Ryan Dempster still waits for his first win. (gif)

It's so cruel watching Ryan Dempster pitch one outstanding game after the next and still not get his first win of 2012.
His winless streak is at 15 starts going back to last year.
Ouchee.
If he just gets Schumacher in the 6th...
Oh well, the baggage conveyor belt just keeps going.
Sooner or later, a W will pop out.
Could you believe it when Mitchell Boggs threw one over the plate to Soriano in the 8th?
Smack.
Tony Campana - you'd swear he took off from 2nd and touched home plate before Matt Holliday's relay throw got to the infield. 
If they put this play in a time capsule and aliens looked at it in 2090, they'd all say, "Hmm. The film has been tampered with. Humans can't run that fast."
Super fun to watch, especially since it was against the Cardinals who are on some kinda downswing.
Before this series, they'd just gotten swept by the team the Cubs just took 2 of 3 from, the Braves.
Cubs got 14 hits including 3 from Bryan LaHair who also hit his 9th homer.
Nice.
This afternoon we'll see if Paul Maholm can keep his mojo workin' against Kyle Lohse who's only gone 5 innings in his last two starts. 
And of course it's a shortie 2-game series so another win today and, uh...

 

Lastly, my blog provider has this new feature I can use or not, where it automatically links names to Wikipedia.
Is that annoying or not?

 

 

Comments

[Cubs_Stats]

Dempster is the poster child for the Death of Pitcher's W-L Records right now. He is unquestionably in the middle of the best season of his long career (1.74 ERA, 2.09 FIP, 3.07 SIERA -- all very good), yet has an 0-1 record.

Meanwhile, SP Tommy Milone is 5-2 with a 3.92 ERA and 4.20ish FIP/SIERA.

I ASSERT, THEREFORE, THAT A PITCHER'S W-L RECORD TELLS US NOTHING ABOUT THAT PITCHER'S ABILITY OR PERFORMANCE.

Q.E.D.

[Tim@Cubby Blue]

Stats!
Ah, gotta love the all-caps comment.
So, I think youre absolutely right.
How many pitchers have bonuses that are tied to wins and losses vs. more meaningful measurements of the pitchers value to a team?

It is awesome watching Dempster this year.
Its like he wants to hang around Chicago because he knows its only getting better.

[Casey Chambers]

Nothing to add except your...loneliest baggage claim area...was really kool!
and...
the automatical links to Wikipedia feature is rather nice...wish I could get blogger to do that.
Again...great drawing!

[Tim@Cubby Blue]

Gracias, Casey.