Tom - friendly wager: if the Mets re-sign Cespedes, I get to do a guest post on Deadspin about a topic of my choosing (hint: I will choose something about the Mets).

It’s not crazy at all. There was no reason to carry 12 pitchers into this series: the staff is well-rested, has starters that tend to go deep, and you don’t have to worry about conserving arms or innings in the World Series. Through ten playoff games, Rob Zastryzny has gotten exactly zero work out of the bullpen: …

You can’t “yeah, but” this one.

This will all blow over for her, I’m sure. @VodkaRenuka just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

What in the Trumpian hell is Fitz thinking with these comments about the owner, the GM and the coach? He played like garbage for six weeks, got benched for GENO FUCKING SMITH, then manages to sneak back into a game when the inevitable Geno injury strikes, he performs adequately enough that the possibly-even-more-haple…

Look, the dog is not 8 and is (probably?) not Lochte’s son. But I think we can all forgive getting the number wrong and also acknowledge that many pet owners indulge in anthropomorphism from time to time.

And so it is. Congrats.

Well, in fairness, getting the five playoff teams right was hardly too much of a stretch, even in May. As for my whiff on the Cubs and the NLCS, let’s see what the Tribe’s bullpen does next week. I’m not rooting against the Cubs, and I’m no spook, either, but the Cubs always lose. It’s what they do. I won’t predict…

Let’s bury common sense and reason instead; it seems like the right thing to do after your scorching hot take killed them both.

so dumb and yet this makes me laugh every time

I can already tell this isn’t going to get enough stars.

The NFL’s defense here amounts not to “we didn’t know,” but rather “it was theoretically possible for us not to know.” It’s disgusting. And, at the risk of coming off as a sycophantic Kinjite, it bears repeating that a reporter for a blog in chapter 11 got her hands on this news by simply fucking asking for it.

lobe truthers

I know you are goofing around and this is a car blog, so forgive me for going down this rabbit hole, but I think it’s a shame that this label has stuck. Biden was a well-respected — albeit gaff-prone — senator, but his effectiveness and power as a VP is unmatched in the country’s history, with the possible exception…

Jose Bautista, continuing to maintain that the ALCS was rigged, has yet to concede Game 5.

And yet somehow I’m still the fucking black sheep of the family, right?

But for the hours of work I’ve put into developing the Sidebar persona, I think I would be inclined to change my kinja handle to FuckAaronHeilman.

It would be great if this whole thing was just a long episode of Scooby Doo and at the end of tonight’s debate Hillary went Velma and yelled “jinkies!” while pulling Trump’s mask off.

Thanks for this great article, Barry. I am looking forward to the one tomorrow about that time my nana died.

Bautista’s Twitter rant continued: “These Indians are off the reservation; working with crooked umps but failing Deadspin ignores. SAD. We will fix. #MCGA”