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Biggio Playing Only One Game In Milwaukee
Drew Doughty replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in General Baseball Talk
Link? Do you need a link to know that Biggio hit his 3,000th hit in Houston? What? The strategy was to have Biggio play only one game in Milwaukee so that he'd hit his 3000th hit in Houston. It obviously worked, as he hit his 3000th hit in Houston. You lost me. Forget it. Forget what? What are you talking about? Wow. -
we got mawbles? http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/2738/029sf.jpg
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Do we want Carlos in the ASG?
Drew Doughty replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
i say no. vote for chris young and hope he gets injured! seriously, young deserves it, lee beanball aside. i'd rather carlos not overthrow in the ASG and turn into 2006-second-half Brad Penny. -
that is not what i'm arguing. i said his first two months in which he posted a 2.93 ERA were obviously fluky. if you disagree, then you are definitively wrong. everything about his numbers points to this. His peripherals are mediocre at best, and they're starting to decline (again, with the exception of today). His FIP is high, which indicates that he's been very lucky so far. His babip is well below his career norm (it was right around his career norm in June, maybe a little high -- but not much). His HR/FB rate is well below his career norm. He pitched over his head for two months of the year. He headed back to earth in June. He might not be as bad as he was in June, but he's much worse than his numbers indicated in April and May.
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which is totally what i'm doing. he was very lucky during a few of his good starts. he's even been a little lucky in some of his bad starts (like 1.2 IP, 6 R, only 2 earned). that's basically my argument. Not all of his good starts, just some. he'll have a few good starts, but i'd expect more of what he offered in June.
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this was his first quality start since May 24th. he has been mediocre or worse in every start since then (besides today, when he really should have gone 8 or perhaps more. lou sucks at BP management). 6-4 3.31 ERA .226 BAA .309 OBPA .636 OPS against He's a well above average 5th starter. The Marquis talk is ridiculous. that's because he had a fluky good first month and a half of the season. he had a 5.09 ERA in June. 823 OPS against. .382 OBP against. He is not above average. His numbers will even out by the end of the year because he is not a particularly good pitcher. So we should base our judgements of Marquis so far this season, soley on the month of June, ignoring April and May? no, but you should take april and may with a grain of salt. they were a very obvious fluke.
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I want him to have a good year, but in all likelihood he will not have a good year. His peripherals are mediocre, he doesn't strike people out, he's starting to allow more fly balls, and he's starting to allow more home runs. He also has been fairly lucky in regards to his ERA. He's given up a lot of unearned runs. Of the four starters on the Cubs, he has by far the biggest split between his ERA and his RA. He has the largest split between his FIP ERA and his actual ERA.
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this was his first quality start since May 24th. he has been mediocre or worse in every start since then (besides today, when he really should have gone 8 or perhaps more. lou sucks at BP management). 6-4 3.31 ERA .226 BAA .309 OBPA .636 OPS against He's a well above average 5th starter. The Marquis talk is ridiculous. that's because he had a fluky good first month and a half of the season. he had a 5.09 ERA in June. 823 OPS against. .382 OBP against. He is not above average. His numbers will even out by the end of the year because he is not a particularly good pitcher. I always love the "just wait and see" argument. Tell me who's going to win the division too, did the Cubs catch the Brewers? He's been good this year, I don't see why that is so hard to admit. Because he has not been that good this year. Looking at ERA to be predictive of the rest of the season is a horrible idea. Hell, looking at ERA to be reflective of how one has pitched so far is a bad idea. He was good for a month and a half this year. he has been bad lately (aside from a very good start today).
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this was his first quality start since May 24th. he has been mediocre or worse in every start since then (besides today, when he really should have gone 8 or perhaps more. lou sucks at BP management). 6-4 3.31 ERA .226 BAA .309 OBPA .636 OPS against He's a well above average 5th starter. The Marquis talk is ridiculous. that's because he had a fluky good first month and a half of the season. he had a 5.09 ERA in June. 823 OPS against. .382 OBP against. He is not above average. His numbers will even out by the end of the year because he is not a particularly good pitcher.
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this was his first quality start since May 24th. he has been mediocre or worse in every start since then (besides today, when he really should have gone 8 or perhaps more. lou sucks at BP management).
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Would this deal work?
Drew Doughty replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Buehrle: good left-handed starter going from AL -> NL Pierre: Crappy baseball player. the comparison is obvious. -
If we're assuming health and sanity, Rick Ankiel, Mark Prior, and Kerry Wood would all have to be up there with Pedro, wouldn't they? well, no. ankiel still had massive control problems even when he was sane. and pedro martinez has been far far more healthy than Prior or Wood, so the comparison isn't really fair. and healthy, prime (i would assume that's the case for all-time) pedro is still the better pitcher, I'd bet.
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i'm pretty sure it's happening this year.
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that sounds like matt vasgersian. is he calling the game for FOX or something?
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Bonds kicks Aramis off the #1 play on sportscenter...
Drew Doughty replied to rabidawg900's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'd rather he just leave the homerun record as is and just go the hell away now. It we're talking about what we want, I'd like to see someone roll up Bonds' leg and explode his knee. But on the realistic side, I just want him to go away ASAP. I'm curious, it seems like every Bonds blast the Giants lose. can anyone provide me with the stats With today's, the Giants are 8-7 when he homers. For a team that loses most of that time, that's pretty good. -
i changed it, did it work? and yes 5-5 is clutch no matter how you put it still 1-6 isn't a good day even with a game winner So if it's so easy to get at least 2 hits in 6 at bats then why doesn't everyone have at least a .333 batting average? And anyone that doesn't, they must not be "clutch". it's not about ba it's because he was 0-5 before that and he was 1/6 after that.
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healthy pedro martinez is ridiculous. he would be my all-time pitcher if we were doing that.
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Pat and Ron's Call of Today's Game
Drew Doughty replied to killthegoat06's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
i preferred pat's call to len's, though both were pretty great. ron laughing in the background is awesome too. -
I'm playing the archived audio broadcast for the game right now, so it should be there.
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WTF CUBS YOU'RE DOING IT WRONg wow, I can't believe we won that.
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should be blacked out.
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If anyone could explain what the hell was wrong with him besides just being insane, I'll give them a million dollars. I don't want anyone to get defensive...I'm just asking questions. Mechanical issues? Everyone on the planet noticed his arm angle was wrong. He just had troubles correcting it.
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there are nsbb blogs on the front page, but they are links and I tend to not read them.
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Alex Gonzalez and 3 bits of string for Nomar and Murton Hundley for Grudz and Karros LaTroy for Aardsma and Jerome Williams. With all of Jim Hendry's faults, and there are many, I have no clue why somebody would try and pinpoint his trading as being the problem. it's the one thing he's actually done well. hundley's trade was good at the time but only because he had an equally dumb general manager he was dealing with. LaTroy was also another media/fan driven trade and neither of the pitchers we got in return are on the team. Jerome Williams sucked for us and Aardsma was traded for Cotts, who is struggling in AAA, not even in the major leagues. Hendry has gotten lucky on a few trades because he got players that were being basically dumped by the other teams but it seems that the trades that Hendry initiates are the ones that the Cubs get ripped off in. the Hawkins deal was great at the time. As is the case with unknowns, it might not look very good later. Williams was actually pretty good for 100 innings in 05, even if they were flukey good.
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The A's come to mind. Mulder & Hudson. Lots of Zito rumors last summer too. you don't have to sell high MOST of the time, but you shouldn't do it zero percent of the time either.