SageAgainstTheMachine

Yeah, teams play just under half their season within the division.

A big free agent signing has been disappointing over a small handful of games and the Bills are 2-2. For many, Mario Williams is a wimp and a thief. I guess that makes them feel better?

People hear what they want to hear. Read what they want to read. As long as it fits the narrative they've formed in their head.

The best news for the A's, Rangers, Angels and Mariners is that they get 18 games against the Astros next season.

I realize how the current playoff system makes things more exciting for the casual fan. I get it. It's just that I'm a stats nerd, so it bothers me how the long marathon schedule (in which the Law of Large Numbers actually has a chance to work) does such a great job of parsing the good teams from the superior teams...and then the BEST team can be eliminated from losing 3 games in a 5 game series. In the NFL, it's entirely possible that a 10-6 team is superior to a 12-4 team. Small sample size. In baseball, an 87-75 simply isn't the same as a 100-62 team. But they're given the chance now to win a single game and stand on equal ground. I like your idea of 6 teams with byes. I wonder what all that rest would do to the team with the bye, though.

After a whopping 162 games, I think the regular season alone should decide each pennant winner. MAYBE have 4 playoff teams total. 10 is ridiculous.

NOOOOOOOOO!

Just busting your balls. I'm a Yankees fan personally...would be an interesting ALCS between them and the Athletics. Gun to my head, I'd put Detroit and San Fran in the WS.

Bob Melvin might have something to say about that. Now if you're talking executive of the year...

I bet a bunch of Hollywood reps were lurking at the stadium just in case he hit a home run.

Are you new here? Only the most recent game counts. Duh.

Yeah, Mr. White. Yeah science!

I'd think Lindell, unless he objects to taking Moorman's spot.

The core of this team are professionals through and through. The Moorman release will not distract them.

He looked good against Jon Baldwin, until 35-3 garbage time when he caught a couple. Of course, Baldwin is a young player with discipline issues. Against Stephen Hill (who by the way, hasn't caught another pass this season) in Week 1 he was terrible. Bad TD against Travis Benjamin (who?) in Cleveland. Results have been specious to say the least. You can say there's a steep learning curve, but the youngsters he's facing are against the same curve.

Thank you, OP. Many seem so willfully ignorant on the concept of discrete, independent events. It's unlikely that the Patriots will lose 3 in a row AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 3 GAME STREAK.

Not only the basketball will be bouncing.

Right, but the point is that there are maybe...what?...1 or 2 guys on this board that would survive a professional football play with their knees intact. So for us to call ANY of them a wimp is laughable to me.

My favorite is how he's supposedly a wimp. Ok, maybe on a scale of NFL players, but I'd like to see anybody on this board take a hit from a linebacker and be back on their feet within a week.

It's not surprising to me. Despite a...precarious?...QB situation, we dominate the line of scrimmage.

Wait...what?

For me anyway, it was the absurdity of the trolling. Most of the trolls around here are of the "DURRRR PICKSPATRICK DURRR" variety. Crayonz railed against Canadians, blamed weed for all the worlds' problems, had a secret cabal of gerbils that performed his bidding (or something). The Jimmy Spags stuff was over the top though, and it frustrated me when he decided to drop the persona and get all sanctimonious once a serious topic came to light.

The Hypnotoad is Dead. Long Live the Hypnotoad!

Weirdly enough, ESPN's live tracker got mixed up in the 4th quarter last week and credited Cory Mac with 3 consecutive complete passes, instead of Fitz. Some idiot probably saw that and failed to assume it was incorrect.

The secret to life is... ...wait for it... Live.