"Art History" wink, wink

bulk of the series

the image I always remember from the Bartman Incident is a guy walking down the aisle next to Bartman's seat, sullenly pouring his beer onto Bartman's head, and then sulking away. Just a brutal, brutal scene.

mine was Toots and the Maytals

man, Martin Short should really see a doctor about that pinkeye

Don't be so sure about that - the Gold Gloves are bullshit, but they usually reward offense and reputation more than just star power (see Hunter, Torii)

DAVID ECKSTEIN SHALL HAVE HIS REVENGE!

if you look at the tags at the end of Parks and Rec, there's one for Fremulon Insurance (Schur's fake employer at FJM)

the point of Sabermetrics (and this is something Bill James has harped on forever) is NOT to find one catch-all statistic that will tell you everything, it's to use as many different statistics to get as close to a complete picture as you can.

take Jeter off of the Yankees, and he's Barry Larkin. An all-time great and a sure HOFer, but probably not the generational icon

yeah, Weiner pretty much had his death warrant already signed because he had practically no allies in the House caucus. I thought Grayson was a clown, however, and I wasn't sad to see him go

ha! I was just about to post the Dancing Queen story. Apparently it happened when he was just coming back as a closer. When the Braves PR people told him he should have an entrance song, he dismissed it as bush league (old school ballplayer and all that). So he told them to just play whatever they wanted. After a few…

fucking Doug Strange. Why did Cone have to throw him that 3-2 splitter?

"When will then be now?"
"SOON!"

baby, I am not from Havana!

it's like steam escaping

Lobo! Lobo! Bring back Sheriff Lobo!

"Koufax gave me some kishka once."

Ken … Joe … Doctor Colossus … Steve Austen

(sigh) no, my son is ALSO named Bort