Great, thank you. So in that scenario does it matter whether you had a guy hitting left or would you do the same thing with a right-handed hitter?

Yeah, okay I guess that does make sense. If Beltran comes home, it doesn't really matter what base the guy before him was standing on.

Baseball neophyte question: why is holding the runner in that situation unorthodox? Why give him a free pass to get to second? It's a two-run game. His presence on base means (almost) everything in that scenario. If he gets to second, a base hit brings him home. If you hold him on first, a base hit (probably) doesn't…

Emmett will be reunited in heaven with the cameraman who was killed by a truck after shooting this stand-up.

I am both of those things and I can confirm it's 100% British.

But it sure seems like Ecky has drunk his own Kool-Aid. (He drinks it out of a thimble, and can only finish half of it before his tummy fills up.)

The genius of FJM's Ken Tremendous (Parks and Rec producer Mike Schur) strikes again.

The most persuasive argument I saw was at least Boston fans know that they're dicks. So I guess the Red Sox? Although I think I'll be rooting more against St. Louis than I'll be rooting for Boston, if that makes sense?

Drew, you've been on a roll lately with the half-time musical entertainment. Keep it up!

I'm with you. A grand's a grand.

Snap poll: Do you a) go to the game or do you b) take the $800 (or $1,000 or $1,500) profit?

This. Holy shit: this.

Not just "a munity." A diplomatic munity.

Both execrable pieces of bilge that should have had them marched from their buildings never to return. But while Whicker's was ignorant and tone-deaf on a level that made your ears pop, it wasn't in-your-face nasty. So: Mushnick.

Also: Cuts away to the crowd shot when Ortiz is farthest from the camera, then comes back to the action as he comes home. Well done, sir.

Boy, the Indians really fucked with Hawk this year, didn't they? It would almost have been cruel if he wasn't such a dick.

In the annals of old-timey media scandals, where would 'Johnny Carson Shoots and Kills Frank Gifford For Having an Affair With His Wife' have ranked? Biggest of its era? Biggest of all time?

The other thing Manning does better in the Tennessee TD compared with the Denver one is he comes to a momentary stop after faking the hand-off. It's almost like he catches himself by surprise - for a split second - that he still has the ball. Then he accelerates off his left foot and takes off for the end zone. It's…

Never forget that if supervillains were real, they'd start as sports owners.

I think Chris is onto something with the pre-emptive surgery. More and more Aussie Rules players, for example, are going in for LARS surgery rather than a conventional knee reco because the fiber/fibre they use is stronger than natural ligaments. Also, the recovery time can be months instead of a full year. So I can…