+ $50

Reporter: Would you say you and your babies have a love-eight relationship?

quick poll: what is the percentage of Americans who just assume / believe that Isaiah Thomas the Celtic is the son of Isiah Thomas the disaster of a Knicks’ GM (and former Piston)? It’s gotta be like 30-40%, right?

Reporter: “Would you say you’re on cloud nine?”
Husband/Wife: “We’re on cloud nine!”

“meh”

He was the fucking man. I listened to Diamonds and Pearls six million times in the eighth grade.

He shall forever be known as the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince.

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To the many commenters who were touched by John’s very personal and very jarring account, please think about a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association . . . just go to www.alz.org . . . or click here to read about the progress that’s been made and the treatment horizon. We have a long way to go, and its going to cost…

Keith Hernandez — admittedly no stranger to hyperbole — compared Syndergaard to Nolan Ryan during the broadcast. That’s obligatory any time a young pitcher from Texas can hit 100 on the gun. And, again, it’s Keith. But still. He has been scary good over his first two starts this year. Cue the elbow soreness, the MRI,…

Not trolling: spent about ten minutes on this video this morning with my boys. It’s a textbook example of how the infield fly rule works, why we have it, etc. (I think the six year-old gets it; the four year-old, not so much).

Such things are often in the eye of the beholder, but not here: your parents are unequivocally and unmistakably cooler than mine.

Totes. Just a bunch of ‘ots hangin’ at the ‘Spin ‘fice on a Weds’ talkin’ ‘bout ‘cados and veg sandos.

I spent more time than I care to admit trying to figure out what the fuck a “cado” is; is that really a word that requires abbreviation? Are you guys that busy?

#teamdickey

JOSE BAUTISTA’S BLATANT VIOLATION OF New AND EXISTING MLB Slide RuleS Costs The Blue Jays A Game And They Are HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER TO BE Pissed

This. And, in any event, these guys seem to be “old-school, play-the-game-the-right way purists” only when it suits them. Bautista bat flip is ok - hey, it’s my culture! - but some namby-pamby paean to player safety is not?

dwelling in anxiety . . . a game of chicken I’m playing with my own worst fears—wondering every minute if it’s been long enough to check in again, and growing resentful in the process.

we are all sweatpants dad. sweatpants dad forever.

perfect.