Andy

I was coming here to post something like this, but I see Truffle already summed it up pretty nicely.

Thought they had at first glance, but Furcal did just beat it.

Miles's OPS drops just 1 percentage point today with the walk, so he's now at .461.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's the best time of the year. College football is back, the AP poll is out, and everyone's favorite threads are back on NSBB. Follow your favorite team's games and everyone else's through these handy TV schedules that I lift from the fine folks at LSUfootball.net each week. If you don't see your team in the "Games of interest" section and would like to, send me a PM. All times listed are Eastern. Top 25 games -------------- Charleston Southern at (1) Florida (7 pm, Fox Sports South) UL Monroe at (2) Texas (7 pm, FSN PPV) (20) BYU vs (3) Oklahoma – in Arlington, TX (7 pm, ESPN) San Jose State at (4) USC (3:30 pm, FSN/CSN) (5) Alabama vs (7) Virginia Tech – in Atlanta (8 pm, ABC) Navy at (6) Ohio State (12 pm, ESPN) (8) Ole Miss at Memphis (3:30 pm Sunday, ESPN) Akron at (9) Penn State (12 pm, BTN - Regional) (13) Georgia at (9) Oklahoma State (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) (11) LSU at Washington (10:30 pm, ESPN) Maryland at (12) California (10 pm, ESPN2) (16) Oregon at (14) Boise State (10:15 pm Thursday, ESPN) Jacksonville State at (15) Georgia Tech (1 pm, ESPN 360) Miami at (18) Florida State (8 pm Monday, ESPN) Utah State at (19) Utah (9 pm, The Mountain) The Citadel at (21) North Carolina (6 pm, ESPN 360) Northern Iowa at (22) Iowa (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Nevada at (23) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC) Florida Atlantic at (24) Nebraska (7 pm, FSN PPV) Northern Colorado at (25) Kansas (7 pm, FCS Central) Games of interest ------------------ South Carolina at NC State (7 pm Thursday, ESPN) North Texas at Ball State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Eastern Kentucky at Indiana (8 pm Thursday, BTN) North Dakota State at Iowa State (8 pm Thursday) Liberty at West Virginia (12 pm) Toledo at Purdue (12 pm, BTN – Regional) Towson at Northwestern (12 pm, BTN – Regional) Montana State at Michigan State (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Kentucky vs Miami (OH) – in Cincinnati (12 pm, ESPNU) Minnesota at Syracuse (12 pm, ESPN2) Western Kentucky at Tennessee (12 pm, SEC Network) Baylor at Wake Forest (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional) Western Michigan at Michigan (3:30 pm, ABC - Regional) Illinois vs Missouri – in St. Louis (3:30 pm, ESPN) Southern Illinois at Marshall (4:30 pm) Missouri State at Arkansas (7 pm) Northern Illinois at Wisconsin (7 pm, BTN) Richmond at Duke (7 pm) Louisiana Tech at Auburn (7 pm, ESPNU) Indiana State at Louisville (7:30 pm) San Diego State at UCLA (7:30 pm, Fox Sports West) UC Davis at Fresno State (10 pm) Non I-A game of interest ------------------------ Georgetown at Holy Cross (1 pm) Other nationally available games ------------------------------- Tulsa at Tulane (8 pm Friday, ESPN) Northeastern at Boston College (2 pm, ESPN 360) Jackson State at Mississippi State (3:30 pm, ESPNU) William & Mary at Virginia (6 pm, ESPN 360) Middle Tennessee at Clemson (6 pm, ESPN 360) UConn at Ohio (7 pm, ESPN 360) Buffalo at UTEP (9 pm, CBS College) Colorado State at Colorado (7 pm Sunday, FSN/CSN) Cincinnati at Rutgers (4 pm Monday, ESPN) Nationally available games outside I-A ------------------------------------- Central Washington at Minnesota-Duluth (8 pm Thursday, CBS College) Grambling vs South Carolina State – in Orlando (2 pm Sunday, ESPN2)

AP poll is out. I'll have the week 1 thread posted when I get back to my own computer. 1. Florida (58) 0-0 1,498 2. Texas (2) 0-0 1,424 3. Oklahoma 0-0 1,370 4. USC 0-0 1,313 5. Alabama 0-0 1,156 6. Ohio State 0-0 1,113 7. Virginia Tech 0-0 1,054 8. Mississippi 0-0 1,047 9. Oklahoma State 0-0 989 9. Penn State 0-0 989 11. LSU 0-0 914 12. California 0-0 746 13. Georgia 0-0 714 14. Boise State 0-0 659 15. Georgia Tech 0-0 593 16. Oregon 0-0 587 17. TCU 0-0 521 18. Florida State 0-0 307 19. Utah 0-0 289 20. Brigham Young 0-0 267 21. North Carolina 0-0 261 22. Iowa 0-0 229 23. Notre Dame 0-0 225 24. Nebraska 0-0 207 25. Kansas 0-0 134

I see we've reached the point of the disappointing season where Fred starts being forced to pinch-hit for almost everyone. Haven't had that since the good old days of 06.

Good trade Boston, you idiots.

Maybe the expectations weren't super high but there were expectations for that team. Until Derrek Lee went down we were doing ok. Not saying we would have been much better but there were a lot of injuries that year. It reminds me a little bit of how our starting staff keeps getting injured. I think we saw 17 starting pitchers that year....Mateo, Marmol, Ryu, Walrond, Marshall, Maddux, Zambrano, Hill, Guzman, Prior, Wood, O'Malley, Jerome Williams, Wade Miller, Rusch...I'm probably missing a few. I also remember the teams in the Central not looking particularly imposing that year. We know what happened with the Cardinals, but going into the season, the NL Central looked like the Cubs could win it. I still go back and forth on whether 2002 or 2006 was the more miserable season this decade. We had rookie stud Prior and still-a-starter Wood in 2002. We had clearly-broken-and-will-never-be-a-factor-again Prior and Wood in 2006. I think that swings it to 06 being more miserable. I know it shouldn't matter but the Cards winning it all that year definitely sucked too. We didn't have a whole lot of hope of any success in the near future in 06.

If Ryno manages next year I can pretty much guarantee that the Cubs will have more stupid managerial decisions next year than this year.

Been that kind of season when Brendan Ryan hits a grand slam in San Diego and Angel Guzman gives up a grand slam in L.A. within an hour of each other.

Yep, bench Gorzo for a worse hitter and then Guzman comes out and lights himself on fire out there. Typical.

LOL Cobs. That'll about do it for the season, I think.

I know it's dumb to even bring it up, but Gorzo's OPS as a Cub is about twice what Miles's is. (.900 vs .462)

Miles now has a .462 OPS.

I think their comfort level with each other is a huge factor. Len is very knowledgeable about the game, Bob isn't afraid to call it like he sees it (even if the way he sees it isn't always right), but without the comfort level they wouldn't be nearly as good as they are.

What'd you expect with the great Joel Pineiro on the mound?

Honestly, was anyone offering even close to 8/136 for that guy? Why did we give him so much money?

On base percentage (OBP) and slugging percentage (SLG). OK....so what would a hitter like D Lee's OPS be?Lee's OPS entering tonight was .927. OBP of .376, SLG of .550.

Yadier Molina just nailed his 2nd runner of the night, because apparently people still don't get that running on him is a stupid idea.

LOL at Theriot. About 25 other shortstops would have made that a routine 6-3.

Good lord, I just looked it up on Gameday to make sure you weren't making that up. I swear they're finding about every possible ridiculous way to score runs this year.

Ugh.

Jeff Baker is awesome.

Brendan Ryan's career OPS after the slam is .699. Hey Kosuke!

Brendan Ryan grand slam. It doesn't matter where they are in the order.