The conventional strategy exhibited by many coaches that they should “coach not to lose” reveals that they are incapable of analysis . The odds dictate that a coach’s tenure will be short. There are rare exceptions where a coach can last without on-field success, but in general, he will get fired soon, even if he…

I’ve heard crowds sing along to songs many times in my life, but the “fuck you” in that song gets the most energetic crowd sing-along I’ve ever heard :).

Candlebox. Didn’t get respect because they were a ‘70's band in an era that rejected the music of the ‘70's, but they rocked harder than anybody else.

Was not familiar with Gin Blossoms, but just saw them for the first time a few days ago as an opening act. Wow, they were terrific!

I have two words for you: “Duncan” and “Hunter”. Nuff said.

Impressive, but he’s right about Alvarez. His third deck shot monday went way further than this one. I don’t see how it could possibly have been less than 500 ft.

Look, Sawchik could have chosen a better title for the article. But you’re jumping all over him for that without addressing the gist of his thesis. If he had simply titled it: “Minor leagues aren’t as important for MLB farm systems as they used to be”, it would have avoided this misunderstanding, but it wouldn’t have…

To add insult to injury for the Raiders, they now have to re-sign Keelan Doss, who they cut a couple of days ago. Only now, he has them over a barrel and he demanded and received a significantly better contract than the one he had earlier this week :).

No, we have a winner for the “which North American pro sport union has the least leverage”.

I know I’m missing out on the Deadspin snark train here, but I agree with him. In hockey, you don’t want a 2 goal lead going into the third period. A 2 goal lead is just enough to make you complacent, but not enough to be safe.

Many unions, sports or otherwise, have been squeezed this way in recent years. In order to survive, they’ve instituted two-tier labor contracts where future union members are sacrificed to ensure the union’s short-term survival. This keeps current membership happy since they keep their benefits. Management is happy…

Freeze told reporters after the game he found advantages to coaching from the coaching booth upstairs. “I can call hookers to come visit me right in the middle of the game. I might do this every week.”.

Asking moronic questions like this is not equivalent to being a good waiter. It’s more like being, well, a bad waiter.

All of those factors certainly come into play, but most significant IMHO is the lack of competition. It seems to me, since the success of the Astros, tanking has become an openly embraced strategy. In the past, with few exceptions, tanking was taboo. All teams at least made a token effort to try to win. You had some…

I’d like to commend the coroner on his assiduous examination. Also, I would like to request that testing for human flesh in the menu items be a routine part of the examination for all restaurant health inspections.

Well, it’s no worse an idea than the nicknames. Obviously most of the “nicknames” are contrived and made up just for this weekend.

Where do people get the idea that answering reporters’ stupid questions is somehow a necessary obligation of an athlete’s job?

My only exposure to soccer is here on Deadspin. Do soccer teams ever put the ball into the other team’s goal?

They won’t stop with these rule changes until the game is completely and utterly unwatchable.

Is it just me, or is that the most advertising ever in the frame of the picture of a baseball game broadcast?