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  1. Derwood
    yeah the '04 Cubs were ousted from the playoffs by the Expos, Reds and Mets :( Let's take a look at 1994: STL (.644) - 8-10 ATL (.578) - 3-3 LAD (.574) - 2-4 LAA (.568) - 2-1 HOU (.564) - 10-9 OAK (.562) - 2-1 SFG (.544) - 2-4 SDG (.534) - 4-2 PHI (.515) - 3-3 CHW (.503) - 4-2 FLA (.503) - 3-3 CIN (.466) - 9-8 NYM (.425) - 4-2 PIT (.419) - 13-5 MIL (.411) - 10-7 COL (.410) - 5-1 MON (.406) - 3-3 ARZ (.313) - 2-4 .500 or better against every losing team but Arizona, more than made up for by the total ownership of the Pirates
  2. Derwood
    In before the lock?
  3. Derwood
    Bad teams lose to bad teams. True, and the Cubs are very, very bad. But occasionally bad teams beat bad teams. The Cubs are almost 100% below .500 to other bad teams. That's something special
  4. Derwood
    But he still plays baseball, correct? if you can call it that
  5. Derwood
    So many (including myself) have espoused the theory that the Cubs are constantly playing to the level of their opponents (i.e. playing well/winning against the good teams, phoning it in against the bad). I thought I'd do some actual research (gasp!) to see if it's true. Here are the Cubs opponents in 2006, listed from best to worst in winning pct., with the Cub record vs. that team: NYM (.621) - 3-3 DET (.596) - 0-3 MIN (.586) - 0-3 CHW (.575) - 2-4 LAD (.531) - 3-2 (1 to go) STL (.531) - 11-8 SDG (.521) - 0-7 PHI (.510) - 1-3 (3 to go) SFG (.503) - 2-4 FLA (.500) - 2-4 CIN (.497) - 7-5 (7 to go) HOU (.490) - 7-8 ATL (.476) - 1-6 ARZ (.473) - 2-4 CLE (.472) - 2-1 COL (.469) - 1-2 (3 to go) MIL (.452) - 6-8 WSH (.432) - 2-4 PIT (.408) - 6-9 Depending on what happens in the remaining games, the Cubs could finish the year with a winning record against just one sub-.500 team (CLE) all year. The team got smacked around in general by the AL Central, and the San Diego series was totally awful. STL and NYM are the only teams I'm impressed with the team's record against, but the fact that the Cubs simply can't beat bad teams is infuriating.
  6. Derwood
    Sounds completely mean spirited to me.
  7. Derwood
    Has he really "figured it all out" since? AVG .312 | HR 17 | RBI 74 | OBP .372 | SLG .501 6 triples, VS. LEFT: .288 / .885 VS. RIGHT: .312 / .845 HOME: .312 / .893 AWAY: .302 / .820 He strikes out kkind of lot, but I'd say he's doing just fine Wow, I thought he was doing a lot worse than that this year. Serves me right for being too lazy to click my mouse a few times and look up his stats. Contract year. If he does it next year, then I'll believe he figured it out. I find it hard to believe that hitters suddenly get magical powers in their contract years. And then I look at Adrian Beltre
  8. Derwood
    doesn't Adam Kennedy know the unwritten baseball rule that if a pitcher has a no-hitter going, he needs to not try to hit the ball
  9. Derwood
    Digital cable :D And I bought a new HDTV last week for the beginning of college football and NFL season. Sweet, so I'm coming to your house then? I'll bring the Yuengling
  10. Derwood
    pushing "mute" make Danica 100% better
  11. Derwood
    Well, a few new parks HAVE been built since McGriff retired....he should come back to try for homers in Citizen's Bank Park and the GAB
  12. Derwood
    so far, Penn State vs. Youngstown St. isn't even on TV in State College (unless you have ESPNU, which no one does). Hopefully the local ABC affiliate will wise up and air it Saturday
  13. Derwood
    I think the Kool-Aid was spiked. It made many of us delirious. I'm a little pissed that I picked them to have the fewest wins (74), and I'm still not going to get any points for it because I'll be off by more than 10. Right. Sad to think that the entire category is a wash due to the Cubs' total suckitude
  14. Derwood
    The Twins lead the league in driving in runs with their gloves
  15. Derwood
    It's not his fault he's not good. But that doesn't mean the Cubs should compound the problem by bringing him back. What are the other viable/better options for CF and/or leadoff next year?
  16. Derwood
    Jones would be great in CF. If that were to happen, I assume they'd go after a lead-off type at 2b. BYNUM
  17. Derwood
    I'm up to 299 as of today. I'm not going to win, but still, pretty respectable. My "dark horse" pick of Frank Thomas almost makes up for the lameness of Abreu, Helton and Beltre.....almost And wow, did we ALL drink the Kool-Aid before the season started? Look how many smart Cub fans predicted the team to win 90+ games this year :shock:
  18. Derwood
    I just hope I can tell the two teams apart on the field. Damn uniforms ;) Are yours as funky as ours? I do hope they get together and decide on what to wear so they aren't so close. The Georgia T vs ND games uni's were a little too close for me. at least they don't pull stupid stuff in football like they do in basketball. "Yeah, here's an idea, let's have the Illini wear orange and Indiana wear red. That won't be too confusing"
  19. Derwood
    As long as they stop scoring when they are up by 20 or so... :wink: If it's the second half and PSU is up big, I doubt you see the starters. And I GUARANTEE JoePa won't be running trick plays :wink:
  20. Derwood
    I think there have been some clear cut examples (on this board) of people who get really uptight when the ND hate comes out. Take the argument about whether or not Weis ran up the score against PSU. All the "you're only complaining because it's ND" comments came out. But yeah, White Sox fans are a breed of their own. Illini fans are pretty dormant until the season starts, then they flood the talk radio stations with their nonsense.
  21. Derwood
    Which team's fans go around all year worrying about what people think of them the most? Whose fans are constantly worried about who does/doesn't like their team?
  22. Derwood
    What was that sound for? It sounded like a remote controlled car revving. It must have gone off 50 times. I hated it. They did it everytime they changed something on the overlay at the top of the screen. Every time the down changed, there was a click. It's because the game is controlled by the GIANT FOX NETWORK ROBOT! Don't you watch the pregame?
  23. Derwood
    I wouldn't want to be Youngstown St. this week. I have a feeling that JoePa isn't going to be too happy with the kids this week and that they'll take it out on the poor 1-AA team.
  24. Derwood
    I have no problem admitting that PSU got totally pantsed today. None. The better team totally won. I won't argue ND was better. But my opinion still stands on the fake punt and 4th down attempts. To me, those plays are different than just trying to keep making good offensive plays. Listen, there are always blow outs. I was at a Penn State game probably 15 years ago where we beat Cincinnati 81-0. JoePa had the 3rd string QB (a freshman) out there just handing it off, and on one play, the designed run screwed up and the QB ended up scrambling.......75 yards for a score. As someone else said, you can't ask the guy to just fall down out there. That is WAY different than what Weis did. If you can't see the difference, I don't know what else to say
  25. Derwood
    How many of those games had the 2nd and 3rd string offense in there? I'd bet most. In fact, I would lay money that Paterno didn't have the starting QB passing to the starting RB in the 4th quarter of that Illinois game.
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