Acquiring Fernando Rodney by trade in exchange for the proverbial PTBNL, as the Cubs did yesterday, is the baseball equivalent of buying a beat-up Ferrari for a fixer upper and putting the charge on your AmEx. Best case scenario, you’ve got a Ferrari and you don’t have to pay until the bill comes due (at which […]
Day: August 28, 2015
Opposition Prep: An In-Depth Breakdown of the Dodgers
Top-Sheet Summary (Records and Standings at End of Play, 8/26) Record (Winning Percentage): 69-56 (.552) Adjusted Winning Percentages (First Order, Second Order, Third Order): .553, .614, .600 Standings: Lead NL West by 2.5 games As their second- and third-order winning percentages attest, the Dodgers are a very, very good team. No team in baseball can match their second-order projection, […]
Cubs Attendance Keeps Climbing, As Does Popularity on the Road
When the Chicago Cubs hosted the San Francisco Giants for a four-game set earlier this month, I had occasion to speak with a security guard whose tenure at Wrigley extended back many years, including the Cubs’ most recent peak in 2007 and 2008. He assured me that the energy and buzz was even more profound […]