I have to say, as a non-Yankee fan, this systematic destruction of Jeter’s carefully crafted public image - largely at his own hands - pleases me greatly.

+1 but -11 Fangraphs range factor

Buddy, I can call Ty Cobb anything I want cause that dead mother fucker isn’t gonna do a god damn thing to stop me. He wouldn’t drive on roads paved by the Chinese. He hit Guatemalans with tire irons for fun. He tucked his weiner back at least twice a day because it made him feel alive.

Jeter never called or corresponded with either in any way, and indeed to this very day neither have heard from Jeter directly

Yes. Punching anyone outside of self defense (even Nazis) is considered assault. People punching Nazis know they’re breaking the law, and are ok with the possible repercussions.

And it makes that footage of Spencer getting his due that much more gratifying.

I worked the door at various venues and there are black light markers that (with a bit of artistic talent) could be used to replicate almost any stamp. As a bonus, the legit hand stamps are rarely all that legible. They are smeary and undecipherable 90% of the time. Get the basic color and shape right and it’s pretty…

Agreed. Yet again, to explain the situation with Franken, all we have to do is go back to Ta-Nehisi Coates’ article “Fear of a Black President”:

Another infuriating, stark reminder that abusers don’t fit any specific profile, they’re everywhere. Apologies for apparently being one of the few commenters who don't find this funny.

until the colonel removes the cheeto chicken sandwich, a restaurant will be destroyed every night. this i swear to you

/reads headline

I actually think there are lots of of guys who think they are “good guys” who behave the way he did who saw it and were like “ohhhh nooo, I’m a scumbag.” Then of course they made it all about them, but baby steps are still steps.

Los Angeles is pretty good as Kosher Los Angeles. There are about 50 kosher restaurants in the LA area.

Then don’t think of the cause and just approach the news with at least requisite sympathy/empathy for the family.

Their pro football coverage is outstanding. I have no reservations about saying that openly. Also, thank you.

“All told, more than half of all teams’ roster spending—52.42 percent—will go to rookie-scale contracts.”

The thing that gets me about this is that there’s literally no other scenario in the world where a dink like Stevens would do this to someone like Lowry who could clearly and easily kick the shit out of him. The only thing that lets someone like Stevens think he can get away with it is a lifetime of thinking that…

You’re just proving my point here—that kind of trash doesn’t make NYC a “tough” media market. There’s no hard-hitting journalism going on there. That’s just NYC media types being assholes because that’s what they believe they’re supposed to do.

I’m going to preface this with saying I’m not in NY, and I’m not from NY, so I’m sure all the “NYC IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE” people are going to decry this take as “you’re not from there, so you can’t possibly understand,” but...

“Why would a boss sexually harass her? I mean look at her. He’s successful and she’s fat and ugly. No way do I believe her. He could do way better.

Well yes, that’s how all apologies that don’t involve time travel work.