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  1. bukie
    Reed Johnson EQA, mostly in a platoon against lefties that emphasizes his strengths: .273 Kosuke Fukudome EQA, "worthless player": .268 League average EQA: .260 Idea: Let the two Cub offensive players that are struggling below PECOTA projections work their way out of their slumps while the Cubs continue to score 10% more runs than anyone else in the league.
  2. bukie
    Err...no. The AL East is far and away the best division in the majors, and that isn't very close. Arguably 5 of the top 8 teams in the AL play in that division. Even as tough as the top of the NL Central is, the Reds and Pirates still play in it.
  3. bukie
    Getting ground balls is only good if you have a good IF defense behind him. Brandon Webb and Orlando Hudson are a prime example. Despite some of the comments on the range of the left side of our infield, Dempster's performance is certainly a point in Aram and Theriot's favor. Err...the Cubs defense is the most efficient in baseball. Theriot has limited range, but Ramirez is very good. DeRosa and Lee aren't too shabby either.
  4. bukie
    3-homer game in the Lieber start a few months ago. Him and every other Red.
  5. bukie
    Yeah, the Cubs have their best record after 124 games since...a season that magically ended on August 15. EDIT: And, even in 1945, they were only 77-47 at this point in the season. EDIT: Might as well show all the playoff years: 1945: 77-47 1st 1.5 GA 1938: 68-56 3rd 7.0 GB (they finished 21-6 to win the division) 1935: 75-49 3rd 2.5 GB 1932: 73-51 1st 8.0 GA 1929: 83-41 1st 11.5 GA (yeah, here's where it starts getting ridiculous) 1918: 82-42 1st 11.5 GA (they only played 5 games after this in the season to finish 84-45 on the year) 1910: 85-39 1st 10.5 GA 1908: 75-49 3rd 2.0 GB (that's right, they're ahead of the 1908 WS winner pace) 1907: 89-35 1st 16.0 GA (they certainly coasted in this season...they only lost 45 games on the year) 1906: 93-31 1st 13.0 GA (and they lost the World Series...)
  6. bukie
    Dude, it's about wins and losses, not statistics.
  7. bukie
    "Sure, you're winning now, but you'd be pathetic without Lee, Soto and Ramirez in the lineup." "Wanna bet?"
  8. bukie
    So four lefties and five righties, and yet all the lefties bat in order.
  9. bukie
    Sucks for Crocker too, finished a hundredth of a second off the medal stand.
  10. bukie
    Marmol's line: 1.3 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K, 11 pitches, 1 ball, 10 strikes.
  11. bukie
    And if the Padres win, their record will also be a palindrome. I think the same can be said for the Phillies and Mets, but I'm too lazy to look again to make sure. Padres held up their end of the bargain...
  12. bukie
    He's only blown 3 saves, so he's been better than Wood.
  13. bukie
    The value to winning the division is that you actually get into the playoffs.
  14. bukie
    Someone explain how Jody Gerut is out at home on a 2-1-2 putout?
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. 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?
  19. 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.
  20. bukie
    At some point, Occam is going to need a new razor.
  21. 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
  22. bukie
    And if the Padres win, their record will also be a palindrome.
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  25. bukie
    - People who complain about a pet peeves thread inside a pet peeves thread.
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