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Slaky

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2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« on: July 20, 2015, 01:02:40 PM »
Well it's come to this: late July and the Cubs are holding down a playoff spot.

The Mets and Giants running hot and cold trying to catch them and the Pirates trying to catch St. Louis.

Lots to watch. Let's use this thread to talk shit about the clubs vying for the potential to ruin one night in October for the vast majority of us.
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2015, 01:06:41 PM »
Quote from: Slaky on July 20, 2015, 01:02:40 PM
Well it's come to this: late July and the Cubs are holding down a playoff spot.

The Mets and Giants running hot and cold trying to catch them and the Pirates trying to catch St. Louis.

Lots to watch. Let's use this thread to talk shit about the clubs vying for the potential to ruin one night in October for the vast majority of us.

The Mets stranded 25 baserunners yesterday. Twenty five. Michael Cuddyer is terrible and they're playing him with one knee because he's their fourth best offensive player.
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2015, 01:07:15 PM »
Lots of Cardinals bitching to umpires as Cubs round the bases and score, please.
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2015, 01:39:31 PM »
RV posted something fascinating about Cardinal pitching this year on twitter that should be seen. They've stranded 81% of baserunners this year which puts them 4 percentage points better than any team over the last 40 years. It's kind of fucking ridiculous.
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2015, 02:19:47 PM »
Quote from: Slaky on July 20, 2015, 01:39:31 PM
RV posted something fascinating about Cardinal pitching this year on twitter that should be seen. They've stranded 81% of baserunners this year which puts them 4 percentage points better than any team over the last 40 years. It's kind of fucking ridiculous.

Does that mean we'll see a soul-crushing regression to the mean?
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2015, 02:25:32 PM »
Here it is. Every other team in the top 10 is around 77%, and then you've got the piece of shit Cardinals breaking 40 years of precedent. What I'm hoping for here is that ChuckD stops by and tells us this is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.

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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2015, 02:30:24 PM »
Quote from: R-V on July 20, 2015, 02:25:32 PM
Here it is. Every other team in the top 10 is around 77%, and then you've got the piece of shit Cardinals breaking 40 years of precedent. What I'm hoping for here is that ChuckD stops by and tells us this is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.



You just put a little extra bounce in my step. Thanks, RV.
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2015, 02:44:04 PM »
Quote from: Brownie on July 20, 2015, 02:30:24 PM
Quote from: R-V on July 20, 2015, 02:25:32 PM
Here it is. Every other team in the top 10 is around 77%, and then you've got the piece of shit Cardinals breaking 40 years of precedent. What I'm hoping for here is that ChuckD stops by and tells us this is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.



You just put a little extra bounce in my step. Thanks, RV.

It's fucking ridiculous. It HAS to come crashing down. So tell your friends that when the Cardinals go on a two week run of giving up something like 7 runs a game and suddenly the Pirates are .5 game out and the Cubs are right there - you saw it coming.
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2015, 02:52:17 PM »
Quote from: Slaky on July 20, 2015, 02:44:04 PM
Quote from: Brownie on July 20, 2015, 02:30:24 PM
Quote from: R-V on July 20, 2015, 02:25:32 PM
Here it is. Every other team in the top 10 is around 77%, and then you've got the piece of shit Cardinals breaking 40 years of precedent. What I'm hoping for here is that ChuckD stops by and tells us this is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.



You just put a little extra bounce in my step. Thanks, RV.

It's fucking ridiculous. It HAS to come crashing down. So tell your friends that when the Cardinals go on a two week run of giving up something like 7 runs a game and suddenly the Pirates are .5 game out and the Cubs are right there - you saw it coming.

Yeah but remember when they hit like .500 with RISP for a whole fucking season? I can never feel confident predicting their fucking demise.
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2015, 02:53:06 PM »
Quote from: R-V on July 20, 2015, 02:25:32 PM
Here it is. Every other team in the top 10 is around 77%, and then you've got the piece of shit Cardinals breaking 40 years of precedent. What I'm hoping for here is that ChuckD stops by and tells us this is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.



This is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2015, 03:27:09 PM »
Quote from: ChuckD on July 20, 2015, 02:53:06 PM
Quote from: R-V on July 20, 2015, 02:25:32 PM
Here it is. Every other team in the top 10 is around 77%, and then you've got the piece of shit Cardinals breaking 40 years of precedent. What I'm hoping for here is that ChuckD stops by and tells us this is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.



This is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.

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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2015, 03:50:20 PM »
Quote from: ChuckD on July 20, 2015, 02:53:06 PM
Quote from: R-V on July 20, 2015, 02:25:32 PM
Here it is. Every other team in the top 10 is around 77%, and then you've got the piece of shit Cardinals breaking 40 years of precedent. What I'm hoping for here is that ChuckD stops by and tells us this is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.



This is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.

Especially when you want to ask the logical question "how do they do it?" and there's nothing else statistical that illustrates anything other than dumb luck being a factor.
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2015, 04:25:03 PM »
I've probably said it here before, but the way things are shaping up, there's a more than realistic possibility that Pittsburgh wins the division (their post ASG-game series wherein they just got swept by Milwaukee notwithstanding) and the Cubs and Cards go at it in the Wildcard game.  In fact, with the prospect of having to face Gerritt Cole in said coinflip game, I think Cub fans will  be rooting to play STL instead.  I know I sort of am.
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2015, 04:30:39 PM »
Quote from: PANK! on July 20, 2015, 04:25:03 PM
I've probably said it here before, but the way things are shaping up, there's a more than realistic possibility that Pittsburgh wins the division (their post ASG-game series wherein they just got swept by Milwaukee notwithstanding) and the Cubs and Cards go at it in the Wildcard game.  In fact, with the prospect of having to face Gerritt Cole in said coinflip game, I think Cub fans will  be rooting to play STL instead.  I know I sort of am.


I will be. Because one game against St. Louis would be doable. Anybody could win one game. And if the Cubs lost, oh well, fuck it. If they won though, holy god damn, it would be the best thing ever. Plus they'd only have to face Matt Carptenter like 3-5 times instead of like 20-30. That's a no-brainer.
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Re: 2015 Scoreboard Watchers
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2015, 04:31:30 PM »
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on July 20, 2015, 03:50:20 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on July 20, 2015, 02:53:06 PM
Quote from: R-V on July 20, 2015, 02:25:32 PM
Here it is. Every other team in the top 10 is around 77%, and then you've got the piece of shit Cardinals breaking 40 years of precedent. What I'm hoping for here is that ChuckD stops by and tells us this is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.



This is rigoddamndiculous and there's no way it can be sustained over a full season.

Especially when you want to ask the logical question "how do they do it?" and there's nothing else statistical that illustrates anything other than dumb luck being a factor.

Looking at the chart in comparison to the other teams -- they strike out a lot of guys, they don't give up homers and they get a lot of groundballs. There's still a crapload of luck, but that's basically the holy trinity of run prevention.
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