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    Bright spots in an otherwise lost season

    Brutal season in so many ways.  Again.  But there are some pretty intriguing bright spots.     1.  Xander (age 22).  .312/.340/.410/.751, 104 ops+, 3.0 bWAR 2.  Betts (age 22).  .270/.319/.437/.756, 104 ops+, 4.0 bWAR 3.  Bradley (age 25).  .244/.350/.488/.838, 126 ops+, 0.5 bWAR in just 31...
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    The Running Backs

    Here are the candidates:   LeGarrette Blount, 28, 6'0", 250 lbs, 547 yds rushing, 4.4 avg, 10 rec, 54 yds Brandon Bolden, 25, 5'11", 220 lbs, 89 yds rushing, 3.2 avg, 2 rec, 8 yds Travaris Cadet, 26, 6'1", 210 lbs, 32 yds rushing, 3.2 avg, 38 rec, 296 yds Tyler Gaffney, 24, 6'0", 220 lbs Jonas...
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    Hey Guys, I Just Thought of This Really Great Trade Idea! What Do you Think?

    Sellers and buyers.  Mets have an abundance of pitching.  Need bats desperately.  So....   Sox send Mets: SP Buchholz  OF Ramirez 3b Sandoval  Prospect like Brentz    Mets send Sox: SP Harvey 3b Wright   The Mets take on a bunch of payroll, but improve offensively a TON.  They unload the injured...
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    Young Starting Pitching

    Not sure if this should be in a different thread; if so, mods, feel free…..   Anyway, thinking about the young starting pitching in the Sox' organization.  Namely, in Boston and Pawtucket.   Rodriguez (22) - Paw:  2.98 era, 1.10 whip, 8.2 k/9 - Bos:  0.61 era, 0.61 whip, 8.6 k/9   Barnes (25) -...
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    How can you fairly evaluate PED players?

    Let's assume that guys like Clemens, Bonds, ARod, McGwire, Palmeiro, etc., were using PEDs.  Safe assumption though I guess in Clemens' case, for example, it hasn't been proven beyond doubt.     How can we really fairly evaluate just how good these guys were?  Clearly they were all exceptional...
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    The Pass Defense Under Bill Belichick

    Inspired by comments in another thread, here's a breakdown of the Pats' pass defense (and overall defense) under Belichick from 2001-2014.   2001 - 219 yds (#24), 54.8% (#1), 6.8 ypa (#19), 15 td (#6), 22 int (#26), 41 sacks (#15), 68.6 rating (#3), 17.0 pts (#6) - Won SB 2002 - 199 yds (#11)...
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    Patriots Comings and Goings

    Comings: - WR Gibson   Goings: - DT Wilfork (could be back) - CB Revis - CB Browner (could be back) - RB Vereen - WR Tyms - WR Orton - LB Casillas   That's a LOT of talent gone, and very little coming back so far.  Obviously the Patriots will fill holes with the $$ they suddenly have available...
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    Pro Sports and Crime

    The Dez Bryant situation has gotten me thinking about the prevalence of crime in major US professional sports.  Interesting site here:  http://www.vocativ.com/culture/sport/nfl-arrest-rates/   Here are the arrest rates (not conviction rates) of each of the four major leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, and...
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    The Incredible Offensive Performance

    I have a lot to say about how clutch the defense was this year for the Patriots, but the offense….my goodness.  They faced the #6, #19, and #1 defenses in the league during their three-game playoff run.  Those teams gave up, on average, 18.9, 23.0, and 15.9 points, and 337, 343, and 267 yards...
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    The Championship Outlook: 2015 and beyond

    According to this si.com article (http://mmqb.si.com/2015/02/02/super-bowl-49-tom-brady-new-england-patriots/), the Patriots were the youngest team to ever win a Super Bowl, averaging just 25.2 years of age per player.  I know they have some grizzled veterans (namely, Brady and Wilfork), but for...
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    The bigger unspoken scandal?

    Mods feel free to merge this with the eternal thread if you would like, but I'm creating the new one because I think that this, while obviously related, deserves its own discussion and I fear it will just get lost in the abyss.  Your call.   Ok.   The reports are that Baltimore alerted Indy...
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    List of cheating/controversies surrounding BB and the Pats

    Let's make a list, shall we?     (1) The Tuck Rule.  Clearly the correct call *according to the rule*.  That nobody likes the rule is immaterial.   (2) Taping the Rams' walkthrough.  Which never happened, but whatever.   (3) Spygate.  Violating a technical rule.  Many coaches came to BB's...
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    Revisiting Indy-NE playoff history

    Some great memories (well, mostly great) of past Pats-Colts playoff matchups in the BB/TB era.   http://soshcentral.com/nfl/nfl-playoffs/2015/01/16/looking-back-patriots-vs-colts-playoff-history/   Let's hope that history repeats itself in Gillette on Sunday!
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    Jeter vs. Biggio

    Listening to Francesca a little the other day regarding the baseball HOF voting, and a bunch of callers were talking about Biggio.  Mike doesn't think Biggio is a HOFer.  Ok, whatever.  Calls him a compiler, which is true.  But of course we all know Jeter is a first-ballot HOFer, right?  Lock...
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    Coaching to take a charge?

    My daughter plays for a very successful high school basketball program and the coach (in her second year) is an old-school kind of coach.  She's very good and I am glad she's our coach, but one of the things she is teaching the kids is that she wants them to take charges.  I am dead set opposed...
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    True Playoff Records

    Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are often compared in terms of stats and winning.  Manning's superior stats are touted by his supporters as to why he is better than Brady.  And Brady's superior winning is touted by his supporters as to why he is better than Manning.   One area of comparison that is...
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    The 2014-15 NFL Playoffs

    Man, it looks like a great slate of games.   Right now, in the NFC…..   1. Seattle 2. Green Bay 3. Dallas 4. Carolina 5. Arizona 6. Detroit   Detroit will play at Dallas.  That could be a phenomenal game.  Then Arizona plays at Carolina.  If I had to lay money on that game, I'd bet Carolina wins...
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    Counting Chickens: Possible Patriots Play-Off Opponents

    Who would you rather face...   …in the divisional round:  Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, or Baltimore?   …in the AFC Championship game:  Denver, Indianapolis, Baltimore, or Pittsburgh?   …in the Super Bowl:  Green Bay or Seattle?     For me, the answers are:  Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and then Green...
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    The Second Half = Domination

    The past four games, the Patriots have absolutely OWNED the second half.  In utterly dominating fashion.     Vs. Detroit First Half - NE:  24 points, 216 yards, 0 TO - Det: 6 points, 200 yards, 0 TO Second Half - NE:  10 points, 217 yards, 1 TO - Det:  3 points, 129 yards, 1 TO   Vs. Green Bay...
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    The Testing Era and Free Agents

    Verducci with interesting thoughts on Lester here (http://www.si.com/mlb/2014/12/09/jon-lester-winter-meetings-oakland-billy-beane-hall-fame):   A snippet:   "Whichever teams winds up winning the bidding for Jon Lester will get a very good pitcher and a very bad contract. Combine a bidding war...
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