Andy

I do, for one. At least I did that series. Because of driving home late from work I listened to the Game 4 NLDS rally on the radio. Got home in time to see the clinching outs.

Umm...yes there are? Nope. Not since like 2010 or something when they doubled everything. It's $200-$1,000 in round 1 and $400-$2,000 in round 2 now. It was around the time of the Ken Jennings run when they made that double. Probably due to do it again soon.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Arkansas at (1) Alabama (7 pm, ESPN) (9) Auburn at (2) LSU (3:30 pm, CBS) (13) Wisconsin at (3) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX) Boston College at (4) Clemson (7:30 pm, ACC Network) (5) Oklahoma at Kansas State (12 pm, ABC) (6) Penn State at Michigan State (3:30 pm, ABC) (8) Notre Dame at (19) Michigan (7:30 pm, ABC) Washington State at (11) Oregon (10:30 pm, ESPN) California at (12) Utah (10 pm, FS1) (15) Texas at TCU (3:30 pm, FOX) (16) SMU at Houston (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Maryland at (17) Minnesota (3:30 pm, ESPN) (20) Iowa at Northwestern (12 pm, ESPN2) (21) Appalachian State at South Alabama (12 pm, ESPNU) Oklahoma State at (23) Iowa State (3:30 pm, FS1) (24) Arizona State at UCLA (7:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- USC at Colorado (9 pm Friday, ESPN2) Miami at Pittsburgh (12 pm, ESPN) Illinois at Purdue (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Liberty at Rutgers (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Mississippi State at Texas A&M (12 pm, SEC Network) San Jose State at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) Bowling Green at Western Michigan (12 pm, ESPN App) Western Kentucky at Marshall (2:30 pm, Facebook) New Mexico State at Georgia Southern (3 pm, ESPN App) Syracuse at Florida State (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Indiana at Nebraska (3:30 pm, BTN) Florida International at Middle Tennessee (3:30 pm, NFL Network) Virginia at Louisville (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Tulane at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Arizona at Stanford (3:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Akron at Northern Illinois (3:30 pm, ESPN App) South Florida at East Carolina (3:45 pm, ESPNU) South Carolina at Tennessee (4 pm, SEC Network) Duke at North Carolina (4 pm, FSN/ESPN App) UCF at Temple (7 pm, ESPN2) Texas Tech at Kansas (7 pm, FS1) Memphis at Tulsa (7 pm, CBSSN) Colorado State at Fresno State (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Missouri at Kentucky (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Louisiana Tech at UTEP (8 pm, ESPN App) Utah State at Air Force (10:15 pm, ESPN2) San Diego State at UNLV (10:30 pm, CBSSN)

"I wish you could all be here right now" is an incredible Hughes line from that night.

Not bad. Besides when I was actually watching the game, I don't think I could have told you the sequence of events that led to Michale McDonald or whatever his name is in the last AB. I think the whole Javy bunt strikeout rage probably blocked it from my memory, but good for JHey to contribute to the actual game, not just the locker room. I always remember that part but only because Fangraphs (I think it was them) wrote a great article about it a day or two after the game.

You probably wouldn't get it unless you upped to a full Sports Pack. It wouldn't be on any standard package. I’m not sure how Marquee will work but I have U-Verse and NBC Sports Chicago and the Fox regional networks are all part of a pretty basic package. There are four levels of packages, and these channels are for sure in the second cheapest package. Sorry, I meant out of market. If you're in-market, they'll likely be on a more basic package, but if you're not in the market then they wouldn't be on any package you didn't specifically add.

When I bought my house and moved out of my apartment, our landlord (not the one we originally rented from, as he had sold the place) felt the need to sarcastically text me about we must not want our security deposit back. I hadn't left the place in mint condition or anything, but I'd done my best to clean it up and certainly hadn't left anything in egregious shape. I just ignored him and a month or so later he sent me part of my deposit back anyway.

It would presumably be available out of market like any other RSN is, just would black out the games. Well then I may be accidentally paying for it if it’s bundled with the above mentioned networks. I will not up my package to get it. You probably wouldn't get it unless you upped to a full Sports Pack. It wouldn't be on any standard package.

It would presumably be available out of market like any other RSN is, just would black out the games.

Just a pleasant sense of relief that at least one half of the nightmare World Series was averted. Washington is pretty fun, too, so that's nice for their fan base.

Also reportedly interviewing Gabe Kapler.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Tennessee at (1) Alabama (9 pm, ESPN) (2) LSU at Mississippi State (3:30 pm, CBS) (3) Clemson at Louisville (12 pm, ABC) (4) Ohio State at Northwestern (8:30 pm Friday, BTN) West Virginia at (5) Oklahoma (12 pm, FOX) (6) Wisconsin at Illinois (12 pm, BTN) (16) Michigan at (7) Penn State (7:30 pm, ABC) (9) Florida at South Carolina (12 pm, ESPN) Kentucky at (10) Georgia (6 pm, ESPN) (11) Auburn at Arkansas (12 pm, SEC Network) (12) Oregon at (25) Washington (3:30 pm, ABC) Arizona State at (13) Utah (6 pm, Pac-12 Network) (14) Boise State at BYU (10:15 pm, ESPN2) Kansas at (15) Texas (7 pm, LHN) (18) Baylor at Oklahoma State (4 pm, FOX) Temple at (19) SMU (3:30 pm, ESPN2) (20) Minnesota at Rutgers (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Tulsa at (21) Cincinnati (3:30 pm, ESPNU) (22) Missouri at Vanderbilt (4 pm, SEC Network) Purdue at (23) Iowa (12 pm, ESPN2) UL Monroe at (24) Appalachian State (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- South Alabama at Troy (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) UL Lafayette at Arkansas State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) UCLA at Stanford (9 pm Thursday, ESPN) Marshall at Florida Atlantic (6:30 pm Friday, CBSSN) Pittsburgh at Syracuse (7 pm Friday, ESPN) UNLV at Fresno State (10 pm Friday, CBSSN) Iowa State at Texas Tech (12 pm, FS1) Houston at UConn (12 pm, ESPNU) NC State at Boston College (12 pm, FSN/ESPN App) Georgia Tech at Miami (12 pm, ACC Network) Kent State at Ohio (12 pm, CBSSN) Central Michigan at Bowling Green (2 pm, ESPN App) TCU at Kansas State (2:30 pm, FSN) Oregon State at California (2:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern (3 pm, ESPN App) Indiana at Maryland (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Duke at Virginia (3:30 pm, ACC Network) North Carolina at Virginia Tech (3:30 pm, FSN/ESPN App) Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech (3:30 pm, NFL Network) South Florida at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Buffalo at Akron (3:30 pm, ESPN App) Middle Tennessee at North Texas (4 pm, Stadium) Rice at UTSA (6 pm, ESPN App) Tulane at Memphis (7 pm, ESPN2) Colorado at Washington State (7 pm, ESPNU) East Carolina at UCF (7 pm, CBSSN) Texas A&M at Ole Miss (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Florida State at Wake Forest (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Arizona at USC (9:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Nevada at Utah State (10:15 pm, ESPNU) Air Force at Hawaii (11 pm, CBSSN)

But would you trade Yadi for Mike Trout? Yadi will finish his career as a Cardinal, and that has been the plan since Pujols left. He's this generation's franchise player for St. Louis. And yes, I absolutely understand why fans from other teams hate him. I was trying to come up with a comparable player in recent (2 decades) of a Cubs player and how fans regarded them. I'm having trouble finding a 15 year player with multiple all-star appearances and arguably a HOF career. I think Rizzo is probably the closest as far as fans adoring a player. Am I missing somebody? Do we have to go back to the 60s/70s teams to do that? Sammy probably would've been that guy before the steroid stuff - and certainly before his ignominious exit - blew up that possibility. Rizzo and Javy are probably the 2 guys with closest to a 100% approval rating on the current team, but obviously don't have anything close to Molina's longevity.

This most recent wave with Boone, Cora, etc. has been really strong in the early going. That being said, the first wave of these guys, Robin Ventura, Mike Matheny, Brad Ausmus, was kind of a disaster. I'm mostly with you on whoever we get probably being fine, but there is some risk. Feels like the quality of the front office is a pretty clear dividing line there. I was going to say, Matheny is a weird addition there, not because he wasn't a terrible manager (he was), but because even with a terrible manager, his team went to the playoffs 4 straight times and the World Series once.

STL is winning anyway, them beating LA would've just made it more infuriating. But maybe Scherzer and Strasburg can Schilling/Johnson their way past somehow.

It's funny, Joe Maddon said that same thing when STL sucked us into a beanball war in 2015 and their fans still haven't gotten over it.

What exactly did Atlanta start?

Yep. When they're actually pretty legitimate they get bounced, when they're ridiculous jokes who make it mostly due to other teams' incompetence they're destined to win it all. I've known this was coming since August, unfortunately.

I’ll root for Washington if the Braves win the earlier game tomorrow. If the Cardinals win, sadly I have to root for the Dodgers Right there with you. Have to get STL out and LA will be the best chance.

I have no idea why Houston trotted Verlander out on short rest.

Mahomes has 1800+ yards, 11 TD, 0 INT I'd say he's on the podium somewhere Mahomes is outstanding and he'll probably win it in the end. No argument. But McCaffrey is on an offense with Kyle Allen, DJ Moore, Curtis Samuel, Reggie Bonnafon, the corpse of Greg Olsen, and an ok but not great offensive line. (The defense is pretty good, but they also just gave up 28 points to the Jaguars.) He is almost literally carrying the entire team, unsustainably so (there's no way he keeps this up for 16 games, he'll die first).

Christian McCaffrey is the NFL MVP at the moment and it really isn't close, to be honest

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Top 25 games ------------------------------ (1) Alabama at (24) Texas A&M (3:30 pm, CBS) Florida State at (2) Clemson (3:30 pm, ABC) South Carolina at (3) Georgia (12 pm, ESPN) (7) Florida at (5) LSU (8 pm, ESPN) (6) Oklahoma vs (11) Texas - in Dallas (12 pm, FOX) Michigan State at (8) Wisconsin (3:30 pm, BTN) USC at (9) Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC) (10) Penn State at (17) Iowa (7:30 pm, ABC) Colorado at (13) Oregon (10 pm Friday, FS1) Hawaii at (14) Boise State (10:15 pm, ESPN2) (15) Utah at Oregon State (8 pm, Pac-12 Network) (16) Michigan at Illinois (12 pm, ABC) Washington State at (18) Arizona State (3:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Louisville at (19) Wake Forest (7:30 pm, ACC Network) (20) Virginia at Miami (8 pm Friday, ESPN) Texas Tech at (22) Baylor (4 pm, FS1) (23) Memphis at Temple (12 pm, ESPN2) (25) Cincinnati at Houston (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Appalachian State at UL Lafayette (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) Syracuse at NC State (8 pm Thursday, ESPN) UL Monroe at Texas State (9:15 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Colorado State at New Mexico (8 pm Friday, CBSSN) Maryland at Purdue (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Rutgers at Indiana (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Miami (OH) at Western Michigan (12 pm, ESPNU) Mississippi State at Tennessee (12 pm, SEC Network) Toledo at Bowling Green (12 pm, CBSSN) Georgia Tech at Duke (12:30 pm, FSN/ESPN App) Old Dominion at Marshall (2:30 pm, Stadium) BYU at South Florida (3:30 pm, CBSSN) New Mexico State at Central Michigan (3 pm, ESPN App) Kent State at Akron (3:30 pm, ESPN App) UConn at Tulane (3:45 pm, ESPNU) Iowa State at West Virginia (4 pm, ESPN) UNLV at Vanderbilt (4 pm, SEC Network) Rhode Island at Virginia Tech (4 pm, ACC Network) Ole Miss at Missouri (7 pm, ESPN2) Fresno State at Air Force (7 pm, CBSSN) UMass at Louisiana Tech (7 pm, ESPN App) Army at Western Kentucky (7 pm, Stadium) North Texas at Southern Miss (7 pm, Facebook) Nebraska at Minnesota (7:30 pm, FS1) Navy at Tulsa (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Arkansas at Kentucky (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Wyoming at San Diego State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Washington at Arizona (11 pm, FS1)

That was extremely funny. Boise now in pole position for that NY6 bid. The VT/Miami finish was straight-up bananas. Canes go for 2 down 35-27 with 5 minutes left for some reason, make it, then miss the PAT after their next TD to stay tied. VT gets to the 2-yard line with a minute and a half to go and inexplicably scores immediately rather than run clock for an easy winning FG. Miami gets inside the VT 20 in response but falls short. Ridiculous game.