Andy

one theory I've always had is the helmet provides a false sense of security. Football players use it like a weapon, which is dumb. But the baseball helmet is barely a thing, it really doesn't do much but provide minimal protection from a pitched ball, and players aren't going to go crazy thinking they are protected from it. The softball helmet is like a baseball/football helmet hybrid and it may give some players a false sense of security to play with reckless abandon with regards to their head. Combine that with shorter base paths and shorter infield plays and more opportunity for quick contact and that's why it's exponentially more dangerous. Wasn't thinking of the facemask and stuff. Yea, those softball helmets are overkill. Side note, my niece played rec league sodtball - which was awful to watch- no one could field AND they were allowed to steal, so the average 6 inning game looked like a high scoring football game. But my niece's team all wore facemasks in the field (no head protection just a facemask with an elastic band). Now safety is great and all, but there was probably one girl out of 20 who could hit the ball past the dirt. I think the "LF", standimg right next to the SS, was gonna be okay. On the other team, only the pitcher wore this facemask. I cover high school softball a lot and even the really good teams don't have anyone that can hit the ball hard enough to hit an infielder in the head. That ball, at that size, is just not going to go that fast unless Barry Bonds or someone is taking a whack.

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The Jags' owner has been pretty open about being committed to Jacksonville.

Paul Lukas said the LA logo is just promotional and that the Chargers aren't changing logos right now.

I'm stealing the joke, but he already did walk away from basketball for an extended period of time. What was it, 7 games he played between May 2012 and Oct. 2014?

Apparently he was playing ill and won't travel to Washington for the next one against the Wizards.

The AFC is already pretty much a fait accompli for the Patriots, I would prefer it not be any easier for them.

My wife really likes BBT, so this is also my answer. If we're only counting shows that were my idea, HIMYM and Friends, depending which you think is worse. Maybe ABC's Muppets reboot show that aired this past season.

If the Wrigley Bowl replaced some other bowl (I have to think it would), sure, I guess it'd be cool. It would probably have to include a B1G team just to ensure attendance.

He's in his sixth season, with a lot of minutes already under his belt, I'd say they're already doing it

It is. The 8 disc set is just the World Series broadcasts plus the pennant clincher, albeit with radio broadcast options too.

Anyone who understands math? 1/3 of teams in MLB playoffs vs 1/32 of FBS teams in their playoff. To achieve the 1/3 mark there would have to be a 42 team CFB playoff.

He threw some major shade at ESPN on the way out though with that "Too much media saturation" barb. Holy hell Godwin. What a play

I got a framed poster of the outside Wrigley celebration and a Tervis cup from my mom, a Christmas tree ornament from the in-laws, and my brother got me the Tribune book and the 8 disc Blu-ray set. I also gave my son a 12 month size championship t-shirt to wear during next season.

That article totally convinced me to feel bad for the twentysomething with enough money to both live in San Diego and buy Cubs season tickets.

No kidding. If anything he handled that particular thing pretty well - disagreeing with his usage (which most of us did) but never complaining. Even better would've been not doing so now, but better now that he's gone than during the Series.

Then get behind the wheel andy wants me dead? STL was one of the 3 bolded. Actually, I thought it was the only one bolded. I was way too fired up to make an STL drunk driving joke.

Nope. double nope make it a triple Then get behind the wheel

The very fact that this dude is talking about 2009-14 in terms of 'lost money' is game, set and match. You didn't lose money those years. You purchased Chicago Cubs tickets. You're pissed that you didn't get to then profit off them. Done.

That story is fantastic. Apparently he was a coach on the previous staff and was passed over when Grobe was replaced by Clawson as HC, so decided to try to ruin Clawson? Ridiculous.

I wouldn't be shocked if he went top 5, but I don't see him going 1.1. I don't even know if he'll be the first QB Cleveland has more than one first-rounder - the mock I saw had him going there at 10.

Insert 'this isn't relevant to the bowl games' joke here, but DeShone Kizer going pro. If he goes to Cleveland I'm burning everything to the ground.

Edmonds tore horsefeathers up for us and was in full eff-you mode against STL at that point (even though he obviously got over it), so I won't concede he was a twerp as a Cub. Lackey definitely is/was, though, and Miles can DIAF

It almost certainly won't hit me how much I'm going to miss Dex until Zobrist or whoever it ends up being steps in for the first AB of the 2017 season.

There might well not be a playoff if Rodriguez takes the job. It was possibly heading that way anyway but the rematch title game unquestionably accelerated things.