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  1. champaignchris
    ChEcking in from Busch. A little hazy but doesn't look like rain yet. Hopefully it can stay that way. Go Cubs!!!
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    I'm glad you said that because I was thinking the same thing. I was wondering if he spent a season as one of the scoreboard guys that would fill in for Pat during the fifth inning or something like that, but can't find anything on the Google to confirm or deny. But judging from his bio here (dating back to 2010) he's been working constantly in not-Chicago-land since he retired from playing. Maybe someone at WGN had a similar name a few years back?
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    Funny how many ex-Cubs broadcasters there are calling games... Thom Brennaman, Dewayne Staats, and of course Chip ("Fisted!") and Stone. And, yes, Pat is awesome. Oddly, I still think of him as the "new guy" even though I think this is his 16th year on the job. Guess that makes me freaking old. Still not used to Moreland. Don't know what I think of him yet.
  4. champaignchris
    When you spend $130-ish million to garner 71 wins, dropping payroll seems to be the inevitable conclusion.
  5. champaignchris
    The Cubs' starting pitching ERA will be at least a half run lower than last years' (4.79).
  6. champaignchris
    It was a joke. Apparently not a good one. Reference here.
  7. champaignchris
    These people probably all love Brian Wilson's shenanigans That's because Brian Wilson's shenanigans are cheeky and fun. Bryce Harper's shenanigans are cruel and tragic. Which makes them not shenanigans at all, really. Evil shenanigans.
  8. champaignchris
    For what it's worth, Boers and Bernstein just had on the guy from Baseball Prospectus who does the PECOTA projections. He said that their preliminary projections for the Cubs was about a .460 winning percentage, which comes out to 74.5 wins.
  9. champaignchris
    Right. I don't think the offense will be better. I don't think it will be THAT much worse though. I also don't think we'll have the worst starting pitching in the league again.
  10. champaignchris
    I voted with the plurality -- 71-75. Even with the offensive losses, I think the starting pitching will be significantly better (even if Garza is traded) and I think the defense will be marginally improved.
  11. champaignchris
    I saw that on SC, too, and told my wife, "That's crazy." The thing to remember is that odds more than anything are set by the market. It opens where the experts think it should be but the more money placed on the team the worse the payout gets. So I have to think two things... 1. A bunch of people blindly placing money on the Cubs due to the Theo hire; 2. A bunch of joke bets placed on the Cubs because 2012 is supposed to be the end of the world.
  12. champaignchris
    Well, other than Pujols signing a short-term deal with the Cubs, I don't see how that could have gone any better for the Cubs.
  13. champaignchris
    They'll be paying a relief pitcher $9M a year when he's 36. Yikes!
  14. champaignchris
    Soriano is essentially a one win over replacement type of player. If you can trade him for nothing but a smidgen of salary relief that allows you to sign a two wins over replacement type player(s), you've still improved the team. Thus, trade him for 20% of his salary and a bag of rocks, put Jackson in the outfield, and use the extra $2M - $3M/year saved on more productive players. Seems like it could be done with a small market AL team that has nothing at the DH.
  15. champaignchris
    We didn't have a right fielder. We now have a 3.0 WAR right fielder for a perfectly reasonable contract. What's not to like?
  16. champaignchris
    Assuming Ram really is done with the Cubs, his all-time Cubs career ranks are 3rd in Slugging % 5th in OPS 15th in total bases 14th in doubles 6th in HRs 12th in RBI 11th in Extra base hits 5th in hit by pitch
  17. champaignchris
    Derrick May. I thought he was going to be another Darryl Strawberry. Wrong! I didn't look at any of the other responses, so I don't know if he's already been mentioned.
  18. champaignchris
    It's not so much the 200 hits. It's the 200 hits prior to age 22. Which would make him the 10th to ever do that... Ty Cobb, Al Kaline, Joe DiMaggio, Buddy Lewis, Vada Pinson, Alex Rodriguez, Garry Templeton, Hal Trosky, and Lloyd Waner. I think we all know that Starlin needs to improve his defense, take more walks, and hit for more power. Luckily, at least the first and third of those things tend to get better as players enter their prime, which Starlin is probably 2 or 3 years away from.
  19. champaignchris
    He's pretty expensive for an above average middle reliever. He's pretty cheap for a below average 4th or 5th starter. The Cubs are going to need starting pitchers next year. I'd have them pick up the option with the intention of him stretching out to be a starter in the Spring. If it works out, great. If it doesn't work out and he goes back to the pen, it's not like you're blowing a huge wad of cash on him.
  20. champaignchris
    Rangers fans would have to love this. Something like 35 or 40 of their games every year start at 9 pm central. Can't be easy to follow for the fans with jobs. Adding Houston to their division would cut that number by about 8.
  21. champaignchris
    Just for fun, Old Hoss Radbourn's 1884 stats with the Providence Grays: 59 wins, 12 losses, 2 saves, 1.38 ERA, 73 CG, 11 SO, 678.2 IP, 441 Ks, .922 WHIP, 19.8 WAR He was 5'9" and weighed 168 lbs. Bizarre. As for post-dead ball era, I have to concur with those saying Steve Carlton's 1972.
  22. champaignchris
    C'mon. Its's not so bad. Let's play ball! (Posted from under the overhang, aisle 215.)
  23. champaignchris
    Doesn't Soriano have a 5 and 10 right to refuse a trade regardless of what his contract says? Ditto Ram, Z, and Dempster. Seems like a lot of people slam Hendry for NTCs when those players could nix a trade anyway under the CBA.
  24. champaignchris
    That's it.
  25. champaignchris
    The problem with the Cubs is that they have a generations long history of never rolling a 7. Here's the complete list of Cubs draft picks (who actually signed with the team) with at least a 5.0 Career WAR since 1990: Doug Glanville Steve Trachsel Kerry Wood Justin Speier Kyle Loshe Jon Garland Scott Downs Corey Patterson Eric Hinske Dontrelle Willis Mark Prior Ryan Theriot Ricky Nolasco Geovany Soto Randy Wells Sean Marshall We should be seeing the "fruits" of the 2004-2006 drafts right now, but there's just no one there. Colvin and Samardjiza are the only two from those three drafts on our major league roster in 2011. I suspect that the issue is not necessarily who they've drafted, but how they develop the players after they draft them. Regardless, the Cubs sheer inability or refusal to produce players out of their system is beyond frustrating.
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