tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9956535995972364632024-02-18T22:03:18.536-07:00wtfarizonawhalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-77315738097897297072009-11-18T10:48:00.000-07:002009-11-18T10:48:39.780-07:00i love the newspaper<div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First, something hilarious. Here's a story from Seattle:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it. An officer who was looking for an assault victim nearby Monday night heard the man screaming for help. Police supported him to prevent further injuries until medics arrived and took him to a hospital, where he was in serious condition in intensive care on Tuesday.</span></span></i><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At around 11:15 p.m. Monday, SPD responded to an unusual call.</span></i><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">An intoxicated 25-year-old who told officers he was a ninja had impaled himself on a post after attempting to jump a five-foot feence on 7th Ave. between Cherry St. and James St.</span></i><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This happened after a 41-year-old man, also highly intoxicated, tried to enter a sports bar near 6th Ave. and King St. The ‘ninja’, not employed by the bar, attempted to block the man from entering. What started as an argument resulted in a more physical fight between the two.</span></i><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The older man chased the younger into the street, and the ‘ninja’ attempted to jump the fence, impaling himself in the process.</span></i><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Clearly he was overconfident in his abilities,” said the police report.</span></i><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After the ninja was impaled, the older man called the police to say he had been assaulted. The police arrived, heard the 25-year-old’s screams and found him on the fence, bleeding heavily with the metal spike sticking out of his butt.</span></i><br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When President Barack Obama bowed to the Saudi king, Obama's spokesman denied that it was actually a bow.</span></i><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now, we see Obama bowing to the Japanese emperor, and it's no longer deniable.</span></i><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The president of the United States is not the subject of a Saudi king nor a Japanese emperor nor anyone else. He is their equal and needs to act like it.</span></i><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Obama's deferential attitude reflects his lack of pride in the United States. It's disgusting to those Americans who do take pride in their country. - </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Some Guy</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">,</span></i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i></i></span><i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Phoenix</span></i><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I guess what Señor Guy would have preferred is that Obama make out with the Saudi king like Bush did, right? But...Oh! That's not the end of the letter! Through a wtf exclusive, we have the rest of the letter!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I defy the haters to say that Al Franken is unqualified to be senator! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-FYyuvrRk">View</a> his extensive knowledge of America!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Also, <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=699533&sec=england&cc=5901">this</a> is why soccer will always be cooler than, well...everything else. Can you imagine ESPN crapping all over itself if, say, Chris Paul decided to take this course of treatment for his ankle injury? Or if any American athlete did any of <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=699571&sec=global&root=global&cc=5901">these</a> things? I'd say that's a pretty epic WIN for soccer!</span></span><br />
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</span></span>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-591678052968651742009-11-16T10:25:00.000-07:002009-11-16T10:25:42.498-07:00why i hate the nba (but no, the solution to this problem is not to just stop paying attention, so don't even think it)<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is long. There are lots of numbers. If you don't care about basketball, you probably won't care about this. Just so you know.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Friday night, the Nuggets beat the Lakers. Trounced 'em, in fact. The final was 105-79. It was just awesome. Arron Afflalo (and others) shut Kobe down all night. Mamba went 7-17 for 19 points, but here's the key: he only attempted 4 free throws. Afflalo et. al. didn't get whistled every time they got within two feet of him. Weird, right? As Ben said, "It sure is amazing what happens when these two teams just play basketball. Funny that LA don't look too good without all those fouls." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've noticed this trend from people who write about basketball. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Saturday on espn.com, J.A. (The Laker Lover) Adande posted <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=adande_ja&page=nuggets-091114">this</a> article about the Nuggets in the context of their serious beatdown of the Lakers (and while we're talking about J.A., can we just talk a little bit about ESPN's ongoing policy of hiring local writers away from newspapers, then assigning those writers to write about playoff series [or regular season games] involving those teams? What a crock this is! Two glaring examples are Adande [formerly of the LA Times] covering the Lakers throughout the playoffs, and Jayson Stark, born and raised in Philadelphia, and a guy who spent 21 years (!) covering the Phillies, writing ESPN's national reports on the Phillies' playoff series over the last couple years. Yeah, that's gonna be unbiased like <a href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=137">these guys</a> are unbiased. Way to maintain that pretense of "reporting," ESPN). Anyway, J.A. talks about how after making improvements each year for the last several, the Nuggets got thisclose against the Lakers, but the Lakers were just better in the end. I thought I'd take a look at the numbers and revisit this horrible series.</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One</span></span></td> <td class="xl24"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">103-105</span></span></td> <td class="xl26" x:num="26.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">26</span></span></td> <td class="xl26"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">23-35</span></span></td> <td class="xl26" x:num="26.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">26</span></span></td> <td class="xl26"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">20-24</span></span></td> </tr>
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Four</span></span></td> <td class="xl24"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">120-101</span></span></td> <td class="xl26" x:num="24.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">24</span></span></td> <td class="xl26"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">37-49</span></span></td> <td class="xl26" x:num="31.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">31</span></span></td> <td class="xl26"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">24-35</span></span></td> </tr>
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Six</span></span></td> <td class="xl24"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">92-119</span></span></td> <td class="xl26" x:num="22.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">22</span></span></td> <td class="xl26"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">20-25</span></span></td> <td class="xl26" x:num="19.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">19</span></span></td> <td class="xl26"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">24-24</span></span></td> </tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ok, so the scores are listed Nuggets first for each game. Following that are, obviously, the personal fouls committed by and free throws taken by each team in each game. Now, a cursory glance at this chart shows that the fouls called on and free throws taken by each team were pretty even. Let's compare those numbers to the regular-season numbers.</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Denver</span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="162.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">162</span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="27.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">27</span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="1874.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1874</span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="22.9"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">22.9</span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="17.9"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">17.9</span></span></td> </tr>
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</div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Looking at the personal fouls, both teams were called for fouls at a higher average than they were during the season, which is what one would expect; the NBA likes to "tighten things up" during the playoffs. That seems fine. But look at this chart of free throws:</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Denver </span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="207.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">207</span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="34.5"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">34.5</span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="2487.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2487</span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="30.3"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">30.3</span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="13.9"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">13.9</span></span></td> </tr>
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</div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Nuggets shot more free throws in games 1, 2, 4, and 6, and had the overall free throw attempts advantage, 207-198. Ok, so the Nuggets took 4.5% more free throws than the Lakers. But over the entire 2008-09 NBA season, the Nuggets also had more free throws than the Lakers...they out-attempted them 2,487-2,087. That's 19.2% more free throws. So all season long, the Nuggets took significantly more free throws. If both teams were whistled at their established, season-long rates, the Nuggets would have taken 182 free throws to the Lakers' 153. But while the Nuggets' free throws only increased by 13.9%, the Lakers' free throws increased by <b>29.4%</b>. Now, Lakerites and ESPN would have us believe that "great" teams like the Lakers suddenly play differently in the playoffs, knowing what they have to do to win. That sure smacks of bullshit, doesn't it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Going even deeper, the in-game stats show the advantage given the Lakers. In Game 1, each team committed 26 personal fouls. However, the Nuggets took 35 free throws to the Lakers' 24. This indicates that the Nuggets were pounding the ball inside, driving to the basket, drawing shooting fouls. The Nuggets were being whistled, however, for non-shooting fouls. Pile up enough of those calls, and the Lakers start getting to the line for some freebies (plus, key players start heading to the bench to avoid more fouls).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Now, in going back and re-reading Adande's column, one paragraph in particular jumped out at me:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>But 2009 was different. This time they made it to the Western Conference finals. They were playing at what Ralph Wiley used to call the "highest level of hoop." Not just playing but responding to the challenge, winning two of the first four games and outscoring the Lakers by 14 points through the first 19 quarters of the series. And then, starting in the fourth quarter of Game 5, the Lakers threw it into another gear, accelerating into the NBA Finals and leaving the Nuggets behind, staring. Staring and fixating.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yeah, the series was even through 4 games, and the Nuggets had outscored the Lakers through 19 quarters. That's a fact. But Adande contests that "starting in the fourth quarter of Game 5, the Lakers threw it into another gear, accelerating into the NBA Finals and leaving the Nuggets behind...." We'll take a look at that Game 5 fourth quarter, but let's look at another fourth quarter first; the fourth quarter of Game 3. Denver had tied the series at 1-1 and had, as they say, stolen home-court advantage from the Lakers. Through 3 quarters of Game 3, the Nuggets led 79-71 and had ended the third quarter on a huge three from J.R. Smith (who then was called for "taunting," gifting the Lakers a free point to start the fourth). Here's how the fouls and free throws had played out to that point:</span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Denver </span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="19.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">21</span></span></td> <td style="text-align: left;" x:num="23.0"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">23</span></span></td> </tr>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 17px;">The game to this point had been called pretty evenly (though the Lakers had quite the advantage in free throws, but that's not so ridiculous). Here's the fourth quarter alone:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 17px;">So we go to Game 5, Quarter 4. The game had been very even to that point; a look at the top of <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290527013">this page</a> shows the teams as identical in each quarter 1-3. Now, remember, is the time the Lakers "threw it into another gear." Here, again, are the fouls and free throws for the first 3 quarters:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 17px;">Game 6 didn't really matter at that point, and the Nuggets played like it. They looked totally demoralized (and why wouldn't they?) and played a crap game, shooting only 43.8% for the game while giving up 119 points on 57.3% shooting for the Lakers. Very few fouls were called (Nuggets 22, Lakers 19 (!)), and the free throws were similar (24-24 LAL, 20-25 DEN). It was a crap ending to an awesome Nuggets season. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 17px;">Now the resounding chorus is that the truly great teams step it up in the face of adversity and all that crap...and by that logic, it shouldn't really matter what the refs do; the great teams can play 5-on-8 and win anyway. The NBA has done a great job of selling the idea that their officials are great, and everyone drinks the Kool-Aid. Even fan-centric blogs (in the Nuggets' case, <a href="http://www.roundballminingcompany.com/">roundballminingcompany.com</a>) are loath to blame the officials; Jeremy of RMC (which is a good blog) goes out of his way to point out the "Yeah, but"s...that when the Nuggets lose, they inevitably bone themselves over with a key defensive lapse or missed free throws. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 17px;">But that's the point of all this...no, I'm not saying the officials overtly "win" a game for a team. But a few well-placed horrible calls, and people (in this case, players) get flustered, frustrated, and out of sorts. Ok, say the writers, then I guess it's just on them to tone down the emotion. But the emotion and the passion are a huge part of why this is a great Nuggets team to watch; Melo and KMart and Bird and Earl and Dahntay (last year) and Nene play with this awesome fire, and they can't just turn it on and off when they're getting hosed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 17px;">I guess what I'm saying is this: I watch an awful lot of basketball. And while I don't know if I can go so far as to call it cheating, I think the NBA (and by the NBA I mean David Stern) wants this league to work a certain way. Certain teams make the NBA look better and become more popular. And even though Stern stands up there and says in his Sterny way that Tim Donaghy is a dirty rat, I read <a href="http://deadspin.com/5392067/excerpts-from-the-book-the-nba-doesnt-want-you-to-read?skyline=true&s=x">this</a> and think, "Yep. Makes sense to me." </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 17px;">So why won't I stop watching? Because I love to watch basketball. I love to watch the Nuggets play, but I love any good, well-played game. Unfortunately, the NBA takes a lot of that away...but nobody seems to care. People still watch. Nobody questions Stern because he's David Stern. But I watch because I think that sometime the Nuggets will be allowed to just play. I know that it was just a regular season game, but when the Nuggets were allowed to just play against the Lakers, they kicked their asses. And it was awesome.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So there was a front page feature on the history of Tempe Town Lake, a man-made reservoir just east of downtown Phoenix. You can read the article <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/11/14/20091114townlake1115.html">here</a> if you like, but I'll summarize it for those who don't like to read (Doug): the concept was originally created in the '60s by ASU students, went through several design incarnations and funding structures, construction began in 1997, it opened in 1999, and they're going to have a 10th Anniversary celebration next month. It's a cool thing and is, according to the article, the most-visited attraction in the Valley. They have many events there and the development around the area has made the property extremely valuable (going from an appraised value of $4/sq. ft. in the late '80s to $42/sq. ft. last year...not bad, right?). But don't worry...despite the fact that most people seem to think it's a good thing, they managed to find a COH (Crotchety Old Hater) to take a crap in the clear blue waters...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The headaches listed include that it costs money (natch) to maintain the lake, that there are mosquitoes, and that the city is not yet using reclaimed water to keep the lake full, and as such, it may be wasting water. One of those is a valid complaint (the water one). Of course, installing the technology necessary to use that reclaimed water would cost more money, so...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Arthur Jacobson has lived in a neighborhood near Town Lake since 1962. He is a longtime critic of the lake.</i></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic;">"In the best weather they let this place get overrun with what I call the foreigners."</span></span></span><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Egad! The FOREIGNERS? Who the hell is this guy? Is he related to <a href="http://wtfaz.blogspot.com/2009/10/wtf-3-haters.html">these guys</a>? I'm sure he knows they're foreigners based on their brownness...or maybe the way they dress? And that first part...<i>they</i> let this place get overrun. Who is they? I guess he means the local government? And I can only assume that what he means about "let[ting] this place get overrun" is that they have events that draw people to the lake. I don't imagine that these events use the lake for free, so I guess it probably defrays a good chunk of the government's (and therefore, the taxpayers') costs for the maintenance of the lake. So he's a have-my-cake-and-eat-it-to-er! I don't think these people (you know, the foreigners) should be able to use my lake, but I don't want to pay for it. But I want to use it.</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>"I don't care how pretty it is. ... There will never be enough development to cover the costs," he said. "If they want it to be a public park like Central Park, then stick to that. There's not a bunch of condos in Central Park."</i></span></span><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What the fuck? Let's go from back to front...no, there are not a bunch of condos *in* Central Park. But I think if he had ever been to NYC, the COH would be well aware that Central Park is <b>completely surrounded by giant buildings</b>. I don't think anybody is suggesting that Tempe build condos in the park...they're saying that the property surrounding the park is very valuable, and increasing development would help defray the costs of the park's upkeep. Makes sense to me. </span></span><br />
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</div></span>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-24180499218796494442009-11-12T13:45:00.001-07:002009-11-12T13:46:24.173-07:00o'dowd's failure to trade<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dan O'Dowd made a buttload of trades over his first several years as GM. In fact, over his first four years as GM, he made 62 (!) trades. Over the next five years (2004-08) he made only 35 trades. Seems like he figured out that rampant, sometimes indiscriminate trading didn't really do anybody any damn good. So there's that...which is nice. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But now, O'Dowd doesn't really like to make trades, it seems, and I wonder if that's going to end up costing the Rockies. Last year, he traded Jeff Baker for a low-A reliever (Alberto Alburquerque!). Baker had at least moderate trade value during the offseason and spring training, but O'Dowd just sat on his hands until July 2nd, when he finally moved Baker.</span></span><br />
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<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here's why that's stupid. O'Dowd needed to trade Holliday. That, to me, is indisputable. Holliday priced himself out of a Rockies uniform the day he signed with Scott Boras (which, of course, I'm not condemning him for; every player who wants to be paid a lot of money should sign with Scott Boras. He's the best. Not the best person, or the best thing for baseball, but the best agent. By far. I wish Scott Boras would have represented me in my contract negotiations with the school I used to work for [and additionally, he didn't price himself out of a Rockies uniform because of the Rockies' market; it was because of the Rockies' cheap-ass meat-packin' ownership (and that's not a slur, their money is Greeley meat-packin' money)]). So O'Dowd traded him. He got Huston Street, a good pitcher. I like Huston Street. He got Greg Smith, a player who spent zero days in a Rockies uniform this past season. Jury's out, but color me skeptical. He got Carlos Gonzalez, an outfield prospect who was traded away from a team in need of outfield talent. Now, don't get me wrong, I dig CarGo. I loved watching him play, and I believe that he has a bright future. But it's not like any of those dudes really wowed anybody...and in fact, both Smith and Gonzalez had been part of Oakland's trade of Danny Haren to the Diamondbags. Prospects that get passed around a bunch generally end up as...not-prospects. But Street had a good year, and the future of CarGo looks good. So O'Dowd made a good trade, but certainly not a haul when you consider the production of those players over the past season. </span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First of all, the trumped-up bull about "firing his friend" is just that. If a GM can't make tough decisions, then he should not have that job. Firing Hurdle was an excellent decision. I think Hurdle is great, but it became more and more clear that he was just not the man for the job any longer. And after he was let go, the chorus seemed to be the same from players...the whole Clint-is-great-but-we-just-needed-a-new-voice thing. Sounds good. They did that. Tracy was a new voice, and the Rockies responded in fantastic fashion. Good move. But hardly genius, right? When the basic moves lead to EotY awards, I guess that says something about the sorry state of MLB front offices.</span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dan O'Dowd makes a lot of trades. According to a spreadsheet available </span><a href="http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/02/dan-odowd---gm.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, O'Dowd's trade for Marquis was his 98th as Rockies GM. Look at that spreadsheet. Most of those trades were absolutely awful. I mean, the man traded for Jacob Cruz, Todd Hollandsworthless, and Jack Cust. I will never forgive him for making me watch those players defile Rockies uniforms. There were some good moves, but again, looking at that list...how many of them make you think, "Oh yeah, that was a great move!" There were a few. But really, what's his average there... .112? This was a good move, sure. But Jason Marquis kicking ass for three+ months is no cause for lauding O'Dowd. First of all, the Cubs didn't want him. He'd fallen out of favor in Chicago, getting lustily booed at the end of the 2008 season. O'Dowd figured, "Hey, free starter! Nice!" And all he had to give the Cubbies in return was a mistake signing known as Luis Vizcaino. Marquis performed very well for the first half (he was an All-Star, for crying out gleven!) before reverting to his career-standard second-half form, which is to say...less than stellar. Good, but not great. The Rockies made the playoffs in 2009. Marquis pitched 1 playoff inning. Good move. Not great.</span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ok, this is true. And in fact, </span><a href="http://jorgesaysno.blogspot.com/2009/10/note-to-alex-anthopoulos-dan-odowd.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this guy</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> even claims that the Blue Jays should follow the "Dan O'Dowd Model." But what the hell does that have to do with O'Dowd? I mean, I'm sure he probably has final say over a lot of those draft decisions, especially the first round or two. So let's give him credit as due for Francis, Stewart, Tulo, and Cook (all but Cook were first rounders; Cook was second). But that guy cites Hawpe (11th round), Atkins (5th round), Holliday (7th round), Fuentes (25th round by the Mariners), Fowler (14th round), and Ubaldo and CarGo (international free agents) as examples of O'Dowd's exceptional work. Isn't all the other credit due the Rockies' scouts and minor league coaches and managers? I mean, sure, O'Dowd is technically the boss of all of them...but are we really to believe they couldn't have done it without him? Is he really out there scouting the Rockies' 14th round draft pick? I guess it seems like GMs are always given disproportionate amounts of credit for their teams' systems (both positive and negative). I could be wrong, but I don't see this as a feather in O'Dowd's cap.</span></span><br />
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</div></div>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-35925421164446378062009-11-10T23:46:00.000-07:002009-11-10T23:46:52.942-07:00the rumors are true!<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Holy crap! I know that this has been rumored for a long time, but there's finally confirmation! That's right, Super Dave Osborne (aka Marty Funkhouser, aka Bob Einstein (?)) is back. That's right, Super Freakin' Dave Freakin' Osborne. <a href="http://www.superdaveosborne.com/">Check it out</a>! No, seriously...check it ooouuut...</span></span><br />
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</div>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-41331997890045388402009-11-09T11:14:00.000-07:002009-11-09T11:14:35.341-07:00well, looky there!<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Finally! An intelligent, well-reasoned, socially conscious letter leading off the Letters to the Editor section of the AZ Republic! Let's check this beauty out:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lots of people out there want to have their cake and eat it, too.</span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" rowspan="8" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">East Teams</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Miami</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Detroit</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Detroit</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Boston</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Cleveland</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Detroit</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Miami</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Cleveland</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Detroit</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Boston</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Boston</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New Jersey</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Toronto</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Orlando</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Orlando</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Chicago</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Cleveland</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Miami</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Cleveland</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Atlanta</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Washington</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Washington</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Chicago</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Washington</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Miami</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Indiana</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Indiana</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New Jersey</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Toronto</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Philadelphia</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Philadelphia</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Chicago</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Washington</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Philadelphia</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Chicago</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New Jersey</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Milwaukee</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Orlando</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Atlanta</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Detroit</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Returning</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">6</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">6</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">6</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5.75 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2.25 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" rowspan="8" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">West Teams</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Phoenix</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">San Antonio</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dallas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LA Lakers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LA Lakers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">San Antonio</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Phoenix</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Phoenix</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New Orleans</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Denver</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Seattle</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Denver</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">San Antonio</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">San Antonio</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">San Antonio</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dallas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dallas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Utah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Utah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Portland</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Houston</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Memphis</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Houston</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Houston</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Houston</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sacramento</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LA Clippers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Denver</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Phoenix</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dallas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Denver</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LA Lakers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LA Lakers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dallas</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New Orleans</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Memphis</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sacramento</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Golden State</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Denver</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Utah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Returning</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">6</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">6.25 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> New</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1.75 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New Teams</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4 of 16</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5 of 16</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4 of 16</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3 of 16</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4 of 16 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Percent</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.250</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.313</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.250</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.188</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 65.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="65"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.250</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</td><td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.05pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.85pt;" valign="bottom" width="82"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The NBA is by far the worst; only 25% of teams in the playoffs each year are new. So let's toss them out and compare the Mighty NFL with Lowly MLB. Here's the MLB chart:</span></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.0pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="75"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Year</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2004</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2005</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2006</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2007</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2008</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Averages</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" rowspan="4" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">American League</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">MIN</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NYY</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">OAK</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">BOS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LAA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NYY</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LAA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">MIN</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LAA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">BOS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">BOS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">BOS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">DET</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CLE</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">TAM</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LAA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CHI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NYY</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NYY</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CHI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Returning</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1.75</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2.25</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" rowspan="4" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">National League</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LAD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">HOU</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">STL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ARI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CHI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">STL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ATL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">SD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CHI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LAD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">HOU</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">SD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NYM</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">COL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">PHI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 17.6pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 17.6pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ATL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 17.6pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">STL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 17.6pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LAD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 17.6pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">PHI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 17.6pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">MIL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 17.6pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Returning</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1.75</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2.25</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New Teams</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2 of 8</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5 of 8</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7 of 8</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4 of 8</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4.5 of 8</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.75pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Percent</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.250</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.625</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.875</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.500</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.6pt;" valign="bottom" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.563</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</tbody></table></span><br />
</div></td><td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="75"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</td><td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="75"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</td><td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="75"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</td><td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="75"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</td><td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="75"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</td><td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="75"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</tbody></table></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So from this chart, it's clear that MLB, each year, averages 56.3% new teams in the playoffs. They have had a low of 25% and a high of </span><span style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">87.5% </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">new teams. So let's compare that with that Paragon of Parity, the National Football League:</span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Year</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2004-05</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2005-06</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2006-07</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2007-08</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2008-09</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Averages</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" rowspan="6" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">AFC</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">PIT</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">IND</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">SD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NE</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">TEN</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NE</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">DEN</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">BAL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">IND</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">PIT</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">IND</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CIN</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">IND</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">SD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">MIA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">SD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NE</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NE</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">PIT</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">SD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NYJ</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">JAX</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NYJ</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">JAX</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">IND</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">DEN</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">PIT</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">KC</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">TEN</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">BAL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Returning</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3.25</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2.75</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" rowspan="6" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NFC </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">PHI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">SEA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CHI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">DAL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NYG</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ATL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CHI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NOR</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">GB</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CAR</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">GB</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">TAM</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">PHI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">SEA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">MIN</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">SEA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NYG</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">SEA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">TAM</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ARI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">STL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">CAR</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">DAL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NYG</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ATL</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">MIN</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">WAS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NYG</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">WAS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">PHI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Returning</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New Teams</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7 of 12</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7 of 12</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">6 of 12</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7 of 12</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">6.75</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"> <td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext .5pt; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Percent</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.583</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.583</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.500</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.583</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</div></td> <td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext .5pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext .5pt; border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="56"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #dd0806;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.563</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Great googly moogly! The NFL averages </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">exactly </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the same percentage of new teams in the playoffs each year as MLB does! But...I thought...the NFL...but they...YEAH RIGHT! Parity my hindparts! Tell me again where this illusion of parity comes from, please. Oh, wait, I think this gets addressed later on.</span></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Look at Arizona...that team mostly sucked for the last few years, but the cap has allowed them to build a good team despite their terrible ownership and (at times) apathetic fan base. </span></i></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yep, and then they hired a competent coach and drafted well. They picked up some bargain-basement castoffs from other teams and had the fortune of playing in the NFC West.</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This applies (somewhat less significantly) to the NBA as well...where did Orlando come from; and how about the flip-flop of the Pacific division over the last decade. </span></i></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Orlando drafted Jameer Nelson and Dwight Howard, signed Turkeyglue on the cheaps, and signed Rashard Lewis to a huge contract. I don't know what you mean about the flip-flop of the Pacific Division.</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I agree with the 'singular' champions argument, but that doesn't speak to the whole truth of the cap argument. Now, in baseball, I suppose you could argue the Rays and Rockies as small markets success that has come somewhat overnight, but for the most part, baseball experts pick the same 8-10 teams to win divisions and wildcards every year. </span></i></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wait..."experts"? What the hell do so-called "experts" have to do with real-life success? I mean, besides...absolutely nothing. Of course the experts pick the same teams every year; they're the same people who spout this nonsense about parity! If we relied on the "experts" to tell us who was good, there really wouldn't be any reason to play the games, would there? It'd be more like the BCS, where the preseason rankings determine what happens the rest of the year. In most sports, they actually have to win before they're ranked.</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I think the real problem is GMs and Owners buying in to the thought of 'I can't afford this high-priced player because of our market', when everyone knows that fans respond to players who help the team win, and will subsequently pay for the right to watch/follow/own parts of players like that. </span></i></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">That's my argument! Owners cry poor because of their markets despite being multi-millionaires!</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kudos to the Nationals for overpaying for Strasburg...that's a player their fan base will get behind, and will eventually pay for.</span></i></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How did they overpay for Strasburg? They paid over slot, but slot has nothing to do with actual value. I agree that they absolutely made the right decision, but 4/$15.1? I'm pretty sure that's less than he would have gotten if he had been a free agent. The draft allowed Washington to negotiate exclusively and underpay for Strasburg.</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Oh yeah...and as an addendum to the above charts. I also looked at how many total MLB and NFL teams made the playoffs over that same 5 year period. Here's how they compare:</span></span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" width="75"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MLB</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" width="75"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">20 of 30</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" width="75" x:num="0.667"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.667</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">AL</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">9 of 14</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" x:num="0.643"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.643</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NL</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">11 of 16</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" x:num="0.688"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.688</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</td> <td class="xl25" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NFL</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">26 of 32</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" x:num="0.813"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.813</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">AFC</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">12 of 16</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" x:num="0.75"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.750</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NFC</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">14 of 16</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" x:num="0.875"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.875</span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Now there's an advantage for the NFL; over five years, a higher percentage of teams have made the playoffs. However, there are more playoff spots available in the NFL; 50% more each year. Over five years, we're talking about 10 additional playoff spots. So let's see what would happen if MLB had three wild cards for a total of six playoff teams:</span></span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;" width="75"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MLB</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;" width="75"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">23 of 30</span></span><br />
</td> <td align="right" class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" width="75" x:num="0.767"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.767</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">AL</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">11 of 14</span></span><br />
</td> <td align="right" class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" x:num="0.786"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.786</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NL</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">12 of 16</span></span><br />
</td> <td align="right" class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" x:num="0.75"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.750</span></span><br />
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</tbody></table></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And if the NFL allowed only eight playoff teams?</span></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;" width="75"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NFL</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;" width="75"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">21 of 32</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" width="75" x:num="0.656"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.656</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">AFC</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">9 of 16</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" x:num="0.563"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.563</span></span><br />
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<tr height="13"> <td class="xl24" height="13" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NFC</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl24" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">12 of 16</span></span><br />
</td> <td class="xl25" style="text-align: left;" x:num="0.75"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">0.750</span></span><br />
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</tbody></table></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So if they were both operating with the NFL's current system of twelve playoff teams, the NFL would have a slight advantage: 81.3% of NFL teams would have made the playoffs at least once over the last five years, and MLB would have put 76.7 percent of teams in at least once.</span><br />
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</div></span>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-73105065504196612702009-11-06T14:47:00.000-07:002009-11-06T14:47:35.431-07:00things that anger me<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I get so tired of hearing people bitch about the Yankees and their payroll and how they are everything that's wrong with sports (not to mention America, dammit!) and how they just prove that baseball needs a salary cap just like the NFL and the NBA because those leagues have parity and in MLB the Damned Yankees can just buy championship after championship.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Now, don't get me wrong...I don't like the Yankees. I don't like the Yankees because of the over-praising of their players (especially Cap'n Jetes) and the disproportionate amount of coverage they receive in purportedly national media outlets (yer damn right I'm talking about ESPN) and because of their legions of fakey bullshit frontrunner fanboys (now I'm looking at you, LeBron) and because their existence means I have to listen to Tim McCarver talk. But I have a major problem with people making the Yankees into the Ultimate Financial Evil. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. Baseball needs a salary cap so they can have parity just like other sports.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. The Yankees have an unfair advantage over all other teams.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. Baseball needs a salary cap so they can have parity just like other sports.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Let's go to the dictionary. Parity is defined as "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">the quality or state of being equal or equivalent." In the context of sports, this means that all teams start on an equal footing, and everyone has a chance to win. So from this, we should infer that, logically, those salary-capped sports should have more winners, right? And since there can only be one winner each season (except in college football!), we're talking about champions. So let's look at that. In the three major professional sports, here are the numbers of champions over the past 10, 20, and 30 years:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">Qua? So MLB, with all of its non-parity, leads every time period on that list. More than the vaunted NFL, and around double the numbers of the capped NBA. The cap-creates-parity argument just doesn't hold water.</span></span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Every team in MLB is owned by an obscenely wealthy person or persons. At least 8, and probably 10 principal owners, are <b>billionaires</b>. Among the 400 richest people in the country. The wealthiest of the wealthy. The others are all fantastically wealthy beyond all but the tiniest percentage of Americans' wildest dreams. Let's use the team who seems to be most frequently cited as a poor small market team as an example. Many, many commenters want to complain about how the Twins can't compete with the "big boys." In fact, they were in such dire straits at one point that they were considered for contraction by MLB. That mean ol' man, the Commish, wanted to tear Minnesota's heart 'n' soul right away (never mind that in that instance, the team's own owner <i>offered</i> to be contracted). They had some fairly remarkable success based on some good decisions and a lot of luck, but were never able to get over the hump...because of money, of course. Because their small-market status meant they just didn't have the funds to truly compete.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">However...the year before he died (2008), Twins owner Carl Pohlad was ranked by Forbes as the 102nd richest person in America with a net worth of THREE-POINT-SIX BILLION DOLLARS. In 2002, the year he offered to contract his team, he was ranked 87th with $2 billion! And yet he cried poor and cried poor about how the poor little Twins just couldn't compete and they couldn't possibly add payroll and even got himself (well, his heirs) a free stadium. I mean, I guess you don't become a billionaire by being frivolous with your dough, but that's absolutely ridiculous.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">People (writers and fans mostly) like to vilify Steinbrenner as The Great Evil. Sure, he's a pompous ass and an overbearing jerk and a convicted (but later pardoned!) felon. But he dedicated himself to building the Yankees into a juggernaut. He bought the team for $10 million...and they are currently valued at <i>more than 100 times</i> that amount. I'm pretty sure most fans would kill to have so dedicated an owner.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Yankees get a huge revenue boost from their local tv contract, which is significantly more than the revenue other teams receive locally. But Steinbrenner and the Yankees made that happen for themselves by starting their own network. I don't understand why this is worthy of scorn; it seems like a pretty fucking brilliant business strategy, if you ask me. In fact, there's one other MLB team which owns its own network...the Red Sox! Two massive, well-marketed teams who have developed a nationwide following. Sounds like good business. And any well-run team could employ this strategy. The poor, put-upon Twins made an extreeeeeeeeeemely half-assed attempt to start their own network in 2004, but it folded after a few months. But can you imagine if they had put the money in to do it right? They could have sold that channel to cable subscribers in 6 states! They could have built a following of millions! But they cheaped out, fought over the price with suppliers, and gave up.</span></span></li>
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</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So here's the thing. Yeah, the Yankees have the most money. But they've also made good decisions (and, admittedly, the bad decisions can be mitigated by more money). I don't understand why the average American sports fan is always willing to leap to the defense of the billionaire or almost-billionaire who owns their team. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Is it the same reason that poor people want to repeal the estate tax (you know, because of the American Dream Syndrome that causes everyone to think that, at any time, they could suddenly be a billionaire theirownselves and boy, they sure wouldn't want the estate tax then!)? </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Is that why the majority of the public inevitably sides with management over players in a sports strike or lockout? Because people think they could become billionaires (and then buy a team!), but there's no way they could become a professional athlete? I always thought it was rooted in racism, that white sports fans would always side with white billionaires over black millionaires, but maybe it's more about the power of possibility.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">That's a bit of a ramble, but I think my point is this: don't be pissed at the Yankees for spending (and winning!). Be pissed at the owner of your favorite team for hoarding his own billions and keeping his own team on the outside looking in.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Really? I mean, really? Why are they printing stuff like this? And why, D.D. from Sun City, are you wasting your time writing something like that into the newspaper? I mean, I have to assume that you sent your letter in the mail, otherwise you could've just hopped on your 'puter and posted a comment somewhere. But you took the time to write a letter (or maybe type it on your typewriter?) in because you felt so strongly about it. I can only imagine how that conversation went with Mrs. D...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mr. D: Look at those kids out there! They spit more than they play!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mrs. D: Yes, dear. (Goes back to her catalog)</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mr. D: No wonder this game is taking so long! Look at all that spitting!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mrs. D: Mm-hmm...</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mr. D: Oh my God! I wouldn't even walk on that field! My shoes would get all wet!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mrs. D: (silence)</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mr. D: In my day, spitting was considered foul! disgusting! uncouth! unacceptable! And now...look at 'em!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mrs. D: (silence)</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mr. D: Look at 'em! Whoa! Look at that one! He must be dry by now!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mrs. D: Oh. Well, what can you do, dear?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mr. D: ("Leaps" up from his recliner.) I'll tell you what I'm gonna do! I'm gonna write a later! This must be dealt with! I'll be in my office!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Mrs. D: Oh good, dear. (Sighs.)</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And now, here is the Arizona Republic, validating an old man's complaints. Nice work. I imagine that upcoming letters will include:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"In my day, we didn't even have cell phones. And now, the kids are texting while driving! The other day, I almost got rear-ended by a driver who was so busy texting he didn't see me driving 45 mph in the left lane with my blinker on</i>!"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(You see, this one's funny because old people are bad drivers.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"You know, it's none of my business, but can't someone make these longhairs cut their hair? I mean, it's none of my business, but it just can't be comfortable."</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(That one's funny because old people are meddlers who like to pretend things don't bother them for fear of looking like meddlers.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"I'm not a racist, but I just don't think Obama should be able to be the president. I've just got a bad feeling about that guy. Not because he's black...but look at him! There's something wrong there. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it's there. I hope he fails."</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(And that one is funny because old people watch Fox News. Well, that's not so much funny as it is sad, I guess.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And after that will come a letter, I assume, from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7X2_V60YK8">this dude</a>.</span></span>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-89923350121174502652009-11-04T21:29:00.002-07:002009-11-04T21:32:07.055-07:00wtf #5 (the addendum): rivers? qua?<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm really gonna get off this Rivers/Weezer thing, but wow...it's really just shocking to me and continues to get weirder. I mean, I dig this incarnation, I do...but I have to come to terms with the fact that the fucked-up guy who wrote Pinkerton is never coming back. But what makes this truly bizarre, to me, is this...if you would have told me in 1994 that <a href="http://www.weezer.com/player/default.aspx?meid=2076">this guy</a> would, in 15 years, be appearing in this commercial:</span></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">as part of the backup band (with Travis Barker (!) and that douche from </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fall Out Boy) for ano-talent called Taylor Swift, well...I'm pretty sure I </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">would not have believed you. Also, I would have wanted to know who </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Travis Barker was, but only Ben would have been able to tell me that he </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">was the drummer for the Aquabats. So if you are not Ben, then you </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">could not have helped me.</span></span></span>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-37738767063730371222009-11-03T09:38:00.000-07:002009-11-03T09:38:31.505-07:00wtf #6: ice ice baby!<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ok, so The Early Show has this thing where they're going "back in time," and today featured a journey back to 1990. And of course, nothing says 1990 like...Rob Van Winkle, baby! That's right, Vanilla Ice hizzownself! I don't know that there's anything better than the following performance...although I do wonder why they didn't bring MC Hammer (excuse me...Hammer) in for a little rap battle. But check it out:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Seriously, how many ridiculous things are happening here? So there's Vanilla Ice, and that's</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">just pretty silly. But then there's the set; some sort of grim reaper arch for the Iceman and his</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">crew to dance through? Check. Vanilla Ice logo that appears to be based on <a href="http://www.marsclothing.com/Old%20Navy%20Pics/old_navy_logo.gif">this logo</a>? Check.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Guy in some sort of capri-pantsed Santa suit with no shoes and a halloween mask? Got it. DJ</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">with ICP makeup on? Yup. Dancing black guy? You know it. A couple of weird little dolls on</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the dj's table? Der. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It's like ol' Rob is trying to make sure everyone knows that even though he's willing to hop in</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the time machine for a little jaunt back to his heyday, he's not <a href="http://iceicebabies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/vanilla_ice.jpg">this guy</a> anymore, or even <a href="http://www.music-lyrics-chord.com/cover/Vanilla_Ice_Cool_as_Ice.jpg">this guy</a>.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He's a hardcore badass who you do not--I repeat, do NOT--want to fuck with. I mean, look</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what happened to Santa when he started hanging out with Mr. Van Winkle! </span></span>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-66347757971986943152009-10-31T12:32:00.002-07:002009-10-31T13:28:09.173-07:00wtf #5: rivers? qua?<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, apparently when Rivers sang, "We Are All On Drugs" he wasn't kidding. It's been a while since I've really and truly paid attention to Weezer...which I reckon is because even though "Make Believe" had some good stuff and The Red Album had some cool songs and some interesting, um...experimentation, maybe?, it's been a while since a really awesome weezer album. But apparently through this not paying attention thing, I've missed Rivers' transformation into some sort of nerdy Rock Star, and weezer's metamorphosis into a bunch of crazy people. Don't get me wrong, I totally dig all of these videos. But, wow...this is the guy who wrote Pinkerton and then totally fell apart and lived in a house in LA with all the windows covered and just sat in the dark all day? Check out this ass-kickin' version of their new single from Letterman:</span></span><br />
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</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And wait...what the hell? Pat's playing guitar? Who the hell is </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">drumming? I can't even find anything on weezer's website </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">about that guy...is he like the mystery fourth member of Green </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Day who plays all the guitar solos now? Is he in the band? </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sweet version of that tune, though...love the horns. And then </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">there's this one from last night:</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; white-space: pre;">weezer snuggies? What the fuck is that about? And what is Rivers </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; white-space: pre;">doing? It looks like he's taking Rock Star lessons from some...um...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; white-space: pre;">Rock Star, but he's such a dork that it comes off, well...super dorky. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; white-space: pre;">And of course by super dorky I mean Super Awesome! So what the hell </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; white-space: pre;">happened? I do have one theory: I think it all started with this video:</span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rivers' fantastic acting aside, not only is this one of the very </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">coolest videos ever, look how much fun the man is having! </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And then there's Beverly Hills and...everything that has </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">followed. Again, it's all good...but I guess the big question </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">is...does this make their music better or worse? Or just </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">different? I have no idea, really. But I guess I can't argue </span></span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">against a turn of events that causes them to do this fantastic </span></span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; white-space: pre;">I don't know...that's pretty awesome.</span></span><br />
</div>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-58747033405019575522009-10-30T15:13:00.000-07:002009-10-30T15:13:14.044-07:00wtf #4: the submariner<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I sometimes have a hard time believing that every letter to the editor printed by the ol' AZRepublic is really real and not some thing written in by the staff of the Onion or one of Howard Stern's cronies (which I only bring up so I can reminisce about the time somebody from Howie's show called into SportsCenter claiming to be Steve Bartman, made it onto the air for an exclusive interview, went through with the interview, then asked Dan Patrick, "Do you like Howard Stern's butt-cheese?" I think there's a PA buried outside of Bristol somewhere with Dan's fingerprints all over his or her mutilated body).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Case in point: this letter that was printed today on the ongoing debate over whether female sailors should be allowed to serve on submarines. Let's break down this fabulous little missive, shall we?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quick to the point, to the point no fakin'.</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, yeah, because they know what's going to happen. They've been in close quarters with these men and their man parts and they know what happens when a man feels temptation. Not a damn thing to be done about it.</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You know it! Because, again, the temptation thing. Can't be controlled. No reason to try.</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right...the kind of jeopardy that can only be caused by (gasp!) Sexual Temptation! But by all means, continue putting our sailors in jeopardy by, you know, fighting wars and shit.</span></span><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We can still have equal rights for women who would like to serve on submarines and still maintain professionalism.</span></i><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 0.9em/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 13px; margin-top: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Oh, I get it! It's about professionalism! But why stop with segregating by sex? I mean, I'm sure there are white sailors who are so incredibly tempted to tell some black jokes. Wouldn't it be easier if submarine crews were also segregated by skin color? Or maybe socio-economic status? And why stop with submarines? We probably oughta segregate the rest of the military...and schools...and public places. You know, because of the temptation. How have we ever gotten anything done in this society, what with all the inter-mingling of all these different people? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 19px;">Good times! wtf, that guy?</span></span>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-15917438065529605772009-10-29T09:55:00.000-07:002009-10-29T09:56:45.600-07:00wtf #3: the haters<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This edition of wtfaz features Special Guests: The Much-Beloved Sheriff Joe Arpaio, one of his cronies, and Some Dumb Guy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The whole "discouraging crime by making criminals wear pink because as everybody knows, only a gay would wear pink and you don't want to be a gay do you?" thing? Well, that's much less good. But that's not the really bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The really bad is the racism. The Much Beloved SJA has become that, in part, because of his ass-kickin' tactics in the illegal immigration realm. His office conducts these massive sweeps of brown people to ensure that they're all legals. I suppose that's on the line...I mean, illegal is bad, right? But then he makes comments like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wait...look like you just came from Mexico? What does that look like? <a href="http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/g/6/P/grindhousepic18.jpg">This?</a> <a href="http://lsc.mit.edu/schedule/archives/design1996/old_terms/Sp96/Graphics/desperado1.GIF">These guys</a> look like they just came from Mexico...is that what his deputies are looking for? Or maybe they're searching for <a href="http://www.schemamag.ca/archive2/images/speedy-gonzales.jpg">this fella</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But since that was clearly some sort of misspeak, a reporter went to ask TMBSJA's director of custody to clarify. He cleared it right up:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Um...what? Now, ignoring that someone from France is also somebody from Europe...xenophobic much? "He's different! Get 'im" seems to be the policy they're advocating. And if he didn't like being singled out on his trip to Europe, maybe the Crony shouldn't have worn <a href="http://www.rightwingnews.com/stopus.jpg">this shirt</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 19px;">Again; what? First, this phantom "[being] in law enforcement" thing...what the hell does that mean? Was he a prison guard? An inmate-turned-snitch? Maybe he lived in Tombstone and got deputized to help Wyatt and Doc and the fellas run the Cowboys outta town? But equating racial profiling with good police work? That's a sweet one. He might as well have said, "In my day, it was easy to know who the bad guys were--they were the brown ones." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 19px;">Eighty-Six Percent? wtf, arizona?</span></span>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-55203295804949087542009-10-28T22:13:00.000-07:002009-10-28T22:15:51.053-07:00wtf #2: the train<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I arrived in town from the GWN (that's the Great White North) last Monday. I walked into MSP and it was, well...shitty. I walked out of PHX and it was sunny and warm and just see wtf #1 if you need a description of what things are like around here weather-wise.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well I know that the PHX (the city, not the airport) is ridin' the ever-popular public transit wave, and I know that they have some pretty sweet-lookin' light-rail trains:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pretty bitchin', right? They've sort of got that clean, sleek, retro-futuristic look that I totally dig. And whatever that crap in the background is looks kind of the-future-as-seen-from-the-'50s as well. Plus, as you can see from this photo of a race they had, the train is totally faster than a bus, so that's awesome. Also, I'm pretty sure that hotel on the left is called the Westward Ho. Heh. Ho.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At any rate, who doesn't want to ride that train? And I could ride the train to near m'lady's workplace, catch a bus the rest of the way, hop in the POS and drive home. Simple. And cheap as hell, right? Right.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm not sure how to adequately describe the turdfest that was my first experience riding the Valley Metro. It started out real pleasant-like. I got on the shuttle that goes from the airport to the nearest transit center (since I lived in Minneapolis, stupid shit like putting a light rail line near, but not to, the airport just rolls right off my back like oil off an otter being washed with Dawn). Took two minutes. As I'm riding, I'm looking up the appropriate bus to take once I hop off the train at Camelback. Suddenly, I encountered:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ridiculous Valley Metro Item #1:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bus fare is $1.75. Train fare is $1.75. But to ride the train and then the bus, or vice versa? $3.50. That's right, they double-dip you. Hm. I'm vexed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But I press on. I discover that I could ride just the bus to the ol' workplace. Alright. I'll ride that sexy ol' train some other time. So I hop off the shuttle and head over to the ticket machine at the light rail station as I rarely carry cash. I read the fare list, which says the following:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I shove my card up in there and purchase my single-fare bus ticket. I walk back across the street to the bus stop and wait for the driver of the parked (and running, natch) bus. He gets on, and I board. Now, my fare ticket that I bought doesn't have a magnetic strip like the ones I'm used to in Minneapolis, so I show it to the driver and say, "What do I do with this?" He gives me the ol' dumbshit look and says, "That's a train ticket. You can only use it on the train." I told him that that's not what the sign says and he tells me, "Read the ticket, idiot." Well, he left off the "idiot," but only just barely. I tell him that's not what the machine says, and he says, "Yeah, well, read the ticket, asshole." Again, except for the last part (but it was implied). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whatever. So I go back over to the light rail. I hop on and right it up to Camelback. Not bad. And I start hoofin' it. Cartin' a duffel bag in one hand and my bitchin' metal case in t'other, I start thumpin' along. I walk 24 blocks in my Minnesota jeans gettin' a sweet-ass sunburn until the lady comes and picks me up.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next day, my neck was really sore. Valley Metro, I blame you. Double-dip fares? Incorrect signage? Smarmy bus drivers? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">wtf, arizona?</span></span>whalemanpwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225001060854968376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995653599597236463.post-1970640466410660772009-10-26T22:56:00.000-07:002009-10-28T22:14:33.521-07:00wtf #1: the weather<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As David Byrne says in "Toe Jam":</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">And a girl looks like a pony.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">She gallops all day long</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hm. That's wrong. Let's try it again. As David Byrne says in "Toe Jam":</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Every day is fucking perfect!</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's the one. That's what it's like in Arizona. All the time. I mean, I guess it gets a little warm in the summertime. Maybe even a lot warm. But still...the mornings are lovely, the nights are great, and every freaking place you go has air conditioning (unless you drive a old-ass Jetta that does not). And yet...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The local news here acts like the local news anyplace else; it's based on either fear or sap, and people watch it and say "Oh my, what is this world coming to?" and then, "[Sigh], cats are so effing cute!" I hate the news...but that's for another day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">No, what is absolutely ridiculous about the weather in Arizona is the way they report the weather. They report the weather </span><i><span style="font-size: small;">as though it's going to change</span></i><span style="font-size: small;">. But it isn't. Every cut-in weather update features an update on the weather, and every news half-hour features at least two, if not three, check-ins on the weather. But guess what...it's always the same damn thing! I know the temperature falls within a daily range of about, well, 4 degrees over a week. But seriously...it's hot in the summer and it cools off slightly as the months wear on. But cripes...it's reported in this breathless way, like the weatherman is some fucking genius..."It's gonna be 84 today, then in the low 80s later this week, then the mid- to upper-80s over the weekend." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And then there's the "monsoon." Yep, there's a couple weeks in the late summer when some rain is expected. But these people act all fucking shocked when it doesn't rain. Hey! Numbnuts! You live in the Damn Desert! It doesn't rain much! It ain't gonna green your lawn! But they talk about it every freaking day as though it's imminent. Ugh.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's an old saw; Being a weatherman in Arizona is the easiest job in the world. Well no shit. But the same people who say that hang on the weatherman's every word, as though he actually has something to forecast.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ugh. wtf, arizona? </span></span><br />
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