Indianapolis-based Rob Mullett is a British 3,000 metre steeplechaser at his first Olympic Games. He has been staying at the Team GB training camp in Belo Horizonte before he competes in his heat in Rio on Monday. He gives the inside track on life as an athlete in Brazil, on the day the track and field action begins:If preparations are anything to go by, there could be quite a few more great medal days for Team GB to come.At the training camp, at least, things have been pretty much ideal. Everything has been thought of and the mood has been sociable and relaxed. In fact, it has felt a lot like a regular European set up for me, so I hope it is not too much of a shock when I get to Rio.I know what youre thinking: they all say that -- I dont believe him. Well, you should, because if things were rubbish I would have no problem at all saying so. It just really has been good up here. I havent even heard of anyone picking up an injury and with the number of people who have been through, the odds were high that someone would have a problem.Weve got nice, quiet accommodation, the track we train on is pretty new and only about a mile away from our hotel. Us runners have had a lake nearby to run round, too, a handy 11.5-mile circuit.The only thing anyone has had a gripe about is the desserts, which have been fruit, fruit or, er, fruit. Weve had fairly standard fare for meals - pasta and sauce, rice, the usual - and that has provided decent fuel for training, but there have been some serious cheesecake cravings for some of the people who have stayed here.People might be a bit surprised but athletes can have a sweet tooth too, and if they dont overdo it, its ok once in a while.Cheesecake isnt my thing particularly but I have been encouraged by rumours of free McDonalds in the athletes village. A lot of us like an occasional splurge there (when people sometimes do go a bit over the top!), so we better not have been given false hope.The mood has been upbeat all week and it is a good set-up in a nice location. The locals are friendly, saying hi or hitting their car horns when they see us out running in Team GB kit. There have been a few football matches up here, too, which has made it a proper Games venue.Its not too sanitised either and getting out to train has ensured that has been the case for me, giving me a real feeling of being in Brazil. The capybaras around the lake have also helped with that; they are funny-looking large rodents, a bit like giant guinea pigs, and there are loads of them there.Are they dangerous? I dont think so. They dont seem bothered by people, anyway, and the fishermen around the lake are equally unfussed by them.Inside the camp, weve been keeping an eye on events at the Games from our lounge, which has all the BBC channels available on several screens and a load of sofas.The event that seemed to capture a lot of peoples attention was the womens road race last weekend, which was pretty dramatic. Lizzie Armitstead finished out of the medals and there was a nasty crash -- it kept a big group of us glued to the screens.At other down times, if were not just relaxing in our rooms, there are two swimming pools, pool tables and computer games for people to play. Lots to occupy yourself away from training.The British Olympic Association also put on a separate opening ceremony celebration for the athletes at a big sports club in the city centre. They got everyone together in the same clothes that the guys wore in Rio and we had a nice evening watching events on a projector screen.The BOA has been trying to emphasize one team and I can say 100 percent theyve done a great job of integrating the different sports as much as possible. A few of the bigger names havent been in: Mo Farah, Jess Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford. I suppose they might have missed out a little bit, but they have been to Olympics before and know what works best for them.All I have had to worry about really is competing, and Im a pretty relaxed about that at the moment. My family and girlfriend get into Brazil on Saturday, when I will have arrived in the athletes village, and Im really looking forward seeing them. Its all pretty exciting.I will find out who I am up against over the weekend and my coach will be here to help me plan my race. Ive got my sights firmly set on the final and cant wait to get going. Air Max 90 Off White 2018 . 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The Cubs scratched three runs across off Trevor Bauer in the fourth inning, and Aroldis Chapman threw 42 pitches to get the final eight outs.?-- David SchoenfieldInside the pitching matchupWhen Jake Arrieta is on the mound: The 2015 Cy Young Award winner took a no-hitter into the sixth inning in Game 2, though that was a case of his being effectively wild, as he walked three batters and threw 98 pitches in 5 2/3 innings. He has pitched six innings and five innings, respectively, in his other two starts this postseason, so if that pattern continues, Joe Maddon will have to bridge some outs from Arrieta to Aroldis Chapman.Arrieta threw just 40 percent of his pitches in the strike zone in Game 2, his lowest rate all season. The cold weather in that game might have been a factor, but game-time temperatures for Game 6 are expected to be much higher, in the upper 60s. Arrieta has regained the confidence to throw his cutter/slider after losing the feel for it midseason, which led to some of his control issues. Against the lefty-heavy lineups he has seen in October, Arrieta has thrown that pitch a lot, including 21 times against the Indians in Game 2. Opponents are 5-for-25 against it in the postseason, with six strikeouts and no walks. Its not quite the wipeout pitch it was last year or in April, but its back to being a pitch he can throw inside to left-handed hitters.Even when he was walking guys in the second half, Arrieta remained difficult to hit, as he induces a lot of soft contact with his two-seamer. He doesnt throw his curveball as often as the hard cutter/slider, but it had a strikeout rate of better than 40 percent in the regular season. Arrieta doesnt do a very good job holding runners -- base stealers were 23-for-26 off him -- so the Indians might be aggressive if they get on.?-- SchoenfieldWhen Josh Tomlin is on the mound: Tomlin has been the Tribes secret weapon in October; he has allowed three runs in 15 1/3 innings, and the Indians have won all three of his starts. Tomlin is starting on three days rest for just the second time in his career, and he pitched much better this season with more rest; he posted a 5.42 ERA in 15 starts on four days rest and a 3.47 ERA after five days or more. He threw only 58 pitches in his Game 3 outing.Tomlin hits only 87-88 mph with his fastball, and he isnt going to beat himself, as he had the lowest walk rate among qualified starters. He pounds the zone with his fastball, cutter, changeup and curveball; he surrendered 36 home runs in 174 innings during the regular season but has allowed just one long ball in his past seven starts, a span of 41 innings.Tomlin has gone heavy on the curveball this postseason. After throwing it about 16 percent of the time in the regular season, he has thrown it 34, 42 and 26 percent of the time in his three playoff starts. If his curveball is working again, thats bad news for the Cubs. According to Mike Petriello of Statcast, the Cubs had the lowest average exit velocity in the majors against curveballs, as well as the lowest contact rate when swinging at curveballs. Tomlin threw 15 of them in Game 3, including five first-pitch curves, and the Cubs went 0-for-5, plus three other swing-and-misses and one foul ball.Javier Baez in particular has looked brutal against breaking balls in this series, and Addison Russell hit .122 against curveballs in the regular season. Im guessing Tomlin will once again go heavy on the breaking ball, and Terry Francona will once again have a quick hook if the Indians are leading in the fifth or sixth inning.?-- SchoenfieldPlayer in the spotlightKyle Schwarber. Hell be back in the lineup as the DH, which helps extend a Cubs lineup that hasnt had much production past the first four hitters. Schwarber has slugged .578 against right-handed pitchers in his brief career, but he is hitting just .121 in 34 plate appearances that ended in curveballs.?-- SchoenfieldDid you know ...The most recent road team to win Game 6 of a World Series and force a Game 7 was the 1997 Indians. They defeated the Marlins and Kevin Brown?4-1. Winning pitcher Chad Ogea not only defeated the Marlins ace but also had two RBIs.The Indians went on to lose to the Florida Marlins in Game 7 and extend their championship drought.?-- ESPN Stats & InformationWhat will decide the gameThe team with the better rate of turning ground balls into outs has won four of the five games in this series. The exception was when the Indians won Game 4.During the regular season, the Cubs ranked first in the majors in turning ground balls and bunts into outs (77 percent). The Indians ranked third, just behind the Giants (both at 76 percent). In the postseason, the Indians have converted 77 percent and the Cubs 76 percent.Why is this important to know for these pitchers? Because its important to their success. Arrieta had the highest ground ball out rate in MLB among pitchers with 15-plus starts in 2016 (84 percent).dddddddddddd Tomlin ranked third in the majors and first in the AL (81 percent).?--?Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & InfoThe man in blueJoe West has 39 years of experience, the longest run by an umpire in major league history. This is his sixth World Series (1992, 1997, 2005, 2009 and 2012 are the others).Top thing to know: West does not call a lot of strikes.West ranks as the fourth-least likely umpire to call a strike in MLB this season, and he has one tendency that stands out: Relative to other umpires, West rarely calls the pitch in the lower-third (and below) area a strike. The gap between him and the umpire who ranks second-least in calling those pitches is about as big as the gap between the ump who ranks second and the ump who ranks 22nd.For a right-handed pitcher, West will call the high strike and the outside strike often to a left-handed hitter. The area for a right-handed hitter in which he calls strikes often is the inside corner.For a left-handed pitcher, West doesnt call the inside strike often to a left-handed batter. He will to a right-handed batter, though. When a left-handed batter is at the plate, hell call a high outside pitch a strike a lot. For a right-handed batter, hell also call pitches in that spot (which is inside for a righty).Who does this favor? Cubs catchers excel at getting the low strike, while Roberto Perez is very good at getting the high strike, so it would seem to favor the Indians.It seems highly unlikely that we would see an ejection, but West did have six ejections this season. In fact, he ejected Francona and Maddon from separate games nine days apart in September!Those six ejections tied for fourth among umps. West led umpires with eight ejections in 2015. -- Simon, ESPN Stats & InfoBetting guide for Game 6Westgate line: Chicago Cubs (Arrieta)-140 at Cleveland Indians (Tomlin) +130 Over/under: 7 (-120 over)Game 6 PickCenter: 55 percent picking ClevelandJoe Peta: One of the fun things about writing daily for a series that goes six of seven games is the ability to conduct a comparative pricing analysis. When Josh Tomlin started Game 3 versus Kyle Hendricks, the Cubs were listed as -220/+200 favorites at first pitch. That game, of course, was at Wrigley Field, and applying the standard 8 percent adjustment for home field versus a neutral location (applied twice as were switching to Cleveland) yields an equivalent line of -155/+145 for tonights game. Click here for moreWho will win?Jake Arrieta was terrific in his previous outing. So was Josh Tomlin, but there is a stuff discrepancy here. Plus, Tomlin didnt have to deal with Kyle Schwarber as DH. Cubs win 6-2 to force an epic Game 7. -- Bradford Doolittle Well finally have a higher-scoring affair, but the clock will strike midnight on the Cubs comeback, as the Indians will take a middle-of-the-game lead and hold on with their vaunted bullpen. A 5-4 win will give the Indians the championship.?-- Jesse Rogers On Sunday night, Cubs fans got to see the W fly over Wrigley after a World Series game for the first time since 1945. Now its Indians fans turn to rejoice. Josh Tomlin will continue his late-season roll, the Indians will scratch out an early run, and the dynamic duo of Andrew Miller and Cody Allen will do the rest. Then they will all party at Napolis, as the Indians win their first World Series in 68 years.?-- Scott Lauber?Ive picked against the Indians basically throughout the whole playoffs. Now, having spent so much time in this city, Cleveland has grown on me. So for the sake of the people of Believeland, I will pick ... the Cubs.This is probably very good news for Terry Francona, LeBron James and all the nice folks Ive met in these parts. If you want a baseball reason, the Cubs have the advantage in starting pitching. Of course, every time someone not named Corey Kluber has started for the Indians, the other club had the advantage, but the Indians still usually won. -- Andrew MarchandAfter clinching the American League Central title, the Division Series and the AL pennant on the road, the Indians are ready to claim the biggest prize of their season at Progressive Field. Although its a comforting feeling to know staff ace Corey Kluber is ready to go in Game 7, Cleveland is ready to apply the hammer behind Josh Tomlin in Game 6. The Indians will muster enough early offense to get the ball to Andrew Miller and Cody Allen and put an end to Major League Baseballs second-most notable championship drought.?-- Jerry CrasnickWhere the Series standsThe series moves back to Cleveland, which some have hypothesized could help the Cubs, as it not only allows them to start Schwarber but also gets them away from the pressure of winning in front of the home fans. I dont know if I buy that, especially considering the Indians hit much better at home -- 136 points higher in OPS -- and returning to the AL game allows Francona to insert Andrew Miller and Cody Allen without worrying about pinch hitting for them. Its all hands on deck. The Cubs know they have to stay alive, and the Indians know they have Corey Kluber in reserve for Game 7.?-- Schoenfield Wholesale NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China Cheap Jerseys 2019 NFL Jerseys Wholesale Discount NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Online Cheap Jerseys Wholesale ' ' '