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  1. biggentleben
    This is the way the team needed to play all season. Leidner didn't blow anyone away, but he was efficient and made the passes needed, the run game did what it should, and the defense played like they could. Yes, it was Illinois, but last week was Rutgers, and I'd say Rutgers is quite a bit worse than the Illinois team that they stomped on the road today.
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    Kind of. She has been sort of bumped out for a few weeks now, but they seem to bring her back in. Penguin rising to prominence in a legitimate way in Gotham could be handled so well.
  3. biggentleben
    I like how they've developed certain characters, but the story arc in season 2 went down hill in a hurry and season 3 is down right bad.
  4. biggentleben
    7 month old foster baby makes TV choices still my own, though he is enthralled by sports, and especially baseball, so that works.
  5. biggentleben
    In general, I'm not looking for exceptional when I'm watching television. I'm watching for entertainment, so if you can get me to invest in characters or make me laugh, I'll probably return. Shows like Big Bang Theory, SVU, Criminal Minds, and NCIS have had my investment in character(s) in the show, so I still watch them. Of course, I still have Arrow and Flash that I record each week. One show not mentioned on here (I don't think) was Gotham, and I am disappointed in this season after two solid seasons of the show. There's enough to keep me coming back, but I'll not continue going forward if the show doesn't go somewhere better over this season.
  6. biggentleben
    ^^^^^^^ That is exactly what you get when you scout prospect stat lines and rankings and not the players...oy. Edit: Not Tobi - he posted as this was posting!
  7. biggentleben
    I was not only referring to that last play. There were PI calls on the day with much less contact. There were plays with more contact not called. It's just crappy that inconsistent calls can influence the games the way they do. I have no assumptions the final play would have been called, though it typically is due to contact before looking for the ball. The issue is that lesser contact was called on a crucial 3rd and long on one of Iowa's FG drives, and both were going for the ball with equal right to it where the ball ended up thrown. Both teams wanted badly to lose yesterday, though. The Gophers just had more desire!
  8. biggentleben
    So, seriously, what is defensive pass interference? It was called on plays that seemed like it shouldn't have been and not called on plays it should have been. I don't get it. At least the bad officiating on catches can be overturned by replay (as in the final drive), but you can't protest a penalty being called or not.
  9. biggentleben
    It was a movie I really enjoyed due to the baseball tie in to the movie, so that's why I watched it more than once...otherwise, I'd not likely have even remembered it! LOL!!
  10. biggentleben
    Frequency is just a series based on the premise of a movie from a late-90s/early-2000s movie that starred Jim Caviezel (sp?), the man who would later portray Jesus in Passion of the Christ. I rather lost interest quickly just because I knew the premise of the show already.
  11. biggentleben
    Solid line play, but last year's linebackers are sorely missing, and I'm definitely worried about the pass defense due to that. I think the corners will be better in the end, but the D-line has been much better vs. the run than the pass, but there's youth there that could improve along the way to provide some heat and protect the corners. On offense, having the size at reciever that he does will allow Leidner to be accurate. I will say that he threw the best ball I've seen in a long time in the Colorado State game, but they simply didn't need his arm offensively because their line was carving up CSU's d-line so badly.
  12. biggentleben
    I did put up a review on Pitch today, but it's not exactly in depth analysis on the acting or meter of the piece or anything like that... https://calltothepen.com/2016/09/24/mlb-fox-pair-pitch/
  13. biggentleben
    Plenty of the typical baseball cliches, but in general, I think there's a lot of promise. It's not going to take on the Wire or Breaking Bad, but I do love the tie ins with MLB due to the partnership with Fox, which leads to very realistic scenery of the real PetCo Stadium clubhouse and the field for the game action.
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    Did anyone else watch Pitch? I'm writing up a review on it for CTTP.
  15. biggentleben
    Nice work by the Twins to make the #1 pick a challenge again! Exciting, especially knowing the Braves face the Tigers in the final weekend while the Twins play the White Sox. Could be a situation where the Tigers are playing for their postseason lives, but the Twins/ChiSox series will only be about pride...
  16. biggentleben
    The crazy thing was that Liriano had legit no-hit stuff that day as well. He was walking guys, but his stuff was wicked as well. Then that night opened up with an incredible storm that ABSOLUTELY POURED as my wife and I attempted to find a laundromat at the midpoint of our trip. Good marriage building right there.
  17. biggentleben
    I had to do the same thing in DC, but no tearing out as that game was Max Scherzer's no-hitter (and near perfect game).
  18. biggentleben
    I keep score at every game, and I found the Eephus scorecards after seeing the quality of in-stadium scorecards go down drastically. My wife noticed this on our stadium tour honeymoon last summer - the vast difference in the offering to a fan wanting to be involved in the game. Instead, I scored the Braves/Twins games in a very nice quality scorebook that reminded me of the quality of a pro scorecard that I had utilized a couple times in college when offered the opportunity to score at games.
  19. biggentleben
    Um...you do realize that college football does use a different ball - striped differently and laced differently, so it is easier to grip for QBs and easier to see in the air for WRs.
  20. biggentleben
    It's not about top 10 dollars. It's about asking $3M+ and likely not going to be a top 10 pick. There's a ton of depth in the high school class in the guys that normally would be picked between 12-30 in a draft, as in probably 40-50 guys who would profile in that type of range normally, so many of them are using finances as their way to negotiate.
  21. biggentleben
    After round 4, draft picks aren't protected, meaning that if a guy doesn't sign, you don't get a comp pick, which is why you see that starting in round 4, high schoolers start to disappear until round 11.
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    My most recent full description mock
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    They spoke up about it, but they were unable to participate in the process at all.
  24. biggentleben
    I'd wager in a decade, there are a half-dozen draft-day Clayton Kershaws. There's one every generation that becomes Kershaw. That means maybe one every 25 becomes that guy. However, that profile even at that success rate is a better success rate than most body/skill types you can find in the draft. I won't speak for Hrbowski 100%, but I believe that's the intention of what he's saying.
  25. biggentleben
    I don't think there are any elite guys. There are maybe 3 guys who would be guys at the back end of a top 10 most years, then 30 guys who would usually be eligible around 15ish, so 30ish guys total, not 30 from pick 15 forward. 30 guys, many of whom will end up before 15 due to the lack of higher end talent in the draft.
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