This is precisely my idea of fun.

This is my point exactly.  These aren’t deep cuts; they’re all radio staples, and they’re all worlds better than the three Drew knows.

Isn’t this why we’re here?  Also for the vaguely inscrutable baseball-themed avatar circles?

Of course Springsteen > Seger, but honestly, if your understanding of “Seger” is “Like a Rock” and “Old Time Rock ‘N Roll” and a Metallica cover, why bother engaging?  There are some amazing songs in his catalog... those aren’t any of them.

Look, the guys from Lubbock were good. The guys from Charlottesville were slightly better.  Very fine people on both sides. 

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“THIS IS WHY I HAD TO YELL AT AARON HENRY. GLANCES DON’T WORK. Oh wait. Scratch that.”

*the first round

Yeah, well, I’m one of these elderly (i.e. late 30s) fools who still believes in civilized discourse - or at least in imposing it on the physical and virtual spaces that I frequent - so I’m not about to stop calling them out for it just because they get shits and giggles out of trolling me.

Stop trying to make “getting hit by a car” happen

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Can you please stop calling them the Pool Boys?  You’re such a good writer otherwise.

There are a lot of straw men in there. I’m not saying anyone should shut up and dribble. I think it’s great that Russ went back at this guy, just that whether or not he did shouldn’t have anything to do with the substance of the comment.

I don’t think this take is really right, though. It’s all still way too infused with this sort of “how dare they insult my family?!?!?” machismo bullshit. If someone came to my work and insulted me, I’d be pissed off because (a) it’s generally annoying; (b) it would prevent me from doing my job well; (c) it would mean…

Why would you write an article the thesis of which is that the Phillies went after Harper rather than Machado because of concerns that their predominantly white fan base wouldn’t be as welcoming to a POC without actually using the word “race” or “white” or “Hispanic/Latino” or anything else? When the text is the…

“What’s the big deal?”

Thank god for that edit.

I appreciate the Kraftwerk that went into this Kinja.

Yeah man.  I remember War Admiral and Whirlaway and Citation like it was yesterday.

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