I blame Sandy Alderson, who bought into and reinforced a team culture that said defense does not matter, that any player can play any position, and that the last thing minor league teams need to think about is training players to possess even rudimentary baseball skills, because the genius at the helm can always make…

I have truly enjoyed the handful of times that I’ve been — quite literally — the only person in an auditorium seeing a movie. But those were all movies I enjoyed. The idea of being alone in a theater with Kevin Spacey and his billionaire boys club? (Shudder.)

Speaking as a fading baseball fan, is the only remaining purpose of sports to advertise & sell crappy clothing?

Your wine? Your ice? Your glass? It’s fine.

The team shouldn’t be able to fill that roster spot while a player is suspended; that will get their attention.

This may be a disingenuous question, but...are these 50+ men receiving actual responses from actual live people, or bot-responses, based on the idea that a 50+ year old man likely has disposable income?

I peaked ten years ago and I missed it?

Do any funeral homes offer a gravesite with an attached dance floor? Just askin’...

I ate at Chipotle last week and did not get sick.

This accomplishment should be officially named “Bote.”

That’s very true. And if you played baseball for another couple of centuries, the chance of anyone breaking Bote’s record — doing this exact same thing twice — is as near zero as I can imagine.

Ed Begley, Jr. does a helluva good Columbo.

I want to keep the Monk/Psych crossover, but I do love the idea of Mr Monk committing a murder and being pursued by Columbo. Just watching his reaction to “One more thing, sir.” would be worth the price of admission.

Somewhere, Jennifer Aniston is sitting on a pile of money she earned herself and laughing...

Wow. Had to google Perez’s details, and I had totally forgotten they still owed him $12 million when they cut him loose. What a contract!

The Wilpons have a weird obsession: if somebody’s under contract, then they are HERE. Doesn’t matter how little you’re paying them, doesn’t matter if they can do the job. You can’t release Reyes while he’s under contract. You can’t hire a new general manager until the contract of the old one expires. You can’t fire a…

I’d be willing to bet that your average billionaire takes more notice of losing a nickel than you or I do. It’s not the five cents. It’s losing.

Wild guess: the Wilpons are among his “partners.” It’d be totally in character for them.

Nothing fixes a concussion better than doing a hundred thousand sit-ups a day, with Aaron Judge sitting on your feet!

This reminds me that Clint Eastwood is supposed to have said that the stunt men in Where Eagles Dare should have gotten top billing over Richard Burton and himself.