I’m torn on Bags. Agreed that he shouldn’t be lumped in with the ‘Roid Brigade, but, at least to me, Bags just isn’t very memorable (outside of Houston). I think, for a lot of fans, it’s like this:

I once went to a lecture years ago where Barney Frank explained (paraphrasing, from memory), “Look, I’m not a company like McDonald’s. If I were, I’d be terrified if 49% of the population despised me, and would do everything in my power to make them happy and win them back. But I’m not - I’m in politics. 51% wins. …

“build a strong coalition of those suffering from inequality”

Yah, I remember when NAFTA caused Flint to collapse in the 1980s, dipshit.

Yes and no. Economically, the left has been bending over backward to lift everyone (versus the usual “tax breaks for the rich” strategy of the right): bank regulation after the recession, Obamacare, pushes for minimum wage increases, etc. In terms of social issues, I’d agree there’s a gulf there, but I don’t know…

It’s out of the Dems’ hands now. GOP in the White House, Senate, and House. At this point going forward, it’s them shitting on themselves.

Spoiler alert: it’s not going to get better for them. It’s been downhill for them since the Reagan administration, but they keep voting for the folks that ship their jobs overseas, bankrupt their pensions, pull their social safety nets, etc. Asking for sympathy while shooting yourself in the foot really only…

Lol, higher education.

I like it when Winston talks about peanut butter.

Yah, so here’s the bad news - the Jags are playing in London every year thru 2020.

Yah, honestly, I haven’t seen an NFL game from start to finish in about 3 or 4 years - save the Superbowl, which, yes, I now watch start-to-finish for all the other things (food, commercials, socializing, etc.)

Well, dad wasn’t exactly svelte.

“Hey, remember that time Jose snagged that--”

Test ‘em all out (there’s a training area where you can sample each), see what piques your interest, and just have fun (the chars have difficulty ratings in their explanations, so starting with an easier one to get familiar with the maps, etc. is a good idea).

Well, and there’s a nuance to it, which Deadspin always ignores in its desperate need to histrionically clutch pearls every time there’s a brush-back pitch. In its simplest form, you can pimp what you did, you just can’t pimp *at* someone. David Ortiz is the best example - when was he last plunked for his…

Eh, I think there’s a fairly rich history around beaning showboats in baseball, not just a modern-era thing. Early baseball had some mean dudes.

Tracers?