Andy

I planned to have my friends and my annual trip coincide with the Angels for that reason but I can't do it in freezing-ass April.

Kirk Gibson just pointed out on the Tigers broadcast that Joe relinquished the DH by moving Zobrist to second and called it "such a Joe Maddon move" for some reason.

It would be super cool if this was the start of a nice long run.

Let's not have this be the game where we actually score some runs then blow it

Plus a Friday "just in case it rains" off day in freaking Texas, which makes no sense at all. Doubt we've ever had 2 scheduled Friday off days.

Not at all. He is a pitcher. Any day he is still breathing is pretty much a win, let alone providing value.

We've scored like negative 5 runs a game for the better part of 2 weeks, that would be horsefeathering annoying to watch whether it was dongs or 'productive outs' or wild pitches bringing in those negative 5

Narrator: He's a horsefeathering idiot

I almost grabbed Zimmermann in fantasy before thinking better of it. Don't make me regret that non move, Cobs.

If he's taking Russell's ABs, good. If he's taking anyone else's ABs, it's probably still ok but less good. Also, even though it makes perfect sense, it's kind of funny that the week Darvish probably becomes toast and Quintana continues to look like ass (granted, less bad in his last start) and we seem to desperately need a 4th playoff starter that we go trade for another bat.

He's quoting (or paraphrasing) Papa John. I think it's to discuss how ignorant I am being for asking if Fukudome faced additional difficulties beyond the stupid headbands and shirts (and man, would there have been a far different media climate surrounding that today, whereas 10 years ago it was mostly shrugged off, beyond Kosuke apparently publicly condemning the 'horry kow' shirt, which was hideous even at the time). FTR, it was an earnest question, I didn't know if I missed something else.

As always, all times are ET, and I'll be using AP rankings until the playoff committee rankings start. I only include games that don't cost more than a cable subscription to watch, so I'm omitting ESPN+ games from 'nationally available'. Suffice to say that if you're a MAC or Sun Belt fan, the game is probably on ESPN+ (though a few will still be on ESPN3, which does not cost the extra $5/month). "Week Zero" nationally available games (Aug. 25) Hawaii at Colorado State (7:30 pm, CBSSN) Wyoming at New Mexico State (10 pm, ESPN2) Week 1 Top 25 games ------------------------------ Louisville vs (1) Alabama - in Orlando (8 pm, ABC) Furman at (2) Clemson (12:20 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Austin Peay at (3) Georgia (3:30 pm, ESPN) Western Kentucky at (4) Wisconsin (9 pm Friday, ESPN) Oregon State at (5) Ohio State (12 pm, ABC) (6) Washington vs (9) Auburn - in Atlanta (3:30 pm, ABC) Florida Atlantic at (7) Oklahoma (12 pm, FOX) (8) Miami vs (25) LSU - in Arlington, TX (7:30 pm Sunday, ABC) Appalachian State at (10) Penn State (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Utah State at (11) Michigan State (8 pm Friday, BTN) (14) Michigan at (12) Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC) San Diego State at (13) Stanford (9 pm Friday, FS1) UNLV at (15) USC (4 pm, Pac-12 Network) Southern at (16) TCU (12 pm, FSN) (17) West Virginia vs Tennessee - in Charlotte (3:30 pm, CBS) Stephen F. Austin at (18) Mississippi State (7:30 pm, ESPNU) (20) Virginia Tech at (19) Florida State (8 pm Monday, ESPN) (21) UCF at UConn (7 pm Thursday, ESPNU) (22) Boise State at Troy (6 pm, ESPNEWS) (23) Texas vs Maryland - in Landover, MD (12 pm, FS1) Bowling Green at (24) Oregon (8 pm, Pac-12 Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- New Mexico State at Minnesota (7 pm Thursday, BTN) Northwestern at Purdue (8 pm Thursday, ESPN) Missouri State at Oklahoma State (8 pm Thursday, FS1) Wake Forest at Tulane (8 pm Thursday, CBSSN) Weber State at Utah (8 pm Thursday, Pac-12 Network) Northwestern State at Texas A&M (8:30 pm Thursday, SEC Network) Syracuse at Western Michigan (6 pm Friday, CBSSN) Army at Duke (7 pm Friday, ESPNU) Colorado vs Colorado State - in Denver (9:30 pm Friday, CBSSN) Ole Miss vs Texas Tech - in Houston (12 pm, ESPN) Kent State at Illinois (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Texas State at Rutgers (12 pm, BTN - Regional) James Madison at NC State (12 pm, ESPNU) Coastal Carolina at South Carolina (12 pm, SEC Network) Villanova at Temple (12 pm, ESPNEWS) Houston at Rice (12 pm, CBSSN) Alcorn State at Georgia Tech (12:30 pm, FSN/ESPN3) UMass at Boston College (1 pm, ESPN3) Stony Brook at Air Force (2 pm, Facebook) Northern Illinois at Iowa (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Central Michigan at Kentucky (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Washington State at Wyoming (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Albany at Pittsburgh (3:30 pm, ESPN3) North Carolina at California (4 pm, FOX) Eastern Illinois at Arkansas (4 pm, SEC Network) UT Martin at Missouri (4 pm, SEC Network - Alternate) Delaware State at Buffalo (6 pm, ESPN3) Elon at South Florida (6 pm, ESPN3) North Carolina A&T at East Carolina (6 pm, ESPN3) Richmond at Virginia (6 pm, ESPN3) Cincinnati at UCLA (7 pm, ESPN) Indiana at Florida International (7 pm, CBSSN) Central Arkansas at Tulsa (7 pm, ESPN3) Grambling at UL Lafayette (7 pm, ESPN3) Mercer at Memphis (7 pm, ESPN3) Nicholls at Kansas (7 pm, ESPN3) South Dakota at Kansas State (7 pm, ESPN3) VMI at Toledo (7 pm, ESPN3) Charleston Southern at Florida (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt (7:30 pm, SEC Network - Alternate) Northern Arizona at UTEP (7:30 pm, ESPN3) SMU at North Texas (7:30 pm, Stadium) Akron at Nebraska (8 pm, FOX) Abilene Christian at Baylor (8 pm, FSN) Incarnate Word at New Mexico (8 pm, ESPN3) Idaho at Fresno State (10 pm, Facebook) UTSA at Arizona State (10:30 pm, FS1) BYU at Arizona (10:45 pm, ESPN) Navy at Hawaii (11 pm, CBSSN)

I'm sure this is getting off topic, but did I miss something Fukudome went through? The headbands and a couple shirts were spectacularly inappropriate, but I don't recall hearing about anything that directly affected him.

Not seeing anything from local radio hosts or OSU bloggers Some so called connected guy on an OSU forum said it. I just checked and no reporter has said a word. Yet.

I didn't want to flat-out say it yesterday, but the hell with it, Kintzler horsefeathering sucks.

Definitely have to lose now

Russell you horsefeathering clown

No one can touch Vazquez all weekend, but sure, Heyward comes out and smashes a line shot into the gap.

If we ever develop human cloning technology, I want 6 more Steve Cisheks.

That's a relief

Throw took him right there though.

Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez' bank accounts thought Theo was great in FA in Boston.

At least he put the right reliever in, I guess.

Everyone dumb enough to approach that line in close to a decade on this board has been crushed by a dozen or more posters. I'm sure they've happened on rare occasion though

That's our Game 4 starter you're talking about