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  1. UMFan83
    Are no hitters and perfect games becoming easier to pitch for whatever reason? Like I said yesterday, there are 20 perfect games in the 111 year World Series era of the MLB (at least since 1901 when the AL joined), a pace of roughly 1 every 5-6 years. Here is a breakdown of perfect games by decade: 00's: 2 10's: 0 20's: 1 30's: 0 40's: 0 50's: 1 60's: 3 70's: 0 80's: 3 90's: 4 00's: 2 10's: 4 (on pace for 13 this decade) So 7 in the first 78 years, and 13 in the next 32 years, with 5 in the last 4 seasons. No hitters are seeing a similar spike this decade. Although the pattern seems to be random, we are on pace for by far the most no hitters in a decade ever. 50's: 18 60's: 33 70's: 21 80's: 13 90's: 31 00's: 15 10's: 14 (on pace for 47 this decade) So just a 3-4 year fluke that will return to normal soon, or is the post-steroid era producing a more pitcher friendly game leading to more spectacular pitching performances including no hitters and perfect games?
  2. UMFan83
    Of course. It doesn't hurt that our 3 home interleague opponents are the White Sox (obvious), Tigers (1/3rd of Chicago's population is from Detroit) and the Red Sox (annoying but travel in bunches)
  3. UMFan83
    Well we scored 2 runs against Verlander. I'll call today a victory! Btw the Red Sox invasion is in full force downtown. Pink Red Sox caps everywhere. I overheard one of them crying about how bad their team is because they are .500 and this weekend will be to see which team is worse between the Cubs and Red Sox. BTW the Red Sox have not lost 90 games in a season since 1966 so [expletive] off Sox fans.
  4. UMFan83
    Yay Jeff Garlin "Let me tell ya, you Tiger fans SUCK"
  5. UMFan83
    Castro be slumping hardcore. .196/.212/.353/.565 in his last 12 games Down to .296 for the season.
  6. UMFan83
    Remember when Valbueno hit Wrigley as an Indian?
  7. UMFan83
    That jerk made almost 9 million while starving journalists like da bum toil away in poverty.
  8. UMFan83
    Wow that was quite a shaky final play. Another perfect game. 22 perfect games in baseball history....5 in the last 3 seasons (should have been 6)
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    This might be the worst thing ever written: http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/13148193-573/cubs-season-gets-more-pathetic-with-firing-of-coach-rudy-jaramillo.html I know its written to get a response but still.
  11. UMFan83
    The beat guys are saying that Valbuena is the most likely call up but it sounds like it's just speculation. Edit: Beaten
  12. UMFan83
    AAA: 4.43 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 7.8 K/9 Majors: 2.81 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 9.7 K/9 As much as I want to make the pixie dust statement, these are PCL numbers we're talking about.
  13. UMFan83
    You might as well ask why there are so many Detroit natives in Chicago. They are everywhere...possibly more than Wisconsinites. The Tigers fans do this at the Cell too.
  14. UMFan83
    I just read on SBnation that Bill James said the most similar case to Starlin Castro's career so far is Gary Templeton. I really hope Castro doesn't go that route. But if you look at his career, he was a guy that started out at age 20, and hit for a high average his first 3-4 years with a couple of 200 hit seasons. However, he never developed the power he showed flashes of at the beginning of his career, and his OBP was always very poor. The result? A career OPS+ of 87. Starlin's power is already better than Templeton's ever was.
  15. UMFan83
    I'm not saying he's an ace, and I don't think most people are treating him like such. His value is as a good number 2 on a contender, who has a history of pitching (well) in the playoffs and has had success in the supposed toughest division in baseball. He's relatively young and under your control for another year. He's not having the best year this year, but I don't see any reason why we won't get a top prospect for him if we play our cards right.
  16. UMFan83
    lol here, a majority of MLB GMs, both statistical and mainstream baseball writers. But the rest think he's a bum.
  17. UMFan83
    Too many Tigers fans there. Yesterday I took a walk with my dogs in the general vicinity of the ballpark and when I left the score was 3-0 Cubs. During the walk I heard several very loud cheers, most within a 5-10 minute span. I figured the Cubs had somehow tacked on a bunch more and expected to see a 6-0 game or something. I get back home and turn the game back on and its actually 3-3.
  18. UMFan83
    And we're tied again. The silver lining is that those runs are all unearned, so Garza's ERA will stay down for trading purposes.
  19. UMFan83
    Wow Starlin coming up to bat with his average at .299. Not used to seeing that. And he gets a bloop hit to get back over .300 :) Just looked this up...since July 21st of his rookie season (2010), Starlin has entered a game with a BA under .300 just 8 times. If you remove the first week of the season when BA's vary wildly from game to game, that number jumps down to 3 times. His BA on those 3 times were .299, .299, .296
  20. UMFan83
    BUT WHAT IF THEY ARE ALL IN ON IT???!
  21. UMFan83
    I cant believe how terrible the field has looked. By far the worst I've seen it after any of the concerts. Then again, its been by far the closest time between concert and game ever (I believe).
  22. UMFan83
    He's not dicking around. I know, that was terrible
  23. UMFan83
    OK since no one really cared to guess, the answer is Michigan State vs. Michigan. Every other non-Nebraska matchup has occured over the last 14 years of the Big Ten Tournament. doooooooooooooooon't caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare lol And bukie, sad to see that I am that predictable. I probably would have asked no matter what though, as I find it interesting that of all the potential matchups over the last 14 years only 1 has not occured yet. The fact that it happens to be a rivalry game involving my team is just icing on the cake.
  24. UMFan83
    OK since no one really cared to guess, the answer is Michigan State vs. Michigan. Every other non-Nebraska matchup has occured over the last 14 years of the Big Ten Tournament.
  25. UMFan83
    Good stuff!
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