Raw slugging is directly impacted by batting average. Heyward had a high (for him at this point) BABIP of 329 that year and it inflated his batting average and slugging accordingly. Heyward's ISO (which is what most people refer to as power) of 146 in 2015 was 5th best of his year. His 4 best ISO seasons were all pre injury. But I'm sure that has nothing to do with it.
I see tons of Dodger fans at Wrigley. I'm sure no one will point that out though.
jpx7 (10-20-2017)
I don't think Joe Maddon will be lonely tonight. It sounds like the TBS play-by-play guy wants to spoon with him.
Dodgers in 6 over Yankees
Swanson sucks
The cubs are being touched inappropriately
Swanson sucks
Maybe Maddon should have had Wade Davis start.
jpx7 (10-20-2017), The Chosen One (10-19-2017)
Not sure of the Cubs hate here.
While I'm a former Chicagoan, I was a Southsider, and never adopted the Cubs as any sort of team. Still, as a Braves fan, and a fan of good taste, I'd much rather see the Cubs in the Series over the Dodgers (or winning the Series over the Yankees, for that matter).
Still holding my flame for the Astros, though.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Please LA - Beat the Yankees.
Natural Immunity Croc
jpx7 (10-20-2017)
Growing up in the era when I did, the Cubs were a pure laughingstock with some very good players (Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Ferguson Jenkins, etc.) who labored for some terrible teams. The problem was when WGN went national, they generated a set of no-nothing fandom (as one Southside cabbie once told a Minneapolis Tribune columnist "The Cubs' fans' favorite player is Harry Caray.) that cuddled up to the lovable losers. I'm sure the Braves generated a similar set of some fans' ire when TBS went national and Lord knows there's a ton of distaste for the Dallas Cowboys.
So it's really not the Cubs' team and management for which I bear any measure of disdain (although I think Maddon is unbelievably overrated), it's their goofy fan base. I feel the same way about the Red Sox.
Like you, I am all in on the Astros. And if it's Yanks/Dodgers, I could flip a coin. It's like going back to the 1970s. I just hope Tommy LaSorda doesn't show up. All this said, I'd go Ddogers in that match-up.
jpx7 (10-20-2017)