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watching teams hand away the farm and blow it is kind of fun though isn't it.

30.4% chance that is Morrow's next affliction.

Non playoff teams can still make moves right?

we'll see if this copies well. This is my $50 entry suicide pool 676 entries Week 1 Pick Breakdown PHI 259 Undecided CHI 141 Undecided PIT 89 Undecided DEN 37 Undecided NYJ 34 Undecided KC 27 Undecided DET 21 Undecided NE 20 Undecided SEA 13 Wins SF 7 Undecided NOR 6 Undecided AZ 5 Undecided TB 5 Undecided MIN 3 Undecided STL 3 Undecided BAL 2 Undecided SD 2 Undecided CAR 1 Undecided WAS 1 Undecided

and suicide pools might be smaller. I'm hoping both Bills and Jags can win and I actually win a small one if the Cards win Monday. I never take the biggest favourite in week 1.

Bills have some athletes on offense. They are going to have some big plays and probably surprise some good teams later in the year. It is their d-line that has looked ugly early.

In charge of contract negotiations.

meh, I think this was an okay thread. I really think he expected more from the casuals who love Clutch Navarro. He probably should have provided a little less info as a few may have not jumped on it and may have last looked at TdA's numbers as little as 3 weeks ago as there was a huge difference between them then. I think this is slightly lip service as concussions are such a hot button issue. It's also the Kevin Placwecki factor as he was tearing up AA and started to show some of that again in Vegas. They even said this was probably only if the concussions continued and it wouldn't be for a few years. It does speak as to what they think TdA's bat can be though. I've always been huge on TdA and his bat and getting out of Toronto's swing at the first pitch, pull happy mentality seems to have helped him with his batted ball numbers. From 2010 through 2012 there was this push for him to be a power hitter and over 3 levels in the minors he struck out over 20% of the time. This year, even with his early season struggles, he's striking out 15% of the time in the majors (11% since his recall). I'd also like to point out the recognition of the Mets coaching staff/front office into the TdA's problems with passed balls and even blocking balls is actually his reliance on framing. He's trying to frame a little too long and missing pitches as a result. Take a look at the Wall Street Journal article (yes even New York's financial paper prints more advanced articles than our more sport related ones). http://online.wsj.com/articles/n-y-mets-defense-a-flaw-in-travis-darnauds-game-1409790675

easy mistake King, they should chop off the non-throwing arm to make this easier for people.

before the replay I thought maybe Reyes wasn't there and he saw it as he was about to release...but no that was just a weak toss.

The lack of caring about defense in general. This is just a bad defending team. Oh but how they can celebrate.

that's awful. I'm not sure that would have been on time anyway.

Sanchez can come in for the save in the 11th

I want the sac fly and tie so Reyes, EE and Bautista might get more AB's

Can't put this one on Casey...and they need the ground balls he's been getting now.

and you would have won the game in regulation

I 100% agree. I used to love when teams did things to their park to give their team a perceived advantage as well

Crafty Farrell making Holt sick so Middlebrooks can tie this game.

Nice dive Reyes.

Stubbs up with 2 on if they don't pinch hit for him.

I can see this now. Stro gets hurt pinch running during expanded rosters.

Indians are a team of density.

Dropped out already. $75 for 4th where I was sitting. https://www.fanduel.com/contest/5280789/scoring/lineup/39969043/

HR's for JB and EE will make me feel better about them losing Hutch's win.