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Tigers get swept with Schzerer, Verlander and Price going, Dodgers on the way to losing all 3 games started by Kershaw and Greinke. Maybe Theo is on to something with his focus on hitting? Edit: nm I forgot they won the Greinke game. Point still stands.

No non-white FAs are going to want to play for their racist fans, so they are at an unfair disadvantage. They need a second competitive balance pick each year.

Yup...

What is the normal completion percentage for throws over 15 yards? I would assume somewhere around 40-45? 23.3% sounds terrible.

Are the Bears making more practice squad moves this year or am I just noticing them more?

Adjustments are absolutely criminal. I've lost a game from an adjustment before, it sucks.

Are you [expletive] kidding me? I don't care how bad he's been that's idiotic.

Cool grantland article cataloging all the ways baseball was said to be dying throughout it's history. The first written account of baseball's demise was back in....1868: The next death blow for baseball was supposed to be players being traded, then it was competition from other spots like bicycling and trap shooting, then it was the automobile, and it keeps going and going. http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-dead-ball-century-mlb-baseball-playoffs-john-thorn-mlb-historian-baseball-decline-articles/

How can God continue to propel the Cardinals to victory when their fan base is embarrassing themselves like this?

You know they're going to win in the most stunning way possible in game 5. I don't know how much more stunningly they can win than the 2011-2012 playoffs. Maybe a 6 run rally starting with no one on and 2 outs in the 9th this time and a game winning grand slam by Pete Kozuma or whatever other Eckstein clones they have on their roster

Of course the Cardinals are granted a timeout in the middle of an AB to fix the mound.

So apparently Conte was allowed to re-enter the game for a play with his concussion... Jesus my disastrous college and pro seasons are blending together into one

He looked really good. Hit a 3, got into the lane multiple times and finished. Not bad.

For the second time in 5 weeks, a Bears player has the most detrimental play of the week according to whatever metric this is, which was Matt Forte's fumble, taking the Bears winning odds from 59% to 25% Cutlers 2nd INT was the 5th worst play of the week as well. http://regressing.deadspin.com/matt-fortes-fumble-was-the-most-damaging-play-of-week-5-1642887004/+benes

I know you feel wronged, but I think calling it treason is a bit strong. lol I usually groan when people Cuse people's misspellings, but this one made me giggle. Wasn't that NC Cub Fan? Dammit it was. Serves me right for trying to be clever.

Early look at PFF ratings:

I know you feel wronged, but I think calling it treason is a bit strong. lol I usually groan when people Cuse people's misspellings, but this one made me giggle. Hahaha, didn't even notice. Honestly after I saw that I still get some postseason games I was kind of happy. Weird rules though. You can watch every ALDS and ALCS game, but only like 5 NL NLDS and NLCS games. But you get to watch every World Series game so that's kind of awesome. The weird thing is, with a cable package, I believe you can stream every postseason game on each station's respective apps. The only game I haven't been able to stream was Cardinals/Dodgers game 2, which was on MLB Network....and there's only 1 more MLB Network game left on the schedule, tonight's Giants/Nats game. Rest are on Fox, Fox Sports 1 and TBS. Maybe the MLB gets more restrictive as the playoffs go on, who knows.

So far so good except the number of games.

What I saw was the Bears finding success with Forte over and over again in the first half, then Carolina making adjustments to stop Forte from having that success, and then the Bears just throwing their hands up when the Forte gameplan stopped working. Carolina lost one of their best defenders in the first half, and Trestman didn't seem interested in exposing that weakness at all. Every time Jeffery was fed the ball, he made things happen. I'm speechless that the Bears didn't open up the field more against this team, especially in the second half when it was clear that Carolina changed their game plan to stop Forte. It didnt seem like they made adjustments to their offensive game plan in the second half when what they were doing in the first half wasn't working anymore. I noted in the game thread that the Bears were game planning beautifully against a heavy blitzing D going against an injured and inexperienced line. They dialed up a lot of quick passes with good blocking to allow for yards after the catch, took limited chances deep and kept moving the ball. But as the game went on, Carolina was bottling those plays up and jamming the WRs at the line and Cutler was less effective. 236 yards in the first half, 111 in the second. Of course the biggest difference was that the Bears defense was giving the offense extra possessions in the first half, while the Bears were giving it away in the second half.

The Bears bomb atomically. i was hoping someone would make that connection

That interview and what can only be called 'The John Baker Game' have made me a fan.

I know you feel wronged, but I think calling it treason is a bit strong. lol I usually groan when people Cuse people's misspellings, but this one made me giggle.

I just edited to reflect that. Week 1 was Corey Graham's revenge (INT of Cutler). Tice as well this week.

The saga continues. No one else is starting these so I'm starting it even though the last 2 have been losses. The Falcons looked great at times and they've looked terrible at times. They are a much much better home team (2-0) than a road team (0-3). The last time they played at home, they won 56-14. Can't wait to see what Devin Hester does against us as the Bears homecoming tour continues (Corey Graham, Olsen, Hester, Lovie) The line is Atlanta -3.

and giant fans get to eat lots of garlic fries Ahh I could go for some of those garlic fries right now