I think it’s the matchup. The taking care of business on home court logic makes sense if it’s expected that the teams are or should be evenly matched.

I mean, can we quit with the sorry notion that Ty Lue is a good coach?

Do they call him the Mountain that Skates yet? Because I want them to.

Yeah this is a good explanation of how geocaches are often done. THe first to find prize is usually special (albeit not THIS special!) and lots of them have a cache of tokens to exchange for finders. Many regular cachers will get their own tokens made with their handle or team name to leave as a breadcrumb in exchange…

A classic geocaching puzzle cache, and a very cool one at that.

Uhh, you could get an actual Steam Link, which is designed for doing this on TVs and which semi-regularly go on sale for $15...

We’re not going to talk about Mike D’Antoni and how little we trust him coaching in the playoffs?

The most fabulous thing about this is the Chuck is definitely better at TV than Shaq and Shaq was pretty definitely even better at basketball than Chuck. But in an argument about how you can win a championship and who got carried, “I’ve got three Finals MVPs — Google me, Chuck” is a great fucking line.

I know that the series is “Will it sous vide?” but I wouldn’t mind a spinoff series of “Should I sous vide it or pressure cook it?” for those of us who are all in on the Lifehacker style of kitchen devices bandwagon.

This does not deserve to be buried this far down the comment list.

The list of guys with 20+ PAs against him who ate his lunch is fascinating, in no small part because I bet Bartolo Colon REALLY likes lunch:

I’m not a huge tennis fan, but the one thing I really love about it is how fully accepted the difference surfaces are as facets of the same game, despite being so, so very different.

But how do you buy the game if your files are locked down??

I think I love this response even more than I loved the video.

You just pinch hit for that relief pitcher. Honestly... if it’s not for health/stamina/injury related concerns, they should be forgoing the DH soon if he continues to be their best hitter. Sure it’s the tiniest of sample sizes, but the guy is hitting better than Trout right now. If we get to a month or so of plate…

The DH rule only allows you to designate a hitter for the pitcher. From Rule 5.11:

I know the Angels are probably trying their damnedest not to overwork him and to keep him healthy, but if he keeps hitting like this they’re going to have to seriously consider not using a DH when he starts and just letting him hit for himself.

If he can even wave at an approximation of this for a full season (say he finishes at 16 wins, sub 4.00 ERA, and a .300/.350/.500), it’s going to make for some spicy takes when the MVP vote rolls around.

Cannot believe you went 24 whole minutes without a star for this.

All right, I’ll give you another one for being crafty