NFL Picks

WEEK 4

Game	Rich	Kevin
NYG @ WAS	WAS	WAS
MIA @ OAK	MIA	MIA
GB @CHI	GB	GB
BUF @ HOU	HOU	HOU
TEN @ IND	IND	IND
CAR @ BAL	BAL	CAR
DET @ NYJ	DET	DET
TB @PIT	PIT	PIT
JAX @ SD	SD	SD
PHI @ SF	SF	SF
ATL @ MIN	ATL	ATL
NO @ DAL	NO	NO
NE @ KC	NE	NE

Standings	Rich	Kevin
Current Week	8-5	7-6
YTD Record	37-24	35-26

Baseball's Final Week

Greetings one more time, my Young Apprentices.  We’ve had great conversations with the ‘real or fake’ articles.  Alas, the baseball season is nigh unto completion.  You have only a few days to pull out your championship.  So here is the final volume of FAKE or REAL.

· Jason Kipnis: FAKE. Oh Jason, my Jason! Where art thy hits?
· Freddie Freeman: FAKE. Desultory ending for all involved in Atlanta.
· J.D. Martinez: REAL. How did Houston give up on this guy?
· Leonys Martin: REAL. Has finally taken the next step.
· Denard Span: REAL. Is he truly this good? No. Do you care? No.
· Mike Minor: FAKE. Desultory ending for all involved in Atlanta.
· David Price: FAKE. One of the worst pitchers in baseball last 30 days.
· Francisco Liriano: REAL. High risk / high reward.
· Ervin Santana: FAKE: Desultory ending for all involved in Atlanta.
· R.A. Dickey: REAL. Rogers Center is tough. He’s tougher.
· Juan Lagares: FAKE. Out for season or would be REAL.
· Juan Uribe: REAL. Streaky player. Ride him now while hot.
· Lorenzo Cain: REAL. See Uribe, Juan.
· Jake Marisnick: REAL. Is he this good? Unknown. But he’s hot now.
· Billy Hamilton: FAKE. Fatigue in the legs equals no production.
· Jason Heyward: FAKE. Desultory ending for all involved in Atlanta.
· Ryan Zimmerman: REAL. Probably. If available, get him.
· Matt Carpenter: FAKE. Went to Kipnis school of baseball.
· Addison Reed: FAKE. How is he still the closer in Phoenix, Arizona?
· Yordano Ventura: REAL. Strong finish to inconsistent year.
· Yovani Gallardo: REAL. Hah, just kidding. He’s long gone from your roster.
· Jose Quintana: REAL. Strong finish to solid year. More K’s than expected.
· Mike Fiers: REAL. Great comeback story. This time with K’s galore.
· Yusmeiro Petit: REAL. Bochy knows how to manage a pitching staff.
· Jean Segura: FAKE. Finishing with a statement of the obvious.

As previously, the purpose of this exercise is to get you thinking about who can help you NOW.  This is it!

Reputations, pre-season rankings – none of it matters anymore.  Drop the under-performing ‘name’ players and pick up productive ‘no name’ players.  Your team will be glad you did.

NFL Picks

WEEK 3

Game	Rich	Kevin
TB @ ATL	ATL	ATL
SD @ BUF	SD	BUF
DAL @ STL	DAL	DAL
WAS @ PHI	PHI	PHI
HOU @ NYG	HOU	HOU
MIN @ NO	NO	NO
TEN @ CIN	CIN	CIN
BAL @ CLE	BAL	CLE
GB @ DET	GB	GB
IND @ JAX	IND	IND
OAK @ NE	NE	NE
SF @ ARZ	SF	ARZ
DEN @ SEA	SEA	SEA
KC @ MIA	MIA	MIA
PIT @ CAR	CAR	CAR
CHI @ NYJ	CHI	CHI

Standings	Rich	Kevin
Current Week	11-5	10-6
YTD Record	29-19	28-20

Keeper Rankings

Another good article  by Tristan Cockcroft.  This one is on the 2015 keeper rankings.

Common Core

Interesting article on the common core curriculum.

NFL Picks

WEEK 2

Game	Rich	Kevin
PIT @ BAL	BAL	PIT
MIA @ BUF	BUF	BUF
JAX @ WAS	WAS	JAX
DAL @ TEN	TEN	TEN
ARZ @ NYG	ARZ	ARZ
NE @ MIN	NE	NE
NO @ CLE	NO	NO
ATL @ CIN	CIN	CIN
DET @ CAR	CAR	DET
STL @ TB	TB	TB
SEA @ SD	SEA	SEA
HOU @ OAK	OAK	HOU
NYJ @ GB	GB	GB
KC @ DEN	DEN	DEN
CHI @ SF	SF	SF
PHI @ IND	IND	IND

Standings	Rich	Kevin
Current Week	9-7	7-9
YTD Record	18-14	18-14

Compassion

Remember my Young Padawans.  It's not compassion if it doesn't cost you something.  Don't listen to a politician who is saying he is spending money on 'helping the middle class' or 'helping those less fortunate' yet using borrowed funds.

It is only true compassion if he is paying for it out of current funds.  And even then it's not his money anyway.

But either way, putting money toward any program using borrowed funds is not compassion.  It is saddling the next generation with a burden which the politician used to advanced his own position of power.  (See Reid, Harry.)