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  1. Bull
    I doubt he'd strike out that many as a starter. Sure he would. The question is would he healthy to do it again the next year.
  2. Bull
    alcohol kills more people per year than broken maple bats. It's a fact.
  3. Bull
    This could be another example of accidental excellence by Cubs management. In a lost cause year, Z got used less than he has in years. We were all questioning the wear and tear on that arm. This could be good in the long run. Cubs in 2011!!
  4. Bull
    I agree 100%. It was a tongue in cheek reference to a thread which linked an article that listed him among the "worst" .300 hitters this year.
  5. Bull
    So we're , uh, not doing this anymore?
  6. Bull
    Up to .320. But its a "soft" .320.
  7. Bull
    No team needs two McCutchens.
  8. Bull
    I don't know. We've got the baseball-reference link, but not any actual footage of the game. It may not have existed. Baseball reference conspiring to create box scores of games that never actually took place?!?! This could be bigger than steroids. I am quite sure that no one actually witnessed an Expos game in their last three years in Montreal. I defy anyone (besides the now VERY suspect BR) to prove otherwise.
  9. Bull
    at what point does the amount of day games theory gain some credence? (worn out, unable to find the "next gear"?
  10. Bull
    Does this hint that sabermetrics has hit a peak of usefullness, and that most of what we will glean from it, we already have? conventional wisdom is still a couple decades behind it, but does this hint at a chance that fewer "advancements' will lead to an opportunity for widespread understanding and wider acceptance?
  11. Bull
    That's it. He's not good enough defensively to play CF full time and doesn't hit with enough power to play one of the corner spots. From what I've seen in both the minors and with the Cubs his arm his strong and accurate and he's a decent route runner, but nothing spectacular. I'm not sure why so many people here are so down on him, I think he might be able to start on a team that gets power else where, but for most teams in the post steroid era he's likely to be a backup. In the steroid era not the "post steroid" era. The standards will change.
  12. Bull
    Try changing to the subsilver2 theme, if you aren't in it already. It worked. I was using the nexus theme. I liked it better, but I also like to quote. thanks.
  13. Bull
    I'm unable to quote anyone. only post a reply.
  14. Bull
    Any chance the angels pick him up, since they're paying him anyway?
  15. Bull
    looks like about a three hour window. 1/2 hr to clean up the field, 2 1/2 to get in at least the minimum 5..
  16. Bull
    any credit to Lou (or Trammell) for recognizing this guy's ridiculous splits?
  17. Bull
    think of it this way, at least you'll only have to do it once!
  18. Bull
    This guy: http://www.homeruncards.com/imagesrc/ricky-nolasco.jpg vs Mr Wells http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_large/2009/08/15/chicago_cubs_randy_wells_beats_reds_1.jpg lose losers.
  19. Bull
    I've been to 2 games at Fenway this year. The advertising is part of the experience. As long as they leave the Ivy and the scoreboard alone, I'm okay with it. If you mess with either of those, you might as well build new (to which I am also not opposed)
  20. Bull

    Z to the pen

    Bull replied to inari's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    The only thing I can come up with is a little rest early in the year for Z so he's not over 200 innings by the stretch run and an extended audition for a trade for Gorz and Silva. That's all I got.
  21. Bull

    Z to the pen

    Bull replied to inari's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    I just typed ten different half sentences, desperately trying to wrap my mind aound this move. I can't
  22. Bull

    Z to the pen

    Bull replied to inari's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    unbe-stinkin-lievable.
  23. Bull
    This is where additional metrics help more than an elaborate way of refining current ones. In the same way that LD% w/ BABIP(and hopefully hit f/x someday) show the differences between the dribbler that gets through and the rope off the wall, all the different Swing and contact percentages help differentiate between the truly disciplined hitter and one who simply saw the right pitches at the right time. why not just do it right the first time, instead of an endless string of "yeah, but"s?
  24. Bull
    I specifically came to this forum in the first place to get more insightful discussion on baseball, because Cubs.com was at the time full of people arguing who had a cuter butt, Grace or Chipper. It all comes full circle, so to speak.
  25. Bull
    But this isn't about the course of a career, this is about being able to better qualify individual instances. seeking a way to say that this walk shouldn't count towards some imaginary stats like "quality OBP" because that pitcher was so wild that the hitter shouldn't get "credit" for the walk. all base hits are not created equal, all walks are not created equal, and anyone who pretends they are is kidding themselves. Statistics will never be as reliable a predictor as we would like them to be as long as a "Theriot Special"/roller up the middle that anyone with decent range could get to, counts the same as a rope off the wall that is limited to a basehit, because the runner on first was afraid to advance until it dropped.
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