That’s... that’s where it comes from

Pfft, the math will all change when you factor in the various monster truck rallies the venue will also host. 

Starred for accuracy anyway, but - it’s an anecdote told by a former Wizard about something that transpired during a Wizards game, it’s not that big a stretch..

I mean, I take your point Chris but I think the Spurs have to have higher hopes for Duncan than merely being “better than everyone in the Wizards organization combined”..

Perhaps journalists covering other sports simply find it

I love sport-specific sayings like “surplus to requirements” - something I bet has never been written about, say, Washed Carmelo Anthony (outside of UK coverage of the NBA, perhaps) despite being totally fitting.

Little known fact, every time you scream “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM??” in someone’s face it ages you six months.

plus it’s viewable outside the US which is a rare treat for us filthy foreigners

Drastically better, thank you

Hey everyone, watch this: I’m going to think of a terrible pun related to this disturbing situation and then just... not say it.

Interesting to contrast Panarin and Ovechkin, particularly in relation to Panarin’s comments about resources being drained away to Moscow. Alex Ovechkin was born in Moscow and has probably spent most of his life benefiting from Russian imperialism, whereas Panarin’s hometown is further from the Russian capital than…

This is the balanced take I was searching the greys for

A robot/computer owner could at least be relied on to Trust the Process 

This was all a waste if you didn’t shave your eyeballs to improve your mental health

I’m not trying address it as a legal defense, though. All I am saying is that when someone here in the Deadspin comments says “zomg he threw it right at his head!!1” it overlooks the fact that these people stand in front of 100 mph pitches all year and are paid for their ability to react to them.

No disagreement about your second paragraph. Regarding the first, I think we’re moving further and further away from reasonable analogies to the sport that requires 200 or so pitches within a few feet of the batter’s head every game (and in which convention allows pitchers to throw within a foot of the batter’s head…

I’m no lawyer but a cursory googling suggests you’ll get ABDW for stomping repeatedly on someone’s head. I’d wager it’s closer to that typically than it is to “kicking someone” or, even more accurately since I was talking about throwing at someone, attempting to kick someone.

I’m aware that by the letter of the law this would qualify, however sports (in particular professional sports) are often seen as exceptional, especially when something falls reasonably within what would be defined as ‘the game’ and like it or not, HBP and possibly even intentional HBP could probably be argued as…

That’s not what I asked, but, fair enough. 

Honest question - how often does “throwing at his head” result in a player being hit in the head by a pitch? I’d wager that it’s extremely rare and that as such “throwing at his head” doesn’t represent a serious attempt at assault.