I wanted to grab the video of the “first pitch” for reference:

Muhammad Ali did not throw out the first pitch in Marlins Park history. Jeffrey Loria’s sick ass paid whatever was asked (presumably more than the HR statue cost) to have Ali golf-carted out to the pitcher’s mound from Centerfield. The ball was then snatched from his unstable hands by none other than the unremarkable…

“As a Cleveland fan” might just be he saddest thing to hear in life. It’s neck and neck with human trafficking, at a minimum.

The Warriors are a necessary evil. For the sake of the Sonics, OKC cannot advance. All hail the Warriors for this series.

The best spanking scene didn’t even have any. Much too perilous!

Or gay men? This whole thing is just someone being uptight about human sexuality.

Possible third option: the GOP convention will predictably result in the complete and total destruction of the city just before the football season starts, the Browns’ season will be cancelled, and all will generally agree that things worked out for the best.

And over at Marvel there’s a resigned sigh, because not only are they never, ever getting The X-Men back, but neither will they getting the Fantastic Four because every time any superhero movie succeeds it gives the studios that still have control over some of their properties false hope.

Exactly. I don’t begrudge him the character’s success as he’s transcended his origins, but not to mention Deathstroke at all is odd to the point of deliberate deception.

What’s really weird is that there’s nothing really wrong with that. “Parody of another character that ended up becoming popular and took on a life of his own” is a perfectly fine origin for a fictional character, and it’s happened before in other media (see: Foghorn Leghorn & Senator Claghorn). But when you try to…

Considering the “origin” of Deadpool involves Nicieza looking at Liefeld’s Deadpool sketch and saying “This is Deathstroke.”, yeah, it’s really surprising he’s not mentioned at all.

Seriously? An entire piece on Deadpool and not one mention of Deathstroke? That’s like an entire article on the Squadron Supreme or Imperial Guard and no mention or the Justice League or Legion of Superheroes. While I’ve no doubt Liefeld thinks he pulled this character out of the ether, that’s no reason for you to act…

Agreed.

There are no bad ideas. There is only lousy execution

I absolutely love how, out of all the movies he’s done over the years, it’s Deadpool that is what could best be considered a passion project for Ryan Reynolds.

I don’t like Diet Pepsi, but I love Pepsi, does that mean I don’t enjoy either? I don’t hate the prequels but they certainly missed the mark by a long shot.

You know, say what you want about Walt Disney, but at least the monorail ran on time.

Counterpoint: No one would care if I blew all my money on the lottery as long as I win the jackpot, but it’s still not a great financial strategy :)

Ugh, and right as the process was getting this team back on track, they won a game 4 games ago but I guess everyone’s already forgotten about that.