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There are the criminal charges against him...

I was at that game as well, in the posh seats. Was living in Cleveland at the time. One of the weirdest weather days I can remember. Was raining sideways all morning, tailgating was a slog. Then the snow hit, and hard. Pretty much just said "eff it" at halftime and stayed at the bar in club level after removing the snow from our persons. Took two hours to drive from W. 3rd to my house on W. 29th. Good times.

Frank's actually sells their sauce mixed with butter. Bought it accidentally once, foul.

This thread... I'm headed to Buffalo this weekend, taking my daughter to see grandma before school starts. With all the talk of local food... I'm going to gain ten pounds.

Seems like a good place to put this...

The shift is not an issue if players don't come up through the minors physiologically incapable of hitting the other way. There's a chicken/egg argument as to what the issue is. Also, bunt.

Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was assaulted.... peanut.

Nice to see the new manager at Arsenal making the transition easier on us all by having this team look every bit as bad defensively as last year’s...

Watching watching Mets-Yankees right now. Will reiterate the same anti-yankee complaint I always make when my eyes hit new, or old Yankee Stadium... From Babe Ruth to Aaron Judge... play half your games in a little league field and your accomplishments are diminished. Seriously, the field I played on in high school was 30 feet deeper down the lines...

The Cherrys, Milburys, Fischlers and Roenicks of this world must someday give way...

Vancouver seems to be going in on a 50th Anniversary this season. Some sort of agreement putting the Sabres back a year? Seeing as how we got Gilbert, might as well let them go first this time.

Chicago is on the NBC schedule 19 times. A quarter of the schedule... more than last year and they're probably not going to be better than last year...

It took one minute for Man Utd. get a cheap penalty. The season has started, ladies and gentlemen... While I think Man City tuns away and hides from everyone again, and Liverpool are likely a lock for second, the fun teams to watch will be Arsenal, United, Spurs, and Chelsea. Two Champions League spots for those four to fight over. I think it ends in the order I listed them in.

She left this on the kitchen table in play-doh. Dusty in here...

Putting my daughter on a plane this afternoon with her mom for a vacation. Won't see her for two weeks. It's killing me.

Not for very long they're not...

I mean, if I were Jack and had ####### Zemgus Gurgleson on my wing for a length of time, I'd not bother passing either.

This is actually why baseball is dying. The "three true outcomes" (home run, strikeout, walk) are dominating the game. Hitters are so geared towards pulling the ball/hitting it in the air that the ridiculous shifts being used twice every inning are effective, strikeouts and home runs are up exponentially, pitchers aren't throwing to three guys in any given lineup. The ball is in play so much less than it used to be, strategy and baserunning are afterthoughts, and the product is just awful. I still watch because I love the game, but man. Getting hard.

Nah, kicking and screaming, the inevitable atrocity will be inflicted upon us all and the DH will come to the NL in a few years. At that point I will become the old guy calling in to sports talk radio shows railing against the modern era and watching the 1986 World Series on a loop.

This guy gets it. Also, artificially extending the careers of guys who are no longer able or were no longer able to play the field... Assuming five at-bats in a game, that's what, 85% of a waste of a player?

That's not what the Athletic is selling though. It's long form journalism, the type which newspapers used to do but can't anymore. If you're into it, then good. If not, also good, don't buy it. if you want breaking news, then yes, go absolutely anywhere else.

You kids get the hell off my lawn.

This is important to remember. If it's free, you are the product.

Was coming here to post this. Quelle Suprise.

Also, moments like the above, and indeed the state of the American league in general (beer league softball) is why the designated hitter is just the worst. Come at me.