http://notqualifiedtocomment.com/2009/05/cubs-april-tootblan-report-is-out-and-it-aint-pretty.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://notqualifiedtocomment.com/2009/05/cubs-april-tootblan-report-is-out-and-it-aint-pretty.html/comment-page-1#comment-1837 Not Qualified To Comment » Mysteries Surrounding Cubs Mediocre Play Revealed Tue, 12 May 2009 19:49:28 +0000 http://notqualifiedtocomment.com/?p=2759#comment-1837 [...] Lou Piniella’s Retarded Baserunning Philosophy: We always hear about how the Cubs are trying to be “more aggressive on the basepaths” from Sweet Lou.  Here’s the thing, if the aggressive baserunners are getting thrown out, then it is hurting the team.  Period.  I know a lot of you out there feel that stealing bases and being more aggressive is a good thing even if they aren’t successful all the time.  Here’s what you need to know about that instinct: it’s wrong.  The Cubs are 19/30 on stolen base attempts.  That means that if they had not attempted those 30 stolen bases, the team would actually have scored MORE runs over the course of the last 6 weeks than they did succeeding 19/30 times.  God I hate TOOTBLANs. [...] [...] Lou Piniella’s Retarded Baserunning Philosophy: We always hear about how the Cubs are trying to be “more aggressive on the basepaths” from Sweet Lou.  Here’s the thing, if the aggressive baserunners are getting thrown out, then it is hurting the team.  Period.  I know a lot of you out there feel that stealing bases and being more aggressive is a good thing even if they aren’t successful all the time.  Here’s what you need to know about that instinct: it’s wrong.  The Cubs are 19/30 on stolen base attempts.  That means that if they had not attempted those 30 stolen bases, the team would actually have scored MORE runs over the course of the last 6 weeks than they did succeeding 19/30 times.  God I hate TOOTBLANs. [...]

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