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  1. sunnydoo
    no he isnt. story on cubs.com. he is having issues still with cramping.
  2. sunnydoo
    did you miss the 9th inning yesterday? murton should have made the dp, but double clutched the ball.
  3. sunnydoo
    i really think you will see Guzman as the new closer next week. his medical problems are going to preclude him from being a starter and they dont seem to be able to get it fixed. with marmol up now and miller back next week, just makes the most sense. think its going to be cotts and wuertz setting up Angel.
  4. sunnydoo
    because most people use stats to predict future value. high correlation of data usually.
  5. sunnydoo
    fixed.
  6. sunnydoo
    Who would have guessed that on May 18th that our most productive hitters in the lineup would be Theriot and Pagan? At least Johnny B. left us with those goodies.
  7. sunnydoo
    Doesn't really matter, he still got in there, but the throw and tag were just in time if Ozuna held on to the ball. Can someone check and see if Murton went to the Moises Alou school of Baserunning?
  8. sunnydoo
    Someone alert the media: we had a scoreless inning of relief. shock and awe. :shock:
  9. sunnydoo
    Wade Miller is coming back at the end of next week, beginning of the following week after one more rehab start. Someone has to come out of the rotation. My bet is they will move Guzman to closer, given his continual problems with cramping. Its not like he could do any worse than what we have down there.
  10. sunnydoo
    This statement makes no sense it makes sense. It's silly and illogical, but it makes sense. he's telling you why he thinks something happened. That's an opinion, and they don't need to be backed with facts to be intelligible, even if they are nonsensical Now that i take a look at it, i see what Gammons is saying...but its an incorrect data conclusion. The percentage of HRs hit out to LF has been dropping since they added the seats in 2003, and with everything being equal, Gammons would have reached the logical conclusion that the seats were causing the mayhem. The assumption is that everything remained equal...and it did not. Big Papi is the reason the % of HRs is increasing to RF, which is causing the numbers to drag to LF. Ortiz actually hit more HRs in Fenway last year than Psycho...the first time that has happened. The funny thing looking at the stats for the last 10 years is the 2 curves: 2007 13/15 2006 74/73 2005 79/72 2004 77/111 2003 74/111 2002 68/77 2001 77/97 2000 77/66 1999 72/80 1998 83/93 1997 62/90 The Sox pitchers have been remarkably consistent, while the hitters have not.
  11. sunnydoo
    1.36. Someone said the other nite on the ESPN telecast (Baker or Sutcliffe) that Rothschild had been yelling at him that he wasnt a sinker ball pitcher and that he needed to stop acting like one. He apparently needs to throw his normal fastball and change up more to be effective. God help him in the wind tunnell in mid summer.
  12. sunnydoo
    baseball-reference.com They have a new section where you can look up stats via boxscores for the modern era. Check streaks, do what if searches, look up stats by before or after date, etc. Really really cool toy to play with. Its a pretty neat tool, but they charge to cover research costs.
  13. sunnydoo
    This statement makes no sense Why? Gammons mentioned it again the other nite after one of the guys cleared the Monster. The ball simply isnt traveling as well to left field these days. The new edition up there has caused some kind of change to the wind direction in Fenway. It was done right before the RedSux won the Championship in 2004. Some say its a coincidence which i can somewhat understand. Some say it was a fundamental change to the pitching staff (which i disagree with. look at the 70s Boston staff of Eck, Torrez, Tiant, and Lee. Pretty hard throwers with good stuff but they were unable to seal the deal.) I think it is the wind dynamics. I do not understand why that makes little sense.
  14. sunnydoo
    Was it a coincidence that after the RedSux built on top of the Monster in 2003 that HRs stopped going out with the same frequency as before? Methinks not. Dont know what the problem is with Wrigley, but saying something isnt amiss with some great teams we have had over the years from 1916 (the first year they played in the park) until 2007 seems kind of freakish, especially given the wind tunnell that is mid summer. My philosophy is that it is the same thing that is going on out here in Colorado with Coors. If you build your team one way for home games, does it translate to the road? I think the Cubs problem over the years is lack of lefty production and pop among other sordid problems with the pitching staff.
  15. sunnydoo
    Ryan Theriot has average to below average range wherever he plays, which is why i favor him at 2b as opposed to SS. On top of that he was playing more to the bag for the throw. The dumb thing about it is that Delgado is a pull hitter. Facing Eyre, it was more likely that he was going to hit it towards right than left. Delgado also has hit better against lefties than righties this year. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_hitting_chart.jsp?playerID=113232&statType=1 Coaching staff has some culpability in the matter, should have gone righty instead of lefty out of the pen to face Wright and Delgado. And if they cant read the opp batting charts, dont know if anything is going to help them.
  16. sunnydoo
    I agree somewhat with Synergy. We built Wrigley in 1914. We have constant problems with the City of Chicago and the damn Neighborhood Assoc. Part of the problem with the ball club could be the stadium. Not a popular opinion, but there may some truth to that. Wrigley is a wonderful place to see a game and have many memories of the place. But in the words of George Harrison, All things must pass. The House that Ruth Built is coming down this year. No reason we cant build somewhere where we are wanted either.
  17. sunnydoo
    Interesting that the Braves let Wilson go. Means they will probably go with 3 catchers on the Roster and possibly let Salt play at 1st. I say interesting b/c the teams has about 4 to 5 guys listed right now with D to D problems. Also Jason Smith- an ex-Cubby farmhand got picked up off waivers by the Dbacks.
  18. sunnydoo
    After todays fantastic finish, i think we need to revisit this situation. Bullpen is now 2-11, with a 3.99 ERA- good for 11th in the NL. They have also blown 8 saves in 16 opportunities for a rocking 50% save percentage. With Lou taking the credit for moving Angel over on the rubber and for helping to diagnose and fix Z's problem after Rothschild had been working with him for 3 to 4 weeks on it...hopefully Larry wont be around too much longer. And we still need to fire Hendry. He is the one that put this mess together. It was a problem in 05. It was a problem in 06. And guess what, its still a problem in 07. That is the GMs fault, plain and simple.
  19. sunnydoo
    Wow, snippy much? So dont take my word for it. While none of these guys may be of the caliber of the new breed of SS, all of them had pretty solid careers and some pretty good years. Similar Batters through Age 26 Bill Russell (964) Royce Clayton (964) Marty Marion (961) Rafael Ramirez (960) Terry Turner (960) Steve Yerkes (960) Jose Oquendo (958) Jackie Hayes (958) Bucky Dent (957) Jerry Remy (957) Now lets see you come back from TJ surgery and play SS mister. Usually takes right at 2 years to get back into the full swing of things. His OPs may never be really high b/c of his slugging %, but i think once he adjusts to the IF at Wrigley, he can make up for it with the glove. :wink:
  20. sunnydoo
    Our 27 yr old SS with great range has moved up to 8th non qualified in BA and 7th in OBP in the NL after a stinko start for NL SS. Considering his last full year was in 2004 (when he was 24) was .288/.340, I would say he needs some loving with the glove he carries. Now hitting .284 after a single in his first AB, and .395 for the month of May. But yet everyone hates him on this board.
  21. sunnydoo
    Andruw Jones is an Indian from Curacao if i remember correctly. His father was supposed to have been better than him but never got a chance b/c no one used to scout the Islands. Renteria is from Colombia. Soriano from the DR. Dont know the heritage on either one. Possible that either could have African roots or may just be dark Indians.
  22. sunnydoo
    Well its simple economics, as are most things. Most inner city kids play basketball or football. Why? you just have to buy a ball or know someone who has one (not talking about organized football, just fball the way you played in the street when you were a kid). Priced a set of golf clubs or a baseball, bat and glove recently? Doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out why the inner city kids gravitate to bball and football. Now we know why Langerhans was traded. :wink:
  23. sunnydoo
    Exactamundo. However, the one thing i disagree with you on CubColt (the highlighted quote) is that as i mentioned before, at least 6 teams are looking for closers at the moment and no one wants to trade big pieces this early in the season. So its going to be real pricey to go out and get a true closer. True you could send one of your starters for a set up man like a Farnsworth, but you would have to take a leap of faith that they are going to be able to close with regularity and consistency. Just dont see anyone selling a 30 save closer at the moment.
  24. sunnydoo
    Ok, then i watch you get fired as Eaton sets up and Alf closed. With that tandem, it wouldnt matter how many innings or runs your starters gave up. Better hope for a ton of complete games.
  25. sunnydoo
    With no change in personnel, the choice is 5 veteran starters with Myers closing or 5 veteran starters, 1 unhappy starter in the pen, and Alf closing. As a long time Cub fan, this is a no brainer.
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