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I thought Verlander did it in Milwaukee last year. That was Comerica Park in Detroit.

What's the game score for this one?

And yes, that is officially the first no-hitter ever thrown in Miller Park. By the Cubs. In a game the Brewers weren't involved in.

Technically, all of those scenarios involves the Phils going crazy (unless 13-2 isn't crazy?).

Average fastball for the night was just over 90 mph. He threw 51 fastballs, ranging from 87 to 94 mph.

He was throwing FBs for 93 in the sixth tonight, so I'm not exactly sure where you're getting 88-90. He certainly wasn't struggling out there.

That's impossible. (Assuming you're not including Philly in this scenario.) We can't clinch the division while there's still a team in our division we haven't eliminated yet. Yeah, they can't clinch the division without eliminating all the teams. In your scenario, the last team to be eliminated would be Houston.

7-9 here on out guarantees at least a play-in, and that's only if 2-3 teams play out of their minds and win out.

I hear Chicago is nice this time of year...

Latest word from Berkman is the hurricane already hit him.

You neglect to mention that even if the Phillies went and played out of their minds over the last 3 weeks and caught the Cubs, the Cubs still make the playoffs unless the Mets pass them too.

It's only a win-win situation for the Cubs if they also win.

Actually, both the Cubs and the fans only have one team to worry about, and that's the Cubs. If the Cubs play as well as they can and should, there's no need to worry about any other team, as the Cubs will eliminate them all by themselves.

Giants/Rams is the national game? Maybe they just think viewers are more interested in seeing the defending Super Bowl champs look good than in an actual exciting game.

Quick Reads for the week, courtesy of Football Outsiders on ESPN. Rankings for the QB, RB, and WR/TE performances for the week, adjusted for situation and opponent.

FO's weekly Any Given Sunday article for week 1 (the article where they dissect the biggest upset of the week). Guess which game was the candidate for week 1?

Actually, it's more wildly inaccurate to base it completely on results so far. Statistical projections also aren't perfect, but it's better than the idea that the Falcons are the second best team in the league simply because they looked good against the Lions. true, but I guess I thought there might be some way to extrapolate from last year. preseason is a horrible barometer I think you misunderstand. They aren't using statistics based on preseason data, they put together statistical projections for the year based on the prior year, similar to PECOTA for baseball. That's what they use as a factor until week 8.

Actually, it's more wildly inaccurate to base it completely on results so far. Statistical projections also aren't perfect, but it's better than the idea that the Falcons are the second best team in the league simply because they looked good against the Lions.

And just for posterity, I think 18th is about right for them at this point.

DVOA statistics from Football Outsiders. Certainly little meaning after one week (Atlanta is #2), but surprisingly the weakest aspect of the Bears statistically right now is the defense. Adjusted for early variation (DAVE), the Bears are ranked 18th. how the hell do you read that? Simplified: Based on raw data from one week, overall (VOA - positive is above average, negative is below average): 1 PHI 110.10% 2 ATL 81.50% 3 DEN 81.00% 4 DAL 72.80% 5 BUF 71.00% 6 BAL 69.60% 7 PIT 59.00% 8 NE 40.80% 9 NYG 32.30% 10 ARI 31.00% 11 GB 29.10% 12 CHI 16.40% 13 SD 13.00% 14 NYJ 12.20% 15 TEN 10.30% 16 NO 8.40% 17 CAR -0.10% 18 TB -8.20% 19 IND -15.30% 20 JAC -22.30% 21 SF -24.40% 22 MIN -29.70% 23 MIA -32.80% 24 WAS -33.20% 25 KC -37.20% 26 HOU -59.60% 27 CIN -71.00% 28 CLE -73.80% 29 SEA -74.80% 30 OAK -76.70% 31 DET -78.40% 32 STL -101.70% Factoring in statistical projections from the preseason (DAVE - still positive above average, negative below average): 1 PHI 41.00% 2 GB 35.80% 3 NE 25.90% 4 SD 25.10% 5 MIN 18.20% 6 DAL 17.70% 7 TB 17.10% 8 IND 15.90% 9 PIT 11.80% 10 DEN 10.80% 11 BAL 9.80% 12 NYG 8.80% 13 JAC 7.10% 14 SEA 6.50% 15 CAR 3.90% 16 ARI 2.00% 17 NO 1.60% 18 CHI -0.30% 19 TEN -1.30% 20 NYJ -3.30% 21 BUF -6.10% 22 HOU -8.50% 23 CIN -8.90% 24 WAS -11.70% 25 KC -18.80% 26 CLE -19.30% 27 MIA -22.40% 28 DET -27.40% 29 SF -27.50% 30 ATL -28.40% 31 OAK -29.00% 32 STL -34.80%

DVOA statistics from Football Outsiders. Certainly little meaning after one week (Atlanta is #2), but surprisingly the weakest aspect of the Bears statistically right now is the defense. Adjusted for early variation (DAVE), the Bears are ranked 18th.

Because he wanted to, and he's capable of typing? Wait. Brewers fans are capable of typing? Wowowowowow! Well, I guess I can only say with certainty that this particular Brewer fan is capable of typing, if you really wanted to get technical. :)

Only one early game involving 2 undefeated teams, and it's 2 of the 3 biggest underdogs from week 1. I wonder if Fox is considering making it the featured game of the week. Doubtful, but there aren't any other games that are obviously more interesting. I could see Indy/Minnesota being the featured game, as both were expected to contend this year and probably still are, and one of them will go 0-2. AFC road team means CBS game. Ahh, right. I always get that backwards.

Only one early game involving 2 undefeated teams, and it's 2 of the 3 biggest underdogs from week 1. I wonder if Fox is considering making it the featured game of the week. Doubtful, but there aren't any other games that are obviously more interesting. I could see Indy/Minnesota being the featured game, as both were expected to contend this year and probably still are, and one of them will go 0-2.

Because he wanted to, and he's capable of typing?