Yup. I was at games 1 and 2, and it’s even worse than you describe when you realize that 5 of those six runs came in one INNING. So if you take out that one inning, in three games the Nats have scored 2 runs. Heck, take away that inning and they’ve got 7 HITS in 3 games. Typical Nats playoff performance. It’s pathetic.

How does saying that a specific decision made for financial reasons somehow means that I’m advocating for white people espousing white views? That’s a total non sequitur. My mind is currently boggled at that leap in logic. The claim that this is somehow an attack on “diversity” is absurd. It’s not an attack on…

She picked it up for you? Marry that woma...err...I mean, good work :)

Nobody is disagreeing with that. Who is making the argument that white people espousing white views is inherently more profitable? I didn’t make any such argument, and I haven’t seen anyone else make one either.

Really?! Dangit! I was just at target yesterday and they said they wouldn’t be getting anymore until probably November. Where are you located?

Oh really?! Thanks for ignoring the substance of any discussion on the issue. I’m glad it’s so obvious and easy!

Is there a hack available that allows me to find an snes classic on sale at a retailer near me?

I do appreciate the irony of deadspin criticizing another entity for only seeing things in polarities that brokers no nuanced middle ground.

Or, just maybe, it’s more complicated than that. A corporation has a hierarchy of interests. Supporting diversity is one of those interests, and has many root causes and many different supporters/detractors in ESPN’s offices who have a myriad of views on it. The fact that ESPN suspended Hill is not a sign that they’re…

And in this instance how should they have reacted to a call for an action that explicitly and purposefully undermined their ability to make money? Hill is proposing actions that, if followed through to any sort of logical next step, impact ESPN’s bottom line. This isn’t even complicated- Hill had to know her employer…

You don’t actually think that’s what this about it or what I said, do you? I mean, c’mon man, that is just a silly question.

I find your confusion about my confusion confusing.

Eh, I’m sure she could have debated on air the implications of Jones’ comments. There’s a difference between that and calling for actions that will directly impact ESPN’s bottom line, which is what she was actually suspended for.

“Is there any evidence that years and years and years and years of soapboxing about the NFL and ESPN’s many failings has put a dent in the viewing habits of any of Deadspin’s staff writers or editors?”

Eh, whether or not anyone there agrees with the idea is irrelevant. I’m sure there are people high up at ESPN that love the idea of increasing diversity for diversity’s sake. But it’s a corporate entity, incorporated to make money. The fact that people are continuously so outraged that corporations make decisions for…

So they didn’t change the policy about standing at all, we have no idea when they did it, and all they did was clarify what the punishment could be. But this is a big deal for some reason. Okay.

Wow...just wow. You should know that people want you to just go away.

Wow...just wow. You should know that people want you to just go away.

A wise choice. It was the only reason I clicked on the link. I already have a costume, but I needed to see a larger image of that guy :)

A wise choice. It was the only reason I clicked on the link. I already have a costume, but I needed to see a larger…

Ummm...did anyone else immediately fall in love with that pit bull?

Ummm...did anyone else immediately fall in love with that pit bull?