Jake

The problem may well have been that Hester had to get let go before he'd change his work habits (whatever they were) to get better on O. We know he seemed to be limited on which plays he knew and always seemed to struggle to balance preparation for kick returns and offense

Moto 360 users reporting that recent software update has more than doubled battery life, especially when in heavy use. One user had the backlight turned on for over 24 hours straight before battery died. With normal use, people are now reporting 48 hours

I'm going to go ahead and tune into the White Sox. The Bears are perpetually disappointing

I don't know what Cutler could do to give me any faith in him. Love that we're attached to him for the next 3 seasons

The refs have consistently f***ed our defense. This is at least two TDs gifted to GB by officials.

Cutler has consistently had INT due to he and receiver not being in sync. It was always about bad coaching or dumb WR. Have to start thinking it's him at some point.

Awaiting the anger at the defense for not stopping GB with a short field

Cutler steps in to remind us which team has the better QB

My NFL Sunday Ticket stream is less reliable than the Bears

Cutler has been very good so far today

The call against Peppers was mystifying on the Bears first drive but they've been victimized by the refs several times since

Remember defense is missing its best DT, their starting DE, and their best CB. Starting safety is also gimpy

Reviews that talk about battery life that don't use some sort of standardized test do often understate the battery life. Not because the reviewer is necessarily biased, but because they were constantly using the thing to test it. When there is a standardized battery test, I find that it usually overstates the battery life.

If he was a White Sox player he wouldn't have received the attention that annoys so many people. He's not better than Frank Thomas, who was greatly unappreciated for much of his career. Big Frank only got attention when he was actually doing something better than everyone else (like winning the MVP on the strength of his bat). I think a secondary thing that annoys people about the Jeter mythos is that he was never a good SS. He played his entire career out of position. There's a decent enough chance that he would have been a far more valuable player as a 2B.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 02:46 PM) Damn, 2 weeks in a row. He was very good the first 2 weeks. Guess I'm just glad all it is a concussion and not something worse. Well a concussion could very well be worse, it just isn't automatically so by definition. The longer a guy is out with a concussion, the more I worry that he'll never be the same. A not noteworthy concussion usually doesn't take 3+ weeks to recover from. Even worse for a lineman who will bang his head against the guy across from him every single down.

They were very good deals. Hector has been quite valuable this season and very well could improve next year as he spends the offseason training as a starter. I think there is still a fair amount of untapped potential in him - reminds me of Javy Vasquez in some ways, at least in terms of having pretty damn good stuff but not getting everything out of it. I don't know what we have in Moises. I recognize some of the tools. He's pretty fast, has a great arm, some natural fielding ability, and I think there's raw power there. From what I've seen this year and his past in MiLB, I'm not sure if he's all that good at hitting or will ever be. Bench piece is probably what he is - but is he better than Jordan Danks? He and Tank will probably be up against one another for a roster spot as well. Tank has the "we see so much hitting potential in you" advantage, but Moises is more useful in every other way.

Only Yankees fans could help make a HoF player into one of the most overrated players in history. In reality, he's a fringy HoF guy who is put over the top into "definite HoF" territory for being an excellent playoff performer.

In some regards, I see the expansion of renewable energy as great in that it cripples Russia. On the other hand, I have to wonder what a crippled Russia might do

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 01:15 PM) What that Pew poll that Jake posted in the "Religion in America" found is that an awful lot of white people simply don't believe that sort of discrimination still exists, or at least that it has meaningful impact. There is a certain subset, at least, that sees black folks as no particular victim of discrimination. That same subset thinks they themselves are the most persecuted group of people

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 11:02 AM) Will Leitch had a good article on the Simmons situation: http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/96333...espn-suspension I do disagree with the point he makes that the only reason ESPN has all the power is live sports. That might be a key differentiator today, but what made ESPN big was SportsCenter. A huge portion of the day you can watch news all about sports. Or not watch - you don't have to pay close attention, it can just be the thing that's on in the background. I almost wonder if some of the other channels are screwing up by not focusing on this. NBCSN, I don't want to watch cycling. Tell me the same thing about yesterday's sporting events over and over.

It's like when State Sen. Obama was at a campaign fundraiser and he had potential donors treat him like a waiter - not because they were thinking hard about it, because their subconscious mind just decided that guy had the look of a waiter

If you're catering directly to voters, chances are you are executing the will of voters. I think there are times when you should not do that, but doing what the people want is often the lesser of evils The problem we face is that it costs money to reach voters and typical voters aren't typically the ones donating

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/apple...iphone-6-fixes/ iOS 8.0.1 update disables TouchID and cell service. Apple has pulled the update, but if you see it right now, don't download it. They are telling folks that if you have updated, you have to do a system restore

IIRC wireless Genie invokes a one-time $99 installation fee. Funny, since it takes infinitely less installation than running coax

Derek Jeter - 2,743 games, 119 wRC+, 73.6 fWAR Barry Larkin - 2,180 games, 118 wRC+, 67.6 fWAR Larkin's sin is that he didn't play for the Yankees, so he only got to go to the playoffs twice.