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I wouldn't call it awful. His TE really didn't do him any favors with that bobble. If he hangs on to that, he's 11-20 for about 100 yds and 2/0 TD/INT. Not stellar, but not awful. I'm more surprised at how easily Michigan is moving the ball against ND's defense. Even with that though, the two ND screw-ups (INT and fumbled KO return) have lead to 14 pts. Different game without those two miscues. I'm not trying to excuse them for doing those things, but they were pretty uncharacteristic plays.

Switch a few words and add a McClutchenstein or two and you have the Ortiz treatment at NYYFans.com.

Two hard hit ones off Timlin -- thy name is like vomit in my mouth -- to start the inning. One for a hit, one close enough to make a play on. He's become the type of pitcher where he just hopes it's hit at someone because they hit it hard just about every time.

ND's TE botches a little dink pass in the flat, setting it up on a platter for Michigan's LB to take it to the house. Early break Michigan. 7-0.

Hamels is 6 outs away from the 2nd no-no of the year. Unbelievable year for Rookie pitchers. One of the best classes in a long time. EDIT: 9 outs away.

I think Nuke would do himself a lot of good by changing his grip on his curve ever so slightly. It has a lot of bite, and he frequently throws it about 58'. With his arm speed, a grip that results in a little less break will make it a more enticing swing-and-miss pitch. It might also help with the blister issue too.

Point being? Don't tell me the Jeter argument is aided by what Cano did and the fact that no runs crossed the plate for Boston after Ortiz put 3 runners in scoring position.

The boy thinks he can throw it by anyone, anytime. The man knows that isn't true. If this season hasn't induced Nuke's boy-to-man moment, nothing will.

I'm no racing buff, but I think F1 blows. It's the least restrictive racing series in terms of making the cars equal. This has been a huge contributor to his success. If he is the best driver he would have participated in at least one IROC Series, but he never has. I think that says a lot.

I didn't read it as him calling him a bad person. I read it as him calling him a phony. Phony isn't necessarily bad, but it certainly isn't real. The situation between Papi and Jeter today is similar. One speaks his mind, the other stays on script. One is phony, one is real. The real guys always rub someone the wrong way, like Ted did, and that hurts their MVP chances. Papi will probably never win one after this. You know what? Who cares, at least he's real. Those are important, but just about any middle infield schmoe can do them. If they really added that much value, you'd see lots of this...... CAIRO FOR MVP! The winning argument is the worst of all. Each player is 1 out of 9 in the lineup, and none of them pitch. Penalizing a Hafner or Ortiz because their pitching staff blows is something that is completely indefensible, well, at least it is indefensible by logical standards, but I'm sure you won't use those. You took the lead before significant injuries? You had the lead in May when Wells went down? You took the lead in June when the Sox rotation was down to 3 and the drek from the waiver wire? Please.

Brandon Jacobs is a stud.

Yeah, great stuff from Plex. Hmm, let's see, I think my opponent got all but one of the 23 first half points. Lovely.

I've got a 43 point lead going into this game. My opponent has Peyton, Plex, and Vinatieri. It looks like Manning may wipe out my lead in the first half. Overall it's been a pretty s***** fantasy week for me. Hafner went down for the season, and the playoffs just started. No matter though, I'm going to be eliminated via tie-breaker due to this: 22 IP, 1.63 ERA, 2 W, 27 K -- ERA is the tie breaker from Javier Vazquez and El Duque. I'll win the presidency before those two can put up those kind of numbers again in the same week.

The Jags D is pretty solid all around.

Jags and Cowboys have locked horns in a pretty good game.

Loretta is like 50th on the list of reasons why the Sox didn't succeed this year, with the FO taking the top 5 spots. I'm on board for the long-term plan, but it was the reason they weren't aggressive about this year, and denying it is ignoring reality.

I really hope he gets to 51, making him the all-time Sox single season record holder.

For you night owls, Fresno St. is giving another top-20 PAC-10 team a run for their money. 17-17, with about 7:00 left in the 3rd. It's on ESPN2.

That's classic. Here in Orlando we'll get some nice two-week blocks where it gets down to the 50's and a couple of 3-4 day stretches in the 40's. Sounds like that would cause the Commissioner/Mayor of Sarasota to declare martial law. Did you get the NCAA Football schedule?

Nope, no rule. Just common courtesy. I guess that's too much to ask for.

Me too. I love the winters down here when we get a cold front to push down. Even the snowbirds don't go out when it's 55 and windy. I just got back from a wedding in VT and played a round on a mountain course there. It was 65 with light winds. Ball goes a mile when you get a little altitude and ditch the humidity.

No s***, Sherlock. But when you quote someone that directs your comment at them. Unquoted comments are open to all. I guess that makes it: Mile Wide - Inch Deep - Not Bright........nah, then my acronym would be too long.