emma is an astonishingly bad writer. I know all of the deadspin staff will defend their own, but she makes so many mistakes in her articles that she’s given up trying to defend herself

If your only chance of scoring is hitting the catcher so hard he drops the ball it probably isn’t a clean baseball play

Yeah, Rizzo was outside the line until suddenly he wasn’t. You can literally see his path change drawn in the dirt where his foot dragged. Went completely out of the way to slam him and then had to fall back the other direction to land on the plate.

Rizzo pretty clearly didn’t deviate from his path here

“Rizzo pretty clearly didn’t deviate from his path here...”

It looks like Hedges did indeed give Rizzo a path to the plate. Catchers are sitting ducks...looking at the baseball while a lumberjack barrels full speed towards you.

Rizzo was dead wrong. He absolutely swerved to hit the catcher instead of trying to slide into home plate. He should be suspended until Hedges is back at 100%.

Ok, who set his calendar to October??

Rizzo is absolutely going to wear one for this. We all know it’s coming. Yes, this is all so fucking stupid.

(Clyde Frazier pops up out of nowhere)

Only if it was a speed hole.

Was there any real advantage to having a fucking hole in your bodywork?

best I can do with no mouse and using a chromebook. :)

Do you know who Andrew Miller is?

Congratulations, Mr. Grand Moff Talkin’, on COTD! I would like to gift you with a VW Microbus which this lovely lady will deliver soon..............tis special and amazing.

Half-Life 3 is the correct take.

For years I begged you guys to cover the Red Wings. Begged you. The magic of Datsyuk. The playoff streak. The back-from-3-0-that-wasn’t in 2011, featuring Filppula’s game 6 goal, my favorite as a fan including all the Cup winners. Now, here it is. All the Red Wings coverage I could ask for. “The Dynasty that Ate…

But you sit higher!