You’re making inconsistent arguments. You say that you can’t call this because it wasn’t called during the regular season (and is never called, period), then later say it wasn’t a balk but that if it was it should definitely have been called. To me, and the announcers, it is clearly a balk. I agree with one of your…

Seems like an especially terrible argument to me. The rule is designed to prevent an unfair advantage. The fact that nobody is claiming it doesn’t do that means that the right time to start calling it is immediately, regardless of whether it is the NLDS or spring training.

How is it a dumb rule that shouldn’t be called in this instance? Harper is leaning towards second at that point. The pitcher by rule has to go home, so the only reason he gets the pick off is because he waits longer than legally allowed to throw to first, thereby catching the runner by surprise and getting an out.

C’mon, you know that is absurd. Players are represented by a players union that engages in collective bargaining, they have ample legal representation, and negotiate with their employers using expert, highly played sports agents whose sole job is to reach terms that are as favorable as possible for their clients. The…

Ditto. Plus, getting under the sheets when they haven’t spent all day getting bunched up and wrinkly just feels better. That more comfortable climb into bed is definitely worth the two seconds in the morning it takes to set it up.

Good lord...Schilling looks TERRIBLE. When was the last time he went outside?

Gotcha. “X and Y contracts should be illegal, but lawyers who understand both contracts and what the law makes legal/illegal should not be involved in the discussion.” I get you don’t like the contract, which is fine- you are free to say Colin K. should not have voluntarily signed a deal that was negotiated by his…

These are standard types of contracts negotiated and agreed to between numerous highly sophisticated parties. Both parties to the agreement are professionals/experts. Nothing about the deal approaches illegality, nor does any of it justify a legal challenge as to the form and type of the contract itself. Colin K.…

As an attorney, yes, I do understand how contracts work. These aren’t two unequal negotiating partners. Kaepernick is fully represented by a professional agent engaging in a negotiation to reach a deal that both sides think is fair. You may not like it, but what about this contract could possibly lead you to believe…

I’m not sure you understand what a contract is. It’s not really a tool solely to designate the transfer of money from one party to another. It’s a “meeting of the minds” whereby terms are agreed between two parties- one agrees to engage in certain actions in exchange for a reciprocal agreement from the other. There’s…

So why did he sign it?

Anybody becoming suspicious about all the people suffering heart attacks and seizures around this kid? I’ve been alive a heckuva lot longer than Timmy and haven’t had any of this stuff happen around me. Seems like the Devil’s work to me.

In Hopkins defense, the wind is pretty crazy up here in MD. That field goal was not a gimme, especially given the conditions.

Holy shit you’re an asshole. That would of course be fine on the internet (anyone can be as much of a jerk as they want to when they can hide behind their screen), but what’s worse is that your position makes no sense- you describe what his argument was and then conclude by saying it was a dick move to throw down…

Pretty sure you missed his point.

Of course you don’t, which is why the price they charge isn’t “ridiculous”. It’s the price they charge. Being upset or (if you want to nitpick) simply saying that you don’t like the fact that they charge a higher price because of the basic fact that they could still make a smaller profit by charging less (which is the…

Of course you don’t, which is why the price they charge isn’t “ridiculous”. It’s the price they charge. Being upset…

This is nothing more than ballyhoo. Let him have some afternoon delight.

As someone that lives by Metro Center and works by Judiciary Square (meaning I walk right past the verizon center at least twice a day), I can categorically deny the claim that Verizon Center has made Chinatown a viable shopping, dining, or business district. Abe Pollin was a great man, but Chinatown is a friggin’…

“BLURG, THINGS COST TOO MUCH!! I HATE THEM FOR CHARGING PRICES!” They charge whatever they want to in order to make the profit margins they seek. I’m always perplexed at folks who are angry about the cost of a product based off of the argument that the supplier COULD charge less.

“BLURG, THINGS COST TOO MUCH!! I HATE THEM FOR CHARGING PRICES!” They charge whatever they want to in order to…

I’ve seen enough of these by now to know that arm wrestling is always a bad idea. If some jerkwad like Larry the Cable Guy can snap a bone then pretty much anyone can. Have a pushup competition instead.