Hot Time: Is 'freedom' really just another word for 'nothing left to lose?' Because if so, Jim Curtin has tremendous freedom to shake up his preferred XI Sunday against the Fire - do you anticipate him doing so? And what do you think Earnie Stewart and Curtin will be looking for in the two dead-rubber matches to come?
The Brotherly Game: That's what Janis Joplin said, and it does ring true in most cases. I don't know how free Curtin is to experiment though, as he'll most likely be evaluating guys for 2018 over the next two games.