SB Nation User Blog: kcjones

Any BCB'ers going...

kcjones — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:45:56 -0000

To the games in Miami next week?

Just curious. Wondering if we should try and set up a meeting place. Could see a clinching game !! :)

I can likely go Tuesday...very unlikely wednesday....and Thursday..I might pull a Ferris Behuler.....I'tll likely be HOT Thursday afternoon.....

Also have a link and code to the Fl Marlins site for discount field boxes on Wednesday...leave me "an e-mail" and I'll forward....do your address like joesmith@nospam_yourrealddomain.com...so you don't get junk....

I emailed the discount code to Al....so he might post if he sees nothing that will cause BCB harm in posting it.....

Why the Cubs really frustrate some of us BCB'ers...

kcjones — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:47:48 -0000

I did a little rudimentary analysis on scoring efficiency. That is the percentage of baserunners that score.

My methodology was basic and made some assumptions. I didn't account for errors. I assumed that total baserunners were hits + base on balls. I then divided runs scored into that number to get a percentage. This should get us fairly close to a comparison statistic as runners on by error probably cancel out hitters trying to stretch out singels in to doubles, etc. For basic analysis, this should be good enough.

and most interesting...as it is broken down by actual base....i.e. percentage of runners that get to 1st that score, get to 2nd that score...except latest stat is 2006...

http://knology.net/~johnfjarvis/stats.html

Our frustration stems from the fact that the Cubs are 11th in the NL when looking at scoring in this way. Hence the frustrations that many of us feel about underachieving and "not getting the job done"....

    TEAM    GP    AB    R    H    BB    %BRS
1    Milwaukee    150    5128    735    1358    450    0.406526549
2    Philadelphia    151    5285    834    1461    591    0.406432749
3    Cincinnati    151    5222    741    1402    501    0.389385181
4    Florida    151    5231    733    1397    486    0.389272438
5    Atlanta    151    5313    765    1468    498    0.389114954
6    Colorado    151    5219    777    1447    570    0.385225583
7    Arizona    152    5028    660    1242    489    0.381282496
8    Pittsburgh    151    5172    682    1361    434    0.37994429
9    NY    150    5155    728    1411    506    0.379760042
10    San D    150    5090    666    1267    511    0.374578178
11    Chicago Cubs    152    5278    695    1423    472    0.366754617
12    St. Louis    150    5073    672    1377    466    0.364622897
13    LA    151    5200    683    1423    482    0.358530184
14    Houston    151    5196    660    1340    511    0.356564019
15    San Fran    151    5120    627    1284    495    0.352445194
16    Washington    151    5128    617    1310    479    0.344885411
LEAGUE    AVERAGES    GP    AB    R    H
American    League    151    5207    741    1410    499    0.388161341
National    League    151    5177    705    1373    496    0.377207063
Major    League    151    5191    722    1390    498    0.382415254

Any help on doing a table in this blog would be appreciated....

September 4, 2007...Men vs. Boys.....

kcjones — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:28:40 -0000

Let's see who's bellyin up (or as NOT Bruce would say...mannin up)....

MEN -- St. Louis Card ooopss..Deadturd offense...a stellar example of clutch hitting...6 of their 10 baserunners (and one of those were erased in a DP)scored tonight...an excellent blood lusting hungry and EFFICIENT 4/9 LOB choke factor.....while their pitching basically got the Pirates to pull a Chicago Cub...2 of 13 baserunners scoring....10/17 CHOKE FACTOR....and Honorable mention to Chris Duncan...a .264 hitting outfielder...who ai'nt afraid to step up and WIN....3 RBI's tonight to have 69....nobody in the Cub outfield is even close ...

BOYS...as is the case all year...all the Hendry chicken$hit$ are afraid to win...2 of 11 baserunners...and the little PITP's....chicken$hit$ GIDP'd 4 times (actually 5 times....guess the ninth led to more choking)...whick certainly helped the 6/14 choke factor...still waiting for those names.....

CUB OFFENSE CHOKE ROSTER
D.Lee in the first...guess thats the home run pressure price to pay.

4th..Kendalll...but Honorable mention to Jones..who probably coulda easily done it himself with the FC....nice set up Jones.

6th ---The usual suspect...Jones...

8th..DWard...this is becoming an all around offense failure...

9th...who else....Jones again.....

HENDRY...Thanks for this fu^%&in OFFENSE....

I'll name names once ESPN updates the box score to where we can start pinning blame....CHOKASAURUS CUB...I now have....

MEN Ney York Yankees....BLAST their closest wild card rival

MEN ... Milwaukee Brewers...Clutch pitching leads to an awful cublike 10/22 in runners left on base for the Astros......

Go ahead ans start the flames....but this is clutch time people...and this is EXACTLY WHAT I'm COMPLAINING ABOUT ALL YEAR

Fundamentals.....

kcjones — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:35:45 -0000

...and the Daytona Cubs.....

I've had the opportunity to (sauna) and watch the Daytona Cubs a couple games this past week and have a couple of observations to make about fundamentals...

We all like to complain about the offense....I saw numerous well executed hit and runs and sacrifices by a "poor" hitting team. So...I believe that those fundamentals MIGHT be being taught well thru the Cub farm system.
Diporak (sp?) was the DH...I seem to remember him being a "hot" prospect....why is he in A ball? He played (hit) pretty average from what I saw.
The Cubs MUST teach the pitching staff that there is no defense behind them. I saw a kid...#30....srike out the side....but gave up a home run in the same inning....had a good (perhaps overly) competitive deameanor...cept he only went about 5.....a sa a starter...threw LOTS of pitches.....this guy is lights out above the Notre Dame kid pitching wise at this point...

BUT....even the pen comes in and throws lots of pitches......it's like there is no defensive strategy....strike'em out or deal w/ the consequences.....

I'd love to see a comparison post from someone who's seen the Peoria Chiefs.....

Woulda, coulda, shoulda...

kcjones — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:12 -0000

While enjoying (very MUCH...I'm originally from Central Illinois) this weekends sweep of the Cardinals, I thought, if the Cubs could have 10 games back, where could they be....:

I can find 10 games
Easy that would make the difference between this miserable mess and being "in contention" for a wild card spot.......(I may start a diary for...find 10 games....)...please chime in and make your own top 10 ......

1. O for San Diego.....The Cubs should have taken 2 in SD and Dempster blew his 1st save in Chicago a week later.
(3)

2. The Cubs should have swept the Braves Memorial Day weekend...not the other way around.
(3)

3. Houston, June 16...0 for 9 with RISP.
(1)

4. Florida 5/23 ...Dempster's 2nd blown save.
(1)

5. White Sox 7/1. AJ's revenge...another blown save.
(1)

6. Mets July 16 (or July 14)...Todd Walker's fielding meltdowns.
(1)

7. There are several other 1 run losses out there to pick from....and have listed more than 10......

Woulda, coulda, shoulda.........