*Yahoo* puts together an infographic for tonight’s title game.
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I wonder if the Cowboys are compensating for something.
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How good can the 2013 Red Sox be?
Hunter Golden writing at *Firebrand:*
> So that’s my rose-colored high-end call. 90-92 wins given reasonable, more conservative estimates. The low-end is probably around the 80-win mark. Either way, this team is going to be far more of a contender than most are willing to concede.
I am not sure completely agree with his method of analysis, but I hoping he turns out to be right.
The NCAA is a disgrace. The one positive out of the development of 4-5 “super conferences” is that they might have enough power to just toss the NCAA aside.
The Jets are a disaster. Even though it comes as no surprise, I am impressed with the way Tebow has handled himself through this circus.
Marc Normandin writing at *Over the Monster:*
> For now, though, what we know is that Drew is the current shortstop, the depth at the position has been improved because of it, and Iglesias will get more time to develop a bat that needs the help. For money that Boston has, and at just one year, that’s an all-around win-win for the Red Sox.
Sounds good to me.
I am posting this just because it involves both golf and a lawsuit. I have not read the complaint, but the numbers quoted look enormous.
I love the Jets.
I always enjoy stories like this. Guy gets, essentially, kicked out town, and then comes back to beat his old team. It is even better that it is the Knicks getting beat.
Once again, the New York Jets bring me joy this NFL season.
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Sporting News end its print edition
I stopped reading when they made their big shift in focus from baseball to football. Still, it is sad to see a magazine that I spent so much time with as a youngster fold.
Come on guys, listen to Uncle Mel. Stick around and play in Death Valley for another year.
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Tagliabue Vacates NFL Bounty Suspensions
The ruling seems to conflict with itself. He “affirmed Goodell’s findings,” but he has also vacated the suspensions? It will be interesting to see how both sides spin this.
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Jonah Keri on the Wil Myers Trade
> This is a terrible trade for the Royals, deeply flawed in both its theory and execution, and while it might make the Royals marginally more likely to make the playoffs in 2013, it does irreparable damage to their chances of building a perennial winner.
If you cannot tell yet, Jonah is *not* a fan of this trade.
> In 2007, the Rays finished in last place with a worse record than that of the 2012 Royals; in 2008, the Rays played in the World Series. And the Rays did have a lot of young players in ’08.
I hate the Rays.
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Season Review: Will Middlebrooks
> In the Red Sox’ darkest hour, Will Middlebrooks gave us fans something to cheer for.
Ben Buchanan’s write-up recounts the emerge of Middlebrooks as a Red Sox star. It also lists some of the concerns related to Middlebrooks for the 2013 season, but I choose to look only at the positives.[^fn1]
[^fn1]: At least until a few months into the season.
I have to imagine this means Boyd will come back to play for Clemson next year.
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Rob Neyer on the Wil Myers Trade
> But Wil Myers is the latest winner of Baseball America’s latest Minor League Player of the Year. Here are the last 10 non-pitchers who won that award: Mike Trout, Jason Heyward, Matt Wieters, Jay Bruce, Alex Gordon, Delmon Young, Joe Mauer, Rocco Baldelli, Eric Chavez, Paul Konerko. Oh, and the previous five awards? Andruw Jones twice, Derek Jeter, Manny Ramirez, and Tim Salmon.
> That’s 15 awards, and just one non-star (Delmon Young) in the whole bunch. Based on this measure alone, it seems there’s an excellent chance the Royals just traded away a future star … and there’s roughly a 50/50 chance they just traded a future superstar. Oh, and one more thing about that list … I don’t believe a single one of those guys was traded before getting a single at-bat with the team that initially signed and developed him.
I hate the Rays.
> Dayton Moore has done it again, and while the Royals fans are, as per usual, the primary victims of his ineptitude, today the Yankees, Blue Jays, Orioles, and of course us Red Sox fans are feeling the sting too.
I already hated the Rays. I now hate the Royals. This whole trade just makes me angry.
I hate the Giants, mostly for their Super Bowl wins against the Patriots. This makes me hate them even more.