Some babies are just good, you can take them anywhere and they sleep when you put them down and they giggle all the time and when dad has to grab the Lombardi trophy you can hand them off to their boss without worrying if they’ll thrown a scream fit. Clearly this is one of those babies.

i think they just really like having the distraction in chief

Go fuck yourself.

Uh, this isn’t about some nefarious faceless conspiracy of 90 year old implied baseball writers. The critical impediment to these guys’ entry are the veterans, not the BBWA, which is in the process of its own generational shift. In a lot of cases it’s the guys Clemens or Bonds knew as veteran players in their early…

Yep. A government shutdown always falls in the GOP’s favor. It’s why they weren’t at all afraid to let this happen. It plays right into their narrative that “Big Government” can’t be relied on, therefore as much of its responsibilities as possible should be shunted to private industry and state governments.

I’ve heard that one. Kind of interesting at first, but does not benefit from repetition.

I can’t really listen to much at my current place, but at my old job my boss used to recite in the oral tradition of the Greek classics, her epic poem This Place Would Fall Apart Without Me.

It’s worked for the Nats too, ring or no. They’re a contender every year.

You have never read “What We Talk About When We Talk About Edwin Jackson” by Nathan Englander?

Down to the waist or up to the waist? I’ll hang up and listen.

because no one truly gives a crap about debating the ninth best team in the country.

because no one truly gives a crap about debating the ninth best team in the country

You live in a remorseless, unapologetic oligarchy where there is a big club and you’re not in it. Got it?

Well, this is kinda bullshit.

The Premier League, which has seen 4 different clubs win in the past 5 years, is uncompetitive?

+1 “acrobatic” throw from “deep” in the pocket

Can’t even make it to the winter meetings. Jeets is showing about as much range as GM as he did at shortstop.

The quick answer is that he’s a comparable player to Barry Larkin in most ways, and Barry is not only in, but was first ballot.

Jesus, Donald. Don’t be a bitch just because you were told your boyfriend couldn’t come.