over 2000 homers this year, only 5 with a launch angle as low as 17 degrees, which that one was. MASHED.

That shit went directly over the 420 ft marker which means I have to bust out my pen real quick and take a pull. It’s almost as if the ball had the perfect trajectory to land directly in center based on how perfectly he timed the pitch. Amazing.

I made a passing “Hi, I’m a big fan. I hope you and your family really enjoy Centre - it’s a great school” comment, too. She was great. Couldn’t have been nicer to everyone coming up to her.

It’s hard to even think of words that can describe what a great person she was. I got to meet her in 2008, not in my hometown of Knoxville, ironically, but in the dining hall at the small college I attended in Kentucky. She was there with her son who was looking at schools at the time. I was initially reluctant to…

Metal bats, maybe. The fact that many of the best players are already playing in the minors or come from foreign countries and bypass the college system entirely is another part. That segmentation results in divided audience attention. People might care about their pro team’s minor league affiliates, or their local…

It’s frustrating that you continually ignore the fact that 99.99% of collegiate athletes are never going to be professionals in their sport. While college baseball players should 100% be given full scholarships (and ironclad, four year ones at that, as should college football and basketball players) on the whole they…

Is Robert Green back in goal for England?

Friend who doesn’t watch soccer: “What’s the deal with this Higuain guy? I need context.”

I don’t get it. Hitting JT with the cultural appropriation hammer just feels like petty, “take my ball and go home” stuff. He’s not a cultural tourist. He’s not going through an “urban” phase. He makes music that sounds very much like the music of someone who grew up in Memphis would make.

Similarly, Gonzalo Higuain “scoring in a final” is also just a threat.