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  1. CubUgly
    He's hitting better than Dansby and Nico the last 5 weeks and he's a lefty. But he wasn't going to be playing a lot with Shaw back and hitting well against righties lately and Seiya DH-ing. Better to get the AB's I guess.
  2. CubUgly
    I know man, I agree with Stratos above, I feel for Cohen, he seems like a nice dude but man does he come across awkwardly no matter who he's with. I'm not sure that's fixable. As someone else said I wonder if he was solo in the booth in Iowa and working with a partner just doesn't work.
  3. CubUgly
    And visa-versa.....they could not stand each other and it was so obvious to everyone watching. I could never believe they kept pairing them together.
  4. CubUgly
    I would agree with this. Boog it seems to me is always trying to prove he's the smartest man in the booth, but JD seems to have no ego so when Boog does that to him he'll say he doesn't know or make a self depricating joke or some other thing that diffuses Boog so Boog's attempts fall harmlessly away....I would agree JD tolerates Boog. I think he's trying this year to engage Cohen more but it's still rough
  5. CubUgly
    Well, we lost the game before that they did together so maybe not. I will say Cliff does make a more concerted effort than JD to conversate with Alex. But even with Cliff it just seems to me Alex seems like the new kid at school trying too hard to get everyone to like him. I find myself cringing several times a game when he's on the broadcast.
  6. CubUgly
    Scoring one run in each of the two outings vs. Lorenzon is not acceptable. But we did make amends off their bullpen....well kinda. Pete getting picked off in the 7th and Happ and Nico whiffing with the bases loaded was really bad baseball.
  7. CubUgly
    Man, I really feel for Dansby - I do. It's brutal to watch his at bats. Everyone can see he's pulling off everything but he seems incapable of making adjustments and when he does try to go oppo on the rare occasion he pops it up. But you are starting to see the handwriting on the wall. It's the second time in recent times he was pinch hit for late in a game, may have been other times I've missed. There comes a point where you can't worry about feelings anymore cause it's costing you games. Hell, if Nico wasn't slumping so bad right now too - moving him to short and giving Pedro a run at second might not be a bad idea. But Nico has been scuffling just as badly as Dansby the last month or so.
  8. CubUgly
    That's 100% how we need to look at this - and if either or both of Steele or Wiggins get in before the season is out - it's gravy.
  9. CubUgly
    Wow - I don't recall that - must have blocked it out. But this most recent losing skit was just so hard to watch. Over the last 10 years, every year we go through these prolonged slumps where everyone stops hitting at once. I guess maybe every team has these but it seems ours last longer. I was cutting games off in the 4th inning knowing we'd not score enough runs to win.
  10. CubUgly
    Thank goodness that nightmare is over. Worst stretch of baseball I can remember since the 11-game losing streak that led to the sell off back in 21.
  11. CubUgly
    Yeah, I think because we see him every day we don't realize how many tough chances he makes look routine.
  12. CubUgly
    I thought that curious as well. And I know every team goes through this not just the Cubs, but man when we go through these stretches were no one is hitting for a sustained period of time, it seems like it will never end.
  13. CubUgly
    Yes, it's just a matter of time before this all catches up with us. It could well happen on this upcoming road trip.
  14. CubUgly
    Yes, this ai about as good as it gets, we need to hold on to this feeling as long as we can - there will be times, and likely multiple, later this year where we want to DFA everyone and fire everyone.
  15. CubUgly
    The Giants Park is really nice - of the trendy new parks folks started building around in the 90's I like that one and the Pirates the best. But nothing beats the Wrigley experience.
  16. CubUgly
    Yeah, they smoked about 5 or 6 balls at least that found gloves last night. We had some good fortune and them not so much in that regard.
  17. CubUgly
    That's the third game you could say he made a huge contribution to winning for us already this year. If he does nothing else that's pretty valuable.
  18. CubUgly
    I think he was at 102 pitches, that's probably the reason.
  19. CubUgly
    He got ALOT of swing and miss today.
  20. CubUgly
    Gallen's ERA is good but his underlying numbers are not. 1.36 WHIP. Hard hit rate is pretty high. He's a candidate for regression - hope it starts today. Weather may help him though.
  21. CubUgly
    Agreed, they always reference soft factors for catchers like calling games and how they work with pitchers. Can't be quantified which kills some but it's relevant and fairly significant. It's IMHO why Contreras isn't catching anymore, moreso than pitch framing.
  22. CubUgly
    I didn't say it was a flawed model - just said we've seen teams even through a full season that belie the metrics and end up finishing better than teams that have significantly higher run differential even over 162 games - and it's why some folks don't lean all in on analytics. It's a good predictive tool you are correct and it's not a flawed model, it's just not perfect. None are. There is just nuance and baseball is about as random a sport as there is and as much as we try to boil it all down to numbers and stats, that randomness rears its head constantly. But it gives us endless points of discussion, which is what makes baseball so great to me.
  23. CubUgly
    Of course, I was not saying that either.
  24. CubUgly
    I was speaking more about the run differential thing than Busch actually.
  25. CubUgly
    You would think water will find its level eventually in this regard, but we've seen years and examples where it never does. Which is why some folks have a hard time leaning all in on analytics.
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