I watched the game. Ortiz lipped off about pitch 5 for sure. McCann did a godawful job receiving a borderline slider (which looked way worse live in 4D than it does in the 2D pitchfx box). But strike 6 was nowhere close and Kulpa rang him up for revenge.

Great movie. That Boston is a distant memory-for better and worse. It was a true blue collar city of neighborhoods. But as a black kid I could get the shit kicked out of me if I went into a lot of those neighborhoods (and a white kid would get his ass kicked in my neighborhood.)

I probably worked your Dad’s plane more than a few times. I was an air traffic controller at Ramstein Approach in the mid 80s and we would get our asses kicked when the Zwei birds would nightfly the Bravo routes. Ask your Dad about those missions. If you didn’t already know it, he was a total badass if he flew RF4s on…

That’s an interesting argument Albert. I would argue that the way that the result is achieved is either honest or fraudulent. I’m not arguing that he achieved the results that earned him the big payday. I’m saying that he did it by cheating and maybe Olney is right.

I have been an air traffic controller for over 30 years. Planes fly day and night. Therefore, we work a schedule that we call “the rattler.” We start out working until midnight on day one. Then we work until 10 PM, 4PM, and 2 PM. The best part is that we come back into work 8 hours later and work the graveyard shift.…

I agree with Olney. People, in general, and players, specifically, shouldn’t be allowed to benefit from fraud. What’s the difference between Bernie Madoff misrepresenting a Ponzi scheme as a legitimate investment to defraud investors and a ball player using PEDs to inflate their stats to defraud a team?

From the second video:

The NBA got rid of the 3 to make 2 and 2 to make 1 free throw rule after the 81-82 season. They should bring it back for the final 5 minutes of the game for off-ball fouls. Hell, make it the final 5 minutes or when a team is in the penalty situation. I never understood why they eliminated that rule. The game flow was…

Shhhhhhh with the “My Cousin Vinny” reference! You’re going to ruin the surprise when he calls his surprise ball inflation expert-Mona Lisa Vito.

I live in New Hampshire. Our riding season lasts about 7 months-unless you ride a BMW...those guys ride in snowstorms. I wish I could ride 70,000 miles a year. But I’m fine with my 6-10,000 a year for the last 35 years. The best advice I ever got from a riding instructor was “ride your ride.” When I hear about two…

I’m a weekend rider. I ride for fun. I’ve been riding for over 30 years. I hate riding in groups because it usually turns into a “swinging dick” contest. It might just be that I’m a little older than you. I honestly believe that most people who ride motorcycles are better drivers because they have a defensive driving…

When I ride my motorcycle my head is literally on a swivel. I am such a better driver (rider) on a bike than in my car...I think most people are. I am focused on the ride. I am focused watching out for that Volvo driver who decides to turn left in front of me without signalling. I am not drinking a coffee, blasting…

That’s enough money to cover academic costs for 3500 Alabama undergraduates or 7000 Alabama community college students while leaving $1.5 million for player stipends. Instructors at Alabama are payed $37,000 per year. They could pay starters the same and have plenty left over to give the remaining 100, that’s right…

Jeb Bush is nice, interpersonally; this is the very least that can be expected of an adult human being, and certainly of one who spent his formative years in a bullshit patrician politeness school like Phillips Academy Andover.

Fact: every Hooters in the south has a picture on their wall of Chris Berman with the local Hooters Girls.

Can you say President Bloomberg?

Senator Stabenow, above, has been outspoken about the way race factored into the way Flint’s poisoned water was dealt with by Governor Rick Snyder. Last month, she told Yahoo News, “The sad, outrageous reality is that people were not paying attention to what the residents were saying because they weren’t a priority.…

Most pensions are based on regular wages. But most police pensions include overtime. It is standard for police officers to max out their overtime at the end of their careers. Thus, their high-3 or high-4 or high-5 is skewed way above their regular wages over the majority of their careers. And many get pay raises when…

Actually, because teams pay the police departments, who then pay the officers, the overtime counts towards their pensions. That's why many police officers get pay raises when they retire. It's a bullshit scam. And it is definitely paid for by the taxpayers.

PFTCommenter, is that you? I am laughing out loud. +21