Hairyducked Idiot
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19-pitch inning for Duke going into the Zambrano at-bat. He needs to just not DP and give Soriano a chance.
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Johnson batting .800 before this at-bat with runners on third, less than 2 outs.
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*chants* NoDP No DP NoDP No DP NoDP No DP NoDP No DP NoDP No DP
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I hate that distinction so much. Baseball stats would be so much better off if we stopped arbitrarily dividing between "earned" and "unearned" and "hits" and "errors." I think there's a use for those stats, though. If there's a runner at 2nd with 2 out, and the pitcher throws a routine ground ball, and the fielder airmails the throw to first and the runner scores, that isn't the pitcher's fault. If he gives up a ground ball of the exact same speed and difficulty, but it happens to be placed exactly in the hole between two fielders, is it his fault? If he gives up a fly ball to shallow outfield and the outfielder gets a poor jump?
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If the Cubs haven't scored by the end of the third, I predict much unneccessary gamethread angst.
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I hate that distinction so much. Baseball stats would be so much better off if we stopped arbitrarily dividing between "earned" and "unearned" and "hits" and "errors."
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He just needs to throw strikes, this team can't really do too much damage They are 4th in the league in runs scored... And I can't figure out why. Their lineup doens't have that much punch and has a ton of holes in it Their outfield leads baseball in VORP.
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I take that back. It wasn't horrible, but it was pretty weak.
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Horrible throw from Soriano. A good one would have had him. Still no groundball outs, though that was a hard-hit grounder.
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No ground balls yet for Zambrano. Not a good sign.
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My goodness, you are right! That's the exact shade of yellow on the boat I had as a kid.
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Only a single? Weak.
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Done.
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Wow. That was well gone yesterday.
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Zambrano gets a key borderline call on 3-2.
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I hate it when the Cubs play at noon on Saturday and I have to work at 3. Yeah, it sucks knowing you'll have to leave in the middle of it. Maybe they'll be up 10-0 so it wont be like your missing much. Except Z's perfect game... If that's the case I may have to have some "car trouble" and be late. Your car is safe.
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Zambrano needs to pitch very carefully to Nady and Bay, otherwise he should be fine.
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PECOTA isn't very bullish on Ankiel's offense. But let's say he reaches his 75th percentile projection of .272/.335/.534, pretty awesome for a CF, right? Especially compared with Crisp's .270/.334/.414. Those work out to about a 20-run difference in VORP, not even enough to make up what Ankiel gives back in CF. I get what you are saying in the general sense, but I think you massively underestimate the range of potential values from defense in center field. It was once trendy to dismiss defense when looking at things sabermetrically because defense was poorly understood and generally saying a guy was good defensively was a proxy for saying "Stats say he sucks but I like him." The Cubs lead the league in defensive efficiency, one of three stats most linked to overperformance in the postseason. I'd like to keep it that way. I'll grant that Edmonds/Reed Johnson is a pretty mediocre platoon out there and we should be improving it, but raping our outfield defense isn't the way to do it. Playing Pie is.
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No save. You must finish the game to get a save. Wood gets a hold and a huge boost to his WRXL, but no save. Which is why closers shouldn't be your best pitchers, and I'm glad Marmol's the one who would actually pitch this theoretical eighth.
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CF not only has to cover more ground, it also has more balls hit to it. Even at Wrigley, CF *is* much larger than left or right. PECOTA projects the difference between Coco Crips and Rick Ankiel in center field to be 37 runs. That's pretty significant.
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That's called rape. People have gone to jail for less than that. Marmol, Hill, and Pie alone are too much. If it decimates the team that much to land Holliday, then no thanks. Mon dios! If we're giving up all that, I want Tulowitzki and my choice of two prospects from their system. Holliday is coming off a career year. I think he'll continue to be a .900+ OPS guy, but another season of 1.000+ is probably out of his reach. I don't think any trade that includes Marmol makes sense for this year's Cubs. A high-leverage reliever is a huge key in the playoffs.
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I don't see anything on that list that I would accept as the basis in a trade if I were the Giants. Trading a 25-year-old star pitcher, I want near-ready potential stars.
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hill to be skipped; injured in 5/16 AAA start
Hairyducked Idiot replied to abuck1220's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
All we can hope for is that it's nothing major..... His velocity was down just a little too this season: http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=4806&position=P Loss of velocity, mysterious change in mechanics, sudden control problems. I don't know why we didn't think of an injury sooner. -
Duncan solo homer cuts it to 3-1, but Pujols' streak looks over.
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hill to be skipped; injured in 5/16 AAA start
Hairyducked Idiot replied to abuck1220's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If there's an injury, at least that explains the loss of command.