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And that comes as a total shock to Joe Maddon who actually manages the Rays.

Saints 38-17 over the Dolphins. 4-0 with games upcoming against Chicago and New England.

I didn't think Price would go a full 9 based on his past record against the Rangers. Hats off to Price on a gutsy performance.

She has 7 film roles lined up thru 2014 including "Dark Places", "How to Catch a Monster" "God's Pocket" and "The Pirate Fairy". Imdb has a complete list.

Texas is home team. Starting pitchers: Perez (Tex) versus Price (TB)

Think stats can always discriminate? Who would you take? Player A or B BA / OBP / SLG / SB / R / RBI / HR A) .244 / .345 / .428 / 1 / 48 / 51 / 13 WAR = 1.1 B) .273 / .353 / .430 / 13 / 74 / 57 / 18 WAR = 2.3 If Sabermetrics rule then it has to be player B right? Player B turns out to be Alex Rodriquez 2012 ..... all 25 million dollars per year worth of him versus Johnny Gomes (player a) at 5 million a year Still think the higher WAR always trumps the lower one? Didn't think so. Hey, no biggie. We don't agree that's all. I think Sabremetrics fails to value some things which are important. That's all.

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True. Value extends well beyond stats. Some guys are clubhouse poison. Others are simply great "glue" guys. I hated seeing Napoli leave because I thought he was one of the latter.

Better player and most valuable player aren't the same thing. If we were voting on better player the answer might be different. If we were picking one for our team for the future, Trout wins hands down. ( jeez and he turned 22 less than two months ago!) But MVP? sorry .. still going with Cabrera Here are their slash lines BA / OBP / SLG Cabrera .347/.443/.653 Trout .330/.435/.570 And if you count actual Game winning RBIs, Cabrera beats Trout - 15 to 9 http://www.sportingcharts.com/mlb/stats/player-game-winning-rbis/2013/ Good thing because you wouldn't have had to listen to me after Georgia 44 - LSU 41 ##^$&%$

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Nice try but no. Trout loses on the Stat lines. Cabrera - .347 BA, 44 HR, 137 RBI OPS+ 1.078 Trout - .323, 26 HR, 94 RBI OPS+ 0.985 In fact, Davis from Baltimore might have almost as good a claim on MVP as Trout does. While his BA isn't as good, he simply carried Baltimore in the first half of the year. When he slowed down, the Orioles cratered. Trout can't make any such claim, unlike last year when he put the Angels on his back in the second half. Should Trout have won last year? Maybe. This year? Not so much. McCutcheon is an everyday player, Kershaw isn't. McCutcheon is still my choice. Should have been Max Scherzer - not sure where I got John from. Update: Toronto beats Tampa 7-2. Tampa and Texas tied.

Texas wins 7-4, Halos implode with 6 errors Tampa Bay losing 7-1 thru 5 Cleveland/Minnesota in rain delay. Texas/Tampa now tied for 2nd wild card.

My neighbors have chickens, and they are free to butcher them whenever Our neighbors wanted to get chickens but the covenants in the HOA had restrictions against them. A request for a waiver failed a HOA vote. So it can go either way.

That's why we never get invited anywhere.

The lemon chicken was a disappointment, but the other two were very good. Especially the Szechuan Beef but you have to ask to have it spiced up.

Sadly Russians usually go off half-****ed which explains a lot actually.

Head to head play is first tiebreaker - that's tied 3-3 The second tiebreaker is intradivision play, so that’s AL East record for Boston and AL West record for Oakland. Boston has a one game edge. The third tiebreaker is overall intraleague record Boston again has a one game edge The fourth tiebreaker: record in the last half of intraleague play Oakland has a one game edge here last time I checked If Boston loses their last two games to Baltimore and Oakland sweeps Sea, the A's get home field. Any other result and the Red Sox have it. A three way tie would be a shocker. If it's just a two way involving the Rangers, Martin Perez gets the start. Darvish and Holland won't have the rest, and frankly I would rather have Perez in the playoff rotation than Garza and possibly Ogando.

I almost forgot: Lifetime Achievement Award - Worst Owner - Jeffrey Loria - Miami Marlins Indians win; Toronto beats Tampa, Rangers beat Halos. Rangers one game back with two to play; Tampa and Cleveland tied. Rangers need to sweep and keep their fingers crossed.

Oh gosh, we shoulda got together and shared. I had chicken lo mein, crispy beef and the rest of my hot and sour soup. There's still some left. Ours was Mu Shu Pork, Szechuan Beef (Spicy) and Lemon Chicken with steamed rice. Lots of left-overs

You can skip ahead in the vid to around 7 minutes in to avoid just watching everyone get seated. The total presentation includes a couple of previously seen videos, and about 15 minutes of presentation from 7 to 22 minutes, then a 15 minute Q&A which includes some info about revisions to the combat system. Truth be told, the presentation was kind of a let-down. No new gameplay footage. The info about quest design in an open world setting was interesting.

Chinese take-out for tonight

Ground-to-ground with radar? I think that's the standard SPAA version.

Halos bullpen blows one and the Rangers escape with a 6-5 victory. Still one game back with 3 to play. In the meantime, here's my take on the awards: American League: GM of the year: 1) Ben Cherrington, Boston; 2) Chris Antonetti, Cleveland Manager of the Year: 1) John Farrell Boston Red Sox; 2) Ron Washington, Texas 3) Terry Franconca, Cleveland Cy Young: John Scherzer Detroit, and nobody else is even close MVP Miguel Cabrera, Detroit and nobody else is even close Fireman of the Year, Joe Nathan, Texas Rookie of the Year: 1) Martin Perez, Texas age 22 2013 Stats: 19 GS (1 CG), 10-5, 3.55 ERA, 119.0 IP, 125 H, 52 R (47 ER), 14 HR, 35 BB, 79 K 2) Jose Iglesias, Detroit age 23 2013 Stats: 106 G, .310/.357/.395, 106 H, 16 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 29 RBI, 5 SB, 15 BB, 59 K 3) Will Myers, Tampa Bay age 22 2013 Stats: 83 G, .292/.352/.476, 93 H, 20 2B, 13 HR, 51 RBI, 5 SB, 31 BB, 86 K National League GM of the year: Jed Hoyer, Chicago (He totally fleeced the Rangers in the Garza trade and got huge talent back by trading veterans) Manager of the Year: 1) Clint Hurdle, Pittsburgh, 2) Fredi Gonzalez, Atlanta 3) Don Mattingly, LA Dodgers Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw, LA Dodgers MVP 1) Andrew McCutcheon, Pittsburgh; 2) Paul Goldschmitt, Arizona and 3) Yadier Molina, St Louis Fireman of the year, Jason Kimbrel, Atlanta Rookie of the Year: 1) Jose Fernandez, Marlins age 21 2013 Stats: 28 GS, 12-6, 2.19 ERA, 172.2 IP, 111 H, 47 R (42 ER), 10 HR, 58 BB, 187 K 2) Julio Teheran, Atlanta age 22 2013 Stats: 29 GS, 13-8, 3.09 ERA, 180.2 IP, 167 H, 65 (62 ER), 21 HR, 45 BB, 167 K 3) Yasiel Puig Los Angeles age 22 2013 Stats: 100 G, .325/.395/.546, 121 H, 21 2B, 2 3B, 19 HR, 42 RBI, 11 SB, 34 BB, 92 K 4) Shelby Miller St Louis 2013 Stats: 31 GS (1 CG), 173.1 IP, 3.06 ERA, 152 H, 65 R (59 ER), 20 HR, 57 BB, 169 K 5) Hyun-Jin Ryu LA Dodgers age 26 2013 Stats: 29 GS (2 CG), 14-7, 188.0 IP, 174 H, 65 R (62 ER), 15 HR, 48 BB, 150 K And some dubious "awards" AL individual underperformer of the year: Josh Hamilton LA Angels 5 yrs / 125 mil for 21 hrs, 76 rbis and a .738 ops? LOL AL Team underperformer of the year: LA Angels NL individual underperformer of the year: BJ Upton, Atlanta This guy needed a ladder to reach the Mendoza Line (.184 BA) and a 5yr 75$ mil contract .... NL Team underperformer of the year: Washington Nationals

Good ideas. A trophy room, an armory and some form of storage vault for treasure

Wonder what this will be ...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZOUXbJQKmaU