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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Someone on the Mets needs to get on base and not get doubled up so that Wright gets one more shot to extend my streak to 7.
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    There's only been two people who have said that Lee is better than Pujols, and one of them(Vance) was obviously joking. There was some debate about who's the better defender or who had the better '05, but I don't think people are claiming what you think they are.
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    I took manager way back on page 1. Mainly because I am awful at sports. :wink: I'll be the hitting/3rd base coach then! "In ndistops we busty" doesn't have the same ring to it.
  4. Transmogrified Tiger
    Jon, your sig is the greatest picture you have ever created. If there was a way to change the graphics to get to say "Juan Pierre's Recliner of Rage" it would be the best Cubs picture of all-time.
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    Koufax (Although its true that Pedro is up there) As for our generation, I go 1. Big Unit 2. Pedro 3. Clemens 4. Maddux Koufax's career high in ERA+ is 190. Pedro has 5 seasons of at least 196(avg. IP: 211).
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    Carpenter goes tomorrow.
  7. Transmogrified Tiger
    What's EPatt's day looking like?
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    Please show me the #'s that somehow equate Zito to Randy Johnson. And, as for his playoff #'s - small sample size? Anyone? No thank you to mediocre, expensive starters. Johnson had a career ERA of 3.46 at the time of the trade, Zito has a career ERA of 3.50. Johnson's ERA's in recent years were similar to Zito's, and he gave up fewer baserunners while striking out a bajillion more hitters. They aren't on the same plane.
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    That picture is photoshopped.
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    I have to give him dap for this one Of course, the "you're a loser" he pulled out later was pretty lame.
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    Innings are the most important stat. Nothing hurts a team more than having Koronkas pitch for them. In '04 the Cubs had Rusch and Mitre pitch when Wood and Prior were hurt. BP isn't loading for some reason, but I'm going to venture they had a positive VORP since they combined for a 4.44 ERA and a 1.33 WHIP as starters. '05 is harder to figure because there's a rotation spot open even if both were healthy. Dempster, Williams, Rusch, Mitre, Hill, Koronka, and Leicester all started games, combining for a 4.97 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP. Not that great, but probably not below Replacement Level.
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    VORP 2004 Maddux 34.8 (212 IP), .136 as a rate Prior 25.6 (118 IP), .216 as a rate Wood 28.8 (140 IP), .205 as a rate Maddux was better than both in '04, but only because of IP. When they pitched, both Prior and Wood were better. 2005 Maddux 28.6 (225 IP), .127 as a rate Prior 31.8 (166 IP), .190 as a rate Wood 9.2 (66 IP), .136 This time, Prior was better cumulatively even though he threw almost 60 fewer innings. And again, when Wood pitched, he was more effective than Maddux. Also worth noticing, it took Wood 140 IP in '04 to best Maddux's output in 225 IP. That's a staggering difference.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    Gallagher is at High A
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    True, but it makes him 18-10 in 04 and 16-13 last year. It would have put the Cubs 1 game behind the Astros at the end of 04. Being 2 games closer the whole season in 04 makes me think we would have won the wild card. W-L is worthless, you can't assume our record would change, or that just being closer would somehow allow us to overtake somebody.
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    THE EDMONDS STEROIDS THREAD WAS A JOKE Not a single person in that thread "more or less accused" Edmonds of using steroids.
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    What did he do in the starts before April 17? Nobody is saying Maddux hasn't had 3 good starts in a row for us. We're just saying it is different when it is the first 3. The point is that Maddux isn't a stranger to having several good outings early in the season, whether it's the first 3, or the 3rd thru 5th, or the 4th thru 6th. He did the same thing in '04 too. April 23: 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 8 K April 28: 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 3 K May 3: 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 6 K 3 start total: 21 IP, 2.25 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 5.67 K/BB Well, if his conditioning program has made only the difference that his first 3 are great instead of bad and everything else is the same, that changes his overall season numbers dramitcally. Maddux last year: 4.24 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 3.78 K/BB Maddux if you replace the first 3 starts last year with this year's first 3 starts: 3.88 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 3.68 K/BB It doesn't have an extreme effect.
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    What did he do in the starts before April 17? Nobody is saying Maddux hasn't had 3 good starts in a row for us. We're just saying it is different when it is the first 3. The point is that Maddux isn't a stranger to having several good outings early in the season, whether it's the first 3, or the 3rd thru 5th, or the 4th thru 6th. He did the same thing in '04 too. April 23: 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 8 K April 28: 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 3 K May 3: 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 6 K 3 start total: 21 IP, 2.25 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 5.67 K/BB
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    April 17, 2005: 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 3 K April 23, 2005: 8 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 3 K April 29, 2005: 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 3 K 3 start total: 20 IP, 2.70 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 4.5 K/BB 2006 total: 20.1 IP, 1.33 ERA, 0.69 WHIP, 3.5 K/BB
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    I sent this article to the dugout guys. The response email? hahahahhahahaha We really should have a thread devoted to these. I'm procrastinating by looking at old ones. Dugout of Unusual Size Picks to Click
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    In comparison to Pujols, yes. No, in comparison to himself. "Past his prime", I think, is the term that we're using. You're missing the point. When comparing Ramirez and Rolen, you have to take into effect that Ramirez will likely improve and Rolen will likely plateau or decline because of their ages. The same holds true for Lee and Pujols, even though no one has really compared who will be better going forward(correct answer: Pujols). I don't necessarily buy into the idea of Derrek Lee suddenly declining because of his age. I think he's FOUND his prime. Some find it later than others. That's why this whole discussion of Ramirez' prime versus Rolen's prime is completely arbitrary, in my mind. We don't know when their prime was, is, or will be. There are exceptions(Luis Gonzalez, come on down), but when you're predicting performance over several years, assuming that someone is an exception isn't the way to go.
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    one of those 3 or RJ
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    uhh
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    trade for Gomes now before he really goes off
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    In comparison to Pujols, yes. No, in comparison to himself. "Past his prime", I think, is the term that we're using. You're missing the point. When comparing Ramirez and Rolen, you have to take into effect that Ramirez will likely improve and Rolen will likely plateau or decline because of their ages. The same holds true for Lee and Pujols, even though no one has really compared who will be better going forward(correct answer: Pujols).
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    In comparison to Pujols, yes.
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