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Boston team ERA by month: April: 4.67 May: 4.62 June: 4.46 July: 4.60 August: 5.81 Varitek last played on July 31. I think it's been proven that Varitek meant more to that pitching staff than anything else. He was probably overpaid a bit for that batting line but if you lower your team's ERA by over a run as a catcher, you're worth a decent amount of money.

I will be pulling for the A's. Hopefully they will get the Tigers in the Division Series as opposed to the Yankees or White Sox/Twins.

Cubs are now half a game behind the Pirates for the worst record in the NL.

Now only 0.5 GB.

I won't allow myself to think that he's going to leave and assume he will come back whether that means not opting out or opting out and resigning.

I'm calling it right now, the loser of Titans/Jets will have the first pick in the draft. And I think the Jets will taste defeat at the hands of Kerry Collins. 8) You might be right, but I watched Tennessee beat the Packers by 14 a couple days ago. It really should have been a 30 point win, too. VY overthrew 3 easy TD's, the Titans missed a FG, missed an easy chip-shot FG attempt at the end of the half becausew Kerry Collins screwed up clock management, and fumbled inside the ten. All those things mean the Titans suck, but to do that and win by 14 (even though it's preseason) what does that say about GB? Favre only threw 1 pass (for 89 yards), and both GB corners were out, but a sad display nonetheless. The top 5 picks will probably include the Jets, Titans, Texans, Bills, and either the Packers or Lions. Excellent point, and I agree with your top 5, but I think both the Jets and Titans are worse than the Pack simply because GB still has Favre. Yes, I know he's old and likely washed up, but he still is good enough to find a way to pull out 5 wins or so, more than I think the Titans and Jets will get. When it comes down to it though, all these teams suck pretty bad. I hate to say it but this is East Coast Bias all the way here. Both Bay Area teams have good shots of getting a top 5 pick in the draft. The Niners have a better shot than the Raiders but I wouldn't discount Aaron Brooks helping the Raiders get a top 5 pick.

Who's going to get hurt next for the Red Sox? Schilling? Beckett? I mean, it can't get much worse now can it? Well, if they lose Schilling or Beckett, then they can be entered into the discussion with the Cubs of which team has been most injury-prone. It continues. Schilling was scratched this morning from his Monday start against the White Sox. He has a mild strain in his right side which apparently occured while warming up for his last start at Oakland. I didn't believe you until I looked up the Red Sox MLB site and Julian Tavarez will be starting in place of Schilling on Monday. In other news, the city of Boston has recorded record suicide rates over the past 3 weeks.

LET'S LET THEM WIN THERE LEAGUE INSTEAD OF PUNISHING HTEM WITH PLAYING FOR THIS MANAGER. You might be right.....3 weeks is all it takes for Baker and staff to ruin a young player. O'Malley got hurt in his second start.

UC Davis started off the season well with a 38-7 demolishing of Northern Colorado even with their top wide receiver recording no catches on the day due to a minor ankle sprain. Held UNC to 32 yards rushing for the game as well. Bring on TCU!! We're gonna take down the Horned Frogs.

Zbikowski is a stud.

We'll take down Montana State in 2 weeks. Count on it.

And yet they'll look like a completely different team when Notre Dame rolls in on 9/23.

I don't see any of those downgrades you talked about. And UCLA lost their entire offense from last year, there is no way ND loses to them. So you really think Darius Walker = LenDale White + Reggie Bush? Because that is just ludicrous. I would also give 2005 USC an advantage at WR if you factor in Reggie Bush lining up there 10-15 times a game. Quinn would be a slight downgrade because he doesn't have a Heisman like Leinart did going into last year.

For which school, Davis? Illinois. No idea what to expect for the aggies - except that their stadium is smaller than my high schools. hopefully they removed the bees. Well, based on the fact that the team has had 36 straight winning seasons in football, I would guess at least 6-5. After that I'm not really sure. We will have a new stadium for next year. It was supposed to be ready for this year but the university came up with some BS excuses and it won't be completed until the beginning of 2007. I think it will start off with 15000ish seats and has the potential to be expanded to 30000. where? Southwest corner of the Hutchison and LaRue intersection. It's on the southwest part of campus as well near the ARC/Pavilion and new parking structure.

Georgia Tech will not beat Notre Dame. I would love it if they did, but it's not going to happen.

For which school, Davis? Illinois. No idea what to expect for the aggies - except that their stadium is smaller than my high schools. hopefully they removed the bees. Well, based on the fact that the team has had 36 straight winning seasons in football, I would guess at least 6-5. After that I'm not really sure. We will have a new stadium for next year. It was supposed to be ready for this year but the university came up with some BS excuses and it won't be completed until the beginning of 2007. I think it will start off with 15000ish seats and has the potential to be expanded to 30000.

Who's going to get hurt next for the Red Sox? Schilling? Beckett? I mean, it can't get much worse now can it?

Can I change my vote? I put 2 but then I read Truffle's "pick em leagues don't count' stipulation which means I'm not in any. I'm not big into fantasy sports leagues.

The Raiders are ranked 25th, which seems about right.

CUBS WIN!!!

Sounds like Rich's day is done. Excellent outing.

The smart money is on the dumpster giving up 7 runs and losing the game. We don't have a big enough lead for the dumpster to come in. Drinking yet Jim?

I petitioned to join the bandwagon a couple days ago but my application was denied because of how much I doubted Hill in the past.

When I first heard this stat used a couple weeks ago I was surprised that Dusty had never kept Z out there for a whole game yet this year.

I was saying the same thing during the World Cup.