caulfield12 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 If you follow baseball, you have heard of Kris Bryant. If you follow baseball and aren’t a Cubs fan, in all likelihood you are sick of him by now. That’s quite a feat: Bryant only made his major league debut on Friday. But that very fact itself – that his major league debut was on 17 April instead of 5 April, the date of the Cubs’ home debut – is what has fueled the rampant interest in, and speculation about, Chicago’s super-prospect. After all, Bryant did hit .425/.477/1.175 (1.652 OPS) with nine home runs in spring training. How is that not good enough to make a team that just traded its incumbent starter at third base, Luis Valbuena, to the Houston Astros? http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/apr/...w-in-mlb-system There was another one about Kris Bryant changing the face of baseball (Atlantic Monthly), but I'll spare Fathom further. You know it's almost a cultural phenomenon when The Atlantic, Guardian and NY Times are featuring articles about this kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 07:37 PM) Maddon is on top of all replay calls unlike Ventura. I guarantee Maddon's (Epstein's) not going to go into any replay situation without every possible resource/angle/feed available at his disposal. Edited April 30, 2015 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Major League Baseball completed their investigation into manager Joe Maddon accepting the position with the Cubs and leaving the Rays, the league announced. The league concluded Chicago did not violate any tampering rules in their pursuit of Maddon. Tampa Bay accused Chicago of tampering because Maddon was still under contract with the Rays while considering whether or not to opt-out of his contract. Maddon eventually signed a five-year, $25 million contract with Chicago. The investigation took over five months to complete. Link, lots of other versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 08:52 PM) I guarantee Maddon's (Epstein's) not going to go into any replay situation without every possible resource/angle/feed available at his disposal. I guarantee Joe Maddon doesn't look at the replays before he decides whether to challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Chris De Luca @ChrisDeLuca 31m31 minutes ago #Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts issues apology after uttering slur on MLB network show http://chicago.suntimes.com/baseball/7/71/...-team-site-slur … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Can't link it from phone, but Bernstein retweeted an article saying Cubs TV ratings up 110 percent this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 09:59 PM) Can't link it from phone, but Bernstein retweeted an article saying Cubs TV ratings up 110 percent this year Things are going right for them. Makes Theo look like a genius. Magnifies the sox woes and their inability to react. Edited May 1, 2015 by Harry Chappas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 08:59 PM) Can't link it from phone, but Bernstein retweeted an article saying Cubs TV ratings up 110 percent this year That's basically like going from a 5 to a 10.50-10.75 share. http://www.chicitysports.com/forum/showthr...over-last-April Except baseline numbers were much lower. Still a significant increase. http://sportstvratings.com/cubs-winning-in...tings-too/2221/ Like going up 61000 extra viewers in Chicago compared to roughly 53,000 this time last year. In the meantime, Schwarber's lighting up the offensive charts again and still catching. Edited May 1, 2015 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Nice lineup today Milwaukee...gross! Only 3 MLB caliber players in it, hopefully it's that weak when the Sox get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 1, 2015 -> 05:45 AM) In the meantime, Schwarber's lighting up the offensive charts again and still catching. No one that's seen him catch thinks he'll stay there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I'm going to Cubs-Cards on Tuesday. Don't worry guys, I'll be rooting for the Cubs for all of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 1, 2015 -> 09:18 PM) I'm going to Cubs-Cards on Tuesday. Don't worry guys, I'll be rooting for the Cubs for all of you! I feel like this is 2005 again when we hated each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2015 -> 04:19 PM) I feel like this is 2005 again when we hated each other Haha, ahh the good ol' days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Visiting family in Des Moines so we hit up the Iowa Cubs Game. What happened to all the good players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 1, 2015 -> 07:08 PM) Visiting family in Des Moines so we hit up the Iowa Cubs Game. What happened to all the good players? You can still watch Baez K, presumably. Schwarber will be there in June or July. Almora, possibly, and Edwards.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSox13 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I don't pay much attention to the cubs but they are looking crazy like a fox with the Schwarber pick last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 1, 2015 -> 08:11 PM) You can still watch Baez K, presumably. Schwarber will be there in June or July. Almora, possibly, and Edwards.... He was in the lineup, so was was Alcantara. Darwin Barney was too, but on the Dodgers. I gotta say though, that pitch clock made a huge difference. 4 innings were done in an hour with a bunch of runs scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 And Brewers have dropped or misplayed 3 fly balls today. I hate this baseball season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Cubs choking this game away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) Cubs have managed to blow 5 and 4 run leads...bullpen torched. Down now 10-8 in the bottom of the 7th in StL. That's a back-breaker. How many times do you score 7 runs against Carlos Martinez and still lose? Edited May 5, 2015 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Bryant not hitting for power but has 16 walks already, which is 33% of the Sox team total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shysocks Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 5, 2015 -> 12:39 AM) Bryant not hitting for power but has 16 walks already, which is 33% of the Sox team total. Rany Jazayerli @jazayerli 3m3 minutes ago Kris Bryant has a .458 OBP. The all-time record for OBP by a qualifying player in his debut season is .436, by Ted Williams. Rany Jazayerli @jazayerli 2m2 minutes ago Williams also holds the modern record for walks by a rookie, with 107. Bryant is on pace for 108-even though he was the minors for 12 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shysocks Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 QUOTE (raBBit @ May 5, 2015 -> 10:48 AM) He's also hitting .291 with a .444 BABIP and 26.8% strike out rate. Testimonial, but I have yet to see Bryant hit it hard when I am watching. I haven't watched much at all so I'm in the same boat and I get your point. In fact, I'll even boldly predict that Bryant won't have as good a career as Ted Williams. But any time you can be mentioned in a sentence with him, you're doing okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shysocks Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 QUOTE (raBBit @ May 5, 2015 -> 10:48 AM) He's also hitting .291 with a .444 BABIP and 26.8% strike out rate. Testimonial, but I have yet to see Bryant hit it hard when I am watching. And just to expand on this, Bryant has a 52.8% flyball rate. Look at the BABIPs of the other guys around there. 9 of the 30 on that page are below .200. You should not have a .444 BABIP ever, but least of all when you hit that many fly balls and also pop up 15% of the time. This is the type of noise you see after 25 games and it's another reason people need to chill out a little on the Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 QUOTE (shysocks @ May 5, 2015 -> 12:16 PM) And just to expand on this, Bryant has a 52.8% flyball rate. Look at the BABIPs of the other guys around there. 9 of the 30 on that page are below .200. You should not have a .444 BABIP ever, but least of all when you hit that many fly balls and also pop up 15% of the time. This is the type of noise you see after 25 games and it's another reason people need to chill out a little on the Sox. The White Sox's team BABIP is .298, the league average is .292. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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