Hence, part of the pros and cons of the plea bargain system. If you’re a prosecutor and EVERY case you have is set to be tried, your system will be backed up until (enter infinity sign here). Plus, when you’re dealing with cases of the Sharper nature, you have other factors - evidence, witnesses that may or may not…

Almost like the drug war was invented to replace Jim Crow.

If I could just go back in time to when I was 12 and taken to my fist MLB game at Comiskey Park and punch my parents in the genitals, I would. This fucking team. Do you know how fucked it is that Reinsdorf and Williams appear to be on the better side of right here? When the hell has that ever happened?

The answer is yes, because the United brand is doing better than ever despite the poor showings on the turf.

It is going to really awkward for Ryan Giggs when he wakes to find Mourinho’s head in his bed and a bloodied Paul Scholes rocking in the corner while repeating “I did it for you Giggsy, I did it for you...”

Why is it posted at all?

You mean “One thing is Clear...”

One thing is certain: among 51-year-old hitters, Bonds is clearly the cream of the crop.

These guys only complain because the new rules have teeth.

This is like a bank asking for a bailout after all their executives mishandled millions in other peoples’ money. Like that would ever happen!

Yeah but he totally has black friends and he’d trip over himself to show you that he has Reggie Jackson’s phone number somewhere in this god damn new fangled dialing machine.

The best moment in Pirates history, 1993-2011.

“So, if no one keeps it in check, which there is no one keeping it in check, first of all, no one wants to bite the hand that fed them or the hand that feeds them today. The only liaison we had was Joe Torre. It’s like Washington DC. Everybody starts out with good intentions. You can’t beat them, join ‘em.”

Like I said elsewhere, I’m loving that my nom (Daystar Smallboy) made it.

I hope that Onno Hoes faces off against Dick Tips

Daystar Smallboy and Dr. Shark Bird is an awfully tough run.

Taco Pope has the peculiar distinction of being both infallible and unfillable.