Drew Brees is like Aikman on steroids with the superlatives Last week Kamara had the best contact balance in the league This week Woody Marks “as good a receiving back as there is” @LeBatardShow

Incredibly, it’s actually possible to grow your business’ reach and revenues by reinvesting and making it good vs collecting $ simply for existing and whining about market size

#NFL week 7 picks ats Didn’t get em out last week but 11-3 so beware *= model ❤️ Pit -3 @ NO Atl +3 SF Cin -2 @ Bal *Car -2.5 TB NYG +10.5 @ Hou Min -6.5 Ind NYJ -4.5 Mia Cle -1.5 @ *TN Den -4.5 @ AZ GB +3.5 @ Det LV +3.5 LAR (L: o48) KC +3 @ Sea *Phi +4.5 Dal

It felt like Cash was dying to concede that game Martinez > Ras = instant backfire Aranda SBA, 1 out: DP Don’t trust Matz? Use him a second inning (walk led to winning run) Don’t trust Cleavinger? Use him in the 8th (last pitched 9/4)

Respect and enjoy your work but parroting owners’ framing that it’s about “competitive balance” is misleading. It’s about cost control and franchise valuations. That’s it.

Perhaps. It’s possible I missed or don’t remember from previous rounds, but owners’ stance seems more entrenched on this. There’s also a lot more private equity ownership and the PE guys never fail to cut costs (and provide more capital to wait it out).

We need fully automated ABS for many reasons, but ALCS game 4 provided another: online abuse of players for not challenging or getting it wrong Plus: Jake Bauers ❤️& World Series matchup nuggets Yandy & The Ugly Downside of the Challenge System michaelcecchini.substack.com…

In an interesting twist The Bucks AND the Heat played like the ‘25-26 Milwaukee Bucks

Agreed. I’d imagine they do improve but there’s real PA risk

Yeah I haven’t finalized ranks but he’s def too early.

Managers’ impact on results IS overstated Otoh, totally understandable fans of a franchise—that sets ITSELF up as champions or bust—get frustrated by complacency of retaining a 10-yr manager and 30-yr GM Doesn’t help Hal is content with B+ results as long as profits are A+

Iow, we’ll make it harder to track

Is the entire cia so credulous wtf

Ivan Herrera is C7 in adp (91.4) batted .241 (.249 xBA), 19 HR + 98 R …in *717* PA (161 G) That’s not repeating Did he “wear down”? 1H: .390 SLG 2H: .372 1 month > .250 BA vs RHP: .234 BA, .697 OPS 8.1% career BRL is ok -5 FRV Bernal is a stud Maybe ‘25 was outlier?

A window into zoomer names Every “Aidan” but one in mlb history was born in ‘97 or later

Think harder

The choose not to pay them, not “won’t be able to.” Pirates are one of the most profitable franchises in baseball. Nutting makes that choice. cbssports.com/mlb/news/oriol…

Bat speed can offer insights into players improving, aging, or fighting through injuries. I sorted bat speed gainers and losers year over year, with blurbs and early ‘27 ADP: Bat Speed Gainers & Droppers in 2026 michaelcecchini.substack.com…

Every reference to cheap owners is framed via league POV & passive tense at best - eg, “small market” Nothing about owner unwillingness to spend, pocketing revenue sharing $, duty to grow your biz etc etc

Trop 13k below capacity bc too expensive Not like owners have saved by using a fancy tent for a stadium stinks all the more coming weeks after some city council dimwits approved a bad stadium deal on public $ nytimes.com/athletic/7688793…