True, it is quite a leap from the owning a sports publication to subjugating the world

I will bet money that Acuna would not agree to that, nor would pretty much any hitter who likes to showboat home runs/long singles.

I think you oversold it with the world domination part. Focus groups were mostly with you on the evil organization angle, but the going from evil to world domination without any intermediate steps probably asks more questions than it answers.

But if not for venture capitalists, how would people get a return on investment in this era of the USA no longer making anything worth selling to anyone? Gotta tear everything apart and feed on the entrails. It’s the New American Way.

I always go for Marie Claire. Their beauty tips are top notch.

Not clicking to find out about the new Mazda lineup seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Ah, Sports Illustrated. The magazine no one reads but which everyone is sad about. Or about which everyone is sad. The second seems needlessly Winston Churchill-y, but ending a sentence with about also sounds odd.

Ghoti?

Not making a political statement. I’m not even sure what this means. It’s just so funny and stupid at the same time. I could’ve gone with Sad Chief Wahoo to sort of be ironic, but also boring.

We’re going to need to speak to your dad to confirm before we allow this.

I’m sure Acuña will agree to stop hot-dogging after he hits a home run if pitchers stop celebrating getting a strike out. Or any kind of an out. Next time a pitcher gets a big strike out, turns around a fist pumps, Acuña should charge the mound and beat him over the head with his bat.

Yeah, I wonder about atmosphere, and if owners take that into account, or if it even matters much in baseball for television audiences. I can’t imagine I’d watch a lot of Rays games if I lived near there or grew up there. Quiet crowds are a guaranteed channel-changer for me.

for example the Ranger’s new ballpark deal involves a parking tax for lots near the stadium whose revenue is used to pay down the Rangers’ share of the stadium debt

that it will make people want to sit and listen to organ music and a five song rotation of 80's jams for three hours .

literal sewage treatment facility

The CEO needs a counter in the background racking up how much he’s getting paid by the second for firing everyone.

So they’re like patent trolls, only not as evil?

Do HR people even work for specific companies anymore? I figured they were all “consultants” these days, brought in to fire half the company, then they go away so nobody’s around for anyone to blame.

Do they test this shit out first or just stick it in there and think it’s gonna be good.

God knows I don’t want to defend the IAAF, but these championships are the baby of Lamine Diack, who spent years lining his pockets as head of African athletics and then the IAAF. Coe is making the best of a shit sandwich served on a dirty ashtray. Not that Coe is without fault (his quotes a while back on Salazar are…