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Kosuke Fukudome Update For June 4, 2009
Kosuke Fukudome, 44 games played, 2009: .308/.434/.500, 5 HR, 32 BB, 30 SO Kosuke Fukudome, 44 games played, 2008: .319/.421/.450, 2 HR, 29 BB, 27 SO 2009 Kosuke is still doing better. He’s hitting for...
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The Tribune Comments Continue to be a Cesspool
Carlos Zambrano said after winning his 100th game last night that he’s going to retire at the end of his contract. Why? “You know how many Mother’s Days I haven’t spent with my mother? Twelve. You know...
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Analogs
I was reading a political blog, Ezra Klein’s over at the Washington Post, earlier today, and I noticed him describing a phenomenon that applies to sports as well. I’m loathe to bring up politics here,...
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What Would Mister Rogers Blog?
After today’s game I imagine that a lot of Cubs blogs are spewing a lot of vitriol towards the team and, in particular, Milton Bradley. I don’t blame them, and I definitely made some comments over at...
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This will solve everything!
Milton Bradley found a voice of support in the media today. Frank Thomas is helping to cover the Cubs/Sox interleague series for Comcast SportsNet, and he offered this: “I think Milton is a great...
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A Sports Radio Highlight and a Sports Radio Lowlight
I caught a little of both the Score and ESPN 1000 prior to the Cubs game that didn’t actually happen tonight. Two things stood out. On ESPN 1000, they were talking about the revelation that Sammy Sosa...
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Baseball Infographics
I saw this linked at Baseball Musings, but on the off chance anyone is reading here who doesn’t read there, I wanted to share it. Flip Flop Fly Ball has the most amazing graphs about baseball. This...
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Ramirez’s Return Approaches
Aramis Ramirez is due back maybe as early as the Atlanta series next week. This almost has to provide a lift. Prior to tonight’s game, the Cubs’ 3rd basemen were hitting .260/.336/.426 cumulatively,...
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Suspect Stats
Check out this graph: If that were a baseball statistic, people would be crying foul and complaining about steroids. Instead, it’s the number of hot dogs eaten in each year by the winner of the annual...
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We’re not a good journalism town
This is a headline on the Chicago Tribune’s web site right now: “Mark Dantonio has lofty goals for Michigan State: Big Ten title, BCS bowl.” I mean, sure, those goals may be hard to achieve, but aren’t...
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