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  1. goonys evil twin
    Williamson and Eyre pitched the 6th. Williams goes 7-9. Wuertz, Howry and Dempster are available in case Jerome implodes. Who is completely overreacting? When I noted the problem yesterday I acknowledged that it was nitpicky in nature. But, it is symptomatic of the problems of having Dusty as manager, one of which is the failure to think ahead with bullpen moves. My guess is he didn't even consider Williams. He's constantly caught behind on these moves, and he's done stuff like this, unnecessarily extending guys, over and over. So while the first game is too early to start judging this year's team, it's not too early to start noticing the continuation of trends from the past 3 years of Dusty in Chicago, not to mention earlier in his career, when he built his reputation as a terrible in-game strategist, bullpen mismanager and arm abuser.
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    Not attempting a pass in football is dumb (unless you have the most unstoppable running game out there), not attempting a SB is not dumb.
  3. goonys evil twin
    That seems awfully unfair to people who aren't able to make changes during that small window. Isn't part of fantasy sports to try and maximize your roster's abilities? Regular teams can change lineups on a whim.
  4. goonys evil twin
    Whose mandate is that?
  5. goonys evil twin
    Wait, you can't make lineup changes?
  6. goonys evil twin
    You are forgetting the best option which was to let Williams pitch innings 7-9, as you should with your long man in blowouts. It was 12-6 going into the bottom of the 7th. It was an obvious move to have your long man warmed up. Jerome should be able to get you through 3 without blowing a 6 run lead. There's absolutely no justification for extending an important short-man coming off years where there was already concern that he was overused.
  7. goonys evil twin
    They provide some level of entertainment, but Ron does not provide color commentary (at least not about the game, which is his job) and they don't make it interesting.
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    It's funny that you mention the Miller sign and Budweiser sign. That "traditional" Bud sign isn't even all that traditional, as it went up in the early 90's (I believe). The most traditional sign was the Torco sign, but that was an ad as well. It's interesting how much people can fret over advertising, but then how relatively quickly much of the signage can be adopted as tradition. The day they start putting cheesy boards on the OF fence is the day I start worrying about too many ads in Wrigley. It's still, by far, the least advertisement flooded stadium in pro sports. And I don't get why people get so worked up over the modest changes like these. Although I recognize that this over the top reaction is probably largely responsible for keeping the worst stuff out of there, so thanks for that.
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    Interesting. Is that little black car (volkswagon?) going to hit the small SUV? I'm interested in how it's going to look when finished (are they going to fill in the open spaces with bricks?) I don't really care about the name or the sign. It's odd placement because most pictures of the stadium are of the marquee, or from inside the stadium And most people approach the bleachers from along either the back of the LF or RF wall, so it's not really in your face (it looks like you'd have to look up just as you enter to see it). The main view of this sign would be people standing on the opposite corner.
  10. goonys evil twin
    I really agree with you on this. It is entertaining and that's what the broadcast is supposed to be to the majority of listeners. `In depth discussions of stats is very boring to the majority of the general public. The radio broadcasts are aimed at the general public and Santo's living and dying the game is appealling to many. I don't need an indepth discussion of stats. I need an announcer that can concentrate and talk about the game, without blowing smoke up undeserving butts and trailing off onto tangents that have nothing to do with the game. Keep Ron for occasional diversions, but they need to do a better job talking about the baseball games. He's the color man. Who would you like to see? Color man doesn't have to equal goofy dimwit. The color man should talk about what is going on in the game, describe situations, clearly present the scenario as it unfolds. In other words, analyze the game.
  11. goonys evil twin
    that's not the point of this conversation at all. The point is that on a large scale, home runs are better, like with a club that hits over 300 of them. My argument was that, and I'm just using these numbers as an example: a team with 175 home runs and speed is better than a 225 home run team with little speed/baserunning ability. And there's absolutely no proof to support that claim. OBP comes into play long before speed. If a team hits 225 homeruns and is ranked high in OBP, they will usually beat teams that hit fewer homeruns but have speed, assuming pitching is equal.
  12. goonys evil twin
    I can't complain about Dempster's contract. And when you look at committments around the league 2-3 years from now, the Cubs are among the lowest of any team (not counting the extremely low payroll teams). This just isn't among his worst sins. They have lots of freedom of movement in the next couple years. The problem is lack of great talent locked-up, as opposed to too much mediocrity taking up money.
  13. goonys evil twin
    I don't know about that. The Cubs have a very low committment 2-3 years down the road. They shouldn't be guaranteeing anything to Perez, Rusch or Jones beyond this year. And he went a bit long on the middle relief. But he has much bigger faults than "saddling the payroll" with bad contracts. You mean like saddling the 25 man roster with mediocre talent, thinning a farm system that he had previously worked so hard to build, etc.? Yeah, like that stuff.
  14. goonys evil twin
    I really agree with you on this. It is entertaining and that's what the broadcast is supposed to be to the majority of listeners. `In depth discussions of stats is very boring to the majority of the general public. The radio broadcasts are aimed at the general public and Santo's living and dying the game is appealling to many. I don't need an indepth discussion of stats. I need an announcer that can concentrate and talk about the game, without blowing smoke up undeserving butts and trailing off onto tangents that have nothing to do with the game. Keep Ron for occasional diversions, but they need to do a better job talking about the baseball games.
  15. goonys evil twin
    I don't know about that. The Cubs have a very low committment 2-3 years down the road. They shouldn't be guaranteeing anything to Perez, Rusch or Jones beyond this year. And he went a bit long on the middle relief. But he has much bigger faults than "saddling the payroll" with bad contracts.
  16. goonys evil twin
    What does unnoticed mean? Are you asking which is overlooked when talking about great ballparks? Are you talking about which ballparks name is most unrecognizable, since most still think Arizona plays in the Bob, my guess is Chase Field is the most unrecognizable name, although McAfee fits the bill as well. Or are you talking about the park that when viewed on television, it's difficult to tell exactly which park it is without seeing the players on the field. I'd say Coors, Citizens Bank, US Cellular and RFK are some of the ones that are hard to distinguish when just glancing at pictures without much studying of the layout.
  17. goonys evil twin
    Again, you can say it, but it's not necessarily true. Well, it's probably true that the runs will spread out more, but that doesn't mean they'll be more, or even as many runs. And it certainly won't mean they'll have more wins. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. Speed isn't the determining factor in who wins more, nor is it close to the determining factor. Often times, some of the fastest teams in baseball are some of the worst (Tampa has plenty of speed guys, Washington/Montreal have had plenty of runners in recent years). This is a blatant example of overvaluing speed, just like saying the team with more homeruns will always win more is blatantly overvaluing power. Speed is one aspect of the game, it's not even close to the most important aspect. Let's rein in the overzealous proclamations.
  18. goonys evil twin
    Would that make the cutoff man the elusive pot of gold?
  19. goonys evil twin
    I'm a Hendry detractor, not hater. My feelings about Baker are a little stronger. I think it would have been incredibly irresponsible and foolish to sign a deal following the 2005 season. They certainly haven't earned any sort of extension. I don't see the point of waiting all offseason and spring, then extending him in the first week of the season. Make them both earn an extension instead of praising them for not being as bad as previous management types.
  20. goonys evil twin
    Power and speed might score more than just power, or it might not. Speed doesn't guarantee more scoring. OBP guarantees more scoring. That is where the Cubs have been lacking. And you don't have to have great speed to get great OBP, but it's still nice to have. I'm saying that even if the power lineup scores more runs, and I concede that they probably will, the team with speed will still win more games. I think there are a couple of testable hypotheses here. Going back, I think the first hypothesis is that a speed team will score runs more consistently than a power team. We can compare the standard deviation of runs scored / game to test this hypothesis. The second hypothesis is independent of the speed issue, asserting that the a team with more consistent run production will win more games than a team with more variance in the distribution of runs scored. The second hypothesis is easy to test, the first requires a proxy for team speed. You'd have to somehow hold OBP constant, or at least the non speed related aspect of OBP, which is the majority of OBP.
  21. goonys evil twin
    I think there is always a reason and a need to look to improve upon mistakes and/or faults no matter the previous result.
  22. goonys evil twin
    Power and speed might score more than just power, or it might not. Speed doesn't guarantee more scoring. OBP guarantees more scoring. That is where the Cubs have been lacking. And you don't have to have great speed to get great OBP, but it's still nice to have. I'm saying that even if the power lineup scores more runs, and I concede that they probably will, the team with speed will still win more games. You can say that all you want, but it's no more true than saying the team with bigger smiles on their faces will win more games.
  23. goonys evil twin
    I'm not a fan of Santo the analyst. I think he's a good guy, and mildly entertaining in shorts bursts. But considering how little he adds to the broadcast, I think it would be great to add a 3rd man to actually provide some detail, and to keep the conversation on baseball, instead of going off on tangents that leave the listener high and dry when the radio is their only means of following the game. Plus, the Grim Reaper has been following Ronny around for quite a while, it might be nice to groom somebody into the role.
  24. goonys evil twin
    Arod is Slappy McSkirt. Pierre is just plain old Slappy. Or, Slappy Ste. Pierre,
  25. goonys evil twin
    Power and speed might score more than just power, or it might not. Speed doesn't guarantee more scoring. OBP guarantees more scoring. That is where the Cubs have been lacking. And you don't have to have great speed to get great OBP, but it's still nice to have.
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