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Witherspoon on his Pick-6: "I'm really mad at Riq and J-Love because they made me look slow,"

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[OC] Average Points For vs Allowed after Week 4

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[OC] Team level pass rush/block and run stop/block win rates (data via ESPN)

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Cowboys OC admits they ‘definitely' will ask Lance for 49ers insights

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NFL Week 5 Announcers Schedule

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hursday 10/5:

TNF on Prime Video

Bears-Commanders: Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit, Kaylee Hartung

Also: WFLD-Chicago, WTTG-Washington D.C.

Sunday 10/8:

NFL Network

Jaguars-Bills (London - Tottenham): Rich Eisen, Kurt Warner, Jamie Erdahl

Also: WFOX-Jacksonville, WUTV-Buffalo

CBS

Chiefs-Vikings: Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson

Ravens-Steelers: Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn

Saints-Patriots: Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins

Jets-Broncos: Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Matt Ryan, AJ Ross

Titans-Colts: Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta, Amanda Renner

FOX

Eagles-Rams: Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi

Panthers-Lions: Chris Myers, Daryl Johnston, Pam Oliver

Texans-Falcons: Brandon Gaudin, Mark Schlereth, Kristina Pink

Giants-Dolphins: Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Shannon Spake

Bengals-Cardinals: Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, Laura Okmin

SNF on NBC

Cowboys-49ers: Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark

Monday 10/9

MNF on ESPN/ABC

Packers-Raiders: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters

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World Baseball Softball Confederation
Great Britain: Are we witnessing the rise of a new baseball and sof...

Great Britain is knocking on the door of baseball and softball's elite after fantastic performances in 2023 at the World Baseball Classic, European Baseball Championship and the Women’s Softball World Cup.

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Baseball Digest player of the year voting

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The Miami Heat & Florida (Miami) Panthers came into the playoffs as wild card teams and made the Finals. The Miami Marlins are a wild card team

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On 08/13/05, the Colorado Rockies had 19 runners reach base in 9 innings. None of them scored.

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In honor of the Brewers 17-baserunner, 3 runs scored night, I decided to find the most futile 9-inning game in history.

This is the MLB record for most total baserunners in a 9-inning game without a score.

Inning 1: 2 singles, GIDP, walk, groundout.

Inning 2: Foulout, walk, single, sacrifice, strikeout.

Inning 3: Flyout, 3 singles, flyout, lineout to RF

Inning 4: Single, strikeout, groundout, flyout

Inning 5: Double, flyout, popout, groundout

Inning 6: Single, double play (strike 'em out, throw 'em out), strikeout

Inning 7: 2 Singles, Flyout, Picked off at 2B, Single, strikeout

Inning 8: Walk, GIDP, walk, Single, strikeout

Inning 9: Reached on Error (E6), popout, walk, both runners advance on wild pitch, foulout, strikeout.

Final Score: Nats 8, Rockies 0.

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A great angle of Longo's catch

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Zack Wheeler tonight vs Miami: 6.2 IP, 5 H, ER, 8 K, 0 BB, W

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Guy had ice in his veins tonight

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Kimbrel intentional balk to stop Bell from stealing signs at second

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Statcast leaders from Wild Card Day 1

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Bryce Harper runs through the stop sign to score the Phillies' fourth run

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Christian Walker's 2-run double gives the Diamondbacks a 3-run lead.

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Bryan De La Cruz's infield single scores the Marlins' first run of the game

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Marlins man does not attend Marlins game

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The Brewers have NOBLETIGERed against the Diamondbacks in the bottom of the fifth!

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Frelick singles

Adames singles

Donaldson singles

Turang K

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Jazz Chisholm throws out Nick Castellanos at home after JTR scores on a Bryson Stott single

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Nick Castellanos appears to flip off the dugout after hitting a double

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Alec Bohm's RBI double gives the Phillies a 1-0 lead in the third

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Gabriel Moreno gives the Diamondbacks the lead with a solo home run.Video (streamable.com)

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Ketel Marte goes back-to-back with Corbin Carroll to tie the game at three

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Corbin Carroll's 2-run homer brings the Diamondbacks within a run of the Brewers

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https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2023/10/03/our-opinion-were-proud-of-gunnar-henderson/

The Selma Times‑Journal
James Jones
Our opinion: We're proud of Gunnar Henderson - The Selma Times‑Jour...

Several Major League Baseball observers predict future stardom for former Morgan Academy shortstop Gunnar Henderson and so do we. Henderson, 22, helped the Baltimore Orioles earn the best record in the American League (AL) and the AL Eastern Division championship. He’s a runaway favorite to earn the AL Rookie of the Year award. What we’re […]

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View from Target Field of Duran’s entrance as he closes out the first Twins postseason win since 2004

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2023 r/baseball Power Rankings Progress

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Twins:

LF Shannon Stewart

RF Jacque Jones

CF Torii Hunter

1B Justin Morneau

3B Corey Koskie

DH Lew Ford

SS Cristian Guzman

2B Michael Cuddyer

C Henry Blanco

SP Johan Santana

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Yankees:

SS Derek Jeter

3B Alex Rodriguez

RF Gary Sheffield

CF Bernie Williams

C Jorge Posada

LF Hideki Matsui

DH Ruben Sierra

1B John Olerud

2B Miguel Cairo

SP Mike Mussina

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With the Twins Win Today, the Angels now Have the Longest Stretch without a Playoff Win

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The Angels last won a playoff game in 2009 ALCS game 5. No other team has gone that long without a playoff win now that the Twins last playoff win came today.

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Jhoan Duran closes out the game to end the Twins' 18-game postseason losing streak

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After their loss to the Twins, the Blue Jays are now tied for the longest active postseason losing streak.

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The Minnesota Twins' 18-game postseason losing streak is over. Today puts the Jays and Rays both at 6 straight postseason losses, tying them with the Reds. The Rangers were also at 6 prior to their win today.

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The Minnesota Twins end their 18-game Playoff Losing Streak with a win against the Toronto Blue Jays - powered by two Royce Lewis home runs

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Prior to today, the Twins last playoff win was in 2004.

They had the longest playoff losing streak in all of professional sports.

LETS FUCKING GO TWINS!! ROYCE LEWIS IS THE MAN!

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Bryce with the AI drip before game 1

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Pablo Lopez’s final line: 5.2 IP, 5H, 2BB, 3K, 1 ER

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Michael A. Taylor makes a leaping grab at the wall to rob Matt Chapman

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Kevin Kiermaier's RBI single gets the Blue Jays on the scoreboard

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MLB Batted Ball Outcomes for the 2023 Regular Season

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Kevin Gausman vs MIN: 4.0 IP, 3H, 3 R/ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 73 pitches

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The Rangers are 6-0 all time at Tropicana field in the playoffs

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Jose Leclerc closes out Game 1 for the Rangers, a 4-0 win over Tampa Bay

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Bo Bichette gets thrown out at home after Carlos Correa backs up Jorge Polanco

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With their 4-0 loss to the Rangers in Game 1, the Rays have now scored a total of 1 run in their last 33 postseason innings played.

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This includes 27 consecutive scoreless innings, as their last postseason run came in the 6th inning of Game 1 against the Guardians last year.

9 innings, 1 run in Game 1 against CLE

15 innings, 0 runs in Game 2 against CLE

9 innings, 0 runs in Game 1 against TEX

Over this stretch the Rays have 15 hits in 110 at-bats (.136 AVG)

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Royce Lewis hits his second homer of the game.

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Jordan Montgomery in Game 1 against the Rays: 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 K, 6 H, 0 BB, and 93 Pitches

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ALWC Game 1 Attendance in Tampa Bay: 19,704

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As per the ABC Broadcast.

Stadium capacity with tarps off is 42,735

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Can someone explain why the Marlins/Phillies is the late game?

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What’s the best uniform of each playoff team?

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Royce Lewis gives the Twins an early lead with a 2-run homer

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The Rangers score two more runs on a Corey Seager hit when Jose Siri throws the ball away.

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The Rangers take a 2-0 lead on a wild pitch by Tyler Glasnow

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With Cabrera retiring, there will be no active player with 4,000+ total bases for the first time in 70 years

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[Fortune] Soccer is taking over America. Apple scored biggest win in sports streaming wars with $2.5b MLS deal. Over last 15 years, baseball’s attendance dropped 30%, viewership dropped from 2.4m in 2020 to 1.5m. Last 3 World Series were lowest-rated in history. Yet, MLB’s rights fees are 5x of MLS.

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Tony Beasley throws up a stop sign on an Evan Carter double, Heim doesn't score and is stranded after Marcus Semien pops up

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Jordan Montgomery makes a great diving catch to save a run on a Jose Siri bunt

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eff Passan performs Macarena with "Arozarena".

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Evan Carter makes a nice diving catch to begin postseason baseball.

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Randy Arozarena's mom is getting to watch her son play in the Majors for the first time today. She threw out the first pitch pregame

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Texas Rangers postseason roster.

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Player and Team Stats from the 2023 Regular Season

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Frontline documentary "The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball" airs tonight at 10PM local time on PBS

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Jhoan Duran is ready to bring the heat in the #postseason

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2023 Postseason teams’ final team offense (wRC+), pitching (ERA-), and fielding (fDEF) values

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If Blake Snell wins the NL Cy Young, his WHIP of 1.189 will be the highest for a Cy Young winner since Roger Clemens in 2001.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvqZl79dZGk&ab_channel=FRONTLINEPBS|Official

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Fmr. Houston Astros Video Manager Speaks Out on Cheating Scandal | ...

In an excerpt from the documentary "The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball," Antonio Padilla, then a video and advance information manager for the Houston Astros, describes receiving an unusual request to put a TV monitor below the dugouts roughly two months into the 2017 MLB season.

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Opening day payrolls of all 30 MLB teams with playoff teams highlighted in green and non playoff teams highlighted in red. What a year for small market teams!

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Pablo Lopez showed up to Target Field wearing the jersey of his childhood idol, Johan Santana ??

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Nolan Jones wins NL Rookie of the Month

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Every potential World Series matchup. Which do you think we’ll get?

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Spain wins the European Baseball Championship for the first time in 68 years

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Wildcard Game 1 Get in price by game. Data from @BNightenGale on Twitter

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The Minnesota Twins Roster for the Wild Card round

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Get Ready Because The 2023 Patrick Corbin Had a .4 WAR. TIME TO CELEBRATE

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"Every team wins 50 games and loses 50 games. It's what you do in the remaining games that determines your success." Not sure where I heard that but it has stuck with me. At season's end, I always look back to see if every team won 50 games and every team lost 50 games. They all did this year.

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Here's this year's W-L records after removing 50 wins & 50 losses:

Braves - 54-8
Orioles - 51-10
Dodgers - 50-12
Rays - 49-13
Brewers - 42-20
Phillies - 40-22
Astros - 40-22
Rangers - 40-22
Blue Jays - 39-23
Mariners - 38-24
Twins - 37-25
Diamondbacks - 34-28
Marlins - 34-27
Cubs - 33-29
Reds - 32-30
Yankees - 32-30
Padres - 32-30
Giants - 29-33
Red Sox - 28-34
Tigers - 28-34
Pirates - 26-36
Guardians - 26-36
Mets - 24-37
Angels - 23-39
Nationals - 21-41
Cardinals - 21-41
White Sox - 11-51
Rockies - 9-53
Royals - 6-56
A's - 0-62

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FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 29 YEARS, THE LG TWINS HAVE CLINCHED THE KBO LEAGUE PENNANT

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Among qualified batters this season, only 15 players outside of Atlanta finished with a higher OPS than the Braves’ TEAM OPS

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What is up with the Orioles logo in this bracket?

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Quarter-Season Carnival Has Arrived | Gridiron Heights | S8 E5

New York Jets’ rollercoaster season continues, Justin Fields just can't win, and the Eagles keep getting away with the tush push on the latest episode of Gridiron Heights.

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Pass Rush Win Rate leaders among edge rushers through Week 4: Micah Parsons (36%) Boye Mafe (35%) Will Anderson (31%)

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Strong start for the rookie. Also he's being doubled 28% of the time which is higher than TJ Watt and Myles Garrett and 3rd out of anyone in the top 20 behind Bosa and Parsons and is a big reason why Houston is currently the 2nd best pass rushing team in the NFL behind Dallas

Will Anderson also graded out as the 2nd best run stopping win rate among edge rushers at 37% behind Michael Clemons. His teammate Jonathan Greenard is right behind him at 36%

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[Stat] Aaron Donald is ridiculous

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7 - Dolphins @ Eagles

8 - Bears @ Chargers

9 - Bills @ Bengals

10 - Jets @ Raiders

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https://nflrankings.theringer.com/qb-rankings

The Ringer's QB Rankings

The Ringer’s 2023 NFL Quarterback Rankings feature Steven Ruiz’s film analysis, advanced passing stats, and attribute badges for every starter for all 32 NFL teams. The rankings will be updated weekly all throughout the 2023 NFL season starting Week 1 through the Super Bowl. It’s a quarterback league. We have it covered.

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The Ringer's QB Rankings - Week 4

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K guys don’t hate me for this

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Gabriel Moreno has more post season home runs than both Vladdy Guerrero and Bo Bichette

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[Stathead] Kevin Gausman led the league in 1st-inning strikeouts in 2023

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Playoff nails: DONE.

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The dome is looking great today with post-season baseball in the air. Can you believe this record breaking warm weather we have, perfect for a patio , cold beer and a Jays game !!

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An Illustrated Guide to the Playoff Celebrations: American League

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30 years ago today, the 1993 regular season concluded, and three Blue Jays finished in the top three in batting average in the American League: John Olerud .363 Paul Molitor .332 Roberto Alomar .326 It was the first time in MLB history that three teammates have finished 1-2-3 in the batting .

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“New” Jay here - pumped for October baseball

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PFF's top rookies through week 4: De'Von Achane, Jalen Carter, Puka Nacua, Christian Gonzalez, Ivan Pace Jr

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De'Von Achane (RB, 93.5) - Miami Dolphins (85th overall)

Jalen Carter (DL, 92.2) - Philadelphia Eagles (9th overall)

Puka Nacua (WR, 89.5) - Los Angeles Rams (179th overall)

Christian Gonzalez (CB, 80.8) - New England Patriots (17th overall)

Ivan Pace Jr. (LB, 80.7) - Minnesota Vikings (Undrafted)

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Week 5 Matchups

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[OC] I charted the average amount of team TDs per game in NFL history

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NFL TV Schedule and Maps: Week 5, 2023

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https://vxtwitter.com/Coach_Yac/status/1709547748649816216?t=IW01he1o7vEV85t4TCLisg&s=19

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Jimmie Ward on last year’s NFCCG: “I feel like Jimmy (Garoppolo) could have dressed out for that last game, but you know how that goes…” (H/T @49ersKyle) https://t.co/KDHa4f1uCi 💖 2376
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Jimmie Ward on last year’s NFCCG:

“I feel like Jimmy (Garoppolo) could have dressed out for that last game, but you know how that goes…”

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Sources: The #Panthers are not only looking to trade for a wide receiver, but they want a No. 1 caliber guy. This is their top priority right now. Why? Because the organization is ALL IN on Bryce Young - the pl… 💖 1280
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Sources: The #Panthers are not only looking to trade for a wide receiver, but they want a No. 1 caliber guy. This is their top priority right now.

Why? Because the organization is ALL IN on Bryce Young - the pl…

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“Baker is a DUDE and the players saw it right away. He took the OL to the Bahamas during camp after final cuts to golf. He’s spotted around town at dive bars with receivers, with Mike Evans, with Godwin. He’s th… 💖 3237
Peter Schrager (@PSchrags)

“Baker is a DUDE and the players saw it right away. He took the OL to the Bahamas during camp after final cuts to golf. He’s spotted around town at dive bars with receivers, with Mike Evans, with Godwin. He’s th…

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Von Miller after his first practice since returning from PUP: The #Bills edge rusher said he didn’t feel any physical limitations during Wednesday’s session. “Happy to be back in gen. pop… This is my first time i… 💖 108
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Von Miller after his first practice since returning from PUP: The #Bills edge rusher said he didn’t feel any physical limitations during Wednesday’s session. “Happy to be back in gen. pop… This is my first time i…

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The #Bills Josh Allen on the Jaguars Josh Allen: “He scares me.. one of the predominant pass rushers in this league.” Mentioned how crazy it is both players were selected 7th overall. 💖 63
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The #Bills Josh Allen on the Jaguars Josh Allen: “He scares me.. one of the predominant pass rushers in this league.” Mentioned how crazy it is both players were selected 7th overall.

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Jared Goff gave the perfect response when asked about Fitzpatrick’s comments and silencing his haters. He truly exemplifies the grit culture in Detroit! #OnePride 💖 1143
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Jared Goff gave the perfect response when asked about Fitzpatrick’s comments and silencing his haters.

He truly exemplifies the grit culture in Detroit! #OnePride

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RumorA Colts team source indicated this week that Taylor's attitude toward the team has been significantly improved and that the relationship is headed in the right direction...AR5 + JT coming soon

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Despite being in the NFL for 6 seasons now, Sunday will be just Lamar Jackson's 4th start ever against the Steelers. In comparison, Joe Burrow, despite being drafted 2 years later, has already faced them 5 times.

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018: Flacco started both games

2019: missed the second game due to rested starters

2020: missed a game due to COVID

2021: missed second game due to injury

2022: missed both games with injuries

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Kickers Brandon Aubrey (DAL) and Jake Elliot (PHI) have each scored 48 points this season. The Giants have only scored 46 total.

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These two kickers are set to outscore an entire team. 3rd place is Brett Maher with 44.

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NFL on CBS on Instagram: "Here’s to our Week 4 NVP 🏆: Christian McCaffrey Congrats 👏

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https://vxtwitter.com/PFF_Sam/status/1709664427446882458

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Jalen Carter's rank among DT/DIs for first 4 games of their NFL career over the last 18 years: PFF grade: #1 (92.2) Total pressures: #1 (20) Pass-rush win rate: #1 (23.2%) Previous best grade after 4 games...so… 💖 953
Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam)

Jalen Carter's rank among DT/DIs for first 4 games of their NFL career over the last 18 years:

PFF grade: #1 (92.2)
Total pressures: #1 (20)
Pass-rush win rate: #1 (23.2%)

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For the Second Straight Year…

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… the Wild Card round winners are:

The AL West runner up
The NL West runner up
The AL Central winner
The Phillies
And the losers are:

The Blue Jays
The Rays
The NL Central Winner
An NL East Wild Card

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Seven of the eight best-of-three Wild Card matchups thus far have been sweeps

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Across 2020, 2022, and 2023 there have been 16 Wildcard Series. The team that has won Game 1 has gone 14-2

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2023 xwOBA Postseason Predictions

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In the Wild Card round, a #3, #4, #5, and #6 seed all advanced to the DS

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3 Minnesota Twins defeated the Blue Jays

4 Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Marlins

5 Texas Rangers defeated the Rays

6 Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Brewer

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Rays, Jays and Brewers: All 1-8 in last 9 postseason games

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he Blue Jays, Rays, and Marlins combined for 4 total runs this postseason

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This is the first time an eight-team postseason round has been completely swept

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Multi-game, multi-series postseason rounds (i.e. ignoring the one-off Wild Card Game and World Series) that needed the minimum to finish:

2023 WCS (8 teams, 4 series, best of three)
1975 LCS (4 teams, 2 series, best of five)
1970 LCS (4 teams, 2 series, best of five)
1969 LCS (4 teams, 2 series, best of five)

No multi-round postseason has ever been entirely swept.

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No Game 3 will be played in the Wild Card round this year

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When the new postseason format debuted last year, three of the four games ended in two game sweeps, the exception being New York Mets vs San Diego Padres.

This year, the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Philadelphia Phillies swept the Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, and Miami Marlins respectively.

While there are differences between this format and the one game wild card deathmatch of the 2010s (the Phillies last year and the Dbacks this year would not be in the playoffs at all, much less advance), it’s less than you’d think. Every team that has won the first game in this new format has gone on to win the entire series.

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The National League and American League Division Series’ are set.

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ALDS:

Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles

Minnesota Twins vs Houston Astros

NLDS:

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies

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Aaron Nola tonight in the potential wild card series clincher: 7 IP (88 P), 3 H, 0 R, 3 K, 1 BB

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Mowed down the marlins lineup despite the absence of strikeouts

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This Is The Brewers 4th First Round Exit In Past 5 Seasons

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2023: Wild Card Loss 2022: Missed Playoffs 2021: NLDS Loss 2020: Wild Card Loss 2019: Wild Card Loss

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The Arizona Diamond Backs will play the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS

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The Milwaukee Brewers have been eliminated from 2023 World Series contention.

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What do these numbers in the ESPN broadcast of the NLWC game between Diamondbacks and Brewers mean?

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Every team that has won the NL Central in the modern Wild Card era (2020*, 2022-present) has been the third seed by having the fewest wins of an NL division winner. They then each went on to host a Wild Card series, and they each were swept.

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Cubs in 2020*, swept by the Marlins Cardinals in 2022, swept by the Phillies Brewers in 2023, swept by the Diamondbacks

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*2020 has an asterisk as every playoff team played in the Wild Card round that year, but the Cubs were also the three seed and would’ve still hosted a series had the system been in place.

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It’s crazy that in 2 years of these weird best of 3 series, there’s been 7 sweeps and only one that went to 3 games

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JT Realmuto hits a 404 foot dong to make it a 3-0 Phillies lead in the 4th

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Someone at yesterday’s Twins game showed up wearing a custom jersey of Twins First Base Coach Hank Conger

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Braxton Garrett final line against Phillies: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 56 pitches (34 strikes)

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Ketel Marte is tagged out by a hair; Arizona challenges but the call is upheldVideo

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Why is a 3 true outcome hitter tolerated in MLB? Do you feel they're valuable to a lineup?

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This just leaves me scratching my head in disbelief, Jose had the Twins number with 3 straight 13 pitch innings. Makes no sense , WTF John, you have some explaining to do especially after what happened next ? Have never seen a pitcher pulled like this before.

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Alek Thomas hits a ball 350 feet to right field to get the Sneks on the board and cut the lead to 2-1 MI

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With Today’s game Randy Arozarena has raised his postseason stats to .336 AVG, .690 SLG, 1.104 OPS and 11HR in 113 AB

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Twins pop the Champagne

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https://fxtwitter.com/ArizonaCoyotes/status/1710006204934853053?s=20
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The Arizona Coyotes are excited to announce our multi-year broadcast partnership with Scripps Sports.

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The Arizona Coyotes and Scripps Sports have formed a multi-year partnership agreement! 📺

Tune in via @abc15 Arizona on channel 15.2 (KNXV.2), the Antenna TV network, and channel 95 on COX. Available in Tucson on KGUN 9.2 - COX channel 85 and Comcast channel 1179.

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the slow-motion collapse of Bally Sports continues

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strangely, they're using subchannels instead of their CW affiliates

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[Sportsnet Stats] Blue Jays made 57 outs on the bases during the regular season. A league high

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Sal Frelick hits the glove off of Zac Gallen's hand, who recovers in time for Arizona to make the double play

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Past 3 Seasons

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TEX and MIN are on the board! (in the last 5 years)

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For the 3rd time in 4 postseasons, the Houston Astros's ALDS opponent is a team that just won their first postseason series in decades

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2020 wild-card round, Oakland A's win their first playoff series since 2006, to face Astros in the ALDS. Astros would win that series 3-1.

2021 wasn't expanded WC, so the Astros opponent (#3 White Sox) didn't play a series the previous round.

2022 wild-card round, Seattle Mariners win their first playoff series since 2001, to face Astros in the ALDS. Astros would win that series 3-0

2023 wild-card round, Minnesota Twins win their first playoff series since 2002, to face Astros in the ALDS.

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José Berríos watches his former team celebrate their first playoff series victory in 21 years

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Willy Adames smacks an RBI single to make it a 2-0 Brewers lead

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The American League Wild Card series did not experience a single lead change

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In 4 wild card games, there were no lead changes between Rays-Rangers and Twins-Blue Jays. Pretty uneventful postseason play so far for the AL.

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In four games, the AL East has scored 2 total runs on 29 combined hits. They went 0-4.

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The AL East is 1-5 for playoff series over the last 2 years

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nd both Toronto and Tampa were swept in the WC rounds both seasons.

Even in the ALE singular win, it was game 5 in a best of 5.

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The AL East is now 0-8 in the current Wild Card Series format.

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The Toronto Blue Jays have been eliminated from 2023 World Series contention

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THE MINNESOTA TWINS HAVE WON THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF SERIES SINCE 2002!

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The Twins last Playoff series victory came over the 2002 “Moneyball” Oakland Athletics in the American League Division Series. Twins won the series 3-2.

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First Pitch Clock Violation in Postseason History by Max Kepler

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A Bo Bichette throwing error keeps the Blue Jays from turning a double play and ending the inning

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Sonny Gray’s Final Line in Game 2: 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K. 55 strikes on 85 pitches. 11 swings and misses.

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With the Rays loss today, the Rays drop to 1-7 in the post-Brett Philips postseason era

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2023: Lost ALWC 0-2 2022: Lost ALWC 0-2 2021: Lost ALDS 1-3 (Brett Phillips was left off the postseason roster)

This is worse than their 2020 record of 11-9 with Brett Phillips in 2020.

bench bat and clubhouse presence MVP (29.7% cWPA in 2020)

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Texas Rangers improve to 7-0 in franchise history in the playoffs at Tropicana Field

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In addition, they've outscored the Rays 35-9 across those seven games, and have eliminated the Rays on three occasions at the Trop (the only other team to have eliminated the Rays at Tropicana Field are the 2013 Red Sox).

Bizarre how a trend from 2010 and 2011 continued in 2023 with two completely different rosters.

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Jose Berrios vs MIN: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 47 pitches

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Only earned run was allowed by Yusei Kikuchi

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The Tampa bay Rays have scored just 2 runs in their last 42 innings of postseason baseball.

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2022 ALWCS Game 1: Guardians 2, Rays 1.

2022 ALWCS Game 2: Guardians 1, Rays 0 (F/15)

2023 ALWCS Game 1: Rangers 4, Rays 0

2023 ALWCS Game 2: Rangers 7, Rays 1

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MLB teams that started the season 13-0 have a combined zero postseason wins

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1982 Atlanta Braves: Swept by the Cardinals in the NLCS

1987 Milwaukee Brewers: Failed to make the postseason

2023 Tampa Bay Rays: Swept by the Rangers in the AL Wildcard round

Maybe starting 13-0 might be unlucky?

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The Tampa Bay Rays are eliminated from the 2023 MLB Postseason

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After losing 2/3 games in the AL Wild Card to the Texas Rangers, the Rays' season is over.

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The Rays went 33 innings without a run in the postseason, have there ever been similar streaks?

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3 innings to end 2022 wild card game 1 against the guards

15 without a run in game 2

9 without a run in yesterday's game 1

and 6 without a run in today's game 2, and they scored a run in the 7th.

for a total of 33

Can someone run a stathead search on similar shutout streaks in the playoffs?

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Nathan Eovaldi’s final line vs Rays: 6.2 IP | 6 H | 1 R/ER | 0 BB | 8 K | 98 P

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Corey Seager drives another double to right to extend the Rangers lead to 7-0

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Schedule announced for the XIV U-18 Men's Softball World Cup 2023 in Hermosillo, Mexico

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Evan Carter's 2-run homer gives the Rangers a 4-0 lead over the Rays

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Average Regular Season MLB game time in 2023: 2:42 Lowest since 2:39 in 1984

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Every franchise that has been eliminated by each team since 2013 (last 10 postseasons)

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Aroldis Chapman is the active career leader (min 600ip) in best H/9, HR/9, and K/9, and worst BB/9

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Sources: Diamondbacks sign General Manager Mike Hazen to extension (through 2028)

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With the regular season completed I made some graphics to compare team attendance.

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NC officials, not just billionaire, have been involved for 6 months in bid to bring MLB to Raleigh. Highlights include low/no corporate tax and #2 NHL attendance.

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Umpire Scorecards for the first day of the postseason

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Snakes bullpen in relief in Game 1: 6 2/3 IP (6 P), 0 ER, 5H, 3BB, 7K.

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MLB Wildcard Day 1 Stadium Attendance Numbers.

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Tokyo Giants starter Iori Yamasaki caps off the 2023 season with a CGSO. Final Line: 9.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 6 K, 0 BB, 89 JGS, 96 TGS

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Toronto Blue Jays Free Agents

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - Past 3 Seasons

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Wives and Girlfriends at the game - love their shirts

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update Liverpool won the Mac Allister derby yesterday

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also pray for SB since City plays Arsenal this weekend and Saka is more than likely playing according to Arteta

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The Minnesota Vikings have not broken a single tackle on a running play this year. The Detroit Lions lead the league with 19

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Jerry Rice's 14.5 Yards Per Reception with the Seahawks (2004) was his best Y/R over the last 9 seasons of his NFL career

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"I just feel like as humans and as people who have these platforms, we should just be better and more mindful of how we talk about people and how those things can impact someone. You never know what someone's journey is. You never know what their story is. So I'm just calling out the social media bullies because we really shouldn't be like that."

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Justin Fields joins Michael Vick, Lamar Jackson & Jalen Hurts as the 4th QB since the merger to have 5,000 passing yards & 1,500 rushing yards in his first 30 starts

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The Chicago Bears have scored at least 37 points for the first time in over 5 years.

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Except for when they beat the Jags 41-17 in 2020 or when they beat the Bills 41-9 in 2018, five weeks after the game you linked

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Justin Fields has 282 yards passing.

• 230 to DJ Moore.
• 52 to everyone else.
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Sam Howell has been sacked more times in 5 games (29) than Patrick Mahomes has ever been sacked in any season of his career.

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The most times Mahomes has been sacked in a season in his career was 2021 when he was sacked 28 times.

Sam Howell is on pace to be sacked 99 times this year.

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Justin Fields in his last 2 games: 43/64 (67.2%), 617 yards, 8 TD, 1 INT, 131.3 rating, 82 rushing yards

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Justin Fields is finished for the day. His stats tonight: 15/29 for 282 Passing Yds 4TDs and 57 rushing yards ,Bears drop 40 points.

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Sam Howell has been sacked more times in 5 games this year than any Washington QB was sacked in all of their starts last season

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Wentz got sacked 26 times in 7 games.

Heinicke got sacked 19 times in 9 games.

Howell last year got sacked 3 times in the Dallas season finale.

29 already this year! If you count his debut, he has taken 32 sacks in 6 games.

Washington OL wasn't THIS bad by comparison last year

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The Washington Commanders and New York Giants are BOTH on track to give up nearly 100 sacks this season

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Through 4 games, Daniel Jones has been sacked 23 times. Through 5 games, Sam Howell has been sacked 29 times.

This puts the Giants on pace to give up 97.75 sacks in 17 games, and the Commanders 98.6.

The current NFL record is 104 sacks allowed in a season, by the 1986 Philadelphia Eagles. But these would rank as the 2nd and 3rd most of all time by a wide margin.

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Fields to Moore this season: 27/34 for 532 yards, 5 TDs, 0 INTs and a perfect 158.3 passer rating

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Sam Howell is on pace to absolutely pulverize David Carrs single season sack record (and how the Commies will smash the sacks allowed all time record in the process)

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According to espn.com Justin Fields is on pace for 3,886 yards passing and 37 touchdowns thrown. Both marks would be Bears franchise records beating Erik Kramer who holds both records with his 1995 campaign of 3838 yds and 29 tds

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However, it should be noted that Kramer only had a 16 game season.

And for anyone wondering, 3,886<4,000.

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The pitching change may be the most polarizing in-game decision ever made in franchise history and the fall-out from it, both internally and within the toxic-fire-discourse externally, certainly qualifies as a ring-the-alarm Blue Jays emergency.

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“I wrote this speech thinking this was going to be it. It’s not it. You guys went and screwed up my whole speech. We’ve got to come back here on Tuesday and drink some more beer.” -Kent Hrbek after what was supposed to be the last regular season game at the Metrodome

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The last postseason each MLB team advanced (this includes the old one-and-done Wild Card format)

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Broadcasters Announced for NLDS on TBS

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Braves/Phillies get Brian Anderson & Jeff Francoeur

Dodgers/D-Backs get Bob Costas & Ron Darling

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The 30-30 Season That Wasn’t, Then Was, Then Wasn’t (and Still May Be)

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Not sure if ball caps get discussed often in here but what’s the coolest find you have if you are in fact a collector? This one is pretty solid and probably older than I am

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Good news. The marbles won’t be taking our jobs anytime soon. Preseason marble records vs final 2023 standings

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The MVPs and L(east)VPs for each game of the Wild Card Round, determined by WPA

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Good news, Arizona Diamondbacks: The Milwaukee Brewers have been to the postseason eight times previous to the 2023 season and six of those eight teams that stopped the Brew Crew went on to win the World Series while the other two teams made it to the Fall Classic, but fell short

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Congratulations to the 2023 NL Champions Arizona Diamondbacks!

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Eight Out Of The Top 11 Teams In Team ERA Didn’t Make The Playoffs Or Have Been Eliminated

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The Milwaukee crowd booed Jesse Winker following his PH groundout

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Umpire Scorecards for yesterday’s wild card games

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The Diamondbacks are going to the World Series, here’s why.

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Every team that has ever beaten the Brewers in the postseason has gone to the World Series.

1981 - Yankees over Brewers in ALDS. Yankees lose WS to LA.

1982 - Cardinals over Brewers in WS.

2008 - Phillies over Brewers in NLDS. Phillies win WS against Tampa Bay.

2011 - Cardinals over Brewers in NLCS. Cardinals win WS against Texas.

2018 - Dodgers over Brewers in NLCS. Dodgers lose WS to Boston.

2019 - Nationals over Brewers in NLWC. Nationals win WS against Houston.

2020 - Dodgers over Brewers in NLWC series. Dodgers win WS against Tampa Bay.

2021 - Braves over Brewers in NLDS. Braves win WS against Houston.

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Since the 2019 NLCS, the National League Central has not won a single playoff series, owning a 2-20 record in playoff games in that span

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Ever since the Cardinals' epic Game 5 destruction of the Braves in 2019, no NL Central team has won a playoff series, and the division itself only has 2 victories to 20 losses among 9 different teams in roughly 5 postseasons, as follows:

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2019 Cardinals swept by Nationals in NLCS, 0-4
2020 In expanded Wild Card round, 4 teams (CIN, CHC, STL, MIL) combine to go 1-8, saved only by a Cards win over the Padres
2021 Cardinals lose WC thriller to Dodgers, Brewers lose NLDS 1-3 to Braves
2022 Cardinals' devil magic runs out in 2 games against the Phillies
2023 Brewers' bats and arms bitten by D-backs in 2

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2023 Division Series Broadcast Schedule

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Aaron Nola now has three postseason starts with 6+ IP and 0 earned runs, tied for the most in franchise history

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The active leaders are Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander, with 5 each.

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Scott Van Pelt's One Big Thing: MLB pitch clock is a big hit

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[Bannon] #BlueJays CF Kevin Kiermaier on his approach to free agency this winter: "I'm going to let Ohtani set the market and then maybe I'll let the cards fall after that, regarding me." "I'll listen to whoever has interest and go from there."

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Wild Card Series Attendance vs. Stadium Capacity

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Division Series Matchups

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Drawing Vladdy every time he gets picked off at 2nd base and ends the season -

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Managerial Report Cards: AL Wild Card Losers (in which Schneider gets a D-)

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Sid and Meredith chat about yesterday's Jays game.

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Blue Jays Blow Another Playoff Series by Following a Flawed Analytics Script

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[OC] Alvin Kamara had 13 receptions for only 33 yards in a loss to Tampa Bay on Oct 1st. Here is how his 13-catch game compares to the other 120, 13-catch games in NFL history

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Sam Howell could break David Carr's most sacked QB in the league recor

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Pass Rush Win Rate for Edge Rushers versus how much they’re doubled

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Since 2016 the Giants have had only 10 games where they scored over 30 points, and they’ve had 14 games scoring single digits

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