Any other data points between the 70s and now? Any other proof of Smith doing it in the past?

Are you saying Smith has done this in the past, or just that it happens generally? As an Astros fan who reads his articles frequently, I don’t recall ever seeing this happen before, and I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that this was simply careless or a momentary lapse of judgment, but if you’ve got…

The opinion says the insurance company has claimed that Paterno was aware as early as 1976, not that the court has found that allegation to be true. It’s thus inaccurate to say that the opinion holds that Paterno knew then. Nitpicking, I know.

I realize the delicious irony of being the guy who says “actually” in the comments on this article, so I’ll say “it’s notable” that this is made possible only because Thom Yorke seemingly got over a crippling fear of touring circa 2007.

Can’t wait for them to lose to Real in the final again.

Uh... no, no I do not.

This is a strong take. Burneko would be proud.

Not to mention that Yankees throwbacks (and jerseys generally) don’t have a name on the back, which probably makes them less attractive to a nontrivial segment of the throwback-buying population.

Caminiti also had a major coke habit—are you saying Bagwell did too, because they were close friends? Again with the guilt by association . . .

I don't disagree, but there's just as much evidence that Thomas was clean as there is that Bagwell was clean (i.e., nothing). I don't think HoF eligibility should be based in speculation and innuendo.

I know andro was legal when piazza used it; my point was that confessing to using a now-banned substance strikes me as stronger circumstantial evidence of illegal PED use than “well he was friends with some guy. . .” But idk, maybe guilt by association has just never been my thing.

Piazza admitted to using andro and they voted him in. Frank Thomas was every bit as muscle-bound as Bagwell, and they voted him in. Bagwell has never been firmly linked with PEDs in any report—not the Mitchell Report, not Jose Canseco, not Balco. How else do you want him to prove that he didn’t do steroids?

A few facts I remembered/learned when reading Bagwell retrospectives on Astros blogs:

I asked this in a comment on a Trump article, but is there some sort of database of denigrating epithets that Gawker Media authors use? If not, is coming up with ridiculous epithets part of the application process? The epithets you guys use are so great, and those seem like the only possible explanations.

They did the same thing with the Astros.

a fascist golem made of flypaper

Another testament to the high quality of play in the MLS.

I thought most style guides prescribe semi-colons only when the items in the list have internal commas (i.e., the truck contained a box of apples, oranges, and pears; a freezer containing beef, pork, and chicken; and a cow). Idk, maybe I’m wrong.

I think that’s the right reading, but it’s not crystal clear. It could be “grasp and control,” “twist,” “push,” etc. Writing unambiguous rules is hard.

Yes, and you can also find dictionaries that have a North American, informal definition for “literally” that means the precisely the opposite of literally. “North American, informal” is dictionary code for “so many fucking idiots have used the word like this that we have to acknowledge it.” You will not find such…