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The Indians and Cubs sit at 1-1 in the World Series as they head to Wrigley. What’s so great about Kyle Schwarber and why will he be missed in Wrigley. We also touch on the Indians and a logo that has been deemed offensive by many. Has it seen its final day?

The Warriors lost their first game to the Spurs by almost 30 points. That’s it, they’re done. Fire everyone. We take a look around the rest of the league and see how the opening week went.

Would You Rather… Listener submitted (pdroll): Would you rather have your team NOT make the playoffs at all? Or have your team make the playoffs and lose immediately Let us know in the comments below. Geoff is all about his team being good, but not quite good enough, especially when it comes to basketball, claiming that being the 8th seed is worthless. John is much more open and willing to see his teams lose immediately in the playoffs, but that’s easy to say when your baseball team is headed to the World Series and your favorite football team is 0-6. Toss Up Who will have more points on opening night in Cleveland on Tuesday during the Knicks vs. Cavs game: LeBron or Carmelo? Last Week: Colin Kaepernick Turnovers (1 Fumble, recovered) vs. Total TDs (1 Touchdown) (@Bills). Those picking Touchdowns over Turnovers technically win this one as Kap fumbled, but had it recovered by the 49ers. They still laid a big ol fart against the Bills, but John must admit defeat. NFL Pickem Update anh1608 in first (51-41) Moskalk in last (35-41) NBA Opening Night NBA opening night next Wednesday and Geoff is super excited. It will all kick off with the Cavs taking on the Knicks in Cleveland on Tuesday night. After an offseason that saw a huge amount of trades, acquisitions and retirements, what will the 2016-2017 season hold?! If you want to listen to a great basketball podcast, definitely give Perimeter Players a listen. Tim Tebow Strikes Tim Tebow is off the schneid. Tebow singled on a line drive to left field in his second at-bat on Tuesday with Scottsdale. We’d previously talked about his miserable start to the Arizona Fall League, but with this recent hit, could he be turning things around? Rule of the Week Trevor Bauer pitched with a bloodied right pinky after a fluke drone accident last week. After receiving 10 stitches, Bauer attempted to pitch during game 3. The result was a bloody mess and it’s all because pitchers are allowed to have no foreign substance on their hands/wrists etc. The rule is most likely only in place because people would probably put sandpaper or other abrasive strips on their fingers to scuff up the ball. The rule is below. According to Major League Baseball Rule 6.02(c)(7) Comment (Rule 8.02(b) Comment): “The pitcher may not attach anything to either hand, any finger or either wrist (e.g., Band-Aid, tape, Super Glue, bracelet, etc.). The umpire shall determine if such attachment is indeed a foreign substance for the purpose of Rule 6.02(c)(7) (Rule 8.02(b)), but in no case may the pitcher be allowed to pitch with such attachment to his hand, finger or wrist.” Columbus Crew Moving Downtown? The Columbus Crew are kicking around the idea of possibly moving to a new location in Columbus. Where would be a good spot? What makes the most sense and do the Crew need a stadium that seats more than 20,000 fans? Under Armour Pens MLB Deal Beginning in 2020, Under Armour will be the official jersey manufacturer for the MLB. Is this a good move? Will there be color rush jerseys? Only time will tell.

Big 12 decided to NOT expand the conference, but under very sketchy circumstances. Heisman Watch All eyes will be turned toward Louisville, Kentucky this Saturday as Louisville takes on a good NC State team. The main player to watch in this one is Lamar Jackson, our top (and most sports folks) pick. The kid is just on fire this year. Almost 2,000 yards passing, 15 passing touchdowns, 15 rushing touchdowns and almost 1,000 yards rushing? Barring a big loss, it’s really hard to see Jackson not coming away with the win. Both of us are not big on Barrett. He’s a good player and good for OSU, but is he flashy enough for the committee? Who are your top contenders? Games To Watch #6 Texas A&M at #1 Alabama – 3:30 CBS J – A&M G – Bama #17 Arkansas at #21 Auburn – 6:00 ESPN J – Auburn G – Arkansas #23 Ole Miss at #25 LSU – 9:00 ESPN J – Ole Miss G – LSU NC State at #7 Louisville – noon ABC J – Louisville G – NC State Idaho at Appalachian State – 3:30 ESPN3 J – App State G – Idaho UPSET SPECIALS: Geoff: Memphis over #24 Navy – 3:30 CBSS John: Iowa over #10 Wisconsin How’d we do last week Duke – 14 at #7 Louisville – 24 – J – Louisville – G – Louisville #1 Alabama – 49 at #9 Tennessee – 10 – J – Bama – G – Bama #12 Ole Miss -30 at #22 Arkansas – 34 – J – Arkansas – G – Ole Miss #2 Ohio State – 30OT at #8 Wisconsin – 23 J – OSU G – OSU Appalachian State – 24 at Louisiana Lafayette – 0 J – App State G – Ragin Cajuns UPSET SPECIALS: Johns: Akron Zips – 0 over #24 WMU – 41 Geoff: Texas Tech Red Raiders – 17 over #20 West Virginia – 48 J- 2-3, 2-3, 4-1, 4-1, 2-3, 1-4, 5-0 = 20-15 (0-1) G- 3-2, 5-0, 3-2 1-4, 4-1, 3-2, 3-2 = 22-13 (0-1)

Updated Notes Coming soon: Aaron Rodger’s current stats line up with another QB pretty eerily. But it’s cool because the Packers will roar back this week with a win over the Bears. Vontaze Burfict NOT suspended for stomping on someone, but has been fined around $750,000 after this week’s $75,000 fine. Goodell wants Raiders to stay in Oakland. Goodell curious about low ratings Browns are 0-6, still better than the JETS… somehow Odell proposed to a kicking net…

The Indians are headed to the World Series and I could not be more excited, so sorry for acting like a little kid at the beginning of this episode. As we prepare for the ultimate Fall Classic, either Indians vs. Cubs (who lead the series 3-2) or the Dodgers, who could still very much rip this one away from the Cubs, we thought it would be fun to take a look at some of the best playoff comebacks in baseball. This is not a complete list, but has some great stories. If you don’t see your favorite comeback let us know and we’ll talk about it on next week’s show. 1968 World Series – Tigers vs. Cardinals Down 3-1 in the World Series, the Tigers set out to make one of the greatest World Series baseball comebacks of all time. Without the arm of Pitcher Mickey Lolich, it would not have been possible. After winning game 2, by the arm of Lolich, the Tigers lost the next two. Again in game 5 they turned to Lolich and he put together another nice victory taking the series to 3-2. Game 6 was a total blowout with the Tigers winning 13-1. With the series now tied at 3-3, Lolich took the rubber. Lolich pitched 8 shutout innings and let up one run in the 9th. It was enough and the Tigers completed the comeback winning 4-1 in game 7. Lolich is still the last player to earn three complete game victories in a single World Series and because of his heroics won the World Series MVP. Bob Gibson (Cardinals pitcher) had an equally impressive series, winning complete games in game 1 and game 4 and then lost to Lolich in game 7. Had that final game gone the Cardinals way, it would have been easy to hand Gibson the MVP. Fun fact: Mickey Lolich would go on to retire and open up a donut shop after his MLB career. 3-1 Deficit Comebacks 2007 ALCS – Red Sox over Indians 2004 ALCS – Red Sox* over Yankees 2003 NLCS – Marlins* over Cubs 1996 NLCS – Braves over Cardinals 1986 ALCS – Red Sox over Angels 1985 ALCS – Royals over Blue Jays 1985 World Series – Royals over Cardinals 1968 World Series – Tigers over Cardinals 1958 World Series – Yankees over Braves (Mil.) 1925 World Series – Pirates over Senators 2007 Colorado Rockies The Rockies pulled off one of the greatest September comebacks in the history of the game when they went 14-1 over their last 15 games to win the NL Wild Card. Unfortunately this was the Red Sox “Year of the Idiots” and the Rockies were promptly swept in the World Series. The Red Sox won 13-1 in game one, an MLB record for the first game of a World Series. 2003 NLCS – Marlins vs. Cubs Even without knowing much about this series you can probably tell from the year and the team in the series what happened. The name Bartman ring a bell? The Marlins came back from a three games to one deficit and won the series in seven games, advancing to the World Series against the New York Yankees. With the Cubs leading 3–0 (in the game) and just five outs away from their first World Series since 1945, Steve Bartman, a fan, reached for the foul ball hit by Luis Castillo off Prior, preventing Cubs outfielder Moisés Alou from catching it. They would lose that game and the next one after a series of errors and flubs that people could only explain by the Curse of the Billy Goat. Poor Steve Bartman. If you watch closely, everyone was reaching for the ball, but because he was lucky enough to get it, everyone turned on him. Fan psychology is crazy. 2004 ALCS – Red Sox vs. Yankees I know, I know, I don’t like the Red Sox either. I actually wrote a scathing Josh Beckett column in college because he whooped the Indians in 2007 but the stories and numbers don’t lie, they’ve ha

Would you rather Would you rather have your favorite NFL team win one championship in your lifetime and be under .500 the rest of the time or have your favorite college football team win a national championship once every 10 years? Toss Up With Colin Kaepernick back in the starting lineup he’ll be shaking some rust off against the Bills. This week’s Toss Up asks, will Colin Kaepernick have more turnovers or Total TDs. NFL Pickem Standings anh1608 in first (45-32) Moskalk in last (29-32) New on the site Robots that are better than you in Ping Pong How hard it is to win in the NFL Working on the heaviest running backs to ever grace the NFL gridiron Working on Why I can’t vote for Donald Trump from a purely sports perspective DID YOU KNOW: The Giants have now won the last 10 postseason games in which they faced elimination. The longest MLB streak of its kind EVER. ALCS/NLCS 2 home, 3 away, 2 home. But, the Cubbies felled the Giants and move on to the NLCS.

How’d we do last week? #25 Virginia Tech 34 at #17 North Carolina 3 – 3:30 (no channel) J – NC G – VT #9 Tennessee 38 at #8 Texas A&M 45 (2OT) – 3:30 CBS J – Tenn. G – Texas A&M #1 Alabama 49 at #16 Arkansas 30 – 7:00 ESPN J – Bama G – Bama #23 Florida State 20 at #10 Miami (FL) 19 – 8:00 ABC J – Miami G – Miami #21 Colorado 17 at USC 21 – 4:00 Pac12 Network J – Colorado G – Colorado Record for the year J- 2-3, 2-3, 4-1, 4-1, 2-3, 1-4 = 15-15 G- 3-2, 5-0, 3-2 1-4, 4-1, 3-2 = 19-11 Games to Watch this week Duke at #7 Louisville – Friday – 7:00 PM The big question here is how many points can the Cardinals put up? J – Louisville G – Louisville #1 Alabama at #9 Tennessee – 3:30. CBS Poor Tennessee, we both wanted to root for them so badly, but it just doesn’t seem possible. J – Bama G – Bama #12 Ole Miss at #22 Arkansas – 7:00. ESPN The RRRRRRazorbacks will have a tough fight, but Ole Miss has two losses so they’re not unbeatable. Torn on this one. J – Arkansas G – Ole Miss #2 Ohio State at #8 Wisconsin – 8:00. ABC Go Buckeyes. J – OSU G – OSU Appalachian State at Louisiana Lafayette – 8p WED. ESPN2 HOT HOT HOT, You know I’m taking app state. J – App State G – Ragin Cajuns Upset Alerts John: Akron Zips over #24 WMU – 3:30 Saturday at Akron Geoff: Texas Tech Red Raiders over #20 West Virginia – Noon Saturday at TTU

This week we cover all of the important NFL quarterback topics: If Romo is healthy do you start him over Dak even though he’s led you to a 4-1 start? Blaine Gabbert has been no bueno, so he’s out and Chip Kelly has made the move to bring in Colin Kaepernick behind center. The national media is as focused as they’ve ever been on “will he, won’t he” for the national anthem. The only thing we’ve really got to say about this is best summed up by South Park earlier this season. https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/776248193151557633/video/1 With Cam Newton out, are the 1-4 Panthers donezo? Not if Derek Anderson has anything to say about it. Rule of the Week: http://operations.nfl.com/football-ops/fines-appeals/ Steelers All-Pro receiver Antonio Brown made no promises to quit his touchdown twerking celebrations even though the NFL hit him with a $24,000 fine for the most recent dance against the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday night. “I did it the first time and tried to minimize with two, and still it’s a fine,” Brown said Friday afternoon after practice. The fines — he was nailed with a $12,000 fine for his dance in the opening week against the Redskins — won’t deter Brown from doing it again. When pressed on whether he’ll do it again, he responded, “The plan is to continue to win and continue to have fun.” Fine system Excessive Profanity; Other Unsportsmanlike Conduct (e.g., toward opponent[s], game personnel, fans, etc.) $12,154 first offense – $24,309 second offense Striking/Kicking/Kneeing – $9,115 / $18,231 Late Hit – $9,115 / $18,231 Roughing the Passer – $18,231 / $36,464 Low Block – $9,115 / $18,231 Chop Block – $9,115 / $18,231 Unnecessarily Entering Fight Area (active involvement) – $6,076 / $12,154 Taunting, Football Into Stands, Foreign Substances on Body/Uniform, Chin Straps, Personal Messages, Other Uniform/Equipment Violations The Players Association and the league have agreed to donate fine money through the NFL Foundation to the NFL Player Care Foundation and the Gene Upshaw Players Association’s Players Assistance Trust. All the money collected from fines goes to programs for former players. Fine money does not go to the NFL. The NFL and the NFLPA collectively bargain an on-field code of conduct for all teams, players and staff members. The rules are intended to protect players from unnecessary risk, promote player safety and emphasize sportsmanship. All players may appeal fines.

The first World Series is a bit tricky to track down. There are two major moments in baseball that fans look to, but which is the truest first World Series. Determine for yourself after you have all of the info. The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It matched the Boston Americans of the American League against the Pittsburg Pirates[1] of the National League in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four. Refined notes coming soon. That’s not a misspelling, at a special meeting of the United States Geographic Board Held on July 19, 1911, the previous decision with regard to the spelling of Pittsburgh without the final H was reconsidered and the form below was adopted: Pittsburgh, a city in Pennsylvania (not Pittsburg). This is the same year where then-Americans pitcher Cy Young went 28-9, the next two best pitchers on the team also had more than 20 wins. Also featured Honus Wagner in one of his worst appearances in the playoffs due to a thumb and leg injury, which he played through. Originally was going to be an 11-game series. Due to overflow crowds at the Exposition Park games in Allegheny City,[3] if a batted ball rolled under a rope in the outfield that held spectators back, a “ground-rule triple” would be scored. Seventeen ground-rule triples were hit in the four games played at the stadium.[4] The 1884 world series is sometimes credited as the original World Series. Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association at the Polo Grounds in New York City. Would you believe me if I told you only the first game of the series went the full nine innings? Game two was called due to darkness and game three was called due to extreme cold. October 23, 24, 25 so it was pretty cold. In this series, both teams put up the prize money out of their own coffers with the winner getting all of it, though later this would change to a split of some sort. Made possible by the Tripartite Agreement. The what? Okay, the National Agreement. National League, the American Association, and a minor league (the Northwestern League) This agreement binds the leagues to respect each other’s valid player contracts as well as increasing the size of the reserve list from 6 to 11 players. This leads to relative harmony among the leagues until the Players’ League wars of 1889–1890. No more snatching players up in the night. More agreements would be made later on due to more tomfoolery. http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/National_Agreement This was at a time when pitchers still were not all allowed to throw overhand. The rules used in this first series could not raise their arm above the belt. In fact, this was one of the only pitching rules at the time. Previous to that even, pitchers only rule was to make sure it was below the hipline and from 45 feet away, which led to pitchers getting a running start. Later the use of a wrist snap to put spin on the ball was put into action. The Grays won the first two games….but then they continued with the third.

WYR: Run 350 miles non-stop or swim 100 miles non-stop. Toss Up: Brock vs. Sam pass yards. (In honor of me going to the game) NFL Pickem: anh1608 winning 37-26, with RaiseTheBooty in last place at 27-36 Blue Jays win in extra innings over Orioles Tim Tebow invited to Arizona Fall League (where it’s actually a bit more competitive), 6 prospects from each team make up 6 total teams and play against each other starting next weekend and through November. After batting only .285, how will he do against top pitching prospects. Vin Scully calls his final out Colorado swimmer Sarah Thomas is attempting an 81.8-mile swim on Lake Powell. Follow her progress live. Swimming the English Channel, 21 miles In what may be the longest open-water solo swim ever, Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel completed 78 miles between two islands in the Bahamas in 42 1/2 hours. Despite jellyfish bites and sunstroke, the 29-year-old reached the island of Nassau early Wednesday morning. Slovenian MArtin Strel swam the Amazon River, commencing on 1 February 2007 (at age 53), finishing 66 days later on April 7, 2007.[3] This was a record-breaking distance of 5,268 kilometres (3,273 mi),[4] longer than the width of the Atlantic Ocean. He had escort boats that were prepared to pour blood into the river to distract meat-eating fish such as piranhas.[5] American swimmer Diana Nyad prepares her jump before starting her fifth try of swimming across the Florida Strait, on Aug. 31 2013, in Marina Hemingway, La Habana, Cuba October 2005, American Dean Karnazes started out on a 350-mile run through Northern California, finished without sleep and in 80 hours and 44 minutes, averaging 13 minutes per mile.

Raw show notes, refinment to come: How’d we do #7 Stanford – 6 at #10 Washington – 44 – 9p FRIDAY. ESPN J- stanford G – Washington #11 Tennessee – 34 at #25 Georgia – 31 – 3:30. CBS J – Tennessee G – Tennessee #8 Wisconsin – 7 at #4 Michigan – 14 – 3:30. ABC J – Mich G – Wisconsin A look at the conspiracy! #3 Louisville – 36 at #5 Clemson – 42 – 8:00. ABC J – Louisville G – Clemson Oklahoma – 52 at #21 TCU – 46 – 5:00. Fox J – TCU G – Oklahoma J- 2-3, 2-3, 4-1, 4-1, 2-3 = 14-11 G- 3-2, 5-0, 3-2 1-4, 4-1 = 16-9 Rule of the Week: This Week: http://www.winsipedia.com #25 Virginia Tech at #17 North Carolina – 3:30 (no channel) J – NC G – VT #9 Tennessee at #8 Texas A&M – 3:30 CBS J – Tenn. G – Texas A&M #1 Alabama at #16 Arkansas – 7:00 ESPN J – Bama G – Bama #23 Florida State at #10 Miami (FL) – 8:00 ABC J – Miami G – Miami #21 Colorado at USC – 4:00 Pac12 Network J – Colorado G – Colorado

Raw Show Note Alert Updating in the next few days 5 teams undefeated, 4 teams totally defeated, who wins this week? G – Baltimore loses, New England wins, Denver wins, Vikings J – Baltimore loses, Bills win, G – Jax, New Orleans, Browns J – New Orleans, Browns “Shooting a bow and arrow” Best 0-4 team of all time? According to Elias, of 183 teams to start 0-4 prior to 2012, only ’92 Chargers made postseason. Probability of going 0-16 at the beginning of the season = 1 / 65,536 Probability of going 0-16 after starting 0-4 = 1 / 4,096 Probability of winning 1 game out of 16 = 65535 / 65536 It is insanely hard to lose every single game With its 0–16 mark in 2008 (see above), the Lions became only the second NFL franchise with two full winless seasons (and the only one still in existence). 1922 Columbus Panhandles, 1925 Columbus Tigers, 1934 Cincinnati Reds, 1942 Detroit Lions, 1943 Chicago Cardinals, 1944 Card-Pitt, 1944 Brooklyn Tigers, 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2008 Detroit Lions Super Bowl era, 2 teams have been winless (excluding teams that had a tie) No team in Major League Soccer has ever lost all its games, same with baseball, NBA, other major sports http://kotaku.com/newest-madden-puts-sun-on-wrong-side-of-the-sky-ea-vow-1787360101

From 1969 to 1993, there were two divisions per league, leading to an immediate Division Series game. This changed in 1994 when the divisions transitioned into 3, leaving a bizarre number of teams. Pretty basic, highest number of wins outside of the division leaders gets in. Wild Card plays 1 seed, 2 and 3 play. Still touching up these notes a bit. 2012 began the new system, with the top two winning teams that did not win their division duking it out in a one-game playoff. That team then advances to play the #1 seed. 2002 to 2007 was a weird stretch of five years as a wild card team was featured in the World Series, including 2002, when both teams that made the World Series were wild cards (San Francisco Giants losing to Anaheim Angels). This was the first in a stretch of 3 World Series titles where it was won by a wild card team. That’s great that they finally figured out the Wild Card, although some would argue a one-game playoff is stupid (ask Buck Showalter), but when did the playoffs themselves begin? Initially it was straight to the Championship. The two best teams from 1880 through 1969 would square off and play in the World’s Championship Series, then the World’s Series, then finally just the World Series. The World Series has always been best of seven. In 1969 each league split into two divisions, forcing a League Championship before they could get to the World Series. The League Championship was best of five and expanded to best of seven in 1985. In 1994 when the divisions split to 3 and the Wild Card began, there needed to be another round as there were now 8 total teams competing to be crowned World Series Champions. This new round is what we know as the best of five Division Series. I did not realize this, but bonuses are awarded to teams that make the playoffs. *The World Series winner gets 36%, the World Series loser gets 24%, both League Championship Series losers get 12%, the four Division Series losers get 3.25%, and the two Wild Card playoff losers get 1.5%. *The players’ bonus pool is funded with 60% of the gate receipts for each of the Wild Card games, the first three games of each Division Series, the first four games of each LCS and the first four games of the World Series. The MLB sets ticket prices, not the home team. World Series Fun Facts The first scheduled night game for a World Series happened in 1971. There has only been one no-hitter in the World Series and that was in 1956 thrown by Yankees pitcher Don Larsen. *Philadelphia’s Chase Utley (pictured) hit five home runs in the 2009 World Series to tie Yankees Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson for most homers in a single World Series. San Francisco’s Barry Bonds walked in 13 of his 30 plate appearances during the 2002 World Series. The 13 walks are a single-season record. Bonds also hit three home runs in that series. Highest total of total World Series games played is held by Yogi Berra at 75.

A man fights for the love of his son while also fighting for the truck of his dreams, we watched Over The Top this week for minisode Monday. Lincoln Hawk is a long haul trucker and is the big arm in any town. Everyone wants to beat him, including his 12-year-old sass-mouth son who he’s not seen in 10 years. With a mother on her deathbed the two must drive cross-country in a semi truck to heal their relationship and do truck things and show what it means to go over the top. Overall this was not a well-liked movie. Geoff hated it. Amanda said “this is an actual movie”.