Wednesday, November 24, 2004
I would like to encourage everyone to head to the all-baseball.com site. The site is full of many great baseball writers and I am thrilled to have been given the opportunity to contribute. Christian Ruzich asked for some information on what went right and what went wrong with the 2004 Minnesota Twins, and then what the Twins should do this offseason, so I answered him and the results are now posted on the website. You can also leave comments there, so check it out here.
TOP 200 PLAYERS
IN BASEBALL HISTORY
and much more...
Good morning All! Before we get started, I want to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I likely will not write again until Monday, so be sure to also check out my Thanksgiving Special from last year for some fun reading.
Today, we will be finalizing Justin Ahern's Top 100s list with a look at the Top 200 overall players of all time. For those of you new to this site, or if you have not seen these lists yet, here are the positional Top 100s. If you would like some background on the process used to develop this report and ranking, please click here.
All-Time Top 100s: First Basemen
All-Time Top 100s: Second Basemen
All-Time Top 100s: Third Basemen
All-Time Top 100s: Left Fielders
If you have any questions for me, or if you have any questions for Justin, please e-mail me, and I will be sure to forward your thoughts to him.
Let's get to it, the Top 200 players in major league history according to the Justin Ahern rankings. If you want to see the full rankings of all players from each position, click here.
Rank Player Year Born Total 1 Babe Ruth 1895 208.65 2 Barry Bonds 1964 201.62 3 Honus Wagner 1874 190.98 4 Mickey Mantle 1931 189.13 5 Ted Williams 1918 186.65 6 Ty Cobb 1886 183.04 7 Tris Speaker 1888 180.26 8 Willie Mays 1931 176.40 9 Stan Musial 1920 173.10 10 Lou Gehrig 1903 170.71 11 Rogers Hornsby 1896 170.18 12 Joe Morgan 1943 169.72 13 Hank Aaron 1934 168.32 14 Eddie Collins 1887 167.91 15 Nap Lajoie 1874 160.08 16 Mike Schmidt 1949 159.97 17 Joe DiMaggio 1914 159.08 18 Frank Robinson 1935 158.61 19 Mel Ott 1909 158.60 20 Rickey Henderson 1958 155.51 21 Eddie Mathews 1931 155.20 22 Jimmie Foxx 1907 154.63 23 Dick Allen 1942 154.62 24 Jeff Bagwell 1968 154.01 25 Alex Rodriguez 1975 152.63 26 Will Clark 1964 152.08 27 Carl Yastrzemski 1939 152.02 28 George Brett 1953 150.66 29 Arky Vaughan 1912 150.65 30 Frank Thomas 1968 150.31 31 Pete Rose 1941 149.98 32 Craig Biggio 1965 149.87 33 Gary Sheffield 1968 147.83 34 Wade Boggs 1958 147.45 35 Tim Raines 1959 147.39 36 Willie McCovey 1938 147.14 37 Mike Piazza 1968 146.65 38 Mark McGwire 1963 145.81 39 Home Run Baker 1886 145.60 40 Joe Jackson 1889 145.57 41 Reggie Jackson 1946 145.47 42 Jason Giambi 1971 145.32 43 Ryne Sandberg 1959 145.05 44 Sam Crawford 1880 144.23 45 Johnny Bench 1947 144.18 46 Cal Ripken Jr. 1960 143.56 47 Robin Yount 1955 143.40 48 Tony Gwynn 1960 143.27 49 Ken Griffey Jr. 1969 142.41 50 Rod Carew 1945 142.37 51 Ed Delahanty 1867 142.32 52 Yogi Berra 1925 142.20 53 Paul Waner 1903 142.00 54 Sammy Sosa 1968 141.95 55 Albert Pujols 1980 141.44 56 Jackie Robinson 1919 141.28 57 Charlie Gehringer 1903 141.24 58 Roberto Alomar 1968 141.14 59 Duke Snider 1926 141.03 60 Al Simmons 1902 140.63 61 Johnny Mize 1913 140.42 62 Jesse Burkett 1868 140.40 63 Harmon Killebrew 1936 140.07 64 Billy Hamilton 1866 139.87 65 Willie Stargell 1940 139.79 66 Eddie Murray 1956 139.62 67 Ron Santo 1940 139.55 68 Joe Medwick 1911 138.52 69 Manny Ramirez 1972 138.51 70 Sherry Magee 1884 137.06 71 Frank Howard 1936 136.98 72 Roberto Clemnte 1934 136.93 73 Elmer Flick 1876 136.32 74 Harry Heilmann 1894 136.27 75 Paul Molitor 1956 136.25 76 Billy Williams 1938 136.20 77 Al Kaline 1934 136.16 78 Ken Singleton 1947 136.14 79 Bobby Grich 1949 136.10 80 Chipper Jones 1972 136.07 81 Bobby Bonds 1946 136.02 82 Dan Brouthers 1858 136.01 83 Joe Cronin 1906 135.91 84 Barry Larkin 1964 135.40 85 Dave Parker 1951 135.33 86 Jimmy Wynn 1942 135.26 87 Jim Thome 1970 135.06 88 Larry Doby 1923 135.01 89 Luke Appling 1907 134.67 90 Jim Edmonds 1970 134.58 91 Gary Carter 1954 134.44 92 Dave Winfield 1951 134.30 93 Bernie Williams 1968 134.21 94 Roger Connor 1857 134.02 95 Scott Rolen 1975 133.97 96 Ralph Kiner 1922 133.56 97 Charlie Keller 1916 133.27 98 Hank Greenberg 1911 133.25 99 Bobby Murcer 1946 132.99 100 Dale Murphy 1956 132.97 101 Albert Belle 1966 132.89 102 Wally Berger 1905 132.86 103 Stan Hack 1909 132.77 104 Goose Goslin 1900 132.35 105 Rafael Palmiero 1964 132.05 106 Don Mattingly 1961 132.03 107 Kirby Puckett 1961 131.88 108 Bobby Abreu 1974 131.77 109 Fred Clarke 1872 131.72 110 Frankie Frisch 1898 131.66 111 Tony Perez 1942 131.66 112 Keith Hernandez 1953 131.20 113 Cesar Cedeno 1949 131.11 114 Al Rosen 1924 131.05 115 Mickey Cochrane 1903 130.64 116 Pedro Guerrero 1956 130.54 117 Jack Clark 1955 130.42 118 Ernie Banks 1931 130.35 119 Sal Bando 1944 130.16 120 John Olerud 1968 130.05 121 Lou Boudreau 1917 130.03 122 Reggie Smith 1945 129.95 123 Rusty Staub 1944 129.82 124 Todd Helton 1973 129.60 125 Zack Wheat 1888 129.45 126 Earl Averill 1902 129.38 127 Alan Trammell 1958 129.26 128 Norm Cash 1934 129.21 129 Joe Torre 1940 129.18 130 Bill Dickey 1907 129.07 131 Benny Kauff 1890 129.01 132 Lou Brock 1939 128.84 133 Edgar Martinez 1963 128.81 134 Edd Roush 1893 128.72 135 Orlando Cepeda 1937 128.41 136 Hack Wilson 1900 128.39 137 Richie Ashburn 1927 128.19 138 Carlton Fisk 1947 128.08 139 Jose Canseco 1964 128.07 140 Heine Groh 1889 127.96 141 Darryl Strawberry 1962 127.74 142 Derek Jeter 1974 127.70 143 Luis Gonzalez 1967 127.69 144 Brian Giles 1971 127.68 145 Bill Terry 1898 127.62 146 Carlos Delgado 1972 127.58 147 Vladimir Guerrero 1976 127.52 148 Frank Chance 1877 127.25 149 Jeff Kent 1968 127.20 150 George Burns 1889 127.07 151 Vada Pinson 1938 127.05 152 Rocky Colavito 1933 127.01 153 Fred McGriff 1963 127.00 154 Fred Lynn 1942 126.94 155 Roy White 1943 126.78 156 Jimmy Sheckard 1878 126.77 157 Billy Herman 1909 126.50 158 Andre Dawson 1954 126.36 159 Hugh Duffy 1866 126.36 160 Minnie Minoso 1922 126.29 161 George Davis 1870 126.14 162 Darrell Evans 1947 126.04 163 Dwight Evans 1951 125.90 164 King Kelly 1857 125.87 165 Lou Whitaker 1957 125.83 166 Bill Dahlen 1870 125.76 167 Bobby Bonilla 1963 125.63 168 Jim Rice 1953 125.50 169 Joe Kelley 1871 125.39 170 Vern Stephens 1920 124.97 171 Pee Wee Resse 1918 124.91 172 Roy Campanella 1921 124.77 173 Enos Slaughter 1916 124.75 174 Tony Oliva 1940 124.67 175 Brooks Robinson 1937 124.55 176 Edgardo Alfonzo 1973 124.45 177 Roger Maris 1934 124.16 178 Ted Simmons 1949 124.15 179 Jim Fregosi 1942 124.11 180 Nomar Garciaparra 1973 124.03 181 Larry Doyle 1886 124.00 182 Bill Freehan 1941 123.98 183 Jose Cruz 1947 123.97 184 Tip O'Neil 1858 123.89 185 Amos Otis 1947 123.88 186 Ivan Rodriguez 1971 123.88 187 Hughie Jennings 1869 123.83 188 George Van Haltren 1866 123.36 189 Roy Thomas 1874 123.36 190 George Foster 1948 123.14 191 Max Carey 1890 123.12 192 Willie Keeler 1872 123.05 193 Andruw Jones 1977 122.99 194 Ken Caminiti 1963 122.99 195 Dixie Walker 1910 122.76 196 Fielder Jones 1871 122.75 197 Larry Walker 1966 122.72 198 George Sisler 1893 122.70 199 Cap Anson 1852 122.68 200 Ozzie Smith 1954 122.61
Now, I'm not going to do any in-depth analysis of this list. Maybe I should have cut it off at 100, but there are a lot of really good names in the next 100. Kirby Puckett ranking #107 is pretty good. Tony Oliva sits at #174. I am still shocked at how low Ivan Rodriguez is. It is always fun to see how the contemporary players are doing. I'm not surprised that Barry Bonds is #2. I impressed by his lead over Honus Wagner. The difference between them is essentially the difference between Albert Pujols at #55 and Al Rosen at #124. The next high currently player is Jeff Bagwell, but there are a lot of fun names to see in this. Again, I don't think a lot of times that current players get the credit they deserve. Well, I think that this list shows that we are watching some pretty good players.
If you would like to see more of the Top 100 lists, or who ranks in the Top 900 players, please click here. If you have any questions or comments on this list or others for me or Justin Ahern, please e-mail me. We'd love to hear you thoughts.
$10 MILLION PER YEAR FOR RADKE??
According to David Pinto at Baseball Musings, it may cost the Twins $10 million a year to keep Brad Radke. According to a LaVelle E. Neal article in the Strib yesterday, Radke and his agent are now looking for a three year contract instead of the two year deal he has been asking for until now. In the same article, he mentions that Kris Benson signed a 3 year, $22.5 million deal to stay with the Mets.
Putting the two articles together, I think that Radke will remain a Twin, and probably for less than $10 million a year. However, the fact is that I am positive that the Red Sox and Yankees are likely going hard after the services of Brad Radke and are likely offering him more than $10 million a year for three years. The Twins already have offered Radke a two year, $15 million contract ($7.5 million per). I believe they were under the impression that Radke wanted a two year deal. If the Twins came back with the 3 year, $22.5 million (third year at the same $7.5 million salary) offer that Benson signed for, maybe Radke would take it. However, Radke is certainly better than Benson. I would even offer a 4th year to the contract for $8 million which would vest if Radke pitched 200 innings in both 2005 and 2006.
I guess my question to you is this: If it would cost the Twins 3 years and $30 million to retain Radke, do you do it? Or, at that point, do you look at Carl Pavano or Derek Lowe and go after them for that 2 year $15 million deal? Send me your thoughts.
TWINS SIGN CASTRO
Last week, the Twins signed OF Jason Tyner. That transaction, although minor, at least made sense to the Twins organization. Tyner could fit onto the Twins roster if necessary, but he probably will fill the CF spot to the Rochester Redwings.
Yesterday, the Twins announced that they had signed infielder Juan Castro. To call Castro a light-hitting utility infielder is probably being kind. Although he is not a common name to many Twins fans, he has played in the big leagues each of the last ten seasons. He came up with the Dodgers in 1995 and was with them through the 1999 season. Then in 2000 he went to the Reds where he played through last year. The last two seasons, he has played in 113 and 111 games.
Apparently Ron Gardenhire wanted him. Terry Ryan was quoted as saying, "I want to make sure we have people there that can pick up the ball, and I know he can do that. I know it's not going to make a big dent in the industry, but I think this is going to help us.''
I read one thing when reading this statement. I read, "We don't think that Jason Bartlett can field the position at SS, so we want to find someone who will."
So, he must be a good defensive player, right? He must be as good as other options such as Pokey Reese and Craig Counsell, right? Well, let's look at Castro's career defensive statistics. As a SS, his career fielding percentage is .975, compared to the league average of .969 (Guzman .972). But, if you believe in Zone Rating (I really don't), the numbers don't look so favorable. His ZR is 2.90 (Guzman 4.23). League average is 3.92. Ick! How about as a second baseman? His fielding percentage is .988, compared to the league average of .982 (Rivas .983). Again, looking at his ZR, he is at 3.52 while the league average is at 4.33 (Rivas 4.02). And finally, at 3B, his fielding percentage is .959 with the league average at .955 (Koskie .966). However, his ZR is 1.29 compared to the league average of 2.31 (Koskie 2.51). In other words, it appears that Castro makes most of the plays that he gets to; he just doesn't get to very much.
We can hope that what this signing does is gives the Twins a late-inning defensive replacement at SS for Jason Bartlett, or even a Denny Hocking-like utility infielder. But if that is the case, why give him two guaranteed years and at least $2.05 millions, with incentives that could make him a lot more money. The incentives are based on playing time. Well, if he plays too much, his defense is probably a liability and his offensive numbers are horrendous. Yes, even more horrendous that Cristian Guzman! (One positive from this article is it does say that Michael Cuddyer is the front-runner to be the Twins 2B next year!! Yay!)
Overall, this is a very confusing signing. I don't think it makes any sense. Does it tell us that the Twins won't be signing Corey Koskie and hence want another option there? Does it tells us that the Twins just aren't confident in Jason Bartlett? What does it mean for Nick Punto and Augie Ojeda since Juan Castro is not better than either one of them yet has been given guaranteed money?
I can only say a couple of things that are positive. First, Terry Ryan has a good history of picking out guys from other organizations who can fit into the Twins plans and do well. I guess we can just hope that this is another case of that. Ryan finds the diamonds in the rough. What makes this weird is that Castro is a 10 year veteran who is already 32 years old. I think if he had any hidden talent, someone else might have found it and brought it out of him.
In general, I just don't understand this signing at all. I asked a couple of people closer to the Reds organization than myself for a few thoughts on Castro.
The first is from none other than David Bergner, aka The Baseball Savant. (Note, I asked him for a paragraph or two on the topic, and here's what we've got)
Juan Castro!All anyone really needs to think about when debating on whether Castro can play or not is his career hitting line. Before we get to that however, let also remind ourselves that Castro has been in the major leagues in some capacity for a decade now! You'll understand how this has to be an egregious error made by the Cincinnati Reds management team once I give you his career batting stats, which are:1599AB; .226 BA; .269 OBP%; .331 SLG%The thought on Castro is that he's a defensive wizard, which marks his only justification for being in the big leagues, but depending on what "defensive metric" you look at, Castro sometimes measures as a below average fielder. Zone Rating bear this out. I think in Cincinnati's case, they mostly went with infielders that looked to hit such as Russ Branyan, Aaron Boone, Barry Larkin, etc. With Castro, it gave the Reds at least a "supposed" upgrade on defense in order to pick up the slack from the other guys who were thought to be defensive liabilities.I'm assuming that is what Minnesota is thinking as well. Next season the Twins could be looking at an infield of Tiffee, Bartlett, Rivas, and Morneau. I'm not as close to the Twins situation as you are, so I could be way off on that projection, but the only justification I can think of why Minnesota would invest in Castro is that they are thinking the same way and will occasionally need to shore up the defense because Tiffee, Bartlett, and Morneau are projected at best to be league average defenders.The thing that seems bad for Twins fans is that it might mean that Minnesota thinks that they aren't bringing Koskie back. Koskie is a great fielder so only having Bartlett at SS doesn't make the defense extremely worse, but adding in Tiffee makes the whole left side of the infield bad. I've been reading reports about how Castro is going to be competing for time at SS, but that doesn't make any sense. The guy spent a tremendous amount of time clogging up 3B for the Reds, so why would Minnesota be any different when they have their best SS prospect coming up and their star 3B leaving with Matt Moses not ready for the majors yet?The other interesting thing about this deal is that the Twins gave Castro a 2-year 2.05 million dollar deal. At the beginning of 2003, the Reds extended Castro's contract at 2-years for 1.7 million. Castro is horrible so why the increase in pay? You would have thought that Ryan would have went to the free agents in the minor leagues in order to produce a guy with decent defense that hits .210 instead of signing a guy to a two year deal.As a Reds fan, I'm glad to see Castro go. As a Twins fan, I would think you'd have to be scratching your head at this one. The only thing Castro probably would be useful for is a late inning defensive replacement that had not shot at coming up to bat. If that is what the Twins wanted and a good rate for those types of players is 2-years for 2 million, then good job Minnesota. If Castro gets significant playing time, the it's a major blow to an offense that wasn't that good to begin with com ingoffoftheir2004season.Withfull seasons of Morneau and Mauer, maybe they can cover up Castro's deficiencies. Who knows? It'll be interesting to see what happens because the last couple of years in Cincinnati, Castro found his way into the lineup the majority of the time.That was more than a couple of paragraphs! Sorry for the long windedness!
I guess David had a few opinions on Juan Castro! Thanks David!
Another excellent blogger is JD Arney, who writes Reds Daily. He wrote about the Twins signing of Castro. Here is his opening sentence, followed by his closing statement in Castro:
"The long local nightmare of the tri-state area is no more."
"Juan Castro is gone, and Cincinnati can now move forward. Huzzah!"
Later, in an e-mail to me, here are some further comments on Castro, and the Twins signing of him:
May God have mercy on your soul.
No seriously, he's really bad. Really, really bad. He'll do some impressive things on defense, but most of the defensive metrics say he's below average. I'm thrilled to death to be rid of him, and I'm sorry you guys had to take him.
I kind of wonder why you guys didn't go after Larkin if you were wanting an infielder. He might have been more expensive, but he seems a lot more valuable than Castro. You think Rivas is bad? Just wait.
The Twins only have a certain amount of money to spend. Why spend a million dollars on someone who can't hit or play great defense, especially when there are cheaper options within. To me, that was just a wasted million dollars that could have been given to Corey Koskie or Brad Radke!
Do you have any thoughts? E-mail me.
Other Twins Bloggers Thoughs on the Castro signing: Twins Geek, Aaron's Baseball Blog, Will's Twins Blog, and the Dickie Thon Twins Fan Forum.
As upset as I would be about
the Juan Castro signing, I am equally happy about the Twins
signing of catcher Mike Redmond to a 2 year deal worth just under $2
million. Henry Blanco opted out of his contract, and the Twins
didn't really need to wait for him to bring his salary demands down.
Not when they can sign a backup catcher who can actually hit along
with being a highly thought-of defensive catcher. Mike Redmond is
jut that.
TRIVIA ANSWER -
On Monday I asked the following trivia question.
Which current Twins player was a walk-on at Texas A&M and was told to go to a junior college because he was not going to beat out Jason Tyner for playing time?
Thanks to those who responded. I bet there were a couple of dozen who tried to answer the question, and for the most part, you got it right. The correct answer to the question is none other than Lew Ford. It's funny that it isn't always the big bonus-babies that make it. Sure, they get the big money and are given extra chances, but the players that most deserve it are the guys that last in the league.
I mentioned these first two blogs yesterday, despite there not being a new entry. But if you missed them, please check them out. Here are a couple of other sites you should check out over the Thanksgiving weekend!
No New entry on Tuesday. Be sure to check out the other Twins blogs out there, especially the Twins Geek last entry on the Star-Tribune site for the near future. He does a great job of discussing the struggle between bloggers and main stream media. It's interesting.
I also encourage everyone to read a great entry from last week at Dodger Thoughts called The Disposable Blogger. It really describes just how tough this blogging thing is. I had intended on doing an entire entry in response to this great article, but just have not had the time. I really don't think people realize just how much work it is. I know that, like some mentioned in the article, my web site is good for about six more months at which point I need to determine whether I want to continue, if I can afford to continue, if I would like to get my life back, etc. It is a great article and I would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions for me! Please e-mail me.
Mark Cuban discussed Donald Trump filing for bankruptcy. Ouch!
Brent Net and Mark Cuban discuss the Ron Artest/Detroit/Riot situation. By the way did you listen to Artest on the Today Show? He spoke and didn't really answer any of the questions well. He stressed staying positive and not supporting what he did and to watch the tape and it would tell the story. He also frequently pointed to his album which is now available. Did you also happen to here Katie Couric then interview Billy Hunter, the NBA Players Association's leader? I like when he said "Mr. Artest is not very articulate." That made me laugh. And speaking of non-good people, how about that Josh Green guy that started the whole thing. Nice criminal record that he has!
ShutUpTimMcCarver.com - I don't know a lot about this site, but if you're like me, you feel this very sentiment!
The Wolves got a huge win at Dallas on Monday night. Sure the Mavs were playing without stars Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley, but a win on the road, no matter what, is impressive. When you consider that the Wolves were down by as many as 15 in the third quarter and by 12 with 4 1/2 minutes to play, to come back and win is great. Kevin Garnett led the way with 21 points, 17 rebounds and nine assists, again just one assist shy of a triple-double. But he was especially huge down the stretch. He hit two free throws with less than six seconds in the game to give the team the lead. Trenton Hassell got the assignment on the defensive end against Jerry Stackhouse and blocked his shot at the buzzer, ensuring the 83-82 Wolves win. Sam Cassell scored 16 and Troy Hudson chipped in 11.
But back-to-backs are tough in the NBA, especially when one is on the road and one is at home, as the Wolves have had to deal with a lot already this season and will throughout. Last night, they played the NBA's first ten win team, the Seattle Supersonics. Seattle has an excellent outside shooting team with Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis, Vladimir Radmanovich and others. And last night they were hitting their shots. They got off to a big lead and the Wolves just looked lethargic in playing catch-up all night. Lewis led with 27 points. Allen had 24 and Radmanovich had 17. The Wolves were led, as always, by Kevin Garnett. He had 16 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists. It was the first time this year he was held to under 20 points. Wally Szczerbiak also had 16 points. Fred Hoiberg only missed one shot and scored 14. Troy Hudson scored 14 as well. But the interesting thing was that Hudson played 30 minutes. Not that that isn't a good thing, but the fact that he played the final 15 minutes of the game, while Sam Cassell (18 minutes) watched from the bench is interesting. Likewise, Latrell Sprewell played just 30 minutes and didn't play the final 15 minutes either. It could be a minor benching. Or, it could just be a way to give each additional minutes off in a back-to-back situation. They are both old. However, if that's the case, they can't really be asking for contract extensions!
Fact is, it is still early in the year and as talented and deep as this team is, they do still need to figure each other out. They need to find their roles. Flip Saunders needs to figure out what rotations to use. And with all that, they are still 6-4.
Thursday night, the team plays at Indianapolis, against the Pacers. It is a game that the team should absolutely win since the Pacers are without so much of their roster. Then the Wolves come back to Target Center on Friday night to play the Memphis Grizzlies, in what should be another tough game.
Any thoughts on the Wolves, please e-mail me.
Last week, we had seven panelists correctly pick 13 of 16 games. This week, we increase the degree of difficulty a notch by making everyone make their selections early! With two games on Thanksgiving, I have asked the panel to get me all of their picks before then. It may not seem like a big deal, but it is two days earlier in the week than usual. Now, we obviously have to do that for the Thursday games, but what will happen Wednesday, Thursday and Friday? Will Randy Moss play? It seems that Priest Holmes won't play, but what if something happens in the next couple of days? So, lets see who picks whom:
| Seth Stohs | Melissa Olson | Ben Jacobs | Aaron Gleeman | John Bonnes | Ryan Maus | |
| SethSpeaks.net | SethSpeaks.net | Hardball Times | Aaron's BB Blog | Twins Geek | Twins Chatter | |
| Indianapolis @ Detroit | Colts | Colts | Colts | Colts | Colts | Colts |
| Chicago @ Dallas | Cowboys | Bears | Bears | Cowboys | Cowboys | Cowboys |
| Cleveland @ Cincinnati | Bengals | Bengals | Bengals | Bengals | Bengals | Browns |
| San Diego @ Kansas City | Chargers | Chiefs | Chargers | Chiefs | Chiefs | Chargers |
| Jacksonville @ Minnesota | Vikings | Vikings | Vikings | Vikings | Jaguars | Vikings |
| Baltimore @ New England | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots |
| Philadelphia @ NY Giants | Eagles | Eagles | Eagles | Eagles | Eagles | Eagles |
| Washington @ Pittsburgh | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers |
| Tampa Bay @ Carolina | Buccs | Panthers | Buccs | Panthers | Buccs | Panthers |
| Tennessee @ Houston | Texans | Texans | Texans | Texans | Texans | Texans |
| New Orleans @ Atlanta | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons |
| Miami @ San Francisco | 49ers | Dolphins | 49ers | 49ers | 49ers | 49ers |
| Buffalo @ Seattle | Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks |
| NY Jets @ Arizona | Cardinals | Jets | Jets | Jets | Cardinals | Jets |
| Oakland @ Denver | Broncos | Broncos | Broncos | Broncos | Broncos | Broncos |
| St. Louis @ Green Bay | Packers | Packers | Packers | Packers | Packers | Packers |
| Michael Labuda | David Bergner | David Bloom | Vic Quick | Mike Brasel | Jeremy Kovash | |
| ChiSox Daily | Baseball Savant | Ya Gotta Believe | KDUH-Sports | FFB Guru | Wolf Lake Mgr | |
| Indianapolis @ Detroit | Colts | Colts | Colts | Colts | Colts | Colts |
| Chicago @ Dallas | Bears | Cowboys | Cowboys | Cowboys | Cowboys | Bears |
| Cleveland @ Cincinnati | Bengals | Bengals | Bengals | Bengals | Bengals | Browns |
| San Diego @ Kansas City | Chargers | Chiefs | Chiefs | Chargers | Chiefs | Chiefs |
| Jacksonville @ Minnesota | Vikings | Vikings | Vikings | Vikings | Vikings | Jaguars |
| Baltimore @ New England | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots |
| Philadelphia @ NY Giants | Eagles | Eagles | Eagles | Eagles | Eagles | Eagles |
| Washington @ Pittsburgh | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers |
| Tampa Bay @ Carolina | Buccs | Panthers | Buccs | Buccs | Buccs | Buccs |
| Tennessee @ Houston | Texans | Texans | Texans | Texans | Texans | Texans |
| New Orleans @ Atlanta | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons |
| Miami @ San Francisco | Dolphins | 49ers | 49ers | 49ers | 49ers | 49ers |
| Buffalo @ Seattle | Seahawks | Seahawks | Bills | Seahawks | Seahawks | Bills |
| NY Jets @ Arizona | Cardinals | Jets | Jets | Jets | Cardinals | Jets |
| Oakland @ Denver | Broncos | Broncos | Broncos | Broncos | Broncos | Broncos |
| St. Louis @ Green Bay | Packers | Packers | Packers | Packers | Packers | Rams |
That's it for today. Please feel free to let me know what you think. Have yourself a great Thanksgiving!
If you have any questions, comments or ideas for future topics, please e-mail me.