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  1. bukie
    The NL has a lower collective ERA, has given up fewer runs, and has the majority of the top-line pitchers, especially since Santana and Haren were dealt to the NL.
  2. bukie
    Grady Sizemore Curtis Granderson Ichiro BJ Upton Carlos Beltran Heck....Rick Ankiel...
  3. bukie
    That Johnson prediction, thus far, is dead-on accurate. Pie's, also, is accurate since Lou and Perry worked with him. Edmonds is well below his to this point, mostly in SLG.
  4. bukie
    So, the final piece of the puzzle. The only thing this year's team was missing was a scapegoat for all the fan hatred. And now they'll have it with a declined CF who was both offensively and defensively deficient enough to be cut by the worst offensive team in the league. And a player that has publicly blasted the Cubs and Wrigley in the past. Yes, that's exactly what the Cubs need.
  5. bukie
    Lou deserves credit on some level for the plate discipline this year, whether it be that he hired Perry or that he's more directly responsible. It is possible for a manager to do some things right and other things wrong. It may not seem that way after the Dusty and Baylor years, but it's true. I'm not sure there's a manager in baseball who's good at everything.
  6. bukie
    Pie strikes out 1/3 of his AB's. The point is Pie needs to play everyday, he wont be able to up here. Edmonds also strikes out in about 1/3 of his AB's (24 in 90). And he's hit worse than Pie for the year, which includes Pie's horrendous first two weeks. I won't even get into what Pie's done since Perry and Lou worked with him, because it's not necessary.
  7. bukie
    If I was bunting, I bet I could at least make contact with a pitch.
  8. bukie
    They were the second best team in the NL by Pythagorean record. Remember, their rotation for a good half the year was Wood, Prior, Zambrano, Clement, Maddux, and all of them performed above average. LaTroy Hawkins was a fantastic reliever, awful closer. Many ABs were wasted by Ramon Martinez, Jose Macias, Rey Ordonez, Tom Goodwin, Paul Bako and Alex Gonzalez. Their only bad reliever for the season was Joe Borowski. It takes a special talent to manage that roster to the 6th best record in the NL.
  9. bukie
    Mariano Rivera is a special case, considering he used to be frequently used for 4+ out saves.
  10. bukie
    I bet I could hit any major league pitcher, long as I was throwing the ball.
  11. bukie
    Might need to bump up the threshold here Fred... these ain't Dusty's CUBS no more! As a matter of fact, I have been thinking about that idea, but from the data so far this year, no obvious cutoff point is jumping out at me here....... Team record by number of walks taken CUBS are 0-2 when they take 0 walks CUBS are 1-0 when they take 1 walks CUBS are 4-1 when they take 2 walks CUBS are 4-3 when they take 3 walks CUBS are 1-3 when they take 4 walks CUBS are 2-2 when they take 5 walks CUBS are 2-2 when they take 6 walks CUBS are 3-1 when they take 7 walks CUBS are 2-1 when they take 8 walks CUBS are 1-0 when they take 9 walks CUBS are 1-0 when they take 10 walks CUBS are 1-0 when they take 11 walks CUBS are 0-0 when they take 12 walks Looks like 5 walks is the median right now (19 games with less, 18 games with 5 or more). So, they are 12-6 when they draw at least 5 walks, and 10-9 when they don't.
  12. bukie
    Good question. I don't think there's enough space in the Cubs clubhouse for all of them. In all seriousness seeing Jimmy in a Cubs uniform would be depressing. For everyone involved.
  13. bukie
    I'm confused. The Cubs have only had 3 three game series sweeps (vs. Pit, @ Pit, vs. Ari) to my knowledge... Yes, and all three were series in which Zambrano did not pitch. There was only one other series in which that happened (@Stl I think). So, the Cubs have swept 3 of the 4 three-game series in which Zambrano didn't pitch (The Mets sweep was a 2-gamer in which Z did pitch).
  14. bukie
    In the 2007 playoffs, the Rockies swept the Phillies, the D'backs swept the Cubs, and the Rockies swept the D'backs. Just over a month into the 2008 season, the Phillies swept the Rockies, the Cubs swept the D'backs, and the D'backs swept the Rockies.
  15. bukie
    Fontenot has always been a solid hitter in the minors, and even when he started really slow this year, I was confident he'd catch fire eventually (and he did, raised his average a good 100 points in a week). I have no problems with Fontenot getting time. I would like to see Cedeno get more time, though, too. Theriot and DeRosa can be rotated in and out a bit more than they have been, to assure none of those 4 are wearing down by September (as Theriot and DeRosa largely did last year).
  16. bukie
    Not how I expect the Cubs to score many runs this year, with the Johnson 2-R HR, and the manufactured runs that included a SB by Ramirez, a bunt single by Fukudome, and a swinging sacrifice bunt by Soto.
  17. bukie
    Well, usually teams avoid PR with a pitcher because they don't want him to get injured so he can continue to pitch. I'm not sure that's what the Cubs see in Marquis, however.
  18. bukie
    I don't say it often, but that was a great strategy by Lou to use Soriano first, since Arizona was likely walking whoever it was in that spot anyway.
  19. bukie
    You mean Tim Hudson.
  20. bukie
    well this is a little ironic. Don't ya think? Pot. Kettle. Black. I think the proper response would have been it's like rain on your wedding day. I don't remember pot. kettle. black. A little too ironic.
  21. bukie
    Pie should be seventh, but I have no issues beyond that. I really hope this lineup explodes today.
  22. bukie
    Isn't Soriano technically a run-producing OF? I mean, if he's doing anything at the plate, it's producing runs. Or yes, Soto also produces runs, if Soriano has to be the leadoff hitter.
  23. bukie
    Well, that would allow the Cubs to shift Soriano to 1B and trade Lee...
  24. bukie
    That's what it will be according to ChicagoBulls.com. I welcome the new Funk-King TV era.
  25. bukie
    You, good sir, are an optimist. There are few things more important in an educated level of discourse than a point of reference.
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