By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Ryan Pace in his fourth year of trying to win now. Plus: This Year’s Surprise Team In The NFL Will Be A Surprise; We Don’t Care About College Football Yet; Cubs A Total Mindfuck; Eloy Jimenez And Dylan Cease Working On Defense In Their Backyards; and Onto The Mystics.
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SHOW NOTES
* 216.
* Khalil Mack honors Ray Lewis!
* Mack’s Ray Lewis Bears jersey flying off the shelves.
2:11: Mack Trade Puts Lie To Bears Narrative.
* Peter King: “The Raiders made a huge mistake in trading Khalil Mack, a state-of-the-art player at one of the game’s most important positions.”
* Coffman: “Now it’s ‘Playoffs or Bust.'”
* Tribune: Can The Bears Beat The Packers Sunday night? All Our Writers Say No.
* ESPN Analytics: Bears Favored To Win 4 Games In 2018.
* Campbell: How Mitch Trubisky Is Being Helped On His NFL Climb By The Wall Street Journal’s Leadership Columnist.
* Greenstein: 5 Things To Know About Jeremy Larkin, Northwestern’s Pigeon-Toed And Goofy New Running Back.
* Ryan: Illinois QB AJ Bush Jr.’s Long Journey To A Starting Job: ‘Why Not Keep Trying?’
* Hard Knocks’ Brogan Roback Finally Gets His Chance.
26:34: NFL Preview.
* Barnwell: How Every Team Can Win Super Bowl LIII: Making The Case For All 32 – Including The Bears!
30:03: Back To Mack.
* Biggs: A Khalil Mack Primer: Elite Pass Rushers Can Maintain A High Level Of Play Well Into Their 30s.
35:42: This Year’s Surprise Team Will Be A Surprise.
* But . . . 49ers vs. Bengals.
42:16: We Don’t Care About College Football Yet.
* Coffman: “It’s all just ridiculous.”
43:33: Cubs A Total Mindfuck.
* An awful lot of clunkers for the best team in the NL!
* Bote’s Heroics Vs. The Nats:
* Pedro Strop: Committee Chair.
* Truth:
Boy, that was not good baserunning by Almora. And it came on yet another softly hit ball by Contreras, who just looks gassed all the way around.
— Evan Altman (@DEvanAltman) September 7, 2018
* Truth:
Does any Cub fan still actually like Addison Russell?
— Mike (@mike_rupes) September 6, 2018
* Chavez Saves Game In 10th:
* Statcast: Terrance Gore’s Speedy Steal:
* Baez’s Baserunning Is El Mago:
* Fangraphs: Javy Baez’s Other Secret Skill.
* Taylor Davis!
* Justin Time Wilson:
By one metric, Justin Wilson is the best reliever in baseball. He leads MLB by stranding 29 of 31 inherited runners, adding 2 more to the total Thursday night.
— Tony Andracki (@TonyAndracki23) September 7, 2018
1:08:04: Eloy Jimenez And Dylan Cease Working On Defense In Their Backyards.
Even if that is accurate, he would improve his defense more in the majors than he would not playing when Charlotte’s season ends (checks notes) TODAY. https://t.co/TIvkm6KsKz
— keithlaw (@keithlaw) September 3, 2018
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agreed, excellent piece, fair and accurate in its criticism of the Twins’ actions here. https://t.co/6ZQeNpIGA8
— keithlaw (@keithlaw) September 4, 2018
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Yes, I’m trolling fans who think more about service time and saving billionaire owners money than about developing players or fielding the best teams. You got me. https://t.co/0E6GpsfT1x
— keithlaw (@keithlaw) September 4, 2018
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this is a great point and players should never give “hometown discounts.” Those discounts only serve to increase owner profits. https://t.co/ld6Zt5sy6t
— keithlaw (@keithlaw) September 3, 2018
1:10:38: Onto The Mystics.
* How Elena Delle Donne Went From Potential Season-Ending Injury To WNBA Superstar Again In 5 Days.
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STOPPAGE: 12:44
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Posted on September 7, 2018