Same here. OH CRUEL FATE

Had never missed a 4th-quarter kick of any kind ever in his career! Could not have asked for a better outcome for a homecoming game.

Yup! Battleship, starring… Rihanna and Eric the blonde vampire from True Blood. For some reason there were a bunch of old-timers on the Mo ready to go for just that sort of situation. Pretty awesome, really—they actually used men who served on her during WWII.

Can anyone explain why the Mets didn’t officially protest? Wouldn’t that have allowed them to restart the game from that point, a la pine tar game?

Thanks for this write-up. It’s the first one I’ve seen that actually explained WHY they did this!

Fantastic article. I’m a Braves fan so I’m enjoying this immensely. Minor note: In the paragraph beginning, “And here’s how much Matt Williams believes his own bullshit,” it should be “two nights earlier,” not later.

Ah, my bad! I maintain that I was wrong for the right reasons though.

Your New Jersey is showing? Nobody in Florida calls it “The Turnpike.” It’s just “95.” And no, not “The 95,” that’s a west-coast thing if I’ve ever heard one.

Bobbitt joke! Topical.

This appears to have quite a few fake 5-star reviews on Amazon. All have (a) full names w/ middle initials, each w/ something weird about it; (b) one very short sentence, then a line break, then 1-2 sentences. Caveat emptor.

This appears to have quite a few fake 5-star reviews on Amazon. All have (a) full names w/ middle initials, each w/…

As an umpire, how do you handle that? Do you alert the runner that he didn’t touch? Or do you just stand there and wait for someone to figure it out?

Supposedly all this — the bottle-clinking and the taunt — was ad-libbed.

I thought last night was just about perfect, and the format was at least part of that. I think it would have been a lot more boring with longer rounds, to be honest. I hope MLB considers making 4 minutes the new standard.

“Francoeur couldn’t get anybody out”? He had a 1-2-3 7th with a strikeout! Good movement and location on all his pitches. It was in the 8th that he had the trouble. Turns out he pitched 8 games last season for El Paso.

“The XX-minute segment”

Re: Obama’s cable bill… I know the President pays out-of-pocket for food at the White House (other than state dinners). Cable might be the same way.

This is why I only buy jerseys of legends who retire on my teams. So far I’ve got Chipper Jones and Tony Gonzalez.

Brings a big Braves fan smile to my face every time. It’s #4 on MLB Network’s “20 Greatest Games!” They had the Pirates’ CF in the interview group, and he said that just before that hit, he told Bonds to play in, and Bonds flashed him “the international peace sign.” I don’t remember that game, although I may have…