The one who promises his friend he’ll go right after, and then changes his mind as soon as the friend jumps? Yeah, me too.

I think the most damning part (and the counter-argument to all of the Best Fans in Baseball who whine about how the Astros were so crappy that the Cards didn’t even benefit from the information) is that he accessed scouting reports and private medical information for Marco Gonzalez, and then went on to draft Gonzalez…

Yup. My southern mom called her parents Mother and Daddy, too. That said, I grew up in a large southern city and use mom and dad, so maybe it’s an old-fashioned tradition going out of style.

Underreported fact: Ryan Thibodaux started tracking ballots because of Jeff Bagwell. It seems somehow poetic that Bags gets in the last year before the BBWAA requires all ballots to be public.

Even if it were reasonable/foreseeable, what are his damages? You can’t get specific performance on a promissory estoppel claim, can you? And in my jurisdiction, you aren’t even entitled to expectation damages (although that’s contrary to the Restatement and I don’t know anything about New Jersey or Connecticut law).

Came to your replies to tell that same story about the rally no one showed up for -- I’m not sure if it’s true or more of a local legend, but it definitely exemplifies the general sentiment (still) felt in Houston toward Bud Adams.

Surely sports fans will lay blame at her new fiancee’s feet, and talk radio will question whether he’s a curse, right?

Soledad O’Brien is sort of contradicting it. She knows someone who was on the flight.

Jesus Fucking Christ, is it just impossible for any group of men to not be utter dillweeds?

Where exactly are you getting this idea that the guilt and shame of feeling suicidal is the only thing keeping some suicidal people from doing it? You have it completely ass-backwards: the “social pressure” prevents them from seeking help, thereby INCREASING the likelihood of suicide.

If he wasn’t memorable to you, it’s because you weren’t paying attention. And if we limit the HOF to only guys whose resumes can be recited by casual/non fans, we might as well just call it the Hall of Yankees-Red Sox. 

You know the best way to ensure Texas loses to TCU on Friday? Let the players think they might be able to save Strong’s job by winning. Those poor kids’ butts will be puckered so tight it will be a miracle if they can run straight.

Man, Johnny Manziel and Vince Young should never be mentioned in the same conversation. VY was the Truth. He never got a fair shot in the NFL.

OK, but that doesn’t really answer the question of how you’re keeping it together. Lots of people woke up, ate breakfast, and went to fucking work, but did it with a ball of fear in the pit of their stomach. If you aren’t terrified of Trump enacting the policies the campaigned on because they won’t really affect you,…

Am not familiar with him, so I googled, and now I’m blushing at work.

This is fine, but true connoisseurs of baseball butts will tell you that the catcher position is where it is at. And by “it,” I mean “the best butts.”

Maybe your wife appreciates spending 5% less time with you?

(One mystery here is why these regents are speaking out, albeit on terms of anonymity, and why now.)

Diana, can you tell us the breakdown of the jurors (e.g. male/female, race)?

The Astros’ Collin McHugh wears a carbon fiber partial insert that you can’t even see. I believe it’s from this company: