I said this somewhere else, but that’s the key—they thought they were in “win now” mode last season. Through that lens, getting Melancon made sense.

Exactly. Sometimes you have to go for it, especially for the Nats, whose window is shrinking very, very quickly. I’m a Mets fan, and when they traded for Cespedes in 2015, it got them a pennant. I can’t go back and look at Michael Fulmer and say, “DAMN IT! Why’d you go do that?” Just a trade that worked out both ways.

Never forget. I was in 8th grade and came home and watched the last four innings with my mouth hanging open in astonishment. I thought he was the real life Steve Nebraska. God damn you Kevin Orie, you ruined what would have been easily the most amazing outing by a starting pitcher ever. It very well still might be…

Weird that Bochy had nothing to say about the bullcrap interference call on Heyward earlier in the game that cost the Cubs at least one run.

He was definitely critical of Dusty, but not in an obvious way, which made it even better. Something like...

It’s almost like Bennett thought the actual apology was more important than the public appearance of an apology. That sure sounds more mature than this doofus.

+1 Ex-Knick misery

Yeah, me too. I had a nice chuckle: “Worst possible shit, and it’s a photo of Stephen A., haha, funny.” Then I pressed play and the world burst into fire around me.

I thought the exact same thing: like Stephen A. had become visual shorthand for “the worst possible shit on TV.” (Not that this does anything to discourage that becoming a thing).

The numbers of people who live in these dumpy little towns in the San Gabriel Valley or along the LA River are just staggering. There are 100,000 people in Huntington Park, which appears to have the housing stock to accommodate maybe a third that many. The same applies to Pomona (160k), Santa Ana (350k), South Gate…

ELIMINATE THE PITCHER:

I wish him a very speedy 10-month recovery.

Background: Mike Milbury was probably one of the worst GM’s in sports history when he held that post for the Isles from the mid-90's through the mid-’00. That’s not hyperbole. Still, instead of getting fired, he got a promotion and became an executive of the Islanders. Thus were the Islanders under Wang.

That all being said- the points these other guys are saying here about the hypocrisy of shoving painkillers and opiates into these guys’ systems is true too!

Imagine a player with the head of a very smart kind of elephant and the body of, well, also an elephant but FAST! Now imagine a man who is half goat and he has hooks for hands. That’s crazy! Why not? Why can’t I have hooks for hands and live in the sewer? I’m just saying there’s no real reason why not. Cam Newton. Tom…

How was Rich Hill undervalued? They’re paying him $18mil a year through 2019. Seems to me they are paying for peak performance from a guy who has never sustained peak performance.

Hey the NFL ruins the lives of plenty of white men too! Here’s a name I’m scared to Google because there is a 0% chance he’s doing well.

You apparently can’t see past his color to see this isn’t just another young black man

The gossamer grace of Matt Adams is reminiscent of this young lass.