April 2009
Monthly Predictions, May 1
We thought it could be fun to do a monthly revisit of our season predictions. (Not to mention that gimmicks like these are some of the easier ways to get columns started.) For the record, we will stick with our Opening…
Getaway Day Afternoon Notes
As a quick summary of the rest of last night's game... the Cubs cruised to an 11-3 win... Zambrano hit the 17th home run of his career... Tom Gordon pitched a perfect Top of the 9th, retiring the Cubs on 9 pitches. I…
Cubs Live Bloggin
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I’ve always enjoyed a running diary of live games from writers like Bill Simmons and the Deadspin.com guys. So, as I get ready to watch my first…
Sunday Morning Musings
Let's turn back the clock about nine days. I just got back from Chicago two Friday's ago. That evening, I was about to leave the house to pick up some take out we'd ordered. While getting my stuff together (shoes,…
No Outline, No Rough Draft
We usually try to be somewhat buttoned up on these posts. Usually, there is an outline or rough draft that we reread and spell check. Since it is 12:45 AM on Sunday morning, I'm just going to jot down a few quick…
The Risk of C.C. the Hut
Please accept my apologies for the long posting break. Perhaps, the sad news that the King Kaufman column at salon was ending threw me off. Anyway, I've returned from Chicago and am back to the land of the Metropolit…
Is Piazza the next McGwire?
When considering the historical impact of the times we are living, I believe it’s important to take a step back and try to put things in perspective. We are either in the post-steroid era, or more cynically speaking we…
Quick Thoughts from Week One
It’s been a busy morning with a lot of complications, so here are some quick random thoughts after one week of the season. I still have no idea who will win the AL Central, but I wish I hadn’t picked the Indians. Every…
April 11
Twenty-one years ago today, April 11, 1988, I was eleven years old and stayed home from school even though I don’t think I was actually sick. My Mom called the school and told them I was sick & couldn’t go. In my…
Homestate Turf Wars
This post starts with a guess that the three best states to recruit high-school baseball players are California, Texas, and Florida. (Not to mention Georgia, Arizona, and Oregon.) We suspect it’s the same in football,…
Good Friends
“So, who’d you get?” In the context of fantasy sports, very few questions are more polarizing than the one above. The recipient to such question is usually pleased to have a chance to talk about something fun, that is…
Opening Day "Eyes"
Yesterday was a wonderful Opening Day: Cubs win, Cardinals lose. As most people know, there is a bit of a struggle among some baseball minds to choose a side, or find the right balance, between "scouting" and…
2009 MLB Predictions
In all of these projections, we are looking at potential regression or improvement off the last couple of seasons, for each team. We can get into more of the math in future posts, but this is really just supposed to be…
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