I’m a doughy white dude, and my girlfriend has claimed Benicio Del Toro as her hall pass. I’m oddly okay with this.

Look at the average backing band for a BIG NASHVILLE country artist. Many of those guys are not country boys from Alabama or rural Carolina. They’re rock and roll dudes from Ohio, California, Minneapolis, etc. who want to play music for a living, and are good at it. You could be the most prog-rock or alt-jazz dude in…

I went to college with a girl who had no arms. Even she didn’t use a straw.

the actual best case scenario is Trump impeachment, Pence as President, BUT with the Democrats taking back the House (which is more likely that the Senate). Pence is rendered a lame duck as the Dems are fired up and block his Mother-loving agenda, and decides not to run in 2020.

are you really Brendan McCaffrey?

it was a combination of Bielema being a douchebag, Bielema’s wife wanting to not live in Wisconsin, Barry Alvarez being an asshole boss, not being able to retain his assistants (like Paul Chryst), and having an SEC gig open up, no matter how shitty.

The Raiders scene is great, but I think you could do a 1A/1B with that and the Kali ceremony in Temple of Doom where Mola Ram tears out the guy’s heart.

Are we even going to have networks in 20 years? I would think the only thing keeping them alive is for local stations to reach people in rural areas to broadcast for emergencies/weather alerts.

an interesting ripple effect: thousands of Puerto Ricans are leaving the island, probably never to return, and settling in the United States, particularly Texas and Florida.

Let’s leave the crazy 80's SB stats out and take a look at Rickey:

and somehow my mother can do all of her Christmas shopping there for ten people for $40 out of pocket. she’s like the Warren Buffett of Kohl’s cash. Except I bet Warren Buffett actually shops at Kohl’s, too.

if you want to witness actual apocalypse shopping, go to Costco in Hawaii. every conceivable space is filled four-wide with carts and entire Filipino families - I’m talking four generations ambling about; military vets who are seconds away from having their PTSD triggered; at least a dozen unattended children climbing…

how long have you been unemployed?

I agree, he shouldn’t have been fired for that, but my point is that the Yankees, even post-George, have fired people for less cause than what Girardi has accomplished, and if one WERE looking for cause, this would make more sense that his inaction on one play in a postseason game.

and even if it’s true that some poorer kids are getting the chance to play soccer, the perception that it’s a “rich kids sport” is so prevalent that many families don’t even consider it as an option.

+1 one wad of gum and tobacco

You could, however, fire Girardi for not winning a playoff series (this year pending) since the 2012 ALDS, getting swept by the Tigers in that ALCS, despite having one of, if not the, highest payroll in the game. Torre lost three straight ALDS and got canned/retired, and that was with four rings.

Fun fact: I was at UW-Whitewater when Shawn got his first AD job, before UWW became an all-sports powerhouse in D3. He couldn’t even manage a halftime Athletic HOF ceremony without pissing off the stadium announcer, the marching band director, all the athletes being honored, and the coaches whose teams couldn’t get…

I won’t dispute any of that. Alvarez being a dick probably helped us all in that situation, as it expedited Andersen’s exit.

Let’s say the Ironman is now free to enter, with all travel costs covered. The hitch is that you have to sign a non-disclosure agreement, meaning that you cannot use any media, social or otherwise, to discuss the fact that you were in the Ironman. Would you still do it?