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Aaaaand Here We Go…
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The cap to one helluva busy day, MLB transaction-wise is, at least for Cub fans, the kickoff of the Cubs offseason, as Reed Johnson and Rich Harden filed for free agency:
The Cubs’ Reed Johnson and Rich Harden didn’t waste any time.
Johnson and Harden were among the...
Derrick Goold Expect Cubs To Offer God A Contract
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Derrick Goold expects the Cubs will offer Mark DeRosa a free agent contract.
DeRosa, coming off wrist surgery, figures to field an offer from the Chicago Cubs, at the least. He and Chone Figgins are two of the best utility players in the game, and both are free agents.
This isn...
Why You Can’t Believe The Talking Heads
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We’ve all heard a million times about how Alex Rodriguez was no good during the playoffs. Intelligent people just assumed it was a sample size issue while the ignorant paraded around as if they knew something about A-Rod’s personality that others did not. Well, A-Rod...
Lilly’s Surgery
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Ted Lilly underwent successful surgery on his left shoulder yesterday. He won’t begin throwing until early March, which means he won’t be ready to go when the season begins. The Cubs are hopeful he’ll be ready to pitch sometime in April, but considering it was...
Difference between 2008 and 2009 Phillies?
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RAUL IBANEZ
He’s obviously not why the Phillies lost, but you know damn well that we’d hear all about Raul Ibanez and a world championship all winter if the Phillies won it. So I’m going to play their game and blame Ibanez for the Phillies not winning it this...
A walk down memory lane (World Series game 6 thread)
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This is an old-school matchup: Pedro v Pettite. These two have never faced each other in the postseason, though their respective teams at the times (Yankees, Red Sox) faced each other in the ALCS in 99 and 2003 in some of the most dramatic postseason series in history. Let’...
WV23 Needs Your Help
3 days ago by
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See what I did there?
Anyway, WV23, who does yeoman’s work much higher up the Cubs Blog Food Chain, needs some help, because he’s taken on a Herculean task: cataloging all the hand-wringing Milton Bradley rumor mongering by Sullivan, Rogers et. al.
This should be...
2010 Bill James Projections
4 days ago by
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The 2010 projections are starting to come out so we can begin to get a better idea of how this team may do and what they need to this offseason to be a contender. Below are James’ projections for the hitters.
Hitter
AB
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2B
3B
HR
BB
SO
Avg
OBP
Slg...
The Chicago Cubs Top Prospects…By You
5 days ago by
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You ******* probably get sick of hearing my opinion on prospects, so I’m going to give you a dose of your own medicine.
Nearly 100 of you who read every word weighed in on the Chicago Cunts’ top prospects. And here’s what you said (total points in parentheses)…
Top 10
1...
2009 Cubs and xBABIP
5 days ago by
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Here are the 2009 Cubs starting position players BABIP and xBABIP (I used this handy tool):
Player BABIPxBABIP
Soto 0.2510.314
Lee 0.3330.308
Fontenot0.2810.317
Theriot 0.3270.335
Ramirez 0.3310.306
Soriano 0.2800.305
Fukudome0.3140.332
Bradley 0.3110.322
Lee...
Charlie Manuel is an idiot (World Series game 3 open thread)
5 days ago by
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I still have no idea why Cliff Lee is not starting this game. Let’s take another look at the pitching numbers from my WS preview:
NameIPFIP
Lee79.23.11
Hamels193.23.72
Martinez44.24.28
Happ166.04.33
Blanton195.14.45
Moyer162.05.08
Lee is light-years better than any of these...
Hot and cold streaks in baseball
6 days ago by
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For those of you who have not yet read The Book, mgl paraphrases the chapter on hot and cold streaks. Good stuff.
Milton Bradley Rumors
7 days ago by
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MLBTR has a couple of posts up this morning about Milton Bradley. One of them says the Cubs may be talking with the Blue Jays about Vernon Wells. This would be an awful idea. Wells is owed something like $7.6 trillion and in 2 of the last 3 seasons his wOBA has been well below...
Milton Bradley Rumors
7 days ago by
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MLBTR has a couple of posts up this morning about Milton Bradley. One of them says the Cubs may be talking with the Blue Jays about Vernon Wells. This would be an awful idea. Wells is owed something like $7.6 trillion and in 2 of the last 3 seasons his wOBA has been well below...
Milton Bradley Rumors
7 days ago by
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MLBTR has a couple of posts up this morning about Milton Bradley. One of them says the Cubs may be talking with the Blue Jays about Vernon Wells. This would be an awful idea. Wells is owed something like $7.6 trillion and in 2 of the last 3 seasons his wOBA has been well below average...
Why I despise most fans and journalists
7 days ago by
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From here
The St. Louis Cardinals’ new hire of former home run king/admitted steroid abuser Mark McGwire as hitting coach sends a message to all baseball and young people of “CHEAT, DO DRUGS, COVER UP WHEN CONGRESS INVESTIGATES,” former White House drug policy...
New Owner Overflow thread
8 days ago by
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Despite Ricketts’ platitiudes and expertly spun PR in today’s press conference (see for fans bought hook line and sinker), he means business On two blog posts by one of the two beat writers who does his job in this town, Bruce Levine, Ricketts revealed his plans for the...
Super Fun Happy Time 3000 New Owner PC Live Blog
8 days ago by
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Real sports blogs live blog exciting things, like, you know, sporting events. But **** that noise. I’ll be here liveblogging mental midgets (Sullivan, Wittenmeyer, Kaplan, et al.) asking Tom Ricketts personnel questions. Because this is how real losers spend their days off...
Phillies at Yankees, World Series Game 2
9 days ago by
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We needed a new thread, but I don’t have time right now to add some links. I may not. You can use yesterday’s links and just search if you want. The Yankees should win, but they were the better team yesterday too.
Phillies at Yankees, World Series Game 1
9 days ago by
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Make sure you read Berselius’ excellent preview if you haven’t already.
Cliff Lee posted a 3.25 FIP in the AL while with the Indians this season and CC Sabathia posted a FIP of 3.39 this year. This should be a great pitching match-up. Lee’s xFIP was 4.15 with...
Why Bobby Abreu Still Isn’t Very Good
10 days ago by
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Rally’s bottom 10 in TotalZone:
1. Michael Cuddyer, RF, -26
2. Bobby Abreu, RF, -25
3. Vernon Wells, CF, -19
4. Gary Matthews Jr., CF, -17
5. Alberto Callaspo, 2B, -16
6. Orlando Cabrera, SS, -16
7. Lastings Milledge, LF, -16
8. David Wright, 3B, -15
9. Carlos Lee, LF, -14...
On baseball, the Scientific Method, and Adam Dunn
10 days ago by
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This is an article I posted at BCB. Since I value the feedback from this community, I’m cross-posting it here. Let me know what you think…
First, I want to say that I should be and plan to be around here more often than I have been since my original post. I had an insane...
World Series Preview: Philadelphia Phillies (93-69) vs New York Yankees (103-59)
11 days ago by
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Well, this is it for the disappointing 2009 season. Since we’ve already eulogized this year’s team (and, at times, next year’s), let’s take a look at the two teams who are facing off in the World Series.
Philadelphia Phillies - How did they get it done?...
Is Kerry Wood Now A Liar?
11 days ago by
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Finally, somebody stood up and talked about what was going on with the Cubs.
Cleveland Indians closer and ex-Cubs ace Kerry Wood didn’t dismiss the notion that Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley and other African-American players may have experienced racial insensitivity during...
HoHoKam Stadium Comes Before Wrigley!
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I think the Cubs have to be the only team in sports more concerned about where they are playing their practice games than where they are playing their real games.
While a Collier County, Fla., group may well be serious in its effort to lure the Cubs away from Mesa, Ariz., the...
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