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Seahawks 28-30 Atlanta: Pregame, Postgame 1

 

PREGAME:  We feared that Atlanta was capable of coming out of the gate looking like 13-3.  And of winning the game by a 42-7 score.

POSTGAME:  Atlanta bullied its way to a 24-7 halftime lead, leaving its win probability at 96% after thirty minutes.  

True, the Seahawks did come back to a 30-28 score, and Jackson wound up throwing for more yardage than Ryan, by a 319-291 yard margin.  

However, the two teams weren't really as close as the final score might have indicated.   The Falcons had 40 minutes of possession, and Ryan's "success rate" on passing attempts was 62% compared to Jackson's 51%.  The rushing yardage was 121-53, Atlanta.

DoTD - Kyle Seager at SS, intro

 === Google (TM) Full Disclosure, Dept. ===

Having watched Mr. Seager try the 6 spot a few times, I had graded him at PSA 2 -- that's the grade where my dog ate my baseball card, but here's part of one corner, I think.

We were biased against this concept, heavily so.  But since I had two shiny-fresh wax pack games recorded on my TV, I sat down and deigned to grant him a re-boot.  Eric Wedge mopped his brow in relief.

So, although an anti-Seager going in, the switch on the back of my skull was set to "No Preconceptions."  Considering my Bruce Wayne-ian mind discipline, meant that Mr. Seager would receive an exceptionally fair clipboarding.  

There, would Google would do that for yer?  I think not.

DoTD - Kyle Seager at SS, play-by-play 2

 Play 3.  Medium-high popup behind third base.

Seager glides over, taking a great angle with the subtle curve in the banana out towards LF, allowing himself margin for error in case the ball drifts on him.  He gets there early and takes the ball with Jeter-esque body language.

High pops are no issue for Seager, who has played 3B and 2B.  Kyle Seager the SS can handle skyballs as well as any ML shortstop, no worries.

It's not a big issue either way, but it's a checkbox you can tick and move on.  Popups will be outs, end of story.

DoTD - Kyle Seager at SS - Grades

 Play 6.  A high pop behind shortstop.

Seager backpedals from wire-to-wire, almost cheekily, drifting left with ease and taking over the skyball with initiative.

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Play 7.  Another very high popup on the infield, shallower.  See previous.  The body language is almost overconfident.

You wonder why we talk about dirt-dog mentality sometimes... the idea is that a ballplayer enjoys being in the middle of the action, enjoys baseball, let's play two.  I hope they hit more balls to me next game.  Y'know.

Kyle Seager, Chris Snelling and other "Ballplayers"

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Rick, who thankfully left Caffeinated Confines to favor us with his baseball perspective, sez,

 

[Speaking of position switches] Carp sounds like a 60's throwback, but then, our era also saw Tommy Harper (as well as Pete Rose) move from 2nd to 3rd.  Good hitters.  Tommy transformed himself from a speedster (73 SBs with 95 walks as a 2nd baseman in '69) to a power hitter (31 HRs as a 3rd baseman in '70) with the move. 

Now THERE'S a guy who knew how to play a role.  Harper wasn't a good 2nd baseman, but you had to make room for Rich Rollins and Tommy Davis.  But I sure don't suggest we move Ackley there.  He needs to be given a position and stay there, and it ain't 3rd. 

Early Look at the Sims 3 Unleashed (Pets) Expansion

The next expansion pack is due out this October. (Doesn't that seem like forever from now? Rest assured, you'll turn around and it will be here in the blink of an eye!) This one is their version of Pets, which I know is going to make a lot of hard core Pets fanatics happy. I know of at least two people who have continued to play Sims 2 all this time, just because it offered pets.

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