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There is no reason to believe this, Sheets has been better over the past 4 seasons (albeit with an injury) and he's been better this year. At best its a push, at worse its advantage Sheets. Ok, now I hate position-by-position comparisons as much as the next guy, since they are truly a meaningless "metric" of team comparison, but there is no way Sheets has been better than Zambrano over the past 4 seasons. This year, absolutely. 2003-2006, Zambrano has had a higher ERA+, better ERA, higher VORP, and more Win Shares each year. Sheets beats him in walk rate easy, but that's about it.
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Summary of my thought: If the Cubs are going to insist on playing .500 ball for the rest of the year, their only hope is that the rest of their division plays pathetically. They are absolutely not going to be able to catch anyone for the wild card playing .500 ball. However, if the Cubs can put together a long (like, 3 month long) string of good ball, say, .600 or better, then the Cubs will make up ground on the league of their own accord. Playing .600 ball from here on out would put the Cubs at 89 wins. If Milwaukee continues playing as they have, 89 wins won't be able to win the division. However, 89 wins is not outside the realm of a wildcard berth. Given the Cubs' performance up to this point, I'd say the far more likely scenario would be a mix of the two, which would make the wildcard out of the question and force the Cubs to hope the Brewers collapse. The better the Cubs play, the less dependence on other teams.
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Biggio Playing Only One Game In Milwaukee
bukie replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in General Baseball Talk
Of course, this strategy could backfire for Biggio, and he may not get 3 hits in during that homestand. Then what? I have an odd feeling that the Cubs could factor greatly into the Biggio and Bonds milestones. -
At this point I'd be pretty disappointed in a 3-3 homestand.
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It's June 26, and the Cubs have the same record as the Yankees. Not quite the same ring as could have been expected, though.
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In game threads, posters get caught up in the heat of the moment just like a fan who is watching the game on TV or in person. This type of posting is to be expected, especially after the Cubs blew a big lead in the 9th inning. Sure, some posters might look bad as they post while getting caught up in the moment, but as long as they don't violate any board rules, I don't see any problem. Exactly. I don't see that last night's thread is any worse or different than any game thread where a lot happens, both good and bad. I just tend to avoid such threads until after the game. Really fun reads, actually, in hindsight.
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It's a game thread. People went through a ton of emotions last night. What's with all the English teacher's coming out of the word work and telling people how they should post? Who cares? "word work"? Leave me alone. :oops: [jerk]Also, "teacher's" is possessive, "teachers" is plural.[/jerk] :wink: Who said it was plural? I see one guy. ;)
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I arbitrarily award this win to Wuertz, who was the only pitcher who didn't give up 3 runs. So, Wuertz has an honorary win.
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Finally the Cubs managed to win a game they tried to give away.
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Thanks for sliding, Thome.
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My feelings on the trade are thus: For a giveaway trade, it could have been worse. Thankfully the Cubs gave up nothing else of value, and nothing they got back is blocking anything important. Not that the trade had to be made in the first place, but they didn't get fleeced.
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There needs to be an image that involves the goat from the AFLAC commercials going "Nah!".
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2001 was a solid team as well that was ruined by Baylor's veteran and Felix Heredia fetish. Sosa, Rondell White, Bill Mueller, Fred McGriff, Matt Stairs, Gutierrez at SS (quite the solid offensive year at SS compared to the team lately), EY and GMJ arguably the weak link of the offense (of course, batting 1-2 thanks to Baylor). Mueller getting hurt at StL that year really hurt the offense, but they were above average in pretty much every single category. I'd definitely rank 2001, 2003, and 2004 way up there in terms of potential and ability. 1998, I'm still not sure how that team finished so well.
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OK, over the past 10 years, there have been teams that have failed to live up to expectations (2004 in particular), and teams that have exceeded expectations (1998, one had to figure). Overall, which was the best team? I have my own views, but I was curious what everyone else thought. Personally, I think the 2004 team was the most well-built of the last 10 years. Maybe the 2001 team, but both were teams that should have done much more with the tools they had available. 1998 was a magic year, and the Cubs played way over their heads for much of it. Sosa carried that team offensively.
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I severely doubt the Bulls will be able to swing two quantity-for-quality trades, let alone one.
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The northwest division has Seattle, Portland, Utah, Minnesota, and Denver. The southwest division has San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, and New Orleans.
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What makes you say that? Post scoring is his strength. One example scouting report: I've heard Hawes projected as a Rik Smits-type. And I'd be OK with that. As long as the Bulls don't end up with another undersized guard or wing player.
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It's ridiculous that the first second-round series to start would be the last to end, even if other series' go seven games. It's dumb to not have them play on Saturday.
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Nice to see that the Bulls have blown out the Pistons for 10 of the last 12 quarters in the series. Still like to have the 3rd quarter of game 3 back, though.
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I boldly predict that the game will be close tonight...at some point.
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Pretty good article on the Bulls-Pistons rivalry from 1988-1991. Link Laimbeer still comes off as a thug.
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No official at bat. Scored a sacrifice, reached on fielder's choice.
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So what you're saying is the Cubs shouldn't have staffed the Marlins entire rotation for 2 years of Alfonseca and 1 year of Pierre?
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Pagan would be hard-pressed to perform worse than Jones did last night. At least Pagan is someone I wouldn't mind the Cubs using like they used Pie. Late inning defensive replacement (although he's not much better defensively than Jones), pinch runner, 25th man. And Pie can start every day and get 3-4 plate appearances a day.
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The only argument against playing Pie is that he can't hit. However, Jones can't hit lefties. So, all things being equal offensively, I'd just as soon prefer the significant defensive upgrade.
