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As a Cubs/Packers fan, the whole DeRosa and Favre thing doesn't help either.

Wow, Packers do something good and there's a penalty. Imagine that.

Every now and then an NFL game is so one-sided that it really makes me wonder.

I want a sack.

Of course not. Apparently, Minnesota can't commit a penalty either. Yeah, not to come off as whiny, but the flag disparity is a little ridiculous. The non-late hit call when the Vikings guy threw the Packers guy down five yards out of bounds was definitely the most obvious one that should have been called. They've missed multiple holds as well, but apparently NFL refs stopped calling holding. There was also a block in the back from earlier that was missed.

Doesn't look good.

It would help if the penalty yards weren't stacking up.

Of course not. Apparently, Minnesota can't commit a penalty either. Yeah, not to come off as whiny, but the flag disparity is a little ridiculous.

Same here. Two things I was worried most about before the game was our offensive line going up against their defensive line and our defense against AP. Way to stop those fears, morons. Ditto.

As long as technology is not used, I don't have a problem with it. Also, no employees of the home team should be involved. Whether you figure out a hot route signal in football, or a pickoff sign in baseball, it's part of the game. The reason teams have complicated signs and signals is so opponents don't pick them up. Often the main job of the bench coach is to figure out the opponents signs. If I thought my signs were being stolen, I would try to use it to my advantage. On a big 2-strike pitch I would have some sort of signal that let the pitcher know that if I signaled a curve to throw a fastball. You can discuss it between innings or even in the middle of the inning. If I had a good hitter at the plate with an important runner on first that I didn't want to steal, I would give him the steal sign with some sort of new wipe-off that I created at the beginning of the inning. Say the count is 1-0 and you'd really like to get your hitter to 2-0. Give the fake steal sign. They pitchout. Now the pitcher is down 2-0.

How can this possibly remind you of it? Rockies walk-off HR. Just ironic that this one ended the Cubs contention and that one revived their contention.

The Cubs are officially out of contention. What a disappointing season. Ianetta walk-off dinger. Reminds me of a Neifi walk-off that gave the Cubs postseason life 11 years ago.

But you also can't have an even number of total interleague series without giving teams extended breaks. Each set of series must have an odd number of interleague series going on at the same time (1,3,5, etc.). If there are 2 interleague series going on, then one team from each league would not be playing (2 interleague, 12 intraleague, and 1 sitting). Since there will be 51 sets of series (an odd number), there must also be an odd number of total interleague series. This is because an odd number times an odd number is always odd. 60, 90, 120 total series do not work. 75, 105, 135 do work. Which actually means we just found a flaw in Bob Costas' system! Cool. You are correct as far as you've taken it. But right now, there are 52 series played by each team each season, not 51. That's 26 weeks times 2 series per week minus 1 series lost during the all star break plus one series gained during the once a year 2 consecutive 2 games series. (Each team plays one 2 game series at home and one on the road). This is the mechanism that the schedulers currently use to keep the home/road series/games equal for each team. These 2 game series will not work so well with interleague play, but doing away with them and replacing them with 1 series creates a whole other set of problems. I think it can be worked out, but it's not going to be the "no-brainer" that some people seem to think it is. Agreed, but you can still look at the season as a set of 51 series. It's just that one of those series is actually 2 sets of 2-game series, if that makes sense. While some teams are playing the 2-and-2 series, other teams can be playing a regular 3-game interleague series. Not everybody has to play the 2-and-2 series at the same time. Bob Costas' system has each team playing 8 4-game series and 8 2-game series. All 4-game and 2-game series are played inside the division in his system.

Ankiel is almost as annoying as Bernie is almost as annoying as Bora$$. Maybe Ankiel is a combination of the current Mays, Mantle, DiMaggio and Snyder. Noticed this at the end. This guy went to my high school (graduation class ~350) and is a year younger than me. I would call him an acquaintance, not a friend. But still awesome.

i dont really agree at all with this, id rather kill a few teams, esp with exceptionally low fan bases Toronto Florida Tampa Bay Washington (eventhough that wont happen with the new stadium) St Louis im joking about St Louis I wish they would just impose a $40 million salary cap on St. Louis. Then have this schedule where the Cubs play the Cardinals 25 times a year as their "intraleague rival." Then balance the rest of the schedule out.

1970-72 Thanks.

I'll answer my own question. It was 1967-1972. A six-year span. 1947-1966 was brutal.

Fred, when is the last time the Cubs had three consecutive winning seasons?

I really do wish we could see something like this at some point. If they wanted to start the season three days earlier on a Friday, then they could go the route of 60 or 90 total interleague series. This would just mean three more off-days built into the season for each team.

But you also can't have an even number of total interleague series without giving teams extended breaks. Each set of series must have an odd number of interleague series going on at the same time (1,3,5, etc.). If there are 2 interleague series going on, then one team from each league would not be playing (2 interleague, 12 intraleague, and 1 sitting). Since there will be 51 sets of series (an odd number), there must also be an odd number of total interleague series. This is because an odd number times an odd number is always odd. 60, 90, 120 total series do not work. 75, 105, 135 do work. Which actually means we just found a flaw in Bob Costas' system! Cool.

There are a few systems where it works. There must be 1, 3, 5, etc. going on at once. The Bob Costas' system is one in which it does work. It is the major hurdle in the 15/15 system. It works, and it's not that hard. how many interleague series does each team have to play to do it? There are 26 weeks in the season so that's 52 series if you take the average of two series per week, excluding the random but rare 2-2-3 weeks where a team faces three different opponents. Subtract one for the All-Star Break and there would be at least 51 total series if you played one each time. They'd probably raise it to 60 which would mean each team would play 4 or 75 in which each team would play 5. It's certainly not impossible. If you figure there are 51 total series to be played at once, which I think is right, then you can't have 60 series. You have to have an odd number of interleague series for it to work. 75 would work though. And it would probably be easier to schedule as well.

There are a few systems where it works. There must be 1, 3, 5, etc. going on at once. The Bob Costas' system is one in which it does work. It is the major hurdle in the 15/15 system. It works, and it's not that hard. It's a hurdle because other scheduling compromises would have to occur that the owners probably won't accept. Not because it's hard to figure out a 15/15 system.

There are a few systems where it works. There must be 1, 3, 5, etc. going on at once. The Bob Costas' system is one in which it does work. It is the major hurdle in the 15/15 system.

Nope Vikings had a bye that week. Its never happened. 10 Sun November 13 box W Minnesota Vikings @ New York Giants 24 21 137 1 405 5 10 Sun November 13 box W Detroit Lions Arizona Cardinals 29 21 383 0 397 1 10 Sun November 13 box W Chicago Bears San Francisco 49ers 17 9 239 4 161 2 10 Sun November 13 box W Green Bay Packers @ Atlanta Falcons 33 25 351 1 321 3 That Packers-Falcons game was better known as the Samkon Gado game. What a horrible year. I saw Samkon yesterday during warmups.

I went to the Rams vs. Packers game today. I'm a little worried about the Packers offense still. But had a blast. I watched the Packers in STL on December 16, 2007. The next week the Lions won a game, their last win since today. I have seen the Packers win as many times in that period of time as the Lions have won, period. Pretty crazy considering I rarely see the Packers play.