Comments on: Happy Fathers Day!!! http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/ Get us a real general manager! Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:08:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: genrebuster http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2376 genrebuster Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:34:22 +0000 http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2376 BINGO! BINGO!

]]> By: morpheus http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2375 morpheus Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:14:01 +0000 http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2375 “last WS Championship in 1908″equals PAIN FOR ALL OF US... “last WS Championship in 1908″equals PAIN FOR ALL OF US…

]]> By: genrebuster http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2373 genrebuster Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:43:25 +0000 http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2373 btw, i'm enjoying the active board today, nice diversion from real problems! btw, i’m enjoying the active board today, nice diversion from real problems!

]]> By: genrebuster http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2372 genrebuster Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:41:29 +0000 http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2372 Morpheus, you are a gentleman AND a scholar! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Question: What does "last WS Championship in 1908" EQUAL? tick tock. Morpheus, you are a gentleman AND a scholar!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Question: What does “last WS Championship in 1908″ EQUAL?

tick tock.

]]> By: morpheus http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2371 morpheus Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:38:45 +0000 http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2371 "Gregg sucks major man-shaft. No fucking stat is going to change that." = "confirmation bias" + "anchoring." “Gregg sucks major man-shaft. No fucking stat is going to change that.” = “confirmation bias” + “anchoring.”

]]> By: genrebuster http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2370 genrebuster Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:37:50 +0000 http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2370 Gregg has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt (to me) that he should not be closing...but, I'm not convinced that Marmol is the answer (for closer) AT THIS TIME...I think he could have been more effective than Gregg thus far, had he been given the opportunity to close at the beginning of the season (what Sandberg said). I'm not impressed with Lou, the longer he stays the less impressive he becomes...familiar, huh? FIRE JIM HENDRY. Where's my fucking bailout? Maybe if I turn into a stinking bum, somebody will pay me a bunch of money. Gregg has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt (to me) that he should not be closing…but, I’m not convinced that Marmol is the answer (for closer) AT THIS TIME…I think he could have been more effective than Gregg thus far, had he been given the opportunity to close at the beginning of the season (what Sandberg said).

I’m not impressed with Lou, the longer he stays the less impressive he becomes…familiar, huh?

FIRE JIM HENDRY.

Where’s my fucking bailout? Maybe if I turn into a stinking bum, somebody will pay me a bunch of money.

]]> By: robert http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2369 robert Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:37:43 +0000 http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2369 Earlier this year the cubs lost 8 in a row the final game of a homestand and the 6 on the roadtrip and the first at home after the roadtrip..What started the cubs on that downslide Kevin Gregg Blowing a 9th inning lead against the astros. Even though they won that game that is what started them on that slid...PS it didnt count as a blown save for Kevin Gag me Earlier this year the cubs lost 8 in a row the final game of a homestand and the 6 on the roadtrip and the first at home after the roadtrip..What started the cubs on that downslide Kevin Gregg Blowing a 9th inning lead against the astros. Even though they won that game that is what started them on that slid…PS it didnt count as a blown save for Kevin Gag me

]]> By: chucky http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2368 chucky Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:50:45 +0000 http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2368 Gregg sucks major man-shaft. No fucking stat is going to change that. Gregg sucks major man-shaft. No fucking stat is going to change that.

]]> By: morpheus http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2367 morpheus Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:46:40 +0000 http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2367 While I agree that it's easy to point to anecdotes where Gregg screwed up, his overall numbers have been pretty good. Yeah, 11 out of 14 is not ideal, but he's still pitched better than Marmol, for example. The problem with analysis through what you see when you watch games is that human brains don't analyze things very well that way. We tend to anchor on certain events, especially painful ones, and discount other ones that are less descript. We also tend to have a "confirmation bias" in which we accept the evidence that supports our predetermined hypothesis and reject contradictory evidence. These biases are well-documented. Stat lines are there to keep us honest. While I agree that it’s easy to point to anecdotes where Gregg screwed up, his overall numbers have been pretty good. Yeah, 11 out of 14 is not ideal, but he’s still pitched better than Marmol, for example. The problem with analysis through what you see when you watch games is that human brains don’t analyze things very well that way. We tend to anchor on certain events, especially painful ones, and discount other ones that are less descript. We also tend to have a “confirmation bias” in which we accept the evidence that supports our predetermined hypothesis and reject contradictory evidence. These biases are well-documented. Stat lines are there to keep us honest.

]]> By: genrebuster http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2366 genrebuster Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:31:36 +0000 http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/happy-fathers-day/#comment-2366 I read a few of those comments and one thing came to mind: "Friendly Confines"...what the hell is so friendly about Wrigley Field? You could argue that "Wrigley Stadium" is a monument to LOSERS. "Friendly Confines"...that pisses me off as much as "Lovable Losers". I read a few of those comments and one thing came to mind:

“Friendly Confines”…what the hell is so friendly about Wrigley Field? You could argue that “Wrigley Stadium” is a monument to LOSERS.

“Friendly Confines”…that pisses me off as much as “Lovable Losers”.

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