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Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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At any given time you could count on him to pump Hosmer or Soler's tires while arguing one or both were the equivalent of Harper. And his favorite thing to do was "Take out his MVP season..." as though a 22 year old having one of the most dominant offensive seasons in MLB history wasn't in some way predictive of future performance. Or that removing 1 season of 5 isn't in some way putting your thumb on the scale. The willful ignorance that it took for him to be as catastrophically wrong as possible was just hilarious. Debating Nietzsche with a goldfish, man... |
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#362 |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: 41°59.4′N 87°39.6'W
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Cardinals schedule gets a bit easier for the next few series. I live in Chicago and will be going to at least two of the games over at Wrigley down the street. Any guesses to the over/under .500 for overall record at the end of June? I'll stick my neck out there and say two games over .500.
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#363 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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They're a team w/ roughly .500 talent. 85 wins if they stay healthy all season but they won't (and haven't). And .500 teams tend to hover around .500. We regressed to the mean (progressed?) to get back to level, but that's just the law of large numbers at work. They'll be within a game or two of .500 either way. And every time they win 4 of 5, they'll lose 5 of 7 and over the course of any 12-14 game stretch they'll be a roughly .500 ballclub. That's why it just doesn't make sense to view any series at all as being meaningful. When it's all said and done, they'll be roughly .500. Because that's all they made any effort to be. |
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#364 |
Sleeping on the blacktop
Join Date: Nov 2013
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Getting swept by the astros seemed like such a Cardinals thing to do. Glad they pulled 1 win out after giving away game one of the series.
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#365 |
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Red state
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Jordan Walker's slash line is now .254/.299/.373 in 127 plate appearances with Triple-A Memphis.
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#366 |
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#367 |
Consuming CP souls
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: U.S.A.
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Butters: Favorable stretch! Chance to make up ground!
Loses 2 of first 3 to an awful Colorado team... Narrator: They did not in fact make up ground. |
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#368 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Again, law of large numbers. Every team, even bad ones, have 10-15 game stretches where they play good baseball. And it'll even out. The sad truth is that these games against the Rockies have been some of the most nip and tuck baseball the Cardinals have played all season. These are REALLY closely matched ballclubs. And the Rockies aren't trying to win. It's really all that needs to be said. I suspect the Cardinals will win today but c'mon - these games have been dogfights and if you're a competitive team, you simply shouldn't be scrapping with clubs like these. |
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#369 |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Starting Skenes against these toothless ****s in fantasy was the easiest decision ever.
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#370 |
Sleeping on the blacktop
Join Date: Nov 2013
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Maybe I don't pay that much attention to the overall MLB standings but is it like this every year where almost 2/3rds of the teams are under .500?
Or are we just moving closer to superteams ala the NBA and soon MLB will be even worse to watch? |
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#371 |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: 41°59.4′N 87°39.6'W
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I think MLB has been in the superteams status more so than any other league and will be the downfall of the league itself. There needs to be more salary parity like the NFL.
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Red state
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But I understand the frustration though. Several franchises compete for a World Series in real, tight windows and then sell off their popular players. The Yankees or Dodgers don't even have losing seasons. That's the issue more than anything. The 2023 Yankees missed the playoffs and now they're back at the top of the food chain. |
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#375 |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: 41°59.4′N 87°39.6'W
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At Wrigley today. Even the Cubs fans feel sorry for us because of the idiotic moves Oli makes.
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