Jack White apparently met up with Stephen Strasburg before the game. Stras uses “Seven Nation Army” as his entrance/walk-up music.

oh man there’s a B-Dub’s right across the street from my office, let’s goooooooooo

Oh dear lord no, if the NFL went regular season only that would be a disaster, mostly because every team doesn’t play every other team. Like, every ten years someone (usually the Chiefs) manage to go 13-3, mostly because they miss New England or anyone else actually good. And then they lose their first playoff game.…

Lorenzo Cain/Prince Fielder is still the greatest tag play ever.

It showed as outside, but not by an outrageous amount.

The Chicago-New Jersey one is particularly painful. Not an alert pass by a penalty killer, but a botched pass from a guy on the power play.

I have long sent our kids off to school with “Be good, have fun, learn something.”

They also have a dude named Greg McKegg. And Lucas Walmark, which sure as hell sounds like “Wal-Mart” every time he’s mentioned.

I went to a fair number of Cannons games in the 90s, before the Nats came to town and because getting to Baltimore on a weeknight is impossible. I looked through some old programs from that era, and on average I recognize ONE player from each team roster as a future big leaguer. Joey Votto was on one of those teams.

This one’s pretty good though:

What fan bases in MLB would not do the exact same thing under the circumstances? I can think of two: San Diego and Miami.

1. put a chicken neck in a crab trap

A conservative friend posted a link about this scandal on FB and wrote “liberal elistists,” no doubt focusing on the actresses.
Pretty sure we wouldn’t have to dig too far into this list to find someone who’s conservative af. Jesus, dude, it doesn’t all have to be conservative vs. liberal, pretty much everyone who’s…

For DC, I am reluctant to call the Smithsonian’s big three—Air & Space, Natural History, and American History—”tourist traps” because they all have a lot of legitimately great stuff. But tourists flock to them, and as a result they get unpleasantly crowded, especially in the summer (with packs of high school kids in…

The “one minute left in the period” announcement in hockey is also a throwback to the days of hard-to-see clocks. Not sure why it’s still around, as it mostly just allows whatever doofus is behind me to loudly say “Hey, how much time is left in the period?” at the 1:05 mark.

True, they’re saying about 100 of the 300 million was deferred. You can make an argument about tax rates in Nevada after retirement and what not, but still.

Three extra years notwithstanding, can’t help but think signing with a division rival for a lower AAV than was offered says something about how he feels about the Nats.

Recipes for roast chicken or turkey often say “Cook until the thickest part of the thigh registers 165 degrees” or the like. I sure would like to see an actual picture of where I should be stabbin’ that thermometer.

BA recently published this article praising the Skura sponge. I have them in my Amazon cart but haven’t bought them yet.

I was introduced to The Baron while on vacation in the USVI, and it’s been my go-to ever since. Made on St. Lucia. It’s got the flavor of Scotch bonnets with a bit of mustard, and it’s (IMO) just hot enough without being overwhelming.

I was introduced to The Baron while on vacation in the USVI, and it’s been my go-to ever since. Made on St. Lucia.…