There’s absolutely no way this is worse than the current system.

That’s fair, but they also have a pretty good track record of their top prospects making something of themselves. For an org that is so terrible at basically everything else, it still surprises me that they can nail this — especially when plenty of other teams seem to have most of their touted prospects end up being…

+1 “Poison” reference

Bill Simmons is going to need a bigger car to take all these guys to the airport.

The oddest part about the Marlins is that they’re surprisingly good at getting the right players. You’d think an organization run like a clown show would also flail in player evaluation (see Knicks, New York) but somehow the Fish endlessly seem to have talented guys on the way up.

Bad businessman bad at business. Film at 11.

“I will do whatever the man on TV tells me to do, like always,” Trump added.

Today’s a nice example of why other presidents have been smart enough not to jump on every stock market gain as being about them.

I did think Philly’s alternate-hand punch strategy was awfully effective against Marc Gasol’s big uppercut.

-1 friend

Counterpoint: Her argument is brain worm food but she’s actually kinda right! Big, empty states where white folks’ votes count more than those uhhh how do I put this politely “urban” and “athletic” voters is absolutely, positively the center of Republican electoral strategies.

This shouldn’t be hard: Never cross a picket line.

“Could you not drive in that scenario?”

What’s interesting (in a black comedy sort of way) is that the Republican Party has a real schism on how to handle climate change, with the business wing saying “It’s happening and if we do a little work we can own all these new industries” versus the true-believers going “It’s not happening and if it is, God wants…

I am curious what these people think Ariana Grande has done to them as her concerts apparently are the time and place for these nuts to go off.

Me: There’s no way the NRA can find someone worse than Oliver North ...

Yeah, that’s close to what I’ve pictured: He misses a late DD in the opener and then doesn’t get both in the second round (or bricks another, though that’s asking a lot IMO).

My wife and I have spent the last few weeks trying to figure out what a loss for him would look like. It’s hard to picture; he doesn’t appear to have any knowledge holes.

Hell, let the tabloids and celebrity mags and gossip sites kick some cash up Windsor Palace way. The royals keep those places in business.

One nice thing about Trump is he’s shown just how much of our system was held together by norms and tradition — I still don’t think he’s got the will or desire to barricade himself in the White House on Jan. 20, 2021 after losing the election (that would require effort for a job I still don’t think he likes, and it’s…