That's my bad, I thought that was Dave who wrote them. I asked the question before the 2nd one came out. I figured he looked into it and then quickly wrote the article.
My understanding is any player on the 40 has to pass through waivers to be traded so you're looking at guys like Alzolay and such who would head the deal.
Flashes of Mr Coach Klein watching lowlights in Waterboy "And there's an easy-out. Oh look, the SS fumbles the ball, and oh, he has time to pick it up, pump fake, pat his glove, and lob the ball to the 1B and beat him by multiple steps"
Well, they literally haven't worn the white on white combo since the disastrous week 1 in 2009, where cutler threw 4 or 5 picks in his debut and urlacher was lost for the season. i actually miss that. and i remember the lovie bears hating the blue/blue combo because they always seemed to get their asses kicked when they wore it. i think that's their color rush combo now, which they appear to be wearing vs green bay this year. I don't pay much attention to this stuff but that is nuts. I love the white on white and the superstitious bullcrap just makes me chuckle. I'm really surprised to hear that was the last time we wore that combo.
Oh I am going to drop that on Dave in his next chat I actually asked him in a chat a couple weeks ago if Cubs fans should care that KB hits like a relief pitcher in HLS and he never replied to the question. Seems like he definitely read it and took it to heart. I gotta call him out for that.
Reading this article http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/would-chris-hayes-get-a-hit-in-a-full-season-of-play/ Led to this
NEIFI Analytics just feels like the biggest oxymoron ever.