SpongeWorthy
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also, i would submit we're not putting enough traffic on the basepaths or hitting balls hard enough, often enough to get bit in the ass by bad sequencing or batted ball luck. one of you periph wizards find out what our LD%, o-swing % and all that stuff is compared to our normal periphs. we're expanding and then not hitting anything with authority that does find the zone.
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those totals were against, by definition, league averagish offenses (i know it doesn't quite work out that way) not a good one like the cubs and they haven't pitched all, or even close to most, of the innings so far this postseason. the cubs bats are seriously under performing where you'd expect them to be. yes but there's just no such thing as "where you'd expect them to be" in a 7 game sample, especially one where you disproportionately face insanely good pitchers and throw in one weather nightmare for good measure. it's just baseball. it's sequencing luck, batted ball luck, etc. and sometimes it adds up to things that look like trends that are really meaningless. sure, but as long as we're assigning blame to dumbass decisions by joe (and he for sure deserves some blame) we should probably take a look at the impotent bats.
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.172/.266./.272 as a team again, no pitching is that good we're facing great pitchers who are executing but we're probably between 2 and 3 standard deviations below where you'd expect this offense to be at. we're in almost worst case scenario territory. Scherzer .178/.242/.319 Kershaw .184/.204/.268 (in 2016) WRONG. Some pitchers are that horsefeathering good. those totals were against, by definition, league averagish offenses (i know it doesn't quite work out that way) not a good one like the cubs and they haven't pitched all, or even close to most, of the innings so far this postseason. the cubs bats are seriously under performing where you'd expect them to be.
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IDK. It's almost like they faced 4 starts in 7 games against guys who will be top 3 in the Cy Young this year. .172/.266./.272 as a team again, no pitching is that good we're facing great pitchers who are executing but we're probably between 2 and 3 standard deviations below where you'd expect this offense to be at. we're in almost worst case scenario territory.
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i'm still more upset about our impotent offense how can everyone slump at the same time
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MY KINGDOM FOR A RUN
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I get it, but we took 2 games against the Nats by scratching through. It’s expected that we’ll need a couple of those in the NLCS too. i think it's expected that if we're going to do anything our offense that has been good-to-great the last 3 seasons will have to at least approach average rather than be first half schwarber without the walks and power
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It's not shocking. That he somehow is healthy is. he found gagne's leftover bottle of Secret Stuff and split it w/ chris taylor
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Amazing what happens when you have 30 pitchers and can manipulate the DL to have guys only pitch once every week. has anyone written the definitive article on doyers DL shenanigans yet i need something to whine about to my LA fan friends
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we're slashing .172/.266/.272 in the postseason coming into tonight's game no pitching is that good
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We haven't scored in 9 innings and have 1 hit
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Lester's fastball is down a couple ticks :/
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i wish the offense knew it was allowed to Do Things in the early innings
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HES LIKE A KID OUT THERE
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we won't get in comfortable range and barth will miss it
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I bet it's hard for the offensive line to find a 5-7 step drop pass blocking rhythm after 3.95 quarters of run blocking or running out on screens/boots
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fox should be fired before OT starts
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broken collarbone for rodgers
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you cannot run for -7 yards you horsefeathering idiots
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fox is coaching for his job in a situation where wins and losses don't really matter and now we have this flintstonian game plan
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that was cool
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is the objective of the offense to get trubisky in 3rd and short and avoid ExOTiC BliTzEz or gain yards and score and actually let him get valuable experience he can learn to drop back from under center and hand off in practice
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can't have back to back running plays go for -13 dudes
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Who are tambor and bateman rooting for
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Are there any stats on this I feel like the offense hasn't grinded pitchers down in the playoffs by fouling pitches off