UMFan83

Says the guy with a Northwestern logo staring at me, I gotta run Wisconsin is playing their Sweet 16 game right now. And now NU and UW both have nothing to look forward to. Except baseball :)

You'll be fine. More and more Brewers fans show up at Wrigley every year and its not a big deal. Just don't be a jerk if the Brewers win, and if a Cubs fan instigates you, play it cool. Remember that you are technically in enemy territory.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=cubs/0919&sportCat=mlb Each of the last 99 years of Cub futility detailed fully. Yay!

:rotfl: This was posted on page 3. Roberts for Zambrano and Marmol

The time will come soon. This is the best weekend of the year in my mind. Nothing but 162 games ahead of us. It's just a weekend away.

I keep forgetting to change my location in my profile. I used to live in Wilmette, and I still spend some time there in the summer, but I live and work in Nashville now. That still doesn't explain how you are a Cubs fan and Yankees season ticket holder living in Tennessee :)

From Jon Heyman:

You live in Wilmette, post on a Cubs message board but have Yankees season tickets? Man, if I was still in college I'd love to take you up on that.

I love the annual Vegas trip. One of the few spring games I can catch, and I usually watch it while I'm pregaming to go out, getting excited for Opening Day the following Monday.

Again, I didn't see the home run. Did it hit the scoreboard on a line? If it cleared the scoreboard, I would assume it would land in the parking lot

i doubt the scoreboard is that far back or that high in this park. http://espn.go.com/media/radio/2004/0324/photo/diamond.jpg That's where I was getting my estimations from. Then again, I'm a horrible estimator. http://www.springtrainingonline.com/images/hohokam_stadium2.gif Theres another angle. I think I'm pretty accurate.

I didn't see the home run Cedeno hit. Did it really hit the top of the scoreboard? If so that might be a 600 foot homer... Its 340 out to left, 390 to left center. It's probably like 360 to the part of the park he hit it. Then you gotta figure theres about 75-100 feet to the base of the scoreboard. The scoreboard is what....40 feet high? That's gotta be about 600 feet of distance.

Wow Andy, you have a Pythagorean record of 83 wins, but you predict the team will win 91. That's ambitious.

Mr. Pessimism is back! I'm surprised to see so many people here on the Brewers NL Central bandwagon. AL East Yankees 97-65 Red Sox 95-67 Blue Jays 85-77 Rays 79-83 Orioles 63-99 AL Central Tigers 91-71 Indians 90-72 White Sox 80-82 Royals 76-86 Twins 75-87 AL West Angels 85-77 Mariners 83-79 Rangers 76-86 A's 72-90 NL East Mets 93-69 Braves 89-73 Phillies 84-78 Nationals 72-90 Marlins 66-96 NL Central Brewers 89-73 Cubs 83-79 Reds 79-83 Astros 76-86 Cardinals 72-90 Pirates 68-94 NL West Dodgers 92-70 Diamondbacks 90-72 Rockies 84-78 Padres 84-78 Giants 62-100

Theres no doubt that Sosa improved with his plate discipline over the years, but you gotta figure a large majority of his OBP and BB increase was due to pitchers working around him to avoid his power. Either way, its generally the exception. From my understanding, it is very rare to see a player go from below average plate discipline to great plate discipline over the course of a career. It's a very inelastic skill.

I thought for some reason that it would be a bunch of reserves playing today. At least that's what I read somewhere. Edit: I didn't even know we had a Cory Bailey. Funny that hes starting today, but never made a start in his big league career according to BR.

OMG, I almost had flashbacks when I saw this thread.

Because that's not a fair comparison? Whether you want to admit it or not, age is relevant to the discussion. It's somewhat relevant, but still players tend to blossom at different ages. If you tried to compare Rich Hill at 24 and Dontrelle Willis at 24, there'd be no discussion

I give up: Josh Hamilton, OF Scott Shields, Disabled MR guy I get: Jason Bay, OF Aaron Rowand, OF A.J. Burnett, Soon-to-be Disabled SP guy Not that it matters much, but Holds matter in this league.

What do you get if you take out his hottest (july) and coldest month (september)? I guess I can't argue taking out his hottest month since my original post made the point of Theriot's stats without September. But at least there is semi-logical reasoning for his September. What do you attribute his hot month to? HGH?

Team Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Cubs wins, 2008 83 +0 2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (15 games) 8 +100 3. Number of runs scored, 2008 790 +75 4. Number of runs allowed, 2008 750 +25 5. Final Placement in the NL Central Division 2nd +100 Total Possible Team Stat Points: 1300 +300 Player Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Aramis Ramirez Home Runs 34 +10 2. Number of Soriano Stolen Bases 20 +40 3. Kosuke Fukudome's OBP .368 +40 4. Derrek Lee's RBIs 105 +20 5. Ted Lilly's Wins 14 +20 6. Carlos Zambrano's ERA 3.75 +40 7. Rich Hill's Ks 190 +0 8. Ryan Dempster's Innings Pitched 160 +10 Total Number of Possible Player Stat Points: 400 +180 Bonus Questions I (20 points each) 1. Which will be higher: Rich Hill's K's or Rich Hill's Innings Pitched? K's +0 2. Which will be higher: Jon Lieber's starts or Jon Lieber's relief appearances? Starts +0 3. Which will be higher: Felix Pie's at-bats or Reed Johnson's at-bats? Pie +0 4. Who will have more HRs: Soto or Fukudome? Fukudome +0 5. Who will have more wins: Hill or Lilly? Lilly +30 6. Who will have a higher SLG: Soriano or Ramirez? Soriano +30 Total Possible MC Bonus Question Points: 180 +60 Bonus Questions II (30 points each) 1. Most HRs: Soriano +30 2. Highest OBP (min. 400 ABs): Lee +0 3. Lowest ERA (min. 150 IPs): Zambrano +0 4. Most saves: Wood +30 Total Possible Bonus II Question Points: 120 +60 Total Possible Points: 2000 600 The Annual Tiebreaker: Date of Lou Piniella's First Ejection (you may answer "none" to predict an ejection-free season for Lou) To be used only in the event of ties. April 23th @ COL

In 80 ABs at the end of 2005, Cedeno hit .300 with a .356 OBP In 54 ABs at the end of 2007, Soto hit .389 with a .433 OBP I don't get why a small sample size like that tells you much of anything.

He got more for Bedard. I think MacPhail proved that his annoying wait-it-out style got him a huge haul for Bedard, and he thinks he can do the same with Roberts. Thing is, Hendry is dumb enough to bite, and MacPhail knows it.

So if you don't buy Cedeno's numbers in the PCL, what do you think of Soto this year?

Interesting. Who knows. MacPhail didn't say its dead..