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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

        So what if Brady waits until his playing career is over, and then spills the beans?  
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    So...   Berman then asked, "So the next time someone tampers with a ball but cooperates, what would he get?" Nash, after a roundabout explanation, finally settled on: "The amount of discipline would be based on the sound judgment of the commissioner."   This strikes to me at the core of the...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

      What would be the penalty for Brady, in this case, to explain himself?  He would be violating and defying the federal court, so would he be held in contempt?  
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

      I wonder if "some in NFL" refers to some in the NFL office, or other owners around the league.
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    Red Sox announce Dave Dombrowski is their new president of baseball operations.

      Finishing last regularly isn't perennial mediocrity.  It's perennial suckitude.
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    Bright spots in an otherwise lost season

      If the old adage is true - that you need to be strong up the middle - then this team will have it.   C - Swihart/Vazquez 2b - Pedroia SS - Bogaerts CF - Betts or Bradley   Defensively it's incredible, especially when Vazquez is catching and Bradley is in CF.  That's three players (Vazquez...
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    Bright spots in an otherwise lost season

    Brutal season in so many ways.  Again.  But there are some pretty intriguing bright spots.     1.  Xander (age 22).  .312/.340/.410/.751, 104 ops+, 3.0 bWAR 2.  Betts (age 22).  .270/.319/.437/.756, 104 ops+, 4.0 bWAR 3.  Bradley (age 25).  .244/.350/.488/.838, 126 ops+, 0.5 bWAR in just 31...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    This is an interesting dynamic. In a factory, the product they sell may be assembled by the workers, and if the owners can find other ways to produce the same quality product (see: automation), they'll do it with little regard for the labor. But in pro sports, the labor IS the product. Without...
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    Sons, Sam, and Horn, L.L.P.: Brady Case LEGAL ISSUES Only

      I would think that after a while, this has to come into play, no?  I mean, Goodell's penalty issued against the Patriots was done, in part, because of the "repeat offender" status.     “Here, there are several factors that merit strong consideration in assessing discipline. The first is the...
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    Sons, Sam, and Horn, L.L.P.: Brady Case LEGAL ISSUES Only

      It seems to me that if they're saying the court has no authority to overturn the decision, it can't have the authority to validate it, either.  Because if it has the authority to validate it, it has the authority to actually *sit in judgment* over it.  It's not sitting in judgment if you can...
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    Sons, Sam, and Horn, L.L.P.: Brady Case LEGAL ISSUES Only

    Interesting point. Why doesn't Bermsn simply say, uh, if you (the NFL) is saying that I have no jurisdiction over matters pertaining to the NFL CBA, why did you guys (the NFL) file a suit in my court?
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    Worst Coach Stories

    Bad coaching (youth levels anyway) usually involves some combination of the following:   - Terrible people skills. - Overzealous in terms of winning. - Blatant favoritism. - Lack of knowledge of the game. - Negative coaching philosophy. (that is, rarely is encouraging; most comments directed at...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

      Some leeway for sure.  Even the rulebook on tampering with footballs gives some leeway.  Including, but not limited to, a $25,000 fine.     Ok, some leeway yes.  But $25,000 fine to four games ($1.8 million financial penalty) for Brady, $1 million team fine, a first round pick, and a fourth...
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    Travis Shaw - what must he do to play three games in a row?

    Shaw has been strange so far (SSS and all) this year.   20 games played, 17 hits 5 of those games have accounted for 15 of the 17 hits (15-22, .681) 15 of those games have accounted for 2 of the 17 hits (2-32, .063)   So his overall line looks very good:  .315/.356/.574/.930.  But boy it's come...
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    Bradley: Deal with It.

      On the morning of August 9, his 2015 stat line was:  .121/.254/.172/.426, 6 r, 0 2b, 0 3b, 1 hr, 4 rbi   Over the last 5 games, he has put up this line:  .591/.609/1.364/1.972, 11 r, 4 2b, 2 3b, 3 hr, 13 rbi   So that makes his season stat line this:  .250/.340/.500/.840, 17 r, 4 2b, 2 3b, 4...