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Jesus Not to further derail this thread, but how much difference would Carlos Silva have made over that list of "scrubs"?
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Yom Kippur is almost over.
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In retrospect....
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I love that the Cubs are the proverbial prettiest girl at the ball, but don't tease me like this. They are more like the sluttiest girl at prom. The new guy is guaranteed to get laid that night, but if things aren't handled the right way, things can get crazy in a hurry, and he may wind up regretting that prom night the rest of his life. So you're saying the Cubs have herpes?
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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. or 4...or 5. He's really young.
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09/12 CUBS (Lopez) @ DBR (Willis) 6:10 CDT, CSN
Bull replied to CubmanPi's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Our Cubs have quietly gone from absolutely putrid to merely very bad. -
For 2 years, the Giants called Jerome Williams "Jeremy."
Bull replied to snoodmonger's topic in General Baseball Talk
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so when cub management goes down to iowa or tennessee to see how guys are playing and evaluate whether they might be able to make a positive contribution to the big club, what is that called? "watching"? davearm, you've allowed your argument to be derailed into what he does, but your original point was right on. Wilken and Fleita serve in totally different roles.
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Ricketts hired him back in July, but has kept it secret.
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Ricketts' List of GM Candidates (Chicago Tribune)
Bull replied to MrCub14's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
It is all relative. He is with the Red Sox now. No its not relative. You said the Cubs are tight with spending and they have the 6th biggest payroll in baseball, 3rd last year. Sorry if the Cubs didn't shell out an extra 20 mil during a period where ownership changed and inherited an extremely flawed and overpaid team. 20 mil probably wouldn't have made this team a playoff team so theres no point in adding more high priced and potentially disasterous contracts. Rickets did the right thing and invested the money in scouting and the draft. Epstein would love smart ownership like that, possibly because it reminds him of the team he's currently with and not the bumbling band of morons that have symbolized the cubs front office for several decades. His wording was flawed, but his point stands. Epstein has no motivation to jump ship. He has a situation that is already good. Everyone credits him with making it good, and while the Cubs' payroll is high the one he has now is higher than high. why leave? -
I'm in favor of banning this... if it help us win a championship awesome
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Pagan
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Kenney Gets What Kenney Wants!
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I'm SO glad that Mr. Soriano doesn't regret signing a bloated contract that will probably keep the next 3 generations of his family very rich while he gave us 2 good seasons, 2 productive seasons, and 1 bad season plus whatever else is to come. And here I was feeling sorry for him. Why feel sorry for him? Because (according to the quote) the team has been a disappointment and Soriano thought hewas signing on with a winner. I was just stating the ridiculousness of anyone even asking him if he regretted the contract to begin with. There are a lot of people who should regret that contract, but Alfonso isn't one of them. agreed.
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That's all fine and good if that's what they're thinking. I just pray they're not buying into all this leadership BS. Eh, the person that is gonna make the first base decision next year is likely not even working for the Cubs right now When did Kenney get the boot?
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leave it alone. it's better that way.
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I'm SO glad that Mr. Soriano doesn't regret signing a bloated contract that will probably keep the next 3 generations of his family very rich while he gave us 2 good seasons, 2 productive seasons, and 1 bad season plus whatever else is to come. And here I was feeling sorry for him. Why feel sorry for him? Because (according to the quote) the team has been a disappointment and Soriano thought hewas signing on with a winner.
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If that's the case, we should be able to compare the number of really bad starts Zambrano has compared to other pitchers in some way, and see if it's really out of line. That's a lot more involved than just saying "He had some really bad starts, so let's not count those." 40.5% of Dempster's earned runs allowed came in 6 of his 26 starts 62.7% of Garza's earned runs allowed came in 7 of his 24 starts 50% of Zambrano's earned runs allowed came in 6 of his 24 starts I'm sure if we looked at all the more or less reliable pitchers in the league, you'd see most of them fall into the same "boom or bust" pattern. 10% more in the same number of starts is a huge difference between Demp and Z. and Garza has an ERA a full point lower than Z. I think you reinforced my point. and again, I'm not saying the original statement was true...I'm saying IF its true, its relevant. Also those percentages mean very little (to this particular discussion) as Demp may have surrendered 7 runs in 6 innings and Z 7 runs in 3 innings. Again I'm not arguing the numbers, just the logic. IF it is true, its relevant.
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Avoiding the disastrous outings is a pretty important skill. Every pitcher looks amazing if you let them take out a few bad starts. I'm not sure this is true. If you take out outliers on both ends, I think some pitchers will look very different than others with comparable overall stats. That's probably true, but it's subtly different from "He'd be his normal self if not for a few terrible starts." But its critical to the point. If Zambrano gives you 25 above average starts 4 ridiculous amazing and 4 ridiculous bad start, but randy wells gives you 10 above average, 5 average, 10 below average, 3 great, 1 amazing, and 4 ridiculous bad, who is your more valuable pitcher even if their ERAs and other overall numbers are comparable. In 29 games Z has you with a chance to win and with wells its only 18. I know you know this, but the mean and the median are not the same. ETA: All of this is theoretical, and not based on any observance of the stats other than a cursory glance at Wells game log. Insert names James Wilson and Gregory House if anyone has a problem with the above.
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He's been pretty bad this year. Teams taking him on are going to be doing so out of the hope that he rebounds at least somewhat next season. I havn't been following as closely as I have in years past, but hasn's Z actually been pretty close to his career averages but been brought down by a handful of disasterous outings? Avoiding the disastrous outings is a pretty important skill. Every pitcher looks amazing if you let them take out a few bad starts. I'm not sure this is true. If you take out outliers on both ends, I think some pitchers will look very different than others with comparable overall stats.
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I was also at the game. It really didn't look like he was throwing at him. What did you guys see in tv land?
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streak was nice. one good moment in a pathetic season. Now back to watching the fecal league standings.
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I'm waiting for the day Fred stats post reads: The Cubs are... bad.
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Cubs talking to Texas?
Bull replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
What do you mean good for him? In a variety of ways. He's constantly taking to him, and Starlin seems to listen. Especially after an error. Starlin seems like the kid who could get mistakes in his head and barney talks him off the wall. Does anyone else see this or am I making it up? Their rapport on the double play still makes me stand up and get excited occasionally. ETA I originally mistyped Starlin as Stalin. Stalin Castro.