“They really want to get this pick right. My sources tell me that at least 70% of GMs don’t want to get 50% of their picks wrong 80% of the time.”

The real scoopmaster

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NFL Cheerleaders: Thank you for agreeing to meet with us today, Mr. Goodell.

If Roger can’t make it that day im available

Counterpoint: He was involved with the destruction of the Marlins like another true Yankee.

That dong looked averaged size to me. Maybe comparing it to other homers, it might seem impressive, but it looked pretty average. Maybe because it was a night game it looked big, but really it was probably only a little bit longer than most...but not that much.

Bryce Harper needs another half decade of postseason failures before he’s in Ovechkin’s league. Harper’s only 25 years old.

Elgin Baylor? Charles Barkley? Steve Yzerman before 1997? ARod before 2009? Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr.?

Bryce Harper? Kind of simplistic, but both dudes who have had incredible careers, and have been on talented teams that consistently manage to underachieve in the playoffs.

I once thought I was depressed for an entire year, but it turns out it was just Mon-El.

I understand the best cure for Mon-El is bed rest and plenty of fluids.

In fairness, the average person breathlessly devouring this Schefter report is deeply, deeply stupid.

“Two days after they were bounced out by Florida, Arkansas traveled to Nashville to play six games in one day against Tennessee State”

The matches have been repackaged as The Cousins Cup presented by Incestry.com

Poor Barria was called up to the majors today, as a spot starter for the Giants.

Good! I hate this show.

It’s easy. Just say “We are building for sustained long term success but we still expect the players we have today to try to win every time they go on the field.” That statement is broadly true and doesn’t give the current players reason to give marginal effort.

You know, it’s possible that he could have made an argument that instead of tanking he was really trading for prospects. Tanking means you’re intentionally losing to secure a draft pick (which they are definitely also doing), but you could say “Hey, we completely screwed those guys in the trades. The prospects we’re…