Cubs - 40% more talent?

[TheBrewer]

thats great, there 40% better, how on earth does he come up with an equation that gives you that result.. maybe in terms of money spent haha

[Postseason2006]

Steve Stoned is a doofus. The Cubs are 40 % less talented. I would not take one player besides Kendall on the field over what the Brewers have.

[Fatter than Joey]

I think Steve Stone is correct quite often. This is not one of those times. Talent is such a vague word, though. As far as "proven" talent goes, though, they have the Brewers licked

 

Brilliant post Brett and I agree 100% -- The Brewers are very much lacking in the veteran talent department. I don't know if this was what Stone was speaking to, but it is something I have definitely compared the Brewers to the Cubs and the Cards in an unfavorable light.

[BrewCityUnit]

Jenkins had a 100% chance of gettiing a hit off of Dempster than Mench did.

[Fike85]

Hitting:

 

Chicago Cubs: 94 OPS+

Milwaukee Brewers: 106 OPS+

 

The Milwaukee Brewers have an OPS+ that is 12% better than the Chicago Cubs'.

 

Pitching:

 

Chicago Cubs: 113 ERA+

Milwaukee Brewers: 96 ERA+

 

The Chicago Cubs have an ERA+ that is 17% better than the Milwaukee Brewers'. The difference in pitching is actually rather dramatic, and yet it is nowhere near that mythical 40% figure.

[Thurston Fluff]

Did anyone check the % of payroll the Brewers have vs the Cubs? It's gotta be about 40% of the Cubs.

[TooLiveBrew]

The Cubs' payroll isn't quite $175 mil. You may have been sarcastic, though - not sure

[logan82]

I'm 40% more attractive than Steve Stone. Gyros are 37% more delicious than cheeseburgers.

 

Dude you are way off. Gyros are more like 200% better.http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/roll.gif

[brewcrewkid14]

If he really wanted to put a percentage to it he could just say the cubs are 20% better because they won 3 more games in a 15 game season series. I don't know, still just trying to find the logic behind that statement.