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Playoff situations, now that all teams are officially in: East - Bulls clinched the 1 seed - Heat clinched the 2 seed - Pacers clinched the 3 seed - Celtics clinched the 4 seed, but must beat Milwaukee and have Atlanta lose to Dallas to get home court advantage in the first round - Hawks clinched the 5 seed, but must either beat Dallas or have Boston lose to Milwaukee to get home court advantage in the first round - Magic clinch the 6 seed with a home win over Charlotte, which is so likely it has a negative mathematically adjusted chance of not happening. - Knicks clinched a playoff spot and win the tiebreaker over Philly for 7th and have a magic number of 2 (NY: vs LAC, @CHA; PHI: @MIL, @DET) - Sixers clinched a playoff spot and has a magic number of 3 for the 7 seed with 2 to play, and thus needs help. West - Spurs clinched the 1 seed - Thunder clinched the 2 seed - Lakers clinched the 3 seed - Clippers clinch the 4 with either a win at New York or a Memphis loss vs Orlando - Memphis can get the 4 seed with both a win vs Orlando and a Clippers loss at New York - Denver has the inside track for the 6 seed but wins no tiebreakers with Dallas or Utah, and can still finish 8th (Remaining: @OKC, @MIN) - Dallas wins all the tiebreakers and can finish no worse than 7th (Remaining: @ATL) - Utah loses the tiebreaker to Dallas and thus can finish no higher than 7th ahead of Denver if Denver loses (Remaining: vs POR)

Boston's scrubs beat Miami's scrubs, so the Bulls have mathematically clinched the 1 seed in the East.

Miami leads Boston 34-28 at the end of the first quarter half.

Chelsea somehow 15 minutes from advancing.

Looks like Bowden is thrilled to be on the Cubs: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120423/sports/704249965/

He's being both purposely (and obviously) obtuse, and sadly prevalent about the situation of the Cubs' offense. Although, the offense can generally score 3 in a pinch.

Yeah through 2021-22. Wow. Although the number isn't all that bad in the short term. I think they will find a taker. Yeah, like some desperate playoff contender that thinks they're just a goalie away...

More than anything, I think it demonstrates well how interchangeable the vast majority of the position players are for the Cubs at this point.

Atlanta loss today means Indiana has clinched the 3 seed and has nothing to play for in the rest of the regular season.

No, magic number is 1, as the Heat win the tiebreak (would have better conference record). Also, Pacers' magic number for the 3 seed is 1, and the Sixers magic number for the playoffs is also 1.

Someone who doesn't care about the product on the field. Someone who is just there to be there.

The Cubs traded Moyer away two years before Starlin Castro was born.

Still unsustainable, but at least it's fun while it lasts.

Nope! Wells is in Chicago in case Dempster can't go on Sunday.

Latest from Miles is that Wells is up in case Dempster can't go on Sunday. Dempster having an MRI on his right quad.

Update:

Today's lineup from @BruceMiles2112: DeJesus RF Barney 2B Castro SS LaHair 1B Soriano LF Stewart 3B Soto C Byrd CF Volstad P

From Bruce Miles this morning:

Mr. Crenshaw, what you just wrote is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever read. At no point in your rambling, incoherent responses were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this board is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Yes, that's the primary issue. The manager doesn't have enough fire.

Ok, everything in that unreadable blob of strawman is wrong. Read the actual information given, brush up on basic sentence structure, and try again.

Hitting is down everywhere. The Phillies could very well be that bad offensively all year. The Pirates could very well be far worse all year. The Mariners, despite actually scoring runs to this point, could also be far worse. You seem to be working under the assumption that everyone who is doing badly will continue as they are (Soriano, Byrd, Soto, Stewart, bench), and everyone who is actually doing well will fall off a cliff. There's a simple logical fallacy there if you care to realize it. I'm not at all saying that. But Soriano, Byrd, and Soto all OPS'd in the low .700's last year. Stewart somewhere in the .400's. Even when they start hitting "better" they'll still be sucky hitters contributing to a sucky offense. If Soriano, Byrd and Soto all OPS in the low .700's they'd be above average hitters this season.

On a slightly related note, how long will it be before Andrew McCutchen isn't given a hittable pitch for the remainder of the season?

Hitting is down everywhere. The Phillies could very well be that bad offensively all year. The Pirates could very well be far worse all year. The Mariners, despite actually scoring runs to this point, could also be far worse. You seem to be working under the assumption that everyone who is doing badly will continue as they are (Soriano, Byrd, Soto, Stewart, bench), and everyone who is actually doing well will fall off a cliff. There's a simple logical fallacy there if you care to realize it.