“Ray Ratto (born 1954) has been a San Francisco Bay Area sportswriter since the 1970s and a sports columnist since the 1980s. A lifelong resident of Alameda, California”

“how much will his unassailable ability to not only get buckets, but generate buckets for others, outweigh his deficiency in balance?”

Really. Those teams are better than LeBron Cavs that beat the 72-win Warriors. That’s a nice spicy take right there.

Brie-osh is a pretty common way.

No disrespect intended, but Asia Durr is STRONG contender for at least a 12 seed in next year’s Name of the Year tournament.

Yes, please pronounce this word “Cornwall” in a different way, not “Corn Wall.” Also, can’t leave out the silly jab thrown in at Americans for good measure.

“LeBron’s a great player, but he’s petulant and sucks at talent evaluation”

as someone who has driven from NY to CA, your commitment to getting it done does not fall on deaf ears. that’s awesome. i have to assume you timed it in some way so kiddo slept during night? that’s what we did when driving from NY to OH a long time ago on multiple trips.

good thing you had an extra 4 days to burn on travel time!

That could have been an ad for car insurance, beer, Chipotle, Lowe’s, or whoever the fuck, it doesn’t really matter because it was still really awesome.

Well, then simply put I am astonished. I should have waited tables out there during the the years I was home for summer, instead of working at Heinen’s.

NICE

I am not saying Storm Duck isn’t cool. It just sounds like a character from Phineas and Ferb. If I met someone and they introduced themselves to me as “Hi, I am Syncere Friends,” it would throw me for a loop more so than “Hi, I am Storm Duck.” It just sounds basic-level made up. Syncere Friends and Truman Peyote do…

OK, so that’s some holy shit level reveal because that’s where I am from and was still living there in 1998 when not away at college. You gotta give me some specifics as to where. Downtown? Shaker Heights? Beachwood? Bratenahl?

Very much agreed that for things like a tap or bottled beer, $1 is fine. For simple mixed drinks, like vodka/soda, jack/coke, etc. $1 is probably also fine, but if its a full round of them, then probably an extra couple bucks. For a fancy cocktail, that involves any type of precise measuring, grinding, shaking,…

Please tell me about the magical land you waited tables at where in 1998 the “standard.” was 20%. Was it Monte Carlo? I bet it was Monte Carlo.

UNPOPULAR OPINION ALERT: Truman Peyote and Syncere Friends are BOTH better than Storm Duck

Would simply be yet ANOTHER sign of how doomed we all are at this point.

Nope.