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[melack]

If you don't believe the mental game gets ratcheted up, or choose to disregard its importance, in the playoffs or in a major market explain Ed Whitson, Andy Hawkins or Barry Bonds in those situations.

If Epstein is such a frigging genius why is Manny making such a splash in the sox season. Somebody misjudged the noise dude was making back in spring training.

You make a good point about Manny, but I think it's because Epstein knows you can get a better return for a star player when you trade him to a desperate team at the deadline. GMs are thinking more rationally at the beginning of the season, maybe? But I think it speaks to the dude's skill as a GM that even with Manny losing it once and for all and Ortiz falling to pieces, the team is still right near the top of the division.

And as for the postseason thing, our little debate here is just an example of the stats vs scouts debate that never gets anyone anywhere when argued on the internets. So we'll agree to disagree there. (But as one last parting shot: Manny Ramirez is the owner of a .247 BA in the World Series. I couldn't resist.)

[Carlos del Vaca]

If you've got him in your fantasy league, kudos; Seattle's Raul Ibanez drives in six runs in one inning. Holy crap.

That would be me!  And yes he was in my starting line-up yesterday!  I currently lead the RBI category 11-1.

[littlefallsmets]

Two weeks left before the playoffs!

Jockey for position, y'all, and saddle up!

[Carlos del Vaca]

Playoffs round 1:
After trailing all week, I come back on Sunday to squeak past the Cheddar Crooks 5-4.

The Muttonheads take out the Men With No Name 5-3.

Semis:  Banana Town vs. Phlogistons, Muttonheads vs. DHR.

[littlefallsmets]

With Quentin and Drew down, I'm basically fucked offensively and...

Lets face it, I was running on a lot of first-half starting pitching but nothing worth replacing them with on the wire.

I am built for the regular season. Blah.

[littlefallsmets]

Fuck yes.

I am Imaginary Billy Beane, it seems.

[Carlos del Vaca]

And the Bruisers of Banana Town, and the Heads of Mutton, didst upset the 1 and 2 seeds to meet for the champeenship.

It's on, Egg Man.

[littlefallsmets]

How did I do this two years in a row?

I mean, c'mon.

[AugustWest]

I'm just stumbling along, bewilderfied.

[AugustWest]

Good one week, dumpster diving the next.

Seems just like last year so far.

I like that rookie Bears running back so far, though.

This sure has been a hard year to be a Bolts fan -- you guys were robbed!

[jaydub]

You see how many slants and skinny posts are being run in combo now? In 1992 guys like Rice or Irvin running those was a big deal, a manhood kind of thing, because of the price you paid for taking the ball on those kinds of routes. Because often times the last thing dude saw after his head pivoted up field was the top of a helmet looking like a bowling ball rolling in on him right before the world exploded and went all quiet for a while.

NFL players of a certain vintage refer to this as the "Chuck Cecil Poster"


The Packers were pretty weak when he played for them, but you know the receivers on visiting teams dreaded routes over the middle.

[Arachno-capitalist]

why is it safer to hit someone with your head up versus a straight spine protected by a helmet. It would seem to me that if your head is up, it would be easier to snap the neck.

[jaydub]

Your neck muscles absorb the force of the hit, and its also dispersed over a longer period of time (still measured in milliseconds).  When you hit with the crown of your head, the bony structures of your neck bear the entire load, without the benefit of the elastic shock cords of your neck muscles.  They just plain don't have the physical structure to withstand those kinds of loads.  There's a little give from the intervertebral discs, but the ones in the neck aren't very thick and they bottom out pretty quick.

All that said, the advances in helmet technology still protected the players enough that there were surprisingly few neck fractures in the pro ranks (although there are a ton of retired players who don't move their heads real well).  Concussions on the other hand are very frequent in spearing tackles, and while helmet designs helped, repeated concussions forced a lot of guys (Chuck Cecil included) out of the game and played a hand in the rule changes.

[lprkn]

Now I'm glad I actually looked at this thread. I get to see one football player pleasuring another. And it's called "spearing." Hmmm...

[Carlos del Vaca]

I'm not quite ready to concede, but it sure does look like I'm going to be the first-place loser.