There’s gotta be a point where even they realize they sound like dumbasses with that sort of talk, though? Seriously, there should be some sort of mandatory course MLB pitchers have to go through called “Learning How to Lighten Up” or something...

He didn’t start out like that, though, which is what really puzzles me.

Do you think it had something to do with how the Red Sox made him hang around with Beckett all the time in the offseason, or has he just spent too much time around Lackey?

WTH?? Orioles catchers seem to be cursed with these type of injuries the past few years...maybe not Wieters, but first Caleb Joseph, now Castillo...that’s some spectacularly bad luck.

She also could have made chirashi, which is probably what whoever this doofus is who came up with “sushi casserole” was thinking of in the first place (at least, I hope they were!). Or used vegetables...

I call it both because I am both Polish AND Ukrainian. Nic, relax. The only Slavic language that doesn’t use a similar sounding word for “sausage” is Bulgarian!

FINALLY, someone else sees it. (not that I would have a problem with it were it true; just always had the same thought cross my mind when I see the guy)

Odd thing to think about, but that picture makes me wonder (never having worn one before) what happens when someone wearing a cup (as Zimmerman obviously is) lands on the ground sliding like that? Painful, or do the parts not get jostled/crushed/disturbed in the process, or do players just not pay it any mind? I…

Agh, I’m conflicted. I love this guy off the field (quirky deadpan funny, seems progressive in his worldview) but hate who he plays for and how good he is at helping them win. I hate seeing him injured but love the fact that now his team can’t benefit from his skills.

It was so embarrassing to hear myself the first few times I was recorded during my classical voice lessons in college, but now I am totally inured to the disconnect between what I hear inside my own head and the sound that actually makes it out of my vocal apparatus. Especially for anyone who relies on their voice…

He should have “Gristle Boy” on the back of his jersey (IIRC, he got a piece of gristle stuck in his small intestine once and had to go on the DL for it).

I can’t believe he didn’t submit “Heap” for this thing, which has been a nickname of his since his Braves days.

Love the taste, but God forbid you burn it when dry roasting it! Even when you get it right, it tends to have an...aggressive odor, shall we say. But yeah, it’s way more important in some foods than people think.

Asafoetida!

Ohhh, Kendall, Kendall. Thanks for the belly laugh, sir. The last part of your submission was amazing.

This was really surprising to me that he’d let loose something like that; back in his rookie season (I think) with the Tigers, he got some press for saving a stray kitten in one of the Comerica dugouts. But his apology came off very sincere, so. And I do agree that it’s terribly difficult to reprogram one’s brain to…

Don’t toy with my emotions like this. I would risk total chaos in the timeline to delete the Yankees from existence.

Anything I hear can trigger the memory of the zillions of commercial jingles my effed-up brain WILL. NOT. LET. GO. OF. Even if they are decades old and were only for local businesses. Then said jingles will autoplay in my head for hours. (I think it’s because I’m a musician and have perfect pitch; I can’t seem to…

Japanese kaki fry. Amazing stuff.

Fried mushrooms are amazing, I agree. I am fortunate enough to live in a place where there are many restaurants that make them.