If a MLB pitcher was on the brink of hitting a 9-inning strikeout record, had one out and first base was open, do you think a team would ever drop the third strike on purpose to give the pitcher a chance at history?

Steve Martin fans unite!

9 links and none of them to Papelbon?

High basketball IQ

Celtics in 7!

Kyrie was on fire. He looked almost as good as John Wall.

Are you ready for some Wednesday Night Football? Featuring Jags/Browns/Bills every week on four days rest.

+1 guys over 40

Exactly. Celtics in 6!

We’re not leaving without dislocating a shoulder or two!

Don’t give Tim Tebow any ideas.

Cavs looked like they were relying on TT for offense. That’s all you need to know about how cold the Cleveland shooters went in the second half.

Celtics in six!

Untrue. The Immaculate Conception actually refers to the conception of Franco Harris in Terry Bradshaw’s womb. It was immaculate because he was conceived without Original Sin of ground contact, which ordained him to be a future Hall of Famer.

What if the balls all came back to the pitcher in the air, or unassisted pitcher putout at first? I had to ask.

Bigger issue is that he’s making plays against the Jets defense. Do I have that right? I can’t see, is he throwing past Revis? THe angle isn’t great.

It would only seem appropriate to have NCAA “student-athletes” play in this slave-built stadium. Keep the theme going.

Important nuance: We need to distinguish between DC teams that play in DC (Wizards, Caps, Nationals) and awful franchise that uses our city/district/non-state’s name while playing in Maryland, namely the NFL Franchise with the Racial Slur of a Name. Granted, all four teams are early-round-playoff choke artists, but we…

Exactly. I was came here to say “good thing baseball is not a team sport” and his team didn’t lose 88 games last season, but hey, they’re half a game over .500 right now.

How’s his team doing?