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# Date Sender Subject 17261 Feb 28, 2015   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Dodgers 17262 Feb 28, 2015   Billy Vanson   This blows 17263 Feb 28, 2015   Larry Cupp   Re: [PreSmiley] This blows 17264 Feb 28, 2015   Michael Rescigno   SLN WK 14 RESULTS & WK 15 CM 17265 Feb 28, 2015   Alan Boodman   NYA-DEA autoplay 17266 Mar 1, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 15 begins 17267 Mar 1, 2015   Tom Edwards   PITTSBURGH PIRATES WEEK 16 CM 17268 Mar 1, 2015   Tom Edwards   WEEK 15 RESULTS PITTSBURGH AT NEW YORK 17269 Mar 1, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA @ WAA 17270 Mar 1, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA CM Week 16 17271 Mar 2, 2015   Rick Field   NYN @ BRN 17272 Mar 2, 2015   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 16 17273 Mar 3, 2015   Scott Maples   1943 Presmiley BON Week 15 Results 17274 Mar 3, 2015   Patrick Carr   SLA at BOA 17275 Mar 4, 2015   Larry Cupp   Wash still trying to give it away 17276 Mar 4, 2015   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at Athletics Week 15 17277 Mar 4, 2015   Alan Boodman   Re: [PreSmiley] Red Sox at Athletics Week 15 - wrong files 17278 Mar 4, 2015   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at Athletics Week 15 Correct Files 17279 Mar 6, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 15 update 17280 Mar 6, 2015   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] CHA @ SLA 17281 Mar 7, 2015   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Tigers 17282 Mar 7, 2015   John Storer   Week 15 - Cincinnati at St. Louis 17283 Mar 7, 2015   Thomas Treece   Detroit at New York (AL) 17284 Mar 7, 2015   Robert Rescigno   BRN @ BON 17285 Mar 7, 2015   Michael Rescigno   SLN WK 15 RESULTS & WK 16 CM 17286 Mar 7, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 15 autoplays 17287 Mar 8, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 16 begins 17288 Mar 8, 2015   John Storer   Week 16 - Cincinnati at Chicago 17289 Mar 8, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA @ NYA 17290 Mar 8, 2015   Larry Cupp   Re: [PreSmiley] Week 16 begins 17291 Mar 8, 2015   Tom Edwards   PITTSBURGH PIRATES WEEK 17 CM 17292 Mar 8, 2015   Tom Edwards   WEEK 16 RESULTS PITTSBURGH AT ST. LOUIS 17293 Mar 8, 2015   Patrick Carr   SLA at PHA 17294 Mar 8, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-Final PHA CM 17295 Mar 10, 2015   Scott Maples   Question 17296 Mar 10, 2015   Scott Maples   1943 Pre-Smiley BON Week 16 Results & Week 17 CM 17297 Mar 10, 2015   Alan Boodman   Re: [PreSmiley] Question 17298 Mar 10, 2015   John Storer   Re: [PreSmiley] Question 17299 Mar 10, 2015   Scott Maples   RE: [PreSmiley] Question 17300 Mar 10, 2015   Tom Edwards   Re: [PreSmiley] Question 17301 Mar 10, 2015   Scott Maples   RE: [PreSmiley] Question 17302 Mar 10, 2015   John Storer   Re: [PreSmiley] Question 17303 Mar 10, 2015   Scott Maples   RE: [PreSmiley] Question 17304 Mar 10, 2015   Steve Bivens   RE: [PreSmiley] Question 17305 Mar 10, 2015   Scott Maples   RE: [PreSmiley] Question 17306 Mar 11, 2015   Alan Boodman   owner needed; and end-of-season schedule 17307 Mar 11, 2015   Rick Field   NYN @ BON 17308 Mar 12, 2015   Larry Cupp   Redsox put the fork in Senators 17309 Mar 13, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 16 update 17310 Mar 13, 2015   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at Dodgers Week 21 17311 Mar 13, 2015   Rick Field   NYN (CM) Week 17 17312 Mar 13, 2015   Alan Boodman   NYA-WAA autoplay 17313 Mar 13, 2015   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] CHA @ DEA 17314 Mar 14, 2015   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Giants 17315 Mar 14, 2015   Alan Boodman   BRN-PIN autoplay 17316 Mar 14, 2015   Scott Maples   Re: [PreSmiley] BRN-PIN autoplay [1 Attachment] 17317 Mar 14, 2015   Scott Maples   Re: [PreSmiley] BRN-PIN autoplay [1 Attachment] 17318 Mar 14, 2015   Michael Rescigno   SLN@SLA WK 16 & FINAL CM 17319 Mar 14, 2015   Thomas Treece   Detroit @ Chicago (AL) 17320 Mar 14, 2015   Alan Boodman   CHA-DEA, game 1 autoplay 17321 Mar 15, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 17 begins 17322 Mar 15, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA@NYA GAME1 17323 Mar 15, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA @ NYA GAME 2 17324 Mar 15, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   PRE-SMILEY-PHA@NYA-GAME 3 AND SERIES FILES 17325 Mar 15, 2015   Tom Edwards   WEEK 22 PITTSBURGH AT BROOKLYN 17326 Mar 15, 2015   Larry Cupp   Senators win opener, game 2 Monday 17327 Mar 15, 2015   Alan Boodman   new owner in Boston and end-of season schedule 17328 Mar 15, 2015   Alan Boodman   notes regarding roster cuts 17329 Mar 15, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   Re: [PreSmiley] notes regarding roster cuts 17330 Mar 15, 2015   Patrick Carr   SLA vs DEA 17331 Mar 16, 2015   Alan Boodman   Re: [PreSmiley] notes regarding roster cuts 17332 Mar 16, 2015   Larry Cupp   Nats win again, game 2 of DH later today 17333 Mar 16, 2015   Scott Maples   1943 Presmiley BON Week 17 Results 17334 Mar 16, 2015   Larry Cupp   Senators complete sweep, at mercy of Tigers, Wsox & Yanks 17335 Mar 18, 2015   Larry Cupp   Washington cuts 17336 Mar 18, 2015   John Storer   Reds transactions 17337 Mar 18, 2015   Rick Field   NYN @ BON 17338 Mar 19, 2015   Robert Rescigno   BRN @ STN 17339 Mar 20, 2015   Alan Boodman   Week 17 update 17340 Mar 20, 2015   Steve Bivens   Red Sox at Athletics Week 17 17341 Mar 20, 2015   Alan Boodman   Cubs @ Pirates 17342 Mar 20, 2015   Andrew Kennedy   PRE_SMILEY_PHA cuts 17343 Mar 20, 2015   Robert Rescigno   RE: [PreSmiley] CHA @ SLA 17344 Mar 20, 2015   John Storer   Week 17 - Cincinnati at Chicago (AL) 17345 Mar 21, 2015   Alan Boodman   NYA-NYN autoplay 17346 Mar 21, 2015   Robert Rescigno   BRN cuts 17347 Mar 21, 2015   Robert Rescigno   CHA Cuts 17348 Mar 21, 2015   Jim Pardee   Boston Braves Cuts 17349 Mar 21, 2015   Michael Rescigno   SLN@CHN WK 17 17350 Mar 21, 2015   Thomas Treece   Detroit @ Washington 17351 Mar 22, 2015   Alan Boodman   random number spreadsheet for today's lottery 17352 Mar 22, 2015   Alan Boodman   Cubs cuts for 1942 17353 Mar 22, 2015   Rick Field   NY Giants 1942 Roster 17354 Mar 22, 2015   Alan Boodman   1942 draft lottery results 17355 Mar 22, 2015   Alan Boodman   owner needed in Cincinnati 17356 Mar 22, 2015   Thomas Treece   Detroit cuts 17357 Mar 23, 2015   Alan Boodman   roster cuts reminder 17358 Mar 23, 2015   Patrick Carr   Re: [PreSmiley] roster cuts reminder 17359 Mar 23, 2015   Steve Bivens   Boston Red Sox 17360 Mar 23, 2015   Alan Boodman   reminder about 'MS' players 17361 Mar 24, 2015   Alan Boodman   files updated

Previous message                 Next message Message #: 17261 Message from: Alan Boodman Sent: Feb 28, 2015 Subject: Cubs @ Dodgers The unluckiest team in the history of sports plays perhaps the unluckiest series in the history of sports.    HAL's dismemberment of the CHN offense (not that the pitching or defense fared one iota better) was so impeccably precise that not only did we get stomped in all 4 games but he may have deprived the supremely-talented team from Chicago's North Side of its one and only potential accomplishment in this miserable season: our chance at immortality by becoming the most futile team in the 50-year history of both leagues in terms of stranding the most runners on base (relative to our fortunate opponents, and possibly the most LOB outright as well).   Only in the 4th game of this series, when the eliminated Cubs chose to accept that fact and audition a bunch of .150-hitting rookies, did HAL at long last permit the CHN batters -- but only the bad ones -- to roll on their own cards.  At any rate, we finally got back to business as usual in the LOB column but, sadly, it might be too late to attain that unenviable record we've put so much effort into pursuing all year.   =========================================================================   Even if we don't set *that* record, there's another all-time 50-year record for futility that the Cubs still have an excellent shot at.  Despite a talented bullpen featuring several relievers with cards ranging from good to excellent, the 1943 Cubs have permitted a whopping 53.6% of inherited runners to score, as our opponents get one clutch hit after another while the Cubbie batters sit and watch -- and learn nothing.   The Cubs currently rank only #2 out of nearly 1,000 team-seasons in that category of bullpen suckitude, but the all-time mark is just slightly ahead (55.0%) and if any team can get to the top, the Cubs can do it!   Alan

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