Drew, you’re damn near slighting Robert Caro there, boy - I will not, I say, I will not have it. The man’s a damn good historian. But I am impressed with the reference, as well as another fine weekly FB. Thanks.

The English language too!

Dewey, Cheatam and Howe!

David,

If I may ask, how did you find Jack’s analysis? Insightful? And thank you for the inside baseball!

Ah, you maybe should check out the late 80s/early 90s Minnesota Twins before you make that statement. But your post is a shockingly good read!

Barry, thank you for this. It’s great for Chicago to have a murine layer.

A little research would reveal that Yale was around before Mormonism was created.

I’ll give you the Quebec one. (hint: Nova Scotia’s better, IMO).

It has to be said that not wearing black again has to be chalked up to experience. I look forward, as always, to your sport evaluation, but this one’s an interesting sideline (I guess) glance. Are you seated very near the action?

Actually a useful place to tailgate! Under the trolley tracks at Jack Murphy Stadium.....I mean Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego was one of the best places, with nooks and crannies in the parking areas that gave you extra room if you parked two cars the right way. Many a hot dog and beer joyfully consumed under the…

But somehow without the class of same.

The gif is fantastic, like he’s unsuccessfully trying to pass a kidney stone, which I guess could be a metaphor for his career thus far.

Chris,

I was just about to remark on your remarkable use of Pseudopilosocereus (‘How’d he put a South American cactus genus in a post on Deadspin?’) when I realized I misread your post.

I’ve never been to Pennsylvania, but this would be one area I’d pay double to avoid. Talk about Alabama of the North!

I’ve never been to Pennsylvania, but this would be one area I’d pay double to avoid. Talk about Alabama of the North!

I don’t think so - she isn’t that deluded to think she has the chops to hate that much. OTOH, she is her father’s daughter.

Her last name is Korean.

My Blue Jays kind of miss Jose (wonderfully apt photo, btw), but I’m pretty sure we’d be kind of shitty with him, too, just not as shitty as the Mets.

Clearly he’s not hemmed by conventional thinking.