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  1. bukie
    Is it wrong that I was kinda hoping that So Taguchi would drive in the go-ahead runs tonight during a standing ovation?
  2. 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.
  3. bukie
    So, the best lineup, best rotation, one of the best pens, best bench, best team defense. I like those odds.
  4. bukie
    As an actor portraying a wise man once said, "I'd rather be an optimistic fool than a pessimist and right."
  5. 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.
  6. bukie
    Well, after being almost historically efficient offensively yesterday, they are just as inefficient today.
  7. 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.
  8. 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...
  9. bukie
    Cubs haven't put up a five-spot in a while.
  10. bukie
    Marquis getting a lot of flyball outs and groundball singles today.
  11. bukie
    Except this time it was a good pitch to hit. Sometimes, good players miss bad pitches.
  12. bukie
    Again, patience is one thing. You go up to the plate looking for a specific pitch in a specific location. Soto got a meatball rolling slider that was belt-high down the middle, he just missed it that time.
  13. bukie
    A belt-high mistake slider is not a bad pitch to swing at. He just missed it.
  14. bukie
    WHIP is a bad stat. So is ERA. Agreed. How about FIP? Most of his pitching statistics for this year are buoyed by an uncharacteristically low HR rate. His xFIP is quite bad, and discouragingly, his LD% is at a career high, while his GB% is at a career low, which indicate that he's been pretty lucky to this point.
  15. bukie
    WHIP is a bad stat. So is ERA.
  16. bukie
    Marquis has a league-average ERA with a below-league-average WHIP. Which indicates, if anything, he's fortunate to have given up as few runs as he has to this point.
  17. bukie
    Let's see if Patient Ronny has come to play today.
  18. bukie
    No matter what the context, two runs should not beat this Cubs team. As long as Marquis can keep getting those at-em balls, the Cubs should be able to win the game.
  19. bukie
    Falling behind hitters: Bad Getting ahead of hitters: Good
  20. bukie
    Hopefully Marquis can hold them here, and the offense can rack up some patience. I don't think the Cubs would be able to come back from a 5-0 deficit or anything.
  21. bukie
    31-0 over this stretch should make for a very comfortable August, too.
  22. bukie
    Isn't LaRoche on the DL?
  23. bukie
    The Pirates have been a solid offensive team all year with their outfield of Bay-Nady-McLouth. It's their pitching that's been abysmal.
  24. bukie
    I always enjoy me some good side-Bruce.
  25. bukie
    Our good friend Pythagorus thinks the Cubs should currently be sitting at 67-42. He also thinks the Brewers should be sitting at 55-54.
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