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QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 21, 2014 -> 05:35 AM) Rob Bironas killed in car crash. Awful. Was an underrated kicker. Big foot. Just awful. I don't know if this is old news, but there's a 911 call that the people are saying Bironas passed their car in anger and then went on to run off the road and hit the trees. Not worth it. http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/09/22/rob-biron...accident-titans

CJ Wilson can't throw a strike. Walked in two A's so far.

Royals win. Mariners lose, on life support. A's down 1-0, 1st AL Central- Tigers 86-70 Royals 85-71 I'd laugh if the AL Wildcard Game is A's-Tigers, and the Tigers lost.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 22, 2014 -> 09:04 PM) The Pirates are on fire and it seems like they can't gain a shred of ground. Cardinals have two more at the Cubs, and 3 at Arizona. Probably not going to lose this. I just hope the Pirates host the play-in game. They're a lot tougher at home. Plus I don't want the Giants to have another even-year championship out of nowhere. Honestly, unless the WS is Pirates-Royals, I hope the CS is Orioles-Angels and Nats-Dodgers. Good matchups, and Trout and Harper on the biggest stage would be good for baseball.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 22, 2014 -> 12:52 PM) The Greg Walker effect. Shut out again tonight.

Great job by Bassitt. If the Sox spoil anyone, I hope it's the Tigers.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 22, 2014 -> 11:08 AM) Assuming they don't blow the 10th inning lead, Cleveland is at 82-74, only 2.5 back of KC. A 3-game sweep and they will pass them. Yeah, you never know. The Indians have 3 more at home after that against the Rays. Run the table for 88-74, and they're probably still playing.

Donaldson walk off homer. A's 85-70 Royals 84-71 (unless they score 2 in the 10th tomorrow, and then win) Mariners 83-72 AL Central- Tigers have a 2 game lead on the Royals with 7 left.

Pirates and Giants have identical records. They'll be playing each other a week from Wednesday, but the question is where? Pirates won the season series 4-2, so they have the tie-breaker.

Not that 2nd matters, but Felix should win unanimously, and Kluber deserves every 2nd place vote.

Royals win. 2 back of the Tigers after they lose the suspended game tomorrow at 5. Mariners are going to lose. A's and Phillies in a 4-4 game, 4th inn.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 21, 2014 -> 04:09 PM) A minute or 2 short of 4 hours. 3.5. Started at 12:40.

Remember that game in Seattle last year? Not that.

Webb had a subpar season. Hopefully better next year.

I'll give Danks some credit for making all of his starts, and he does have 19 quality starts. His bad was real bad, but he does have value.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 21, 2014 -> 03:13 PM) Who is Oak? I think he meant Aoki there.

I won't miss Lindstrom

Aoki staying hot. 2-run triple. 4-2 Royals, bottom 4, 1 out. Altuve 45th double. Mariners lead Astros 3-2, but Stros threatening for more.

It's games like these that give you hope for next year.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 21, 2014 -> 11:38 AM) As this season comes to an end, the more I wish he would have retired last year. With this injury and everything else, he is going out with a whimper, can't even get on the field I kinda feel like it went ok. Who knows, maybe he helped Abreu with his defense. There's a week left. Hopefully he can play next weekend, and get the love and then he'll be gone.

On the tanking thing...I'm not saying teams purposefully take the field with the intention of losing. I'm saying maybe teams play 4A guys, or go to 6-man rotations, or shut down their best pitcher with a couple weeks left. Teams have their own agendas at the end of the season that don't match others playing for the postseason. Bottom line for me, it would be a good idea just to eliminate that an individual game could have a huge impact on the draft order.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 21, 2014 -> 11:39 AM) Would you play for a small shot at a wild card or a shot at a really high pick? One problem with your scenerio is it is one thing when bad teams tank but the average and slightly above average teams would be given more motivation mot to take a shot at a wild card spot. Teams that close to contention are trying to make the playoffs. In a lot of cases, they're in their own division race late into the season. You'd always take a shot at winning a championship over a small chance at a top 3 pick.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 21, 2014 -> 11:21 AM) It is a stupid idea because it ruins the overall product to have a significant portion of the league attempting to fail at one time. So you're saying that 20 teams in any given year will be trying not to make the playoffs? That makes no sense.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 21, 2014 -> 11:05 AM) But losing games that do not matter still results in more ping pong balls . There still really isn't motivation to win those games. NBA teams still tank entire seasons . For a while the bad teams were not getting the better players because on signability. The best system is the worst team gets the highest pick. I wouldn't mind if thet did it like fantasy drafts and flip each round and give everyone the same pool amount. I never said anything about ping pong balls. I'd want the 20 teams that didn't make the playoffs to go in with an equal shot, and then build in rules for future seasons so teams can't get lucky and win the top pick or a top 3 or top 5 or whatever an inordinate amount of times. It would take the outcome of games in September out of the equation. There would be no incentive to lose.