And it's not just the Braves. Nearly every good team is "projected" to regress. Guess it's easiest for them to project a bunch of mediocrity to decrease margin of error.

What a joke that Uggla makes more than Heyward, Medlen, Venters, Kimbrel, and Freeman combined, and by more than $4 million.

I'm having memory flashes of John Wall videos that were pretty astounding. His skill set and preternatural ability made him seem destined to be one of the all-time great PGs. Yeah, we know how that turned out...(but there's still time!)

One of my wife's friends makes graham crackers from scratch for her family. I think the only explanation is that she is some sadistic serial killer who grinds up her victims and needs a use for the remains.

Oakland University and Siena should be on the list. Probably Northern Iowa too.

It's not going to be as bad as everyone is making it out to be: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-vid…

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Great stuff.

Lyrically, you may be right. I think ATLiens hits the right blend between raw, unadulterated talent/rhythm/flow and studio gloss/sheen. SPCFM was amazing, but the production was lacking (no fault of Outkast — they were unknown teenagers). Aquemeni was the tipping point where production became overwrought and too…

The best part: he did this not when the game was over or in hand, but with over 7 minutes remaining!

The guy is amusing — a flash of irrationality and personality in an otherwise mind-numbingly boring pool of "student-athletes."

Sean, is there still a "tips" box or a way to contact a DS writer directly? I can't figure anything out, but likely because I'm an idiot.

One of the greatest albums of all time.

Um, is this thing on?

Good deal for all involved. The $200 mil is less than 20% of the overall cost, and it is an investment in the city, the surrounding neighborhoods, jobs, etc. Atlanta had no chance to get the Super Bowl and Natl Champ game if this didn't happen, and Blank was going to get funding from another city in the metro area…

I don't understand the "taking away from the game" argument. How would one more dribble have retained the integrity of the league?

nice +1

A rare subgenus of the Marginalized and Tortured Fan Bases genus, a more commonly cited subgenus of which is the Cleveland Browns Fan.

Of course not.

I would replace Simmons with Gregggg. At least Simmons is somewhat self-aware.