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I don't know. I think FOX was too fixated on the stepping on the ankle. But they had some time to get someone cracking into the rule book because there was a slight delay with Fried's ankle.

Sorry, but you lost me there.

I don't think interference or obstruction or the running lane or any of that was brought up last night. And now that I think about it, given where Brantley's foot landed on Fried's ankle, I think he still would have ended up short of the base if there was no contact. I agree with you that Fried's foot appeared to be in front of the base, ie, in between the line from home plate to the base. #saftey1stbasein2022

I am shocked that Oklahoma was placed that low. I'm not arguing that they should be higher, I'm just shocked they were placed that low by the committee. I hate this committee stuff. Bring back some BCS type algorithm so that this ranking and bowl selection isn't a back room type of frozen envelope process.

I did not see a replay where Fried touched 1B, but they may have indeed showed it. I'm just going with what I saw. What I saw was the stepping on the ankle and that was it. Fried certainly knows he was stepped on, and probably knows he didn't touch 1B, and probably assumed that Brantley touched 1B with his other foot (bad assumption).

I suspect it will be a higher AAV as well. A ten year deal puts him at 37 years old upon the end of the deal. I'm not quite sure how to gauge that. Francisco Lindor got 10/$341M (some of which is deferred). Lindor is about 10 months older than Correa, a ten year deal would cover roughly the same ages. So, I will guess the bidding starts at 10/$350M.

Altuve? I thought there was a close play involving Brantley. Freeman fielded the ball, Fried raced over to cover 1B but never gave a look to Freeman to toss him the ball until too late. Fried never touched 1B and Brantley stepped on Fried's ankle, but not 1B. That doesn't constitute an out. The camera never showed Fried tag or touch the base, and presumably Brantley touched it first after running through 1B and then returning to 1B to ready himself for the next batter. So, it could very well be that the Braves' replay guy never saw a visual that Brantley (or 1B) was actually tagged by Fried.

Here's a rookie season game log: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/milicda01/gamelog/2004

Meh,....., not too worried yet.

I raked leaves yesterday. We've had a batch of chili made (actually it was a couple of weekends ago). Daylight savings comes to an end this weekend. I guess its time for baseball games to cease.

The MAC adding more directionals?

Milwaukee Bucks (3-4) vs Detroit Pistons (1-5)

I was going to say that it looks like Houston’s SP needs to be more efficient, but that isn’t necessarily the case. They’re averaging a bit over 16 pitches per inning, which isn’t terrible. And that includes 52 pitches over 2 innings from Valdez. 13 pitchers on a playoff series roster to cover 7 possible games in 9 days. Two games, day off, three games, day off, two games. Maybe I’m just being old, but 13 pitchers seems one (or even two) pitcher too much.

It’s going to be another long season, isn’t it?

Cage of spare striped wildcat hurlers.

As I look over some of the candidates that I need to decide among for tomorrow’s election, I recall that many experts predicted that COVID was supposed to be over with after last year’s election.

Remember to wrap up on the tackles, kids.

I'm willing to be a test case.

The first playoff committee rankings come out this week? OK, I predict: 1. Georgia (no prediction necessary here) 2. Oklahoma (same) 3. Michigan State 4. Alabama 5. Cincinnati 6. Ohio State 7. Notre Dame 8. Oregon 9. Wake Forest 10. Michigan Cincinnati gave the committee an excuse to get dropped because of its sluggish performance at Tulane (which, let's be honest, is a purely subjective metric that some power 5 teams wouldn't be dinged for). Maybe Alabama & Cincinnati switch spots, but Alabama will be the top 1 loss choice. It won't happen, but I'm hoping both Cincinnati and Wake Forest remain undefeated. What does the committee do then? Quite clearly the SEC champion will be in the top 4. They'd easily keep Cincinnati out of the top 4 and again point to the Tulane game as the excuse. But how will they handle an undefeated Wake Forest? Georgia has clinched its spot in the SEC championship game already. Minnesota has the inside track as the Big Ten West representative. That L hosting Bowling Green doesn't stick out at all.

One is the shade of the other at times.

Detroit Pistons (1-4) vs Brooklyn Nets (3-3)

I didn’t get to watch while Anderson was pitching. I did hear a small bit of the game while he was in and there was a comment about him still struggling to find the plate. Looking at the box score, it was something like 39 strikes to 37 balls. With that kind of ratio and a slim lead, and with the playoffs having much more of an emphasis on winning the game in front of you as opposed to the regular season when a team needs to manage itself more for the long haul, by all means, take a struggling pitcher out if there are better pitching options in the arm barn.

Personally I wouldn't spend much money on a 30% SO, .300 OBP bat. His OPS is based a lot on ISO and BABIP. If/when those normalize to league average, what kind of bat will he be then? There's no argument about his game instincts. That can help a player make up for aging skills. The rundown he got into running to 1B allowing a runner from 3B to score was something that has to be seen, describing it doesn't do justice. But how far can that take him?

He's limited on tools and I think he is being swept up into the SS FA frenzy because of the timing of his FA. You mention his OBP sucks and he Ks a lot but still has power. What happens if he loses his power? How much salary should a defense only SS get? Or, what happens when his defense regresses and he becomes a middle infielder with power being his calling card? What will his worth be then compared to his salary? Does his bat play if//when he has to move from SS to 2B/3B? I guess my point is I think he's a pretty incomplete player and I would imagine he is probably going to get a long term deal. He just seems to risky to me.