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FanGraphs: Cameron: The 2013 Cubs: Better Than We Think

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posted 2 days ago by Repoz to cubs, sabermetrics | 44 comment(s)

Light at the end of the ridiculously low-ceilinged tunnel.

The Cubs have actually played pretty good baseball when sequencing is not considered. By wOBA differential, they’ve been a well above average team. Their record is almost entirely a reflection of the power of the timing of various events.

In our Win Probability section, we track a stat called “Clutch”, which basically looks at the wins a team has gained or lost due to the leverage of the game when their positive or negative ...

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1. Fernigal McGunnigle has become a merry hat posted on June 26, 2012 at 08:29 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Of the 1,188 knuckleballs thrown in the majors this season, 1,186 have been delivered by Dickey. (The other two? Those came from Kansas City Royals outfielder Mitch Maier, during an April 15 mop-up appearance against the Indians, according to ESPN Stats & Information.)

So there are two active knuckleballers!

The article says that Wright's fastball touches 90, and he also has a sinker and a cutter and throws his knuckleball 65 to 85 percent of the time. So he's more a Tom Candiotti-type than a pure knuckleballer.

2. charityslave is thinking about baseball posted on June 26, 2012 at 08:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Man, I hope he pitches for 15 more years. We need an elder statesman knuckler to teach all the young Adonises a thing or two about a thing or two.

3. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) posted on June 26, 2012 at 10:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I was hoping it was Steven Wright, the comedian

"some people are afraid of heights..I'm afraid of widths"

4. AndrewJ posted on June 26, 2012 at 10:30 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

"I bought some instant water, but I didn't know what to add to it."

"The ice cream truck in my neighborhood plays 'Helter Skelter.'"

"A friend of mine has a trophy wife, but apparently it wasn't first place."

5. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) posted on June 26, 2012 at 10:39 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I went to the 7-11 and the guy was closing up, and I said "your sign says 'open 24 hours' and he said "not in a ROW"

6. cercopithecus aethiops posted on June 26, 2012 at 10:56 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Why do they call them apartments when they're all together?

Why do we park in the driveway and drive on the parkway?

7. Bhaakon posted on June 27, 2012 at 04:50 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Why do we park in the driveway

Because you're too lazy to clean out your garage?

and drive on the parkway?

Because it goes through a park.

8. boteman posted on June 27, 2012 at 06:12 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Steven Wright, a minor league pitcher with the Cleveland Indians, was playing alone at Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz...when he met another solo golfer and struck up a conversation.

"I bet you slice into the woods, a hundred bucks!"

9. Double-Spin Mechanic posted on June 27, 2012 at 07:02 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Wright, a minor league pitcher with the Cleveland Indians, was playing alone at Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz., where his wife, Shannon, works, after having returned from winter ball, when he met another solo golfer and struck up a conversation.

WTF was his wife doing playing winter ball?

10. Infinite Joost (Voxter)

posted on June 27, 2012 at 09:03 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Every morning I wake up and make instant coffee, and then I drink it so I can have enough energy to make the regular coffee.

11. AndrewJ posted on June 27, 2012 at 09:05 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Steven Wright the comedian appeared in HBO's Curse of the Bambino documentary; he's a Boston-area native.

12. Cris E posted on June 27, 2012 at 09:05 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I just drove across the country with a friend. We took turns driving. We changed places every two miles. We only had one cassette. I forget what it was...

13. Misirlou is bad, he's nationwide posted on June 27, 2012 at 09:08 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

The other day a friend pointed out that I was wearing 2 different colored socks. I said yes, but I go by thickness.

14. Pops Freshenmeyer posted on June 27, 2012 at 09:10 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.

15. dave h posted on June 27, 2012 at 09:19 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

What's another word for thesaurus?

16. boteman posted on June 27, 2012 at 11:19 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

All toilets stolen from police station. Cops have nothing to go on.

17. slothinator posted on June 27, 2012 at 11:23 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

And the cop says "didn't you see the stop sign?".

And I said "yes, but I don't believe everything I read".

18. jack the seal clubber (on the sidelines of life) posted on June 27, 2012 at 11:32 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

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