The sky is not falling in Foxboro, those are just leaves

Stability is a fickle friend indeed. An illusion of control within this infinite storm of chaos and complexity. No sport more complex than American Football, No league more chaotic than the NFL. And at least in this millennia there's no constant quite like September in New England. Students from worlds over descend on Greater Boston annually around Labor Day kicking off another school year.      Summer has ended, football has begun. Trees are still green, sun dress season still in session, sunset still at a pleasant hour. 16 Games from now New England will be a motherfucker. 16 Games from now we win or go home in football games that resemble September football about as much as New Years eve resembles the first day of school. 16 Games from now we will be freezing cold drinking winter lager and getting ready for the NFLs second season. The hoody makes more sense in December anyway. But as old man winter will surely be here soon, ask yourself this. Will you still believe in Bill once Tom has gone.

For second straight day Kansas City Forgets identity, steals show

While A's sweat it Out.....Billy Beane watches Big Bang Theory

Royally Screwed

Tonight is moneyball versus traditional baseball values in the under the perfect microscope. 1 game playoff, small market vs small market. Built to last vs built to win today. And Oakland is in rough shape. Only 3-2 after 3 but they might as well be finished. In games like these their philosophy breaks down. They cannot hit consistently with RISP. They cannot create opportunities to score so they struggle against elite pitchers And vanish against elite bullpens. Power numbers are fine but that is the only offense they get. And power goes too against the pen. KC however can compete without outplaying Lester. 3-4 RISP so far, 2 of those at bats created by moving runners over in some form of aggressive "run creation" in reality it's opportunity management. Oh and about that bullpen? KCs is elite, best In the majors good. How, you may ask, can a small market team afford to be elite in talent and depth in the pen? It's cheap, and allegedly dispensable, or overvalued or whatever market trend Mr Beane may have created while being played by the most popular kid at the dance in his movie.


      To be clutch, one must believe in clutch

Tommy Two-picks and the Missing Mojo

       Remember in Space Jam when the tiny evil aliens steal the mojo from Charles Barkley, and Mugsy, and Sean Bradley, and Tom Brady and it turns them into talentless nobody's? Yeah I don't remember Tom Brady being in Space Jam either. After Monday Night I may need to netflix it just to be sure.
       He looks like Tom....wearing Tom's trademark 12. But that's no Tom Brady. Tom Brady makes decisions in micro seconds, good decisions. Tom Brady makes everyone around him better. Tom Brady goes months without being picked off. Tom Brady would rather be sacked than picked off. Tom Brady doesn't know how to lose. That guy last night was no Tom Brady, he just looks like him. That guy he just some wannabe. Be gone wannabe!
       I'ts easy to rationalize individual performance in football. Easy to reason that a player is not completely responsible for his play. Its easy to believe in what is known...to a point. Late in the 4th quarter finally we got to see what a quarterback is supposed to look like. Jimmy Garrapolo is NOT great. To be clear I am not elevating him even to good enough to start in the NFL. This is isn't about him. He was the patriots throwing the white towel and the defense let up on him, sure, he wasn't special he just played well. 6/7 70 yards and a TD. Respectable line, but I told you this isn't about Jimmy. Tom Brady has lines that look like; 28/31 415 yards 4 TDs.... Yet Jimmy's line is better than any 7 throw sequence Brady has had all year.
      This is about #12. One quarter of the year gone and not one drive of typical Tom Brady. The guy wearing 12 is broken. Two drives of a productive, efficient, one step ahead of the D rookie backup made it all too clear. Tom Brady reacts to nobody, defenses must react to Tom Brady. That guy out there tonight, he's no Tom Brady...

I hope we find him soon, wherever he is, and I hope he hasn't run out of Michael's Special Stuff.