I think it’s as much about the surrounding coaching staff as Farrell. That there was such a power outage under Chili Davis is troubling.

I’ve become more anti-phone personally, but I did catch a David Ortiz home run against the Tigers a few years ago, and while the video sucks, I now have a record of the noise I’m sure I always made when Ortiz did one of his things, and that’s nice to have.

Another player texted that after Trump made his remarks last week, his coach informed them that they would make one demonstration as a team, and they would be done with it.

As soon as he hit that triple, I turned to my cat and I said, “He’s gonna get shelled in the next inning, you watch,” and she looked at me and said, “Miao.”

I write poetry, very unsuccessfully. It’s painstaking and difficult and I hate myself, but I’ve always resisted the ad-world people (I work as a copywriter, literally above some of you folks, I think) who surround me and say, “Don’t send your stuff to journals, just do something yourself. Design a website, make a cool…

Also, wrong Hill, Tom:

I swear to God they shot The Deer Hunter in Swansea.

Whoa whoa whoa Chupacabra counts?

I watched it a few times. I think it’s his head. It seems to be visibly in motion as he comes set and kind of quick pitches.

Gah, dammit you beat me.

And, to be honest with you, I give it to you raw. I don’t know no other way to give it to you — raw and uncut, I always say that.

“Stomach cramps” is definitely a well-known euphemism among runners, but I mean, this is obviously above and beyond that.

I dunno man, I’ve considered saying fuck it and not showing up for work over much less than a child.

they had their bench coach alter his position in the dugout.

AP Styleguide no longer makes a distinction between the two.

Jeff Frye.

If there’s a positive to the insanity of recent political events, I think it’s that it is entirely possible that gun ownership can be outlawed or severely restricted in this country. We need to stop prefacing things with what we believe to be realistic. What do we want?

The real hero with the instant replay outside:

If anyone else was hoping for more of a outfield-hill-centric highlight, here’s one courtesy of Isotope/prospect Mike Tauchman: https://streamable.com/enkxj