Nice to see the Captain continues the tradition he established late in his career of putting himself into a leadership position without assuming any leadership and letting others do the dirty work of his job.

I think you overvalue the “jobs” these guys do. In truth, “special assistants” is sports basically covers the job of “being a legend willing to hang around with dorks who got rich enough to own a sports team so the rich dorks can feel like jocks.” Firing them is kind of like a new President coming in and saying he…

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Paul George is beyond fucked. He will get 5 looks a game. Tops.

I get the humor underlying these lists, but you’ve failed on this one. Randy Johnson notching 372 Ks in a season where the average game featured 14 Ks is not comparable to Rube Waddell getting 349 in a season where the average game had 8 Ks total. The joke is funnier if you put in the effort.

I agree with John Olerud’s Helmet: Kaline vs. Clemente is not apples and oranges. I would argue that Clemente vs. Robinson is, however: the shortness of Robinson’s career versus Clemente’s longevity and playing 2B versus RF alone make it fruits of a different color (sorry, that didn’t really work).

Way to completely diss Nibiru, Barry. Now its definitely going to take us out. Fuck.

There is an old saw about horror films: don’t show the monster until very late because nothing is scarier in reality than what the viewer is imagining. There is also an old fable about killing the goose that lays golden eggs.

Back in the olden days, people had to do some physical legwork to get a player’s stats. There is a legend that may or may not be true, that when Lloyd Waner was being considered for induction into the MLB HOF by the Veterans Committee (after failing to be inducted by the traditional BBWA route), some of his “friends”…

I don’t think people are scared of going to the Coliseum because of the neighborhood. It has ample parking (even on days when both the Coliseum and the Arena are being used) and is conveniently located next to a major freeway (880) and to both a BART and Amtrak stop; its not like fans are being forced to walk through…

So, yes, this guy is a racist tool. I hate him. But, to be perfectly honest, if I were rich enough to afford a tank, I would buy one.

The Bay Area is a great model for how cities and teams should NOT plan and build athletic facilities.

I thought Joe Tumpkin was an euphemism for a sexual act involving pooping?

The only thing more hilarious than that Bomani Jones rant is that it happened before 28-3.

The NFL dies because its pipeline of talent is going to dry up.

I will give the mainstream Republican base credit on this: they are implementing what they’ve always “big picture” campaigned for (at least since Reagan): small government. They tried to do it outright by attacking specific government agencies and programs, but that always failed because the political costs were too…

This is one of those “middle ground” situations where the Indians define middle ground as their position. Nice to see Ohio continues its string of never seeking the higher ground. Fuckers.

I thought we’d all agreed to not use the team’s name anymore. The Washington football team will still suck, but we won’t be complicit in expert-level racism when we laugh at them.

I can see this as a win for the Cavs if they can flip Love into a solid 3 & D guy at the 2. Crowder and Lebron is a defensive upgrade to Lebron and Love and I’m guessing that Thomas will be more amenable to taking a back seat to Lebron than Irving was (obviously).

I think we can all agree that if we’re going to treat any group of citizens as second-class citizens, it should be MLB umpires. Bring on the damn robots.