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QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 16, 2014 -> 10:18 AM) I'm reposting this for emphasis. I hope that everyone takes minute to get familiar with wRC+ because it's just so, so awesome. IMO, it's maybe the best stat in existence right now, in terms of answering an important more accurately than any others. To the poster named Jose Abreu, with regards to your inclination that BA/SLG should be weighted higher than OBP/baserunning: the beauty of wRC+/wOBA/other offensive inputs into WAR is that they are all linear weights-based statistics, which means that their single most tremendous advantage is that they objectively weigh run values across offensive events with incredible precision. One of the big advantages of these statistics is you don't have to wonder how many times a guy needs to get on base to make for his lack of homeruns, because it uses inputs that are based on exactly how many runs are produced through each of the events, and then scales it all to league average as a comparison point. Your question, actually, illustrates the great flaw with OPS -- it treats a point of OBP and SLG equally, when in reality, the values of both are not only significantly different, but they each fluctuate all the time based on the changing run environment. If you're citing OPS, you should really be citing wRC+. They answer the same question, wRC+ is just way more accurate. Seriously, anyone who wants to have an informed opinion on how sabermetrics likes to value offense -- whether that opinion is positive or negative -- should read up on linear weights in baseball stats because they represent what is, IMO, the biggest and most important breakthrough in public baseball analysis since 2000. It's also an incredibly easy concept to grasp.

4-0 this week!

I was just on the Yahoo Sports homepage and it appears the Vikings will play AP next Sunday.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Sep 15, 2014 -> 10:20 AM) http://deadspin.com/gus-johnson-is-out-as-...-1634809321/all Gus Johnson out as top announcer for Soccer for Fox. Not a surprise, he was bad. The article sums up my complaints except not really mentioned how he would manufacture his fake "start yelling" when something was close. Not anything against GJ, he's decent at other sports, just didn't work for soccer. Gus should stick to sports where you yell a lot, not sports when you only yell around twice every game.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Sep 15, 2014 -> 12:37 AM) I don't want to derail the topic you guys started but: I am wanting to get a new phone in the next couple months, I am an android guy so what is the best phone out there? Is there any new ones coming out before the end of the year that are worth the wait? Not really wanting to wait for the newest one because of the prize but depends on the phone/price and the alternatives New Moto X, HTC One M8, LG G3.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 15, 2014 -> 12:31 AM) I searched the Google PlayStore, but found nothing. Is this something I have to root my phone to use? And do both Show Box and MovieDroid have Chromecast support? MovieDroid does. Both aren't on the Play Store. You don't need root for either, although I think MovieDroid has some annoying ads that I got rid of with my ad blocker (you do need root for that).

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 15, 2014 -> 12:16 AM) What's Showbox? A kind of illegal movie/TV show app that you can find by Googling. I used to use it, but I found MovieDroid a bit better.

QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Sep 15, 2014 -> 12:08 AM) Fuller covered Crabtree, took Crab out of the play which forced Kaep to go to his second option 10 yards down the field and he recognized it quick enough to get back there and make the play. To me it was more impressive than the first one, he manipulated a QB's decision making then capitalized on by moving himself to another part of the field. That's veteran lock down corner stuff. He did it in his second game. I looked at the replay for it again and I think you're right. He basically covered two guys on that play and deceived Kaepernick into thinking he was sticking onto Crabtree.

QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Sep 14, 2014 -> 11:49 PM) Kyle Fuller made two really great plays for those picks. It wasn't just Kaep throwing it right to him, he earned em. The first one was all Fuller. The second one was sort of a bad throw by Kaepernick. I don't think Kaep saw that Fuller was behind Crabtree.

I've pretty much won in 3 of my 4 leagues with me projected to win by 2 points in the other. That and a Bears win make this a pretty good football Sunday.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 14, 2014 -> 11:22 PM) Cutler said he felt like his chest bone touched his backbone when he got hit It made him throw the ball better, lol.

Cutler may have been kind of a goat in the first game, but he was absolutely spot-on when it mattered in this one. Those two throws he made on the last drive were money.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 14, 2014 -> 10:48 PM) That's one of the best Bears games ever. Biggest comeback since that crazy game against Arizona in 2006. I think it's one of the best Bears comebacks I've ever seen (I've been watching since ~2000). The change in the game from the first to the second half was so drastic. We couldn't buy a first down in the first half. We barely had an incomplete pass in the second half. Absolutely amazing adjustments by Trestman at the half, although he deserved to get blasted for the play calling in the first half. Losing Peanut will hurt, but Fuller looks to be pretty damn good.

What happened to Tillman?

Hey game's not over!

Two dumbass penalties.

There was a blatant offensive pass interference on Johnson though.

I don't think Tillman caught that.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 14, 2014 -> 07:41 PM) Blatant delay of game missed Yup they were late by almost 2 seconds.

You can thank Perry for most of that. What kind of idiot takes a kick out when it's 8 yards deep in the end zone?

Perry is an awful returner

Apparently AP told the kid's mom he nailed the kid in the balls. WTF?

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 13, 2014 -> 04:27 AM) BETTER battery life? I've already squeezed 70 hours out of my G2 at one point. That's what I've heard. Edit: http://bgr.com/2014/06/09/lg-g3-blows-riva...-monster-specs/

QUOTE (danman31 @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 05:55 PM) Yeah, I'm starting to pick up on that subtlety. It seemed easier to turn defenders the wrong way, but I don't think it was a high difficulty level. From what I could see, there was no way to change the difficulty so I'm not sure what I was playing. I think the difficulty almost changed from game to game. I lost a game 3-0 somehow and I couldn't get the ball away from the other team, but I've won every other game by 2. Maybe it was just that one game.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 08:28 PM) Yeah but there's also rumors that it could be bigger, like 5.9 big I really doubt they'd make a 6 inch Nexus phone.