Sworzak, a name as American as apple streudel

Hey fellow DCr! Nice pick. In a similar vein, Diamond Sea is sublime.

+1 New York Catcher

Once in Cleveland, once in Boston. About time this staffer was recognized for twin peeks.

+1 Busey

Combining a couple of acts that are mentioned in this, Trent Reznor’s cover of Joy Division’s “Dead Souls” is astounding in whatever version you find.

“Hi, Sness Chalmers!”

Plogging is different down undah

Weirdly, I’m seeing Mike Piazza

Love the fortuitous placement of an ad for glue on that shot.

Serious question: how close to the boundaries of trafficking is this?

The best plan to make the next generation of US players the best in the world? Prevent the next generation elsewhere.

When I was 8, I didn’t know enough about football to see the offsides on every kickoff. Also, I don’t think I ever punted once.

I’ll leave this here:

Get busy LAXing, or get Bizzy Blanding. -Andy Dufresne, IV

Derrière Jordans

Numbers (and hardware and general profile) look really similar to Andre Dawson. Better OBP but played peak years in early 2000's. My guess is he gets in after 5 years or so of ballots.

Just to be clear, we’re talking about KOOMIN, not KYOOMIN. Only people who pronounce it Massatoosetts use the latter pronunciation.

Ted Williams? After hitting .406 at 23 and winning the Triple Crown at age 24, missed the next 3 peak years serving in the war, then came back and wnon a couple of MVPs, then served again in Korea missing two more years. Still had enough in the tank to hit .388 at age 38. No one deserves a ring more than that guy.

The handle innovation is inspired more to prevent hamate bone injuries, per the NYT article on Grady Phelan.