Exactly. The arc of the sports universe, so to speak, bends toward standardization. But in baseball, fans don’t even give a first thought, much less a second, to the difference between Cincinnati being a “bandbox” and SF being a pitcher’s park and the resulting impact on player performance. We don’t get up in arms and…

It’s also charmingly anachronistic that the dimensions of literally every MLB park are different, but that seems to bother exactly no one.

I thought it was because of paddle shifting technology? I mean, if F1 drivers are using it, why am I bothering with an old school clutch? What am I missing here....

Aargh, I meant when *they* get mad at *you.*

Ah. Yeah, I figured I must be missing something....thx.

Yep. I had the same issue with my exwife. She would say yes to things she didn’t want to say yes to and then get mad about it later on. I get that passive people have difficulty expressing their wants and needs, but if you don’t feel OK about something, you can’t tell your partner the opposite of what you’re feeling…

I’d go with one 20 rep set of squats, but I agree with the sentiment...

I’m old enough to have ridden without a helmet in California. It’s kind of like unprotected sex: thrilling, but terrifying.

Well, I think it’s different for everyone and it’s not just age: body type plays a role, too. I’m six two and it’s always been easier for a person who’s, say, five eight to squat lower and DL lower. These compound exercises, while I swear by them over exercises that isolate, have always been harder on my knees and…

Or, as I like to call them: deadlifts for old people. I’m 46 and at about 40 I discovered that if I wanted to keep lifting, doing what he’s doing in the video makes sense. The bar doesn’t go all the way down to my chest while benching anymore, either.

Works fine for me. Fewer bills to keep track of, zero trips to the gas station, zero trips to the oil change place, etc, etc. I spend about $90 a month commuting by bus right now (partly out of convenience, partly out of financial necessity - which started about a year ago and is currently at an end). If I understand…

Agreed. The catch rules are insane, though. I played the damned game and I’m often not sure whether they’re going to rule it a catch or not....

Let me see if I understand this: I’m going to be able to commute to work for a grand total of $6 x 2 per day x 20.83 days = $240 per month? Including fuel and insurance? Sign me up now.

I wouldn’t go that far, but you do have a point. No male writers whose mom taught them how to clean, or were in the military?

“If you can’t pay up, speak up early and often.” Pro tip: also true in divorce. Jobs get lost, boyfriends get lost, etc. Life happens. Just tell me about it instead of hiding it. It just makes things worse. “...that you’re in a weird, sexless relationship with.” Coincidentally, also true of divorce!

Is it this bad in most places? I live in the SF Bay Area and the sports talk around here seems fairly tepid by comparison. The wildest thing I can thing of is a night time dude several years ago getting fired over a comment made about Latin Giants players.

I grew up in the 80s as well and I don’t remember it quite that way. An MLB game was definitely not always on. You had to look in the paper in the morning to see if that day’s game was on and, if not, you were bummed. And then they started to televise more games, but those games were on SportsChannel and if your…

As a 49er fan, I’m really excited about this. They’ve never hired a personality like this before so I’m really curious to see how it all ends.....

Yeah, because that’s the first thing I think of when I think of Silicon Valley. Weed.

That’s pretty much par for the course for them.