirates rivalry that was diminished when they split them into different divisions. AL East: Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Blue Jays AL West: A's, Angels, Mariners, Expansion Portland/Vegas AL North: Indians, Tigers, White Sox, Twins AL South: Rangers, Royals, Rays, Expansion Indy/Charlotte NL East: Phillies, Pirates, Mets, Nats NL North: Cubs, Cardinals, Reds, Brewers NL West: Dodgers, Giants, Rockies, Padres NL South: Braves, Marlins, Astros, D-Backs As long as we're aligning mostly according to geography instead of how good teams are right now, that would probably work just fine. If they feel the need to expand one team in each league (which they really shouldn't care, since prior to the last expansion, teams were added to the same league i.e. Marlins/Rockies), move a willing NL team to the AL, like the Astros to the AL South to fuel a rivalry with the Rangers or something.
  10. bukie
    Apparently Ward is here to take IBBs.
  11. bukie
    So, when they do the Cubs, who are your three Cub franchise players? Ernie Banks, Ryne Sandberg, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Hack Wilson, Gabby Hartnett, Tinker-Evers-Chance, Sammy Sosa, Fergie Jenkins, Three-Finger Brown, quite a few names to choose from. Without too much thought, I'd probably go 1) Ernie Banks, 2) Ryne Sandberg 3) Ron Santo, but one of the pitchers likely deserves to be in there as well.
  12. bukie
    4.03 WHIP is a bad WHIP.
  13. bukie
    cash That guy was involved in a lot of trades over the years.
  14. bukie
    This seems amazing to me, considering this time period was also during the prime years of Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente and Hank Aaron.
  15. bukie
    If you swing at the first pitch after a 4-pitch walk, it had better give a good result. That was not a good result.
  16. bukie
    News flash: The Phillies also can not pitch.
  17. bukie
    Yeah, Pujols is one of the better 1B defenders. Votto and Loney clearly have better range, but are much worse fielders. Pujols has about the same range as Lee. According to RZR, though, Lance Berkman has been the best defensive 1B in the majors this year.
  18. bukie
    Is it wrong that I was kinda hoping that So Taguchi would drive in the go-ahead runs tonight during a standing ovation?
  19. bukie
    You mean taking solace in the possibility that the Cubs really are the best team in the NL, if not baseball? That's kind of what I was saying. I'd rather hope for the best and be wrong than predict doomsday and be right.
  20. bukie
    So, the best lineup, best rotation, one of the best pens, best bench, best team defense. I like those odds.
  21. bukie
    As an actor portraying a wise man once said, "I'd rather be an optimistic fool than a pessimist and right."
  22. bukie
    Yesterday: 11 runs scored with 12 total baserunners. 92% efficiency. Today: 0 runs scored with 9 total baserunners. 0% efficiency. Two day average: 52% efficiency. League average: ~35% efficiency, on average.
  23. bukie
    Well, after being almost historically efficient offensively yesterday, they are just as inefficient today.
  24. bukie
    He actually is quite close. Between Lee, Soriano, Ramirez, Soto, Theriot and Edmonds (Cub version), there are 6 very similar hitters in terms of EqA and VORP.
  25. bukie
    Yet he's one out from a quality start. I can't say that I'm happy with mediocre pitching. I'm just not mad about it either. That's kind of what mediocre is. Exactly. Sure would be nice to not have a mediocre pitcher every 5 days, but when the other pitchers are dominating, I can't complain about 6 IP 3 ER. In fact the Pirates would have to have that performance once a week. He's given up 8 hits and a walk in 6 innings. He's lucky only 3 runs crossed the plate. And this is againt the Pirates of all teams. Of all teams to be mediocre against... The Pirates are a good offensive team. It's the pitching that blows. If only the Cub offense knew that...
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