BigSlick
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You don't have to just commit so many outs
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Obv the most predictable thing in the world is for me to be the happiest with a lineup all year and it to not score
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[tweet] [/tweet] Now this is fascinating. Obviously the substitutes for Fowler were significantly worse hitters but I'm drawn to the "scoring only 1 baserunner out of 61" stat. How unimaginably unlucky must we have been to register that few runs? If that stat increases to something that is merely Bad like, 5 out 61, and not Damn Near a Complete Blackhole of Zero Runs, we probably win several more games going into the break and it doesn't even seem like that bad of a stretch. 1 out of 61 base runners. Mind boggling.
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[tweet] [/tweet] It's the super offense lineup!
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Other Games Week of 7/18
BigSlick replied to Sammys Boombox's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Well it took en 16 innings but the Cards won again. Lol -
Other Games Week of 7/18
BigSlick replied to Sammys Boombox's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I've now switched rooting modes and am completely cool with the Cards and Dodgers playing a really long extra innings game no matter who wins. Go 18! Use starters in relief! -
Dex is just gonna OBP .800 for us from here on out I'm pretty sure
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Um that was kinda dumb wasn't it? It feels like every other game I worry about Baez's health, which I think it's gonna be like for his whole career
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*begins to make a joke about "the offense really going to crap after those 4 runs" but feels kinda serious about it*
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Jason....
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Seeing "in play run(s)" when it's just a man on first always bodes poorly Hammel why you gotta be like this man
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lol at Dexter reaching base the first 3 times he comes to bat. Team is back to monster status IMO, I'm raising the flag
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To make a quote that'll make David happy: deserve's got nothing to do with it. I'd be sad to see Dex go, but it'll probably be what makes sense. We got a crowded outfield with Schwarber coming back, two guys that can play a very good centerfield already on the roster, and I expect (though I was wrong this past season) a very hot market for Dexter. Who knows though.
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That was a super nice rip by Fowler. Month off might have been great for him anyway.
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SOler is still dead
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[tweet] [/tweet]Aside from Montero that's probably the most monstrous offensive lineup we can get out there
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nice (ricketts lol) a co-worker asked me if he could unload some Cubs tickets on me, and they just so happened to be on my birthday. It'll be the first game i'll get to see this year. :D :D
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I don't understand what they could even do to affect the existence of relief pitchers. Whatever they do they'd have to force starters to pitch longer, which would literally be legislating more injured pitchers. Thats good for the game? Here's what they could do - shrink the strike zone back to its pre-2011 size and put in a pitch clock. I'd honestly really like a pitch clock.
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Goodbye Albert. You played elite defense and you were a not-useless hitter who hit more homers than I expected. See you in September or whatever
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I told all of you, Dex is actually dead
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Lets say you wanted to be extremely generous and say the Cubs had a 66% chance against each opponent in each playoff series. That's pretty absurd, but lets say they were just that good. That works out to a ~28% chance of winning the World Series over the course of 3 playoff series. I don't think any team vs. another team in a short series has that high of an edge, especially against playoff teams. I don't know - '98 yankees? '84 Tigers? I don't know what this is supposed to tell me
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To a degree worth arguing about? So what do you think the best team in baseball's (or the best roster you can reasonably construct, however you want to look at it) odds of winning are going into October? Assume HFA, as any best team in baseball would typically have. For amusement's sake yes! First off, it's obvious hyperbole to say "no matter how good." Do you really believe that? Where did you come up with 20%? Did you game by game chances to win? Based on what? Historical? Measuring team strength by season record? I'm not convinced it would be linear based on season's winning percentage, which seems to be the most common method. Lets say you wanted to be extremely generous and say the Cubs had a 66% chance against each opponent in each playoff series. That's pretty absurd, but lets say they were just that good. That works out to a ~28% chance of winning the World Series over the course of 3 playoff series. I don't think any team vs. another team in a short series has that high of an edge, especially against playoff teams.
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Am I the only person that thinks HR/XBH is a totally useless and empty ratio? I see the value in HR/FB, but HR/XBH seems like a totally arbitrary and not very telling stat at all.
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I'm enjoying random 19th cent poetry being our OP for game threads
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Other Games Week of 7/18
BigSlick replied to Sammys Boombox's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
San Diego has the temerity to sweep us in a double header, and then go and get swept and lose another one to the Cardinals. Thanks for horsefeathering nothing guys