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On the plus side, the Cubs can be the victims of their third postseason clinching celebration in a week. -
They're probably more annoyed by the four error inning that accounted for 3 of the runs.
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I'm concerned whether the Cubs will have any hitters with the combination of power and patience, but power looks to be available in spades.
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21 players total have an OPS over .850. The last place Blue Jays have 3 of them, and the last place Rockies have another two. The Rays and Indians have zero, and the only playoff teams that have more than one are the Cardinals (Carpenter, Holliday) and Reds (Votto, Choo). Four playoff teams have a player with a .900 OPS or better (Cabrera, Ortiz, Votto, McCutchen). The offensive environment is severely changed from what it was 3-5 years ago, and will remain that way for the foreseeable future. Your opinions are so far from the realm of reality, it's pointless to even address them, but hopefully this minor look gives you a vague idea how absurd you are.
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Southeastern Louisiana State University is a big name.
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The Indians went 17-2 against the White Sox this season.
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FO's pass protection numbers is pure sack rate, and the run protection numbers is some combination of power run rate, % of plays stuffed (behind LOS), 2nd level yardage (<10 yards past line), and open field yardage (>10 yards past line). Broken down by run direction, they struggle more often with runs to the right than runs to the left. http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ol
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Looking at the rest of the Pirate lineup, getting through Walker-McCutchen-Morneau-Jones was more important.
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Through 3 weeks, the Bears' OL has been 22nd most efficient against the run (struggling most to the right side), and the 2nd most efficient in pass protection.
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They gave up on 2012 or they weren't good enough. I'm comfortable with either. Prioritizing differently than you is not equivalent to either in that false dichotomy.
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Most of the reason I posted the playoff odds at this point was to show that we're just 3 weeks in and already 12 teams are basically DOA. Also, Seattle's schedule is so easy this season they've already got a 14% chance of going 15-1 and a 78% chance of landing the 1 seed in the NFC.
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@robneyer 16m Mark your calendars, gang: On September the 25th, Billy Hamilton got thrown out stealing.
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I always thought of a thrower as someone who relies on his velocity to get outs, not so much pitch selection or location.
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Current playoff odds via FO: AFC Team Mean Wins Odds Denver 12.7 97.9% New England 10.5 79.0% Cincinnati 9.6 68.6% Indianapolis 8.9 49.7% Kansas City 10.6 74.1% Miami 9.2 48.5% ------------------------------ Houston 8.7 47.2% Baltimore 8.7 44.8% New York Jets 8.7 36.3% Tennessee 8.0 25.6% San Diego 7.1 8.1% Buffalo 6.6 6.2% Cleveland 6.3 5.7% Pittsburgh 6.1 6.1% Oakland 5.6 1.4% Jacksonville 4.6 0.3% NFC Team Mean Wins Odds Seattle 13.1 99.8% Chicago 10.4 79.2% New Orleans 10.0 79.8% Dallas 8.2 51.2% Green Bay 9.5 68.9% Carolina 8.7 52.6% ------------------------------ Detroit 8.5 42.7% Philadelphia 8.1 54.5% Atlanta 7.5 24.6% San Francisco 7.1 18.0% Tampa Bay 6.2 8.9% Washington 6.0 9.6% St. Louis 5.9 3.6% Arizona 5.6 3.2% NY Giants 4.6 2.4% Minnesota 4.6 1.1%
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Aramis Fan.
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Funny. Because nothing says "punish a child molester" like "take free education away from 20 innocent kids" It's punishing the program. It's not like the kids they were going to offer scholarships to were still forced to attend the school and pay for it.
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Ivory Coast and Nigeria should qualify easily. The others could be interesting.
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CAF did their third round draw (they are switching things up and finishing with 2-leg playoffs for 5 spots): Ivory Coast - Senegal Ethiopia – Nigeria Tunisia – Cameroon Ghana – Egypt Burkina Faso – Algeria
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...when did the Nats get 10 games over .500?
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Week 3 Bears (2-0) @ Steelers (0-2) 7:30 CST Sun NBC/780
bukie replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Nobody should win a road game by 10 or more, especially a Bears team that has needed two comebacks to win home games the first two weeks. -
There's no such thing as surefire HOFer anymore, thanks to the writers.
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Week 2: Vikings (0-1) @ Bears (1-0) Noon CT, Fox/780
bukie replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Yay? Whoever is quoted there is not very good at counting. They were tied for third. Tied for second, actually. Odd to mention 3 lowest grades when there were 2 grades and 4 players. -
Cool. So we're helping out Mexico now. Okay then. You're shocked? Mexico is the real victim here.
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Almost time to start thinking about seeds and a draw again. Would be awesome if somehow Iceland qualified and we could get stuck in a group with them and Iran. I don't see Columbia or Belgium pulling off #1 seeds and getting in a group with them would really suck unless they are #1 seeds. Outside of that I would take a group with Italy or Uruguay as a #1 seed. Want nothing to do with Argentina or Brazil, would take Spain, Germany or Holland over them. Despite the ranking I don't see Holland not as a #1 seed. The USMNT isn't getting a seed. Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Germany and Italy are locked in for sure, and Netherlands/Colombia/Belgium/Uruguay/Portugal are likely in line ahead of the US at this point. Among those teams, aside from hoping we only get 1 of them, I'd take anyone not CONMEBOL, basically. I want no part of a South American team in the group stage, and if the US can somehow avoid that, they're in good shape. Well, I guess no to Brazil, Argentina, Colombia or Uruguay. Ecuador and Chile I'd prefer not, but it would beat a Germany/Netherlands group I suppose. EDIT: Of course, saying all that, I fully expect them to end up in a group with Germany, Egypt, and Netherlands/Belgium, in the "kill me now" group.
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imb added and dropped a guy so far. That makes today the most active that team has been in 3 years.
