VINEGAR STROKE

Sad to see Rally Bear walken outta there, but loved the way he explored the studio space while he could.

Sure, Rally Bear is great and all, but you know what is better? A perfectly folded Rally Towel...it's for folding, not waving.

Look: if the sight of Walden - who has actually closed previously in his career - coming out for the 9th with the lead terrifies you, that's fine. Understandable, even. Of course, Carpenter was coming off of an outing that lasted 2/3 of an inning, where he game up 2 runs on a homer, so ...

And here's the dataset from the Baseball Prospectus:

Well, then, don't speak in absolutes.

I'm not contesting Mo's prolific career. I'm just saying Kimbrel is the best closer in baseball and Fredi mismanaged him at the worst possible moment

"No, I'm mad because I told him if we're winning after seven I could [something] two innings."

Also, the fact that "Redskin" is the name of the sports franchise representing the capital city of the country that essentially eradicated the people derogatorily referred to as Redskins, ensuring that very few could raise their voices in opposition to any such name—and the fact that the lack of "legitimate"…

Again, I'm not defending the chop, but I'd like you to make the argument that "Redskin" isn't everything you would describe the chop as and more.

Huh, I would have pegged Peter King as more of a 9a/XI guy.

Trebek: And the category for Final Jeopardy! is "People". And the clue is:

Dave O'Brien is easily the worst in Atlanta. In the offseason he wrote about Evan Gattis' story and didn't shut up about it until a month into the season. Literally, in every notebook, spring training gamer, regular season gamer or anything else, DOB could not mention Gattis' name without telling Gattis' story over…

Bowman is probably the best. DOB is probably the worst (at one time, he was ok before he got worn out by the AJC commenters). DOB is now basically a shill for the team and Fredi, and he just seems bitter and going through the motions (content to not rock the boat). Despite plenty of good options (e.g. Chipper's…

I never read anything from bowman, so I can't say anything about him, but O'brien is insufferable on twitter. He's always responding to dumb tweets and with annoying responses, instead of just ignoring them.

I kept tellin' 'em, it was a bad idea, ya shouldn't combine the two, but did they listen? Enjoy Amish/Unabomber Night, dipshits.

"Lawyers eye NSA data as treasure trove for evidence in murder, divorce cases"

Moreover, "evidence" doesn't have to prove who committed an act. There may just be evidence that a particular act or event occurred. Or even that it didn't. This perverse notion that something is not evidence until someone is looking for it, or until they've found and interpreted it, is the goofiest thing I've read so…

I think someone mentioned this yesterday, but does Hernandez not understand modern technology? Does he not get that smashing his cellphone (and likely his security system keypad or whatever) does not necessarily delete the information stored or transmitted on those devices? Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he…