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  1. goonys evil twin
    Are the whiny Cardinals whining about sign stealing again?
  2. goonys evil twin
    Sounds like a lovely person. Should have guessed it from those eyebrows.
  3. goonys evil twin
    Walk to and from the park and you will see a ton of spots on your way. Go west on School until you hit Sheffield's to get to the aforementioned Sheffield's.
  4. goonys evil twin
    I highly recommend Sheffield's on Sheffield and School before and/or after games. Great beer garden.
  5. goonys evil twin
    You mentioned where you were staying earlier in the thread (months ago), but you might want to repeat that for people to give you the info you want.
  6. goonys evil twin
    Regardless, selling papers doesn't mean you are a good writer. It means you are willing to pander to the lowest common denominator that draws the most traffic. He's a good attention whore, but that's about it.
  7. goonys evil twin
    It's bad business, and really serves no benefit. Just hire the guy as interim and say you'll evaluate his work after the season, but are planning to interview others.
  8. goonys evil twin
    Yeah, but he bashes absolutely EVERYONE, even if it means double-speaking constantly. He's written so many articles where he'll completely counter an argument he made earlier. Back in the early 90's he did this all the time in terms of Jordan and the Bulls. This is when it became obnoxiously apparent that he just flip flops his argument. The guy sells papers. He must be doing something right?? Apparently not enough considering they're the number two paper in town. I'm pretty certain that if he was gone tomorrow, they'd sell just as many papers as they currently do.
  9. goonys evil twin
    He hasn't been used much? Are you kidding? He's played in nearly 50 games, is on pace for more than 350 at bats, and is actually having a worse season than last year. Plus, he's owed $2.5m next year, in addition to the rest of this year's deal. He absolutely sucks, plays way too much, and handicaps the future. Don't sugar coat how much he hurts this team, because he does, immensely.
  10. goonys evil twin
    For free? Now that ain't right! Thanks for all the comments. I'll keep after 'em. I understand all the arguments against Carlos Lee. I wanted to throw a name out there. Somebody wanted to know, "Why not write this after the Detroit series?" When you have an off-day in the schedule, that gives you a better opportunity to come up with a feature or an analysis or a column. With space in the paper being so tight on game days, this provided the better opportunity. I WILL have to hire some of you guys as assistants when I take over the Cubs. LOL. Can I be the assistant in charge of depositing all the checks. I want to be the assistant in charge of correcting goony's punctuation. Sorry/ My bad?
  11. goonys evil twin
    For free? Now that ain't right! Thanks for all the comments. I'll keep after 'em. I understand all the arguments against Carlos Lee. I wanted to throw a name out there. Somebody wanted to know, "Why not write this after the Detroit series?" When you have an off-day in the schedule, that gives you a better opportunity to come up with a feature or an analysis or a column. With space in the paper being so tight on game days, this provided the better opportunity. I WILL have to hire some of you guys as assistants when I take over the Cubs. LOL. Can I be the assistant in charge of depositing all the checks.
  12. goonys evil twin
    I don't know the origins, but I'm guessing it comes out of the overly romanticized writings about the sport back in the day, when most fans couldn't watch the games, or even listen to them, instead they relied on a sportswriter to spin the tale. A guy who got a big hit at a big time would be considered clutch, or whatever similar word they used, while somebody who came up short was a choker. There wasn't much statistical analysis going on, instead they just wrote what sounded better. Explaining that a .300 hitter with a .400 OBP still makes an out 60% of the time, so it's not very reasonable to hate him for coming up short in a big moment wasn't nearly as interesting as saying some guy had all the skills but not the intestinal fortitude to get the hit when it mattered most.
  13. goonys evil twin
    I was talking about it in September 2002.
  14. goonys evil twin
    Do you see Aramis exercising his out clause with the season he's having? If his numbers stay as is, possibly not, but if they continue on the path that his June numbers have taken, I could easily see it happen. The question is does he think he can do better than a 2 year $22.5 million contract with an $11.5 million mutual option that kicks in with relatively easy to reach games played goals. If he thinks he can get a 3/$36m or 4/$48, he'd be wise to take the out. And it's not hard to imagine a team throwing that kind of money around if he keeps hitting like he has in June. Also, could he just want out of Chicago? It's a depressing situation. If he doesn't see things getting better, he might want out.
  15. goonys evil twin
    I find it interesting how little interest is being paid to this story, relatively speaking. A month ago and this would have been a 15 page thread already.
  16. goonys evil twin
    Nobody could argue against the opportunities side of the equation. But, if we can't use OPS w/RISP as a tangible measure of "clutch", how can we use OPS/OBP, etc. to determine who is a "good hitter" overall? They are ALL valuable. There are two parts, getting on and getting in. Putting some value on the latter doesn't lessen the value of the former. Because there is no predictive value in those splits. You can say who did better in the clutch, but you can't say who is going to do better in the clutch. Overall OPS is much more predictive for future production. A 900 OPS guy could have a year where he hits 1000 with RISP and another at 700 with RISP, and still be about the same hitter. The whole concept of clutch is pointless, and doesn't tell you a darn thing about building your team. It's a complete waste of time when putting together a team or trying to improve a team. You cannot go out and acquire "clutch", you can't work on and improve "clutch". It is a red herring that has no place in the discussion of what is wrong with this team and how can we fix it.
  17. goonys evil twin
    Derrek Lee spent most of his time batting 3rd 1 - 299 2 - 314 I actually started to post those numbers, but they started to make me angry so I stopped. Who was the .314? http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/batting?team=chc&season=2005&split=110&seasonType=2&type=reg Neifi (.300) and Walker (.351) had about the same plate appearances (~270), Corey (.220) was next (~80), Cedeno (.346) and Hairston (.348) had about 25 each. Macias (.286), Hollandsworth (.333), Wilson (.200) and Lawton (.600) picked up the scraps.
  18. goonys evil twin
    It's awesome that this conversation is still going on.
  19. goonys evil twin
    You want a guy like Crede? The Cubs have nobody that could fill the role.
  20. goonys evil twin
    I've read that a couple times now and I still can't think who it was that led the league. I assume NL. Was it Andruw or Pat Burrell? I assume it wasn't Pujols because he couldn't hit that low in any split that included as many chances as RISP would include. I don't know who it is. I'm assuming Warpticon wasn't just making that stat up. It was Andruw: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?statsId=5681&type=batting&year=2005
  21. goonys evil twin
    Same here (well, suburbs actually). Half my aunts/uncles/cousins are WS fans. Some of my childhood friends were WS fans. My next door neighbor was a huge fan, had season tickets, and gave them to me quite frequently. I went to the games and had a good time just as I go now to Yankees and Mets games without being a fan of either. I've never put any stock in the "rivalry". They are just a team the Cubs play 6 times a year now. Less meaningful than the Padres.
  22. goonys evil twin
    I've read that a couple times now and I still can't think who it was that led the league. I assume NL. Was it Andruw or Pat Burrell? I assume it wasn't Pujols because he couldn't hit that low in any split that included as many chances as RISP would include.
  23. goonys evil twin
    A) Hendry has to agree to an interview. B) He's been asked about it and often brushes it aside, or says something like, "we look at OBP, but it's not the most important stat." C) You can't treat him like he's a witness and you're a lawyer and force him to answer in full. Or else your access would be effectively shut off. (this is just what I've gathered from reading the articles that do include quotes from Hendry - obviously I've never been in the room when interviews take place)
  24. goonys evil twin
    It's not like Hill never had control issues before hitting the majors. Walks were a huge problem for him throughout his rise through the minors. The first time he showed any control at all was last year in Iowa.
  25. goonys evil twin
    Given the fact that the Cubs have so few good hitters, that means they have few hitters that are good at getting on base. And when those few hitters do get on base, it only makes sense that the guys who are left to move those good hitters along and drive them in are lesser hitters, and therefore less likely to get the job done.
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