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Quote from: Brownie on May 08, 2018, 09:15:15 PM

Quote from: R-V on May 08, 2018, 10:04:42 AM
Do any of the internet websites track which offenses are the highest/lowest variance? An offense that scores 9 runs one day and then 3 days the next would (you think) win less games than a hypothetical offense that scores 6 runs on both days. Wondering if the Cubs seemingly dramatic swings in production are actually that dramatic as compared to the rest of the league.

I would be very interested in that statistic.

All you would need to do is run an average and  a standard deviation on the number of runs scored for each team.  Would seem to be easy to do (just not by me)

none today either, sheeesh

Quote from: Tonker on January 17, 2018, 03:15:23 AM

Quote from: Bort on January 16, 2018, 01:48:30 PM
This thread title is the most blatant case of false advertising since my successful suit against the makers of The Neverending Story.

I have similar suits in against the makers of "48 Hours", "Another 48 Hours", "11 Days 11 Nights", "9 1/2 Weeks", 'From Here to Eternity" and "About Last Night".

Should go against "127 hours" as well.  Bet you could win an arm [and a leg]

Quote from: Oleg on December 13, 2017, 09:26:37 AM

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Quote from: Oleg on December 12, 2017, 02:56:51 PM
I guess Chatwood sounds Jewish.

Having no other background on him, I'd venture he's a better Jew than Oleg or me.

Indeed.  I'm a better jew than either of you.

Ali's a better jew than either of them and she almost forgot to light the candles tonight.

Thanks for reminding me.  Tonight is first night of Hanukkah.  8 days from now I will be about 10 pounds heavier because of a diet of Donna's potato latkes.

I had my body weight in latkes last night.

I also had 2 latkes yesterday.  And to paraphrase, what am I, chopped liver?

Quote from: CBStew on November 01, 2017, 10:48:55 PM

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Quote from: Saul Goodman on November 01, 2017, 07:38:52 PM

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 01, 2017, 08:27:09 AM
DPD

Along with keeping Wade Davis, I hope Jepstink are in on Brendan Morrow. He could be the two inning bridge guy they'll need once whoever next year's 5 is combusts and Monty finally gets moved to the rotation.

Is that Brandon's brother?

The offseason starts tomorrow.  This might be Theo's most active offseason yet.

I think he means Brenden, who isn't doing much these days.

I meant Kenny. I just watched "Miracle".

You sure it's not Vic Morrow?  Oh.  Too early?

Pretty sure abort meant Edward R Morrow

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on October 13, 2017, 11:47:09 AM

Quote from: Brownie on October 13, 2017, 11:24:12 AM
Per Flight Aware, plane still on the ground. Per Google it departed at 10:11 MDT.

They aren't on a charter like Signature? Flying United?

Not sure who owns or crews it (my guess its United), but its a dedicated Cubs jet flying United livery  (note the flight schedule http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2504#flightPageActivityLog)

Quote from: D. Doluntap on September 28, 2017, 11:26:05 AM
Would have also loved to have Costas and Joe Buck in the booth, with Thom doing some sideline work.

Get the sentiment, but I heard on the twitters that was the first clinch that Len called for the Cubs

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Quote from: Saul Goodman on September 15, 2017, 03:58:20 PM

Quote from: SKO on September 15, 2017, 03:46:40 PM
Eat it, fuckheads.

Can't argue with Heaven on 7, but avoid the chicken fried steak if you don't want to sleep through the show.

Kilwins just opened on Michigan Avenue (310S, south of  Symphony Center) if you are looking for candy or ice cream.  Unfortunately, Black Dog Gelato is closed Saturday's.

For good food in a pretty loud place.. there is always the Publican over on Fulton Market (a longish walk but a short cab/uber from the theater).   If you want something different, Chinatown is like 3-4 redline stops south.  MingHin and the Phoenix is the hawk family's standard haunts.

Quote from: Saul Goodman on September 23, 2017, 02:11:54 AM
The Marlins' new ownership looks like a trainwreck in the making. They think stats are scary, want to build a team the old-fashioned way, and will slash payroll to the bone in order to pay back Derek Jeter's relatively paltry investment as soon as possible, because reasons. Now they've already said they're going to fire Andre Dawson, for reasons. I'm sure Theo can find a desk for him to never sit at in the new triangle building. Bring back the Hawk.

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Quote from: Saul Goodman on September 15, 2017, 03:58:20 PM

Quote from: SKO on September 15, 2017, 03:46:40 PM
Eat it, fuckheads.

Is it me, or does CEJ have issues going on the second day of back to back outings?

That was fun.

Quote from: SKO on July 24, 2017, 08:09:50 AM

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Quote from: Tonker on July 24, 2017, 03:26:55 AM

Quote from: Saul Goodman on July 24, 2017, 02:42:22 AM
Scrub-ass Randal Grichuk can go straight to hell.

As can Molina. I was kind of hoping that the Cubs would win by just one run to rub in the fact that Yadi got caught trying to walk from first to second around two pitches before De Jong went yard.  I can't believe he really thought he could take on Willson's arm and win.  I'm bloody sure he won't do it again.

He clearly had issues with being the second-best catcher in the park.

Yadi has seemed more and more irritated and easily flustered every time they play the Cubs since 2015. I mean who can forget him arguing with the ump as Montero's double cleared the bases and gave the Cubs the lead in the Strop-Peralta Game? I think he more than anyone other than maybe Wainwright has always made the whole BFIB thing part of his identity and always took for granted that this was their division and always would be, and the Cubs taking it right from them has broken his brain more than most.

Apropos of little, just like it.

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It's going to be hard to make fun of them from here on out. Rick Hahn is doing a solid Theo imitation.

Let's see how the draft goes for them, they've got some work to do if they're going to catch the Phillies for the first overall pick.

Actually I think the easy way to make fun of them is to point out that the reason their rebuild is going so awesome is because normally teams that are rebuilding don't have a billion young, cheap, controllable players like Sale/Quintana/Eaton/Abreu to trade, because most teams would have spent money and figured out how to actually win something with that group.

Yeah, but the change in the Sox's organizational thinking perfectly coincides with Hahn actually getting free reign. Kenny Williams is a fucking dunce. I don't even think you could find Sox fans who would argue that point.

I think Rick Hahn is a smart dude, but "free reign" to trade and wheel and deal is not the same as getting the cash he's going to eventually need to put them over the top. It is extremely hard to build an entire world series contender from the ground up. The Royals are about the only team in recent memory that has done it. The Cubs smartly built a core that gave them production and cost certainty but they wouldn't have done what they did the last two years without dropping serious cash on Lester/Lackey/Zobrist/Heyward/Fowler that the White Sox have rarely ever been willing to commit. The Astros did the greatest tear it all down rebuild of them all and even they realized before this year they needed to plop down a bunch of cash for guys like McCann and Reddick.

Also I mean as awesome as the players they've acquired are the odds are probably still against even one of them becoming as great of a player as Chris Sale was. I still think the likeliest scenario for a Sox rebuild is they end up with the same 85 win true talent roster they refuse to add on to that they had before this year.

The more likely scenario is that a different owner will make those spending decisions. Reinsdorf has said for years that his family should keep the Bulls and sell the Sox after he's gone. http://www.espn.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/9299151/jerry-reinsdorf-suggests-selling-chicago-white-sox-succession-plans

Wow. That man really fucking hates Bulls fans.

He makes a fuckload more dough off the NBA and United Center revenue than he'd ever make off having the second-most popular baseball team in town.

Not sure that's right given the way the lease is on Comiskey as of today. But, he owns the UC and only leases Comiskey. Leases can change. Long term upside far higher on the UC property. Further, with a salary cap in the NBA, profits are pretty much guaranteed vs. MLB.

Plus, his (half) ownership of the UC beats the Down Arrow, even if he owned it. That place is dark 324 nights a year. The UC probably never has less than 200 events a year. That's a lot of cars parked and promoter dollars.

324?

325 in leap years. It's dark except for Sox games. Shit, they can't even get a country act booked in there.

Maybe they book the park for commercials and shit, but they probably even do those before games.

ETA: They had one gig last year, Chance the Rapper. So 323.

Did the White Sox apply for membership in the NHL? It says here they have 81 home games. So 284.

They also had about 25 people attend NIU-Toledo on November 9.

Thank you.

You didn't account for day games and evenings when the GRF has power outages  [/lawyer]