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  1. Soul
    probably. but they're not the only seats left. Well I hope you can at least see home plate / pitchers mound. That will make it much more enjoyable. I think if I had a choice between having to croon my neck a little to see portions of the outfield, or having to deal with people walking in front of me the whole game, I would choose the former. So hopefully there won't be much of the latter for you.
  2. Soul
    Just don't give the DBacks 2 feet off the outside corner and I'm good. I have no stats, but it just seems every time opposing pitchers are allowed to throw way off the plate outside for strikes, that's all they do for the whole game and we struggle. Our pitchers are good enough at the top of the order to win without having to rely on outside pitches 90% of the time. I don't think the same can be said of the DBacks, outside of Webb.
  3. Soul
    The answer for me is clearly yes.
  4. Soul
    YES. Stat of the day buddy.
  5. Soul
    We all need to take a deep breath (myself included), try to relax, and realize we really just need to take 1 of 2 here. If we do that the home field switches to the Cubs and then we can close it out @ Wrigley with the D-Backs not having Webb, or having to go to Webb on short rest.
  6. Soul
    You should have looked closer. You actually had switched over to the Bears/Packers game, LOL.
  7. Soul
    You aren't. But I'm done talking about Bartman today.
  8. Soul
    It's pretty amazing because when you look at his numbers over the years, it really did look like 2006 was just a career year. But -- they say he really did make some changes in his approach, and it really worked for him. I guess in this case it was right. Glad to have DeRo on this club.
  9. Soul
    Good god the guy can't catch a break. Yeah. Looks like he's just not going to hold together long enough to develop into the pitcher we hoped he would be.
  10. Soul
    what's AZ Phil saying about it now? "ummm, hehe... Oh! You mean *THAT* Angel Guzman! Sorry, I thought you were talking about someone else."
  11. Soul
    I think it's a matter of Cub fans realizing at this point it wasn't just Bartman -- so why show only that one play ad nauseum? Whatever the motivation, it feels to Cub fans like the networks would like to create an atmosphere where another "curse" moment will occur that will bring down the Cubs again. And of course they'll be right there to cash in on it.
  12. Soul
    How much did you pay? If it was a reasonable price I'd keep 'em... It's Cubs playoffs. I guess unless you would consider buying other seats.
  13. Soul
    Not sure if this is the same or not, but Mike Greenburg just did a segment on the TV version of Mike & Mike that was all about Bartman, too. Well maybe the network idiots will be so busy with Bartman they'll forget to dust off their little goat graphics and "baaa!" sound F/X. :roll:
  14. Soul
    Doug Davis. The classic crap lefty that punks the Cubs.
  15. Soul
    Hehe, I was wondering who would be the first to say this.
  16. Soul
    I'd feel, like, way more comfortable if Phillips would have called us the worst playoff team.
  17. Soul
    What will take you away from Cubs games @ 7pm on a weekday night in LA?? Those games are right in the wheelhouse for west coast Cub fans. I think maybe your life deserves a "boo", not the schedule :P 8-)
  18. Soul
    +1 I didn't realize the two were mutually exclusive.
  19. Soul
    Meh. They could've done the same with last year's Cardinals. Plus, the mainstream media, for the most part, acts like sabermetrics don't even exist. So that sentiment really wouldn't prevail among them, anyway. Yeah, I fully expect many analysts to point to the grit and grind of the vets as a large factor no matter who wins the World Series. It's much easier to do that than look at actual stats.
  20. Soul
    Yep. And people have been pointing out this statistical anomaly for months now, saying it means the DBacks will fade (myself included). Yet they keep winning. It just means very little at this point. Sometimes teams can buck the probabilities, it happens. Doesn't change the fact that looking ahead, they should still not be as good as they actually performed. If you flip a coin heads 10 times in a row, the odds of flipping heads don't become any or better for the 11th. A long streak of bucking the probabilities means little in terms of predicting whether that streak will continue. ...unless there's something not being accounted for in the model.
  21. Soul
    Well, I mostly mean that if Buck is calling more Cub games this year, something wonderful has happened with the Cubs that hasn't happened in, oh...61 years or so. Ahh, went right over my head :o
  22. Soul
    People like to say this a lot. The truth is, though, sometimes good pitching wins, and sometimes good offense wins. It's a short series. There's no telling how the games will play out. The game of baseball doesn't suddenly change because it's the playoffs or because the calendar says October. Sure, a team with 2 or 3 good pitchers, and then a dropoff (in their rotation), is better off in the playoff format, but that's pretty much the situation the Cubs find themselves in, anyway. Granted, the weather has an effect, but we're playing in Arizona, and hell, the forecast for Saturday is 81 degrees and sunny. :shock: That aside, the Cubs pitching is better anyway. I know it wasn't technically a playoff game, but SD's superior pitching didn't help them last night, which would seem to support your point. Never know, sometimes a good pitcher will put in a bad performance. Last night it happened to SD twice. That said, I'm pretty worried about Webb. At least he's not a lefty.
  23. Soul
    I'll take Chip over Joe I'll take Chip over Stockton. Dick Stockton is brutal. every time I hear Stockton's voice I think Bears and Lions for some reason I'll take him over Joe Buck for a season. Even if he is brutal. I just don't want to hear Joe Buck call a Cubs game, at all costs. If it were up to me, I wouldn't mind Joe Buck calling a few Cubs games yet this year. Really? I just can't take him anymore. I'd take Chip over Buck, any day. Let me think of a hyperbolic example. I'd take that Brewer play-by-play guy over Buck (Brian Anderson) :P "and the Cubs are within Grand Slam range!!"
  24. Soul
    :shock: :GULP: I remember saying JUST THAT!!!! :cry: :x :cry: We did win the series.......in some alternate universe. :P
  25. Soul
    Yep. And people have been pointing out this statistical anomaly for months now, saying it means the DBacks will fade (myself included). Yet they keep winning. It just means very little at this point. Sometimes teams can buck the probabilities, it happens.
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