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What rule? 5 year deals for guys over 30?

Old Yankee stadium pretty much stunk, but it was the house that ruth built (then got completely redone in the ugly 1970s utilitarian style that isn't useful) so people loved it. New Yankee stadium is just a more bloated version of that place, that doesn't have as much grime. There is nothing interesting about it. It is not enjoyable to walk around. And that awful moat thing is really horrible looking.

It's back to back games. I think that's all it is. It's also Khabi's first chance to play this season.

It sure as hell worked really nicely for a while there. 9 straight winning seasons. They went from an organization with a fan base that did not give a crap about them, to an attendance juggernaut. They made it to the LCS three straight years and the WS two years in a row. It absolutely worked. Even in a bad season they had 3 million attendance and you can't walk 5 feet in that market without somebody wearing Phillies gear. Granted, it's a little heavy on the middle aged chubby women in love with Chase Utley side, but that was never the case before.

Yeah that one was bad. The thing that killed me in that game was when the Bears were at the 1 yard line, Cutler jumped over the pile and extended the ball just over the goal line before being stripped and losing the fumble. Inexplicably Lovie didn't challenge despite it clearly crossing the line before the fumble. I think he had an idiotic low reward challenge in the game that really magnified his challenging ability. Edit: Oh yeah that's what it was. The play before the goal line fumble was a 48 yard pass to Earl Bennett. I believe he stepped out at the 1 yard line and it was clear that he was out of bounds. Lovie challenged it, was denied, and then the goal line fumble happened, and Lovie didn't challenge, even though he still had one left. Bears end up losing by 3. Yep. I remember the situation being a challenge that either left them 1st/goal from the 1 or a TD, and then he didn't challenge a play that resulted in either a TD or the other team now has the ball. So dumb.

Three division championships and a pennant? God forbid. You really think that those were the expectations of the fanbase/ownership/management? I sure as hell don't, and that window is now cemented shut. And will open right back up in a year or two if they continue to willingly spend money.

You were inspired by the new Yankee Stadium? That place is an abomination. Could you expand on that thought, because I think it is pretty awesome. It is an awful, terrible, horrible, hideous, ugly stadium. It's brutal. It's essentially a museum with expensive beer. Other than getting free tickets to good seats I don't know anybody that likes it.

http://www.argusleader.com/article/20131011/NEWS/310110023/Live-10-30-Update-2-year-old-boy-s-abuse-case?nclick_check=1 There was a story on this site yesterday about Adrian Peterson being in a bar there after being excused by the team, that gave no indication for the reason. The link is now dead.

Explains why he was in Sioux Falls yesterday. That's terrible.

You were inspired by the new Yankee Stadium? That place is an abomination.

On that deep ball that was missed the announcers talked about Alshon making an awkward final step, but when I was watching it live it looked to me that he had his man beat by a few steps, but the ball was slightly underthrown, forcing him to slow down and then get a little tangled up while the defender caught him. The next one was a big overthrow. I think Jay had a nice game but those incomplete deep passes were more on him than Alshon.

Have you seen the NFC East this year? The entire division has nails in coffins, and yet someone will make the playoffs. Washington is a half game out of first at 1-3 and probably has the best intradivisional win. You know, for some reason I keep thinking Dallas is 3-2 and not the opposite. I guess if Dallas beats Washington this weekend and then Philly the next, or if Philly wins at Tampa and then against Dallas, it could be a nail situation. But this has the looks of a 8-8 division winner situation.

need the rest. Kind of lucky to have Washington facing an emotional primetime road game this week. It would be nice to put the final nail in the coffin on another NFC East team

After he was canned, Sveum was bemoaning not having opportunity to be here when these prospects arrive, so it's not as if it's an afterthought to these guys. And I think it's entirely possible that these kids start showing up in late 2014-early 2015. Like I said, it's certainly not some kind of trump card or lynch pin to their sales pitch , but if I were looking at the job, "there's a ton of talent in the upper levels" sure would sound a lot better to me than "there's not much help on the way", particularly when the big league team is so bad right now. It's definitely not a non-factor. I mean why wouldn't you be at least intrigued by the fact that the system is positioned to dump a bunch of talent in your lap over the next few years? Just look what happened to Sveum. He knew what the plan was and the plan was going along swimmingly but he was canned anyway. Every "baseball person" out there is skeptical of prospects until they prove themselves as major leaguers. They may like the idea of working with the next big thing, but what they all want is to work with the Dodgers roster. They want established players they can pencil in and rely on to get the job done. They want to win now. With kids, even if things work out, you can suffer through multiple years of underperformance before seeing them at their best. You can lose your job due to losing while everybody is waiting on the prospects. The Cubs just fired Sveum even though the major league results pretty much matched expectations. And if you fail there is no guarantee you will get another opportunity. There is great risk in taking a job where the eventual success depends on guys who are now 22. It will take time to see that success, and you will be blamed for any of those 22 year olds aren't as good as people thought they could be.

We should start betting against what we want to happen. I think most of us around here were rooting in this manner the last two season in the LDS: Giants over Reds - HEY! Nationals over Cardinals A's over Tigers Orioles over Yankees Braves over Dodgers (although I wanted Dodgers in case the Cardinals won because I think they will be tougher) Pirates over Cardinals Rays over Red Sox A's over Tigers - We'll see I was hoping for the cubs

Can they even admit they were interested, since he was always under contract? That's what leaks are for. Then you talk about it when everybody is in their next job.

It is going to be interesting to hear down the line that they were never all that interested in him.

don't quite get the "GM of another team" aspect of this ranking. Eh, testing out long term positions is what I was going for. If you trade for Javy, for instance, is he a SS or something else to your team? Knowing full well every team is different as it is. Silly wording on my part. If you are Kevin Towers obviously you want Soler since he will fight.

don't quite get the "GM of another team" aspect of this ranking.

Same. Hells yes.

Well I've been waiting for this to happen. Vick getting hurt led to my first loss of the season. And my backup is Eli. I could pick up Big Ben @ NYJ, Foles @ TB, Weeden vs DET, Geno Smith and maybe a handful of other options. I'm actually thinking of starting Eli.

My guess is it has a lot to do with the fact that traditionally there weren't a lot of steps along the playoff route. Teams celebrated winning their league, then celebrated winning the World Series. Then they celebrated winning their division, because it was so similar to what it used to be like winning your league. Then winning the LCS and the World Series. Some teams have tried to downplay it when they go to the playoffs often, trying to make a statement about the World Series being the only thing that matters. But by and large, it is tradition to celebrate like that in baseball, and athletes don't really need a big excuse to party. But you combine that with the fact that it doesn't really take much physical effort to play the game of baseball, so you aren't exhausted like you are after a football or basketball game. And the games and series last so damn long that it is a release when you win. Plus, the way games end just lend themselves to dudes going crazy on one side. The final out, or walkoff hit, are specific enjoyable moments that actually have to be completed in the course of the game, unlike taking a knee or dribbling around as the clock expires.

Why is he batting 7th? This is ridiculous.

I think we can place Pittsburgh in the "bad teams that lack sufficient talent" category. Their offensive line is a disaster, the defense is old and their rapey quarterback looks like he's lost a few steps. Also, unless Gronkowski comes back, New England might be more "bad" than "underachieving." I think they should definitely be in the category above. You think the 4-1 Patriots are underachieving?

That's a safe assumption.