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  1. jersey cubs fan
    I kind if ignored it and thought he was just indifferent. Was he really uncomfortable?
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, because of the schedule... well being mediocre and then also playing a rough schedule on top of it. On paper there isn't series you would say we should win in the month of April. You might be able to call a split with Arizona because we are at home, and their pitching is struggling big time. We might be lucky to get 10 wins. Pittsburg and Philthy are hardly juggernauts.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    By definition it always maintains consistency from park to park. I'm not sure how you could even think otherwise here. You not aware how motion tracking cameras work? It's not all on the framer, but that's a part of it. Well, the strike zone is not a fixed point in space, every ump calls it differently and every stadium has a unique setup for its system, so it would be a mistake to assume consistency. And they are referring to it as a framing measurement, which very clearly puts the blame on the catcher. Not to mention, they've played 2 teams in 2 stadiums so far and a small percentage of the league's umps have called their games.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I get that it is pitch f/x data, but how reliable is that for determining the strike zone in every stadium? Each stadium is obviously uniquely designed which makes their systems at least questionable as to the accuracy of how it is measuring strikes. It is one thing to judge speed and movement of any one pitch, but the strike zone is fluid throughout the league, from ump to ump, batter to batter. There are a whole bunch of reasons why a pitch that any one stadium's system determines to be in the zone may be called a ball. The cameras track the trajectory of the ball, and it's accurate to within an inch. Since mounds, distances to the plate, and size of the plate are consistent from park to park, the data will be consistent across the board. Well, an inch is more than nothing. And by definition it cannot maintain consistency from park to park. And putting it on the framer is silly.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Is there a reason they play the Browns every single year in the preseason? I feel like I've read something about it before, but can't remember. No idea.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    The stadiums have to have an influence since they set up cameras in each stadium to gather the data. I'm not suggesting a team employee is skewing the data.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I get that it is pitch f/x data, but how reliable is that for determining the strike zone in every stadium? Each stadium is obviously uniquely designed which makes their systems at least questionable as to the accuracy of how it is measuring strikes. It is one thing to judge speed and movement of any one pitch, but the strike zone is fluid throughout the league, from ump to ump, batter to batter. There are a whole bunch of reasons why a pitch that any one stadium's system determines to be in the zone may be called a ball.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Pitch f/x Which is sourced how?
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Why do you believe this? Blaming it all on framing is silly. But before you even get into the other reasons why a strike can be called a ball, how trustworthy is the data they are working with?
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Soon as you start actually reading the information and taking it for what it is. What is determining non-called strikes? How do they judge that? Does the system vary from stadium to stadium?
  11. jersey cubs fan
    20% of their in-strike-zone calls have been balls. That's crazy. There's no way that's entirely about framing. Agreed. Part of that must be due to the wildness of Cubs pitchers. Guys like Veras and Strop won't be getting any favors from umpires. I'm thinking the built in respect for the Yankees and complete opposite for the Cubs is going to be in play.
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  13. jersey cubs fan
    20% of their in-strike-zone calls have been balls. That's crazy. There's no way that's entirely about framing.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    You're trying too hard.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Agreed. Haven't the Blackhawks had some success against the bully teams in the playoffs? Boston, Philly, etc. They've lost when the opposing goalie gets hot or they are simply just the lesser team.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Because media members are terrible at judging each others' work. Rick Reilly is routinely praised as some sort of genius, but only by other writers. These people are worse than ballplayers when it comes to the "if you have been around a long time you are awesome and deserve to stay around forever" mentality.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    yes
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Actually yeah, the point is they are safer. That doesn't necessarily make them better.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    viewtopic.php?f=3&t=61925&p=3051949#p3051949
  20. jersey cubs fan
    the Yankees closer went on the DL (no idea who he is), very big news for the Cubs next week.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    It'd be about perception. Fans that think the game is currently too long might reactively check out a shorter game. It's less subtle than other attempts, and thus more attention getting. any one inning will last just as long, if not longer. You won't get rid of the 25 man roster, and will still have a lot of relievers. The manager can come out in the 4th/5th and change relievers repeatedly for matchups, slowing everything down. Plus, it would be ridiculously low scoring.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Here's the full Olney piece, although it's insider only... http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/buster-olney/post/_/id/5683?ex_cid=InsiderTwitter_Olney7innings I'm anything but a traditionalist, but no [expletive] way. I think it could go a long way to winning some more casual fans. At the same time, [expletive] them. I can't see how it would help gain fans. People who don't like the sport aren't going to start liking it if it ends at an arbitrarily earlier point in the contest.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    What does that even mean? Kreutz was a highly paid player who dominated the locker room. It sucked that the Bears "best" lineman was a freaking center, even when he was good. Garza is a fairly compensated mediocre lineman who is not guaranteed the starting job for game 1, let alone the entire season.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    He's a primadonna because he doesn't want to accept less money than he's worth? He's a primadonna because he thinks he worth more than he can get. Many not the right descriptor for him, but he seems to have an inflated sense of worth. I'm not saying I blame him. He thinks he's worth more than the Cubs are offering, not necessarily what he can get. I'm sure he could get what he wants on the open market. And since he already has "set for life" money there is no motivation to sign early. Plus, he plays for a terrible team that looks to remain terrible for a while, which is even less incentive to sign for anything shy of market value.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Major Wright doesn't really want to be recognized signing his contract.
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