jim jividen

Let's Pick Some College Football Games, Nov 12 2016

Thursday, November 10, 2016

I'm 39-38

ULL +6.5 Geo So win
Penn St -6.5 IU win
AForce -5.5 Col St loss
Wash -8.5 USC loss
WVA +1.5 Tex win
LSU -7 Ark win

4-2
43-40

2016 NFL Super Contest Picks, Week 10

I'm 18-26-1

Denver +2.5 win
Cleveland +9.5 loss
Hou -1.5 win
Wash -3 win
Ten +2.5 win

4-1
22-27-1

A Tiered MLB Hall of 200 (okay, it's really 204) - The Results

Monday, November 7, 2016

The explanation for all of this is here. It's a 204 person strong MLB Hall of Fame. Through 2018.

Catchers.
1B
2B
SS
3B
LF
CF

INNER CIRCLE (34 members)
Johnny Bench
Pudge Rodriguez
Gary Carter
Lou Gehrig
Albert Pujols
Jimmie Foxx
Rogers Hornsby
Nap Lajoie
Eddie Collins
Honus Wagner
Alex Rodriguez
Cal Ripken
Mike Schmidt
Eddie Mathews
Wade Boggs
Barry Bonds
Ted Williams
Rickey Henderson
Willie Mays
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Babe Ruth
Hank Aaron
Stan Musial
Walter Johnson
Roger Clemens
Cy Young
Pete Alexander
Randy Johnson
Greg Maddux
Tom Seaver
Christy Mathewson
Warren Spahn
Mariano Rivera

MIDDLE CIRCLE (68)
Bill Dickey
Gabby Hartnett
Carlton Fisk
Mike Piazza
Yogi Berra
Buck Ewing
Cap Anson
Frank Thomas
Dan Brouthers
Roger Connor
Jim Thome
Johnny Mize
Joe Morgan
Bobby Grich
Robinson Cano
Lou Whitaker
Rod Carew
Charlie Gehringer
Arky Vaughan
Barry Larkin
Ozzie Smith
Robin Yount
Alan Trammell
Derek Jeter
George Brett
Miguel Cabrera
Edgar Martinez
Chipper Jones
Adrian Beltre
Paul Molitor
Manny Ramirez
Carl Yastrzemski
Tim Raines
Pete Rose
Ed Delahanty
Lance Berkman
Mickey Mantle
Joe DiMaggio
Ken Griffey
Mike Trout
Jim Edmonds
Carlos Beltran
Mel Ott
Frank Robinson
Al Kaline
Roberto Clemente
Reggie Jackson
Larry Walker
Pedro Martinez
Lefty Grove
Mike Mussina
Bob Gibson
Bert Blyleven
Kid Nichols
Tom Glavine
Eddie Plank
Gaylord Perry
Steve Carlton
Phil Niekro
Curt Schilling
John Smoltz
Ferguson Jenkins
Robin Roberts
Nolan Ryan
Clayton Kershaw
Justin Verlander
Dennis Eckersley
Joe Nathan

OUTER CIRCLE (102)
Mickey Cochrane
Joe Mauer
Joe Torre
Gene Tenace

King Kelly
Buster Posey

Jorge Posada
Brian Downing
Ted Simmons

Mark McGwire
Jeff Bagwell
Joey Votto
Todd Helton

Willie McCovey

David Ortiz

Rafael Palmeiro

Eddie Murray

Hank Greenberg
Roberto Alomar
Jackie Robinson
Chase Utley
Ryne Sandberg
Willie Randolph
Jeff Kent
Frankie Frisch
Joe Gordon
Ian Kinsler
George Davis

Bill Dahlen
Lou Boudreau
Joe Cronin

Luke Appling
Pee Wee Reese
Ernie Banks
Jack Glasscock
Bobby Wallace

Scott Rolen
Ron Santo

Dick Allen
Ken Boyer
Graig Nettles
Buddy Bell

Brooks Robinson
David Wright
Evan Longoria
Willie Stargell

Ducky Medwick
Fred Clarke

Bob Johnson
Ryan Braun
Billy Williams
Albert Belle
Al Simmons

Matt Holliday

Billy Hamilton

Reggie Smith
Duke Snider
Jimmy Wynn
Chet Lemon

Richie Ashburn

Andre Dawson
Kirby Puckett

Andruw Jones

Paul Waner
Dwight Evans
Gary Sheffield

Harry Heilmann

Tony Gwynn

Joe Jackson

Elmer Flick
Sam Crawford

Vladimir Guerrero
Kevin Brown
Roy Halladay
Zack Greinke
Bret Saberhagen
Ed Walsh
Max Scherzer
Carl Hubbell
Hal Newhouser
David Cone
CC Sabathia
Don Drysdale
Jim Palmer
Rick Reuschel
Bob Feller

John Clarkson

Ted Lyons
Red Ruffing
Don Sutton
Felix Hernandez
Andy Pettitte
Johan Santana
Chuck Finley

Juan Marichal
Tim Hudson
Chris Sale
Tim Keefe
Cole Hamels

Hoyt Wilhelm

Billy Wagner
Trevor Hoffman

Tendown, November 6, 2016

Sunday, November 6, 2016

248 is here. This is Tendown 249.

1. Know Your Rights

2.

Peter Thiel, verbatim: "If you're a single-digit millionaire like Hulk Hogan, you have no effective access to our legal system."
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) October 31, 2016

3. Patrick Willis

4. The Fever Swamp

5.

6. The all important KKK endorsement

8. In what church was he radicalized?

Greene, who is white, was expelled by police last month after waving a Confederate battle flag in front of black spectators while the national anthem was being played at the start of a high school football game.

9. Get on Board!

Imagine that the Warriors played a largely vanilla offense with the primary aim of trying to get any one of these three guys a decent 3-point look from anywhere inside 28 feet. Say they found such a shot on a third of possessions and had a league-average offense on the rest. That would already get them 120 points per 100 possessions⁵ — the highest in historyby a wide margin. Again, duplicated skills with the potential to lead to exponential returns — and this isn’t even the most optimistic scenario.

10. The FBI is Trumpland

And one more