Laura called it!

The same Russell Wilson who was under contract to play minor league baseball with a Rockies affiliate? And who was later Rookie of the Year? Oh yeah, he did that. 

Elway is the fucking worst. He hasn’t hit on a draft pick that wasn’t either a) someone whose draft stock fell for stupid “character” reasons (Bradley Roby, Shane Ray) or b) Von Miller

2 things:

Or just a smokescreen to bury coverage of the Manafort trial. 

Oh my god! The correct answer is always “Simon Says” by Pharoe Monch. An awesome 15 seconds before anything even remotely mysoginist hits.

Yes. This is 100% the issue. The same forces that make it such that nearly all former players are broke 5 years after retiring make it such that almost none of them can survive a year without salary. The PA needs to create a massive warchest, which would be used to prevent players from crossing the lines in an…

Agreed, but the ROI they’re actually after is preventing stores from organizing, which they’ll be able to do because they’ll know if anyone is starting to talk to each other about unions. 

and

I’m really not weird and pedantic about this (promise!), but this is a post that really should have the number for the suicide prevention lifeline at the bottom. 

It is because of this song that my two year old knew the term “allegations”

Is this about baseball or just about numeracy in America? Most people don’t understand the weather report when it says there’s a 30% chance of rain and almost half of a group of MIT freshman got the “a ball and a bat cost $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much is the ball?” question.

Uh, time trials, right?!?!?

Counterpoint: the third generation RAV4 came with an optional V6 which made the thing a goddamn rocket ship. My wife still drives hers because everything else she might consider is too slow by comparison.

Assuming you have those available, which you might not.

I dunno man - I’m a pretty big germophobe too (working in hospitals does that to you), but I’d rather do that to my own kid than to have them end up in the hospital themselves. I have mouthwash.

Good pick. Am I the only person alive who remembers that there was an original non-Human Nature-mixed version of this song? Can this song be found anywhere?

Possibly related: Novartis is reeling from much lower than expected sales of Entresto, which is actually a pretty fantastic medication for certain heart failure patients, but it’s cost to the patient is highly variable (including to Medicare patients according to what Part C they have, if any). Changes to the Part D…

In a very different vein, and I’m sure others have done this too, but Orangina with vodka is delicious. Even in my 30s. We call it a “Metric Screwdriver”

Yes. The Monforts would also like a word.