Hairyducked Idiot
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lol, sorry.
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Spoiler on the game
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A seven-run win and their run differential is all the way back to zero. A three-run win and they are within 100 runs of the Cubs :) Not worried. If the Cubs choke, the Brewers might be the beneficiary, but they aren't good enough to flat out take it from them.
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Arizona has fallen apart. Hard. So much for their unstoppableness. The game of most interest to me besides Cubs and Cardinals is the Marlins-Braves game. Braves lead 4-2 in the 7th. If it holds, we shave another number off the Cubs' playoff magic number and move 6.5 games ahead of the last spot.
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Baseball Prospectus, I believe via PECOTA, projected the Sox at 72 wins before last season. The Sox players laughed off the stats geeks, and many Sox fans I know made it a point to berate and mock BP every chance they got early in the season for this ridiculous projection. The final result: White Sox 72-90.
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The Baseball Prospectus thing was hilarious. Absolutely hilarious.
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agreed Corollary: The phrase "Ballgame" should not be uttered until the final out is recorded. Sheesh. You guys take all the fun out of game threads. What's next, no "XXX just hit a homer," no "nameresult," no posting of observations that are then completely debunked by a quick baseball-reference link? What's left? BTW, Braves lead Marlins 3-2 in the fifth. If Atlanta wins, Cubs are 6.5 games clear of the wild card.
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agreed Boooo. The point is that when we all do it, it becomes impossible to tell who's being ironic and who is being reactionary and it loses it's annoyance levels. At least for me, anyway.
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Smoltz done?
Hairyducked Idiot replied to bukie's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I hate when fans argue the "don't stick around to tarnish your career." You get 85 years on this earth if you are lucky. Why would you ever willingly choose to spend one not playing MLB baseball for a living, if the option was yours? -
The lights thing is a myth. HFA alternated between West and East back then. I wanna say 85 was the first year they switched to best record. Not true. '84 was the East's year for HFA, but they didn't let the Cubs have it because they couldn't have any night games. '89 was still alternating, and that year was the West's turn (The Cubs finished 93-69, while the Giants finished 92-70, but the Giants got HFA). That's an urban legend and not true. The commissioner threatened to take away the Cubs' home-field advantage in the 1984 WS should they get there, but the Cubs were *not* scheduled for home-field in the 1984 NLCS. It was the NL West's turn. Then, the next season, it was announced the Cubs would have to play all postseason games away from Wrigley if they couldn't find lights. If you google something like "1984 Cubs Wrigley home-field myth" you'll find multiple sources backing this up. The lost home game of the '84 NLCS is a myth.
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A 3-run road victory with our worst starter going, including the offense taking a ton of walks and hitting homers, and I feel kinda iffy about the game. This team is so cool.
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The other good news is that we *do* have guys in AAA who can be credible pitchers and step in when needed. 9 in a row. 38-21, on pace for 104 wins. This team is so, so good.
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On the other hand, this game was never as close as the nerve-wracking "tying run is at the plate" scenario made it seem, and we are about to win our 9th in a row. Cubs win! Six games clear of the wild card, 3.5 clear of the Cardinals! Up into the top third in road winning percentage. Going for 10 in a row tomorrow.
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Strikeout. I can't believe we are using Wood here. We better clinch by Aug. 15 to give our bullpen time to go on the DL and then rehab.
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Leadoff double. *sigh*
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Which is why Cendeno and Pie will be dealt at the deadline for an arm or two. What kind of arms are those 2 guys going to fetch right now? That depends entirely on what the contract situation of the arm. Pie, especially, still has plenty of trade value.
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Yeah, I definitely don't mean our rotation is bad. It's not. Even Marquis would be an improvement over the last starter on a lot of teams. It's just definitely the least impressive part of the team since Hill disappeared. If we can get Hill back and trade for a starter, whoa...
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Solid single for Ramirez, red-hot.
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One good pitching innings eater would be great We're sort of the definition of how to build a dominant team without a rotation right now. Great bullpen (tonight notwithstanding)? Check. Consistently, high-OBP, deep offense? Check. Great defense (as measured by defensive efficiency)? Check.
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http://www.fangraphs.com/tgraphs/20080602_Cubs_Padres_0.png http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/280603125_Cubs_Padres_79772280_lbig.png Fangraphs trying to remind me that these late-inning hiccups aren't as scary as they seem, but I'm not buying it.
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Called strike three. Wasn't down the middle, but it wasn't borderline either. Whew....
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3-1. The walks tonight are maddening. Now I know what it feels like to be the other teams' fan against the Cubs offense. 3-2...
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This grounder slightly less in the hole, get the runner at second. 9-6, 1st and 3rd.
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It's a little more valid when the bases are actually loaded. :)