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Soriano Quote on Bradley

ManBearPigMBP — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:37:43 -0000

Soriano Quote on Bradley

Found this interesting

"I hope that [Bradley] comes back and can help the team to win," Soriano added. "If it's not that way, we don't need him. We are 25 players, and we have to be on the same page. And if he's not 100 percent here to help the team win, we don't need him."

Kid K 20 Game on Today

ManBearPigMBP — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:43:18 -0000

Kid K 20 Game on Today

The Kerry Wood 20 strikeout game is going to be on the MLB Network at 3:30 central time today.

Only 26 College Grads in Baseball

ManBearPigMBP — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:46:43 -0000

"Shockingly, while many current major leaguers had college experience, we found only 26 (including managers), who have earned degrees. The brainiest team was the A's, with three graduates and seven key members of the lineup having university experience."

Wall Street Journal-Who Has the Brainiest Team in Baseball?

via online.wsj.com (The Count ranked every ballclub by its education. Players who earned college degrees got twice the points as players who just attended. Starting players were weighted more heavily, as were players who attended elite schools. Managers were also included in the formula)

Found this and was just floored by how low the amount of college grads there are in the majors. I know most of these guys are drafted right out of high school and most only go to college for a couple years but 26 players and managers in ALL of baseball, that is just ridiculous. That is less than 1 a team!

Cubs/Sox Tix still available

ManBearPigMBP — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:41:45 -0000

I was just looking on the Cubs website and there are still tickets available for the games on Weds and Thurs. Most likely cause they are day games but still, I couldn't believe it when i saw it. Buy them before Sox fans get them, we can't let it be like this weekend with all the Twins' fans!

For Wednesday there are

$100.00		Club Box Infield

$85.00		Club Box Outfield

$85.00		Field Box Infield

$70.00		Field Box Outfield

$60.00		Terrace Box Infield

$60.00		Upper Deck Box Infield

$56.00		Terrace Box Outfield

$45.00		Terrace Reserved Infield

and for Thursday

$100.00		Club Box Infield

$85.00		Club Box Outfield

$85.00		Field Box Infield

$70.00		Field Box Outfield

$60.00		Upper Deck Box Infield

$45.00		Terrace Reserved Infield

McNabb close to New Deal

ManBearPigMBP — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:01:04 -0000

McNabb close to New Deal

Comcast Sportsnet in Philadelphia reports that the Eagles are close to signing off on a new contract for Donovan McNabb.
It isn't expected to be an extension, even though McNabb is only signed through 2010, but should give him a nice signing bonus. The 32-year-old threw for a career-high 3,916 yards last year and 23 touchdowns, his most since 2004. NcNabb is no longer the dual threat he once was, but shows no signs of decline as a passer. He's currently due $9.2 million in 2009 salary.

Last Years Cubs Now

ManBearPigMBP — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:51:03 -0000

Mark DeRosa

46G, 32R, 9 2B, 8HR, 32RBI, .267AVG, .337OBP, 43K

Ronny Cedeno

17G, 52AB, 5R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .173AVG, .232OBP

Henry Blanco

19G, 8R, 3HR, 6RBI, .182AVG, .262OBP

Felix Pie

36G, 9R, 2HR, 4RBI, 1SB, .195AVG, .271OBP

Casey McGehee

19G, 5R, 2 2B, 3RBI, .237AVG, .311OBP

Jason Marquis

7-3, 68.2IP, 3.93ERA, 1.282WHIP, 33K

Kerry Wood

19 games, 17IP, 1-2, 8 Save, 2 Blown, 6.35 ERA, 1.647 WHIP, 21 K

Sean Gallagher-CURRENTLY IN MINORS

6G, 1-2, 14.1IP, 8.16ERA, 1.953WHIP, 10K

Scott Eyre

20G, 0-1, 8 Holds, 11.1 IP, 3.18ERA, 1.235WHIP, 7K

Bob Howry

21G, 0-2, 6 Holds, 2 Blown Saves,19IP, 3.79ERA, 1.368WHIP, 13K,

Michael Wuertz

23G, 2-1, 2 Saves, 4 Holds, 23.1IP, 1.93ERA, 0.90WHIP, 20K

Matt Murton

17G, 5 2B, 1HR, 4RBI, .270AVG, .325OBP

Eric Patterson-CURRENTLY IN MINORS

1-8, 1R

Chad Gaudin

6GS, 33.1 IP, 1-3, 5.40 ERA, 1.590 WHIP, 27 K

Rich Hill

3GS, 1-0, 14.2IP, 6.14ERA, 1.705WHIP, 15K

How they were doing on April 19

How they were doing on May 3

Cubs/Cards Rivalry Ranked 6th

ManBearPigMBP — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:44:50 -0000

Cubs/Cards Rivalry Ranked 6th

Forbes ranked t he top 10 best rivalries in baseball and the Cubs/Cards came in 6th, surprisingly the Yank/Red Sox didn't finish first but you never would have guessed that with how much air time they get on FOX and ESPN, White Sox/Indians placed higher than Cubs/Cards

"One-two divisional finishes: zero
Close season finishes (five games or less): 14
Current ticket markup: 14%

Midwesterners will howl at this match-up's low placement, but the simple fact is that history is not on the Cubs' side (it would help if they won more often). The two teams have never finished first and second in their division despite the fact that they've always been in the same division. It's simply not a very good rivalry when one team puts together eight World Series-caliber teams (Cardinals) and the other one finishes in last or second-to-last place in 29 of the 60 seasons we measured. "

Prob My Fav Trivia Question

ManBearPigMBP — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:16:22 -0000

Prob My Fav Trivia Question

Kerry Wood (20) and Bob Feller (17) are the only pitchers to have struck out their age in a game.

I like it cause A) the odds of someone else doing it are so slim seeing as how no one plays in the majors before their 20 let alone starts a game and B) it involves a Cubbie

Last Years Cubs Now

ManBearPigMBP — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:23:54 -0000

Mark DeRosa

24G, 18R, 5 2B, 5HR, 19RBI, .235AVG, .301OBP, 22K

Ronny Cedeno

9G, 5R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .154AVG, .241OBP

Henry Blanco

9G, 5R, 3HR, 4RBI, .179AVG, .233OBP

Felix Pie

22G, 4R, 1HR, 2RBI, 1SB, .167AVG, .250OBP

Casey McGehee

2-9, 1R

Jason Marquis

4-1, 35.1IP, 3.31ERA, 1..19WHIP, 17K

Kerry Wood

10 games, 9IP, 1-1, 3 Save, 0 Blown, 6.00 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 15 K

Sean Gallagher-Sent to minors April 23

3G, 1-0, 3.1IP, 8.10ERA, 2.10WHIP, 3K

Scott Eyre

9G, 3.1 IP, 10.80ERA, 2.10WHIP, 4K, 2 Holds

Bob Howry

11G, 0-2, 8.1IP, 5.40ERA, 1.92WHIP, 9K, 4 Holds, 1 Blown

Michael Wuertz

13G, 1-1, 2 Saves, 1 Hold, 13.2IP, 1.98ERA, 0.88WHIP, 13K

Matt Murton-Called up April 29

2-5

Eric Patterson-Called up April 29

1-8, 1R

Chad Gaudin

2 Starts, 10.2 IP, 0-1, 5.06 ERA, 1.69 WHIP, 10 K

Rich Hill-Rehabbing for Baltimore, expected to make three more Rehab starts

here is how they were doing two weeks ago to compare

MLB Trivia

ManBearPigMBP — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:29:04 -0000

MLB Trivia

i've become incredibly bored during the day waiting for finals to start so i started posting mlb trivia on a twitter account, examples of stuff posted is

Mark Grace led all of baseball in hits (1754), doubles (364) and sacrifice hits (73) during the 1990's

Alfonso Soriano is the only player to hit 40 home runs, hit 40 doubles and steal 40 bases in the same season

i hate self promotion but me and my buddies normally try to stump each other with info on baseball so i figured some others might also, plus its twitter and you cant profit off it or anything