Outshined_One

I <3 Napoleon Dynamite.

Right here... I could easily see Dunn having the same result right there. I could too, but his bat would be a heck of a lot better than Floyd's.

Rob Bowen: Born February 24, 1981 Geovany Soto: Born January 20, 1983 Unless I'm mistaken, this is the first year Bowen hasn't spent any portion of time in the minors.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

In other news, there's a reason why the Brewers lost 3 of 4 in Pittsburgh recently.

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This should end today. Knowing this team, it won't.

However, it took him 20 pitches to strike each out. After his 60th pitch, a fiery explosion engulfed Wood's arm, disintegrating everything below the shoulder. He'll be out for a few weeks and should be back rehabbing in Mesa by the end of the season.

You should watch out for when I get into arguments with my evil twin, Outshined_Two. Yeah, Cubbies150 is an arch-nemesis of mine. My arch-nemesis is CaliforniaRaisin101. :^o I always though ArizonaRaisin would be your nemesis. Nah, it'd be SouthernCaliforniaRaisin.

You should watch out for when I get into arguments with my evil twin, Outshined_Two.

Ryan Harvey and Brian Dopirak nod approvingly at this post.

I'll second this.

But he has a 7.36 ERA and no strikeouts...Im surprised you guys havent completely given up on him yet!! :lol: Give it a few weeks. :P

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Lilly: 112.6 IP Oswalt: 135 IP Huh. Weird.

Show of hands, who feels more comfortable when Howry is on the mound compared to Marmol? *Crickets* ...I thought so!

This is most definitely not WSI. KFFL adopted it. I'm conflicted on its use...

Forbes has a more in-depth article. As does the Trib.

Rickey Henderson's Hall of Fame speech might end up being one of the most awesomely hilarious moments of all time. I can't wait.

If they have a light-hitting catcher in A-ball, all the more reason to execute the deal!

Let's have some fun with the Cubs' starting pitching. Zambrano Comments: Seriously, what happened to old Z? This season, Zambrano is projected to give up 31 HRs. Last year, he gave up 21. The year before, 20. And it's not like he's been the victim of bad luck and cheapies; under 70 degree and calm conditions, home runs hit off of him average nearly 407 feet (highest among Cubs SPs). Moreover, the speed of the ball off the bat on his HRs average more (110.5 mph) than anyone else on the Cubs' staff. Granted, the differences in mph are minor between all pitchers, but it's striking enough to merit consideration. That's a tad alarming, especially considering Zambrano is supposed to be a sinkerballer. However, on the slightly brighter side of things, Zambrano has only given up 4 HRs since May. Also, he seems to do markedly better at home (5 HRs) than on the road (12 HRs). It'll be interesting to see where he goes from here. Moving on to Ted Lilly Comments: Much like Ted Lilly himself, nothing particularly blows you away, but overall you can't complain about what you get. He has a fairly even home/road split (6/7, respectively). Moreover, he doesn't give up much in the way of screaming line drives (SOB on the chart = Speed off Bat). Not bad. And now for a personal favorite, Rich Hill Comments: Fascinating. He has the slowest speed of the ball off the bat of any pitcher on the Cubs' staff (107.2 mph). One of those home runs hit off of him in ideal conditions would not have even been a home run on a normal day. He's also the pitcher with the lowest true distance (387.5) and the lowest standard distance (391.5). I'm guessing it's difficult to hit a screamer off of Hill. However, someone keep Mike Cameron the heck away from him. Yeesh. Time for some Jason Marquis action. Comments: Holy crap did Andruw Jones murder one off of Marquis. 117.2 mph off the bat? Yikes. That aside, he's done pretty darn well at home (3 HRs) and has turned in some respectable numbers from this side of things. Once again, you can't complain. And finally, Sean Marshall. Comments: I have no memory of Kouzmanoff hitting two home runs in the same inning against Marshall. Their numbers must be a tad off. At any rate, though, like Zambrano, Marhsall doesn't give up much in the way of cheap home runs. The sample size might be a tad on the small side, so it might be difficult to make an evaluation of Marshall on this side of things based on his limited amount of work this season. Still, it'll be worth keeping an eye on. Anyone want to have fun with the angles to see if any other nifty things come out? I'm no longer any good with math beyond the basics. :oops:

It's weird that all his HRs have come at Wrigley.

Since this team's lack of power has been a topic of conversation lately, THT's latest article on underperformers and overperformers of the first half provided a nifty link to a website which tracks every home run in baseball: Link For a quick reference, here's a glossary of terms: I gotta say, Zambrano doesn't give up much in the way of cheapies. Wow.

Eh, this is no different than the Reds fans who stuffed the ballot boxes in 1957 to the point of turning the All Star Game into the Reds versus the American League.

The best SEC team which I guess would have been Vandy, (even thou Miss State made it to the CWS) wouldnt play 400 ball in the Appy League, maybe the Arizona/Gcl league, the pitching staff are so weak after the 2nd game in 3 game series in the SEC or any college league for that matter. There was a joke hidden somewhere in my post. Unfortunately, Donaldson can't go back to college. :P