Magdal

I feel a gapper here..or maybe just gas

On base percentage (OBP) and slugging percentage (SLG). OK....so what would a hitter like D Lee's OPS be?Lee's OPS entering tonight was .927. OBP of .376, SLG of .550. For comparison's sake, Albert Pujols entered tonight with a 1.120 OPS, resulting from a .445 OBP and a .675 SLG. OMG! That's higher than D Lee by a bunch. (according to Dew)

On base percentage (OBP) and slugging percentage (SLG). OK....so what would a hitter like D Lee's OPS be?Lee's OPS entering tonight was .927. OBP of .376, SLG of .550. Thank you Dew.

Padres are not good....too much game left to gamble like that.

On base percentage (OBP) and slugging percentage (SLG). OK....so what would a hitter like D Lee's OPS be?

Uhhh..is that good? :oops: Baker! A .699 OPS is bad. A shortstop probably should be in the .750 or so range. Oakies #-o I should probably amend that number to .780-.800 range for a pretty good shortstop OPS. That would put a player in the middle of the pack or slightly better in the NL this year. For instance, Theriot's .784 OPS puts him 11th in the NL. I know that OPS is like a couple of things added together....what things exactly?

Uhhh..is that good? :oops: Baker! A .699 OPS is bad. A shortstop probably should be in the .750 or so range. Oakies #-o

Uhhh..is that good? :oops: Baker!

Brendan Ryan grand slam. It doesn't matter where they are in the order. Well eff it....now I can forget trying to follow 2 games. SD blows awful.

Ryan w/a GS???

Cards have bases loaded, bottom of order

Well, this sucks

I think it's a little ambitious saying we've got the edge in 3 of those matchups...they are even in my eyes Weaver: 5.56 ERA/1.44 WHIP/47:27 K:BB Gorz: 5.24 ERA/1.16 WHIP/22:8 K:BB Wolf: 3.43 ERA/1.14 WHIP/123:43 K:BB Wells: 3.01 ERA/1.19 WHIP/71:27 K:BB Haeger: 3.86 ERA/0.71 WHIP/2:0 K:BB (one start, 7 IP) - career minors: 3.87/1.41/673:429 Lilly: 3.42 ERA/1.14 WHIP/111:27 K:BB Billingsley: 3.70 ERA/1.24 WHIP/144:66 K:BB Dempster: 4.28 ERA/1.39 WHIP/117:53 K:BB I'd give the Cubs an advantage in games 1 and 3 (Gorz and Lilly) and the Dodgers an advantage in game 4 (Billingsley). Game 2 (Wolf/Wells) is tough to call - I hadn't realized Wolf had been that good this year. Thanks for doing the research :D Red's point is still valid that it is very feasible to win 3 out of 4 here. But, the whole Cobs thing... :Insert Broom Graphic Here: Totally agree...LA is reeling, lost that big lead and Manny is swinging at balls like mad. 3 out of 4 is likely. The Cards are already getting complacent. Put in a real bad lineup card 2 nites ago and lost, putting Ankiel in tonite and benching Ludwick. Of course, they ARE playing the Pads. But again, Holliday has zoomed back to Earth....like 1 for 11 w/1rbi. Pujols has been hacking, scoring more runs on steals than homers. Win this opener and LA will funk even deeper...lose it and I don't know!

I wasn't around during his days of pitching, but I seem to always hear stories of Bob Gibson not being afraid of drilling someone square in the back. Gibson was a lamb compared to Drysdale. He had no regard for human life. We could use him now!

I wasn't around during his days of pitching, but I seem to always hear stories of Bob Gibson not being afraid of drilling someone square in the back. Gibson was a lamb compared to Drysdale. He had no regard for human life. We could use him now!

It's starting to look to me like winning the div. will be easier to do than win the wild. 45 or so games to win 6 more games than the Cards. That is definately doable.

That we could be 13 games back in 3 weeks? :(

I know someone will correct me if I am wrong, but were the Dodgers not 13 or so games ahead of SF 3 weeks ago? Now only 4.5 ahead? There is 6 weeks left. See what I'm saying?

I think he's settled back down to nap time All jokes aside, I wish he would show some spunk and get out there, cuss the sh*t out of one of these Umps and MAYBE wake this team up! This is a big game.

Lou should have argued that play at 1st. It woke him up.

Well, LaGenius is doing his part. With their worst starter going, he sits Dero, Lugo and Rasmus in favor of K. Green and Ankiel. If the Dodgers decide to play baseball tonite, who knows?

:-)) Not really sure why that's funny, but ok. It was a joke, wasn't it?!

:-))

Wonder how much coke Ankiel snorted before that at bat. Or maybe he chose HGH as his drug of choice for the day. The way he looked on his 1st 2 ABs I would have bet my ass that he would do nothing all game.....he may have a coke connection in LA. :-$

2 guys have it figured out now...Ankiel with a moon shot. 3-2 Cards