Good point. He could end being almost as good as Sam Horn.

I'm from Toronto and hate the Yanks and Sox more or less equally, so I can tell you more or less objectively that the near future of the Sox is a lot scarier to contemplate. A lot of their young players have already panned out.

Why would you denigrate John Olerud like that? The guy had a brain aneurysm.

I actually kind of hope the Yanks make a ridiculous run, and then are defeated 15-0 in a wildcard game in which Tanaka’s arm literally falls off.

Kevin Maas redux.

He’s gonna get suspended for at least a year, which really sucks. I’ve seen commenters on MMA sites hypothesizing that he’s some type of genius who did it on purpose to put himself on the sidelines until the time is right to complete the McGregor trilogy (since Dana has already said that Conor has to fight Alvarez or…

It’s starting to seem like justice isn’t actually blind.

If someone ever gets killed in a UFC fight, there's a good chance it will be at the hands of Anthony Johnson.

So glorious.

His moms is Trini and his dad is Barbadian. What’s up with those islands?

Imagine being from a country that has half the population of Houston but consistently produces the best competitor in the most showtime event in international athletics. Pretty amazing.

Do we count Russia as a rich or poor country? I feel like they pour a ton into amateur athletics, so I’m not sure poor = less testing.

I’ll give you Owens and Lewis. Not Michael Johnson. Donovan Bailey took his soul.

If I saw one of those I would be literally paralyzed by fear for the rest of my life.

Which is probably also true of a multitude of other countries. And I don’t know how it works, but athletes at the international elite level must be tested by bodies from countries other than their own. I don’t follow this stuff outside the Olympics, but Bolt must get tested all the time? I’m Canadian and it was…

But speed is one of the purest athletic abilities and kids in every country run races. Jamaica has less than three million people (and is mad poor)! If you look historically at who has held the 100m record, Jamaica is ridiculously overrepresented, particularly when you count the Canadians (both from Jamaica). It can’t…

Thanks, man! Gonna put it on the Kindle.

No one has yet adequately explained how such a small country produces all the fastest guys.

Deadspin commenters rethinking their positions on jorts?

Not an impossible jump. Cat lost his/her footing during takeoff.