I've got the unique sort of madness that comes from wondering if, even though they might well be playoff contenders at last, I ought to root for the Mets to tank this year so Joe could manage 'em from 2016 on.

Jesus; she's old enough to be his mother...

Well chosen, Alec. If you're going to have beef, it might as well be dry, aged and Kobe.

Great, now I'm hungry, having seen "White Chocolate" in the title, followed by the singer repeating "cheese dome" and "the steak" throughout the song in the video.

Man, it's a good thing batters in baseball aren't given as many strikes as the NFL has been given by the introspection-addled FOOOOOOOTBAAAAAWWWWL-watching public.

I recall another game where was called for a balk when he fell face-first when trying to throw a pitch. It was like he had the yips or something. I couldn't find a GIF of it, though, sadly.

Let us not forget that the Mets (thanks, Mike Pelfrey) are responsible for one of the greatest balks ever:

Wish you guys hadn't left this one out:

"We're up all night to get runs,"

[reads article]

I think we need to ask the slimier member of this photo to help us figure it all out.

"Wow, what ingenious branding!"

If anything, this should give intelligent people hope to see lots of people in such a tizzy about math, for a change!

[studies computer screen intently]

I appreciate the response. The crux of it, though, seems to be, "Eh, the entire world/system is shit, so let's just leave it be and take our small victories when we can, and maybe someday it'll get better."

You think the things I listed have "literally nothing to do with the actual sport"? That would be hilarious if it weren't so insane and sad.

I love most things; sports especially. But football has become indefensible and should be eliminated.

You seem like a pretty intelligent person, which is at odds with your facile "maybe Ray Rice was just a shithead" statement. Of course he is a shithead—well, actually, he's more than a shithead: he's a violent, abusive criminal. But he has been protected by the NFL and the Ravens only until such a time that it was no…

You're absolutely right. Domestic abusers are scum. The thing is that football is something that is so plainly familiar and popular to the American people that if we can continue to highlight reasons why it's a disgusting and morally vacant thing to participate in or root for, it might resonate with people that those…

Counterpoint: football is fucking awful, for the following reasons: