Somebody should make a Tumblr of people getting arrested in PJ Stock Bruins alternate jerseys.

It's possible that no concussion-based substitution, whether temporary for evaluation or permanent for injury, would count against the limit if an independent evaluator is implemented. Or maybe you just add a couple concussion-specific subs. I think it's possible to categorize a head injury as different from any other…

This is a terrific essay that bears several readings. Reminds me of a David Foster Wallace's "How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart." I'm off to buy your book, sir.

The bruise is misdirection; what's with the cane?

I don't know, fans are fans and we like the players on our team. But I grew up in Boston and I wouldn't say we're apologists to this extent. Sure we're loyal to our team, that's being a fan, but in recent memory, we were just as pissed when Ellsbury was here and was hurt all the time. Manny was an enigma with whom we…

"Every time I look at the TV they're all standing around." -Dad

w/r/t the thinking in a language bit, I think that's the main defining point of fluency- no matter how well you can speak a language, if you're translating it in your head while you're doing so, you're not technically fluent. Fluency is when you're just operating in that language on a gray-matter level. I think…

We all know they'll blow this when the German coach decides to split his team in half and try to simultaneously play Russia around like the 6oth minute.

Nice, 69.

I love that the throw to home isn't even that rushed.

I think this is an instance where the "central office" thing is a problem. I can see that they're going for speed and objectivity, but the umpires should have a say in what they saw, what they thought they saw, and how the replay might affect their understanding of a play. I noticed in a Rangers game the other day…

That's what Bradford Cox of Deerhunter has too.

Maddon says: "That come back?" Anyone read The Art of Fielding? There's a part where the main character is taking BP through a machine and he's trying to perfect his drives up the middle by to hit the ball directly into the barrel of the machine.

Those goddamn announcers manage to sully every highlight this guy has.

In addition to the friction and water elements, it's also a good way to quickly make sure there are no irregularities in the crease. If there's a divot or a bump or a little soft spot or something, you'll want to know before you're actually following the puck. I'd agree with EddieWinslow up there though, it's a mental…

Birds do that all the time to hawks, though they usually gang up. Sparrows and crows in particular will agitate the shit out of hawks to try to deter them from, you know, disemboweling one of their own. This might all be going down in the general vicinity of the mockingbird's nest, which could explain why it's just…

What happens when you disrespect the game before the game starts? Does like a bench coach throw behind you in BP?

Christ, Ken Jeong looks awful.

He's got a point, but the language he uses to describe the situation makes it seem like he doesn't understand the meaning of "competition." I think on a certain level, you can compare this to those shitty, way-sub-500 Dolphins and Bills teams that seemed to hand the Patriots a loss every year. Yeah dude, you did have…

Fat Idiot in Cargo Shorts Physically Announces Self as Fat Idiot in Cargo Shorts. I love the disdain for this gentleman on every level. Even the diminutive tweener ball girl gives him the cold shoulder.