Describe Kendrick as “a mostly serviceable infielder” is inaccurate, imo. He is no perennial all star, but from 2007-2014 - his age-23 through age-30 seasons - he averaged 3.275 WAR per year. For his career he’s accrued nearly 33 WAR. 

Counterpoint: Cubs fans love Ross because without him we wouldn’t have won our first championship since 1908

MLB, let me introduce you to the next President of these United States!!!!!

Maybe Jerry Buss really was the secret to it all

There’s a parallel reality where his foot gets caught and breaks...where there was no rain delay and no championship...where Hillary is president

It sure is hard to see those redbirds perched under all that shade

Lester’s inability to throw to first is a career subplot so good it deserves a reference on his plaque should he be inducted into the HoF

“It sounds like you haven’t found the right wavelength to find the synergies.”

[furiously bookmarking and printing copies of this article to carry around to brandish the next time someone makes fun of UNC’s fake classes]

Whoa I didn’t realize Jeremy Renner pitched for the BoSox

While Okafor’s brief college career consistent mostly of him owning comically overmatched youngsters trying to defend him in the post, it’s worth noting that he was effectively played off the floor in the national championship game by the likes of Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker.

The U.S. meritocracy is a well-oiled machine

Those guys are still cool though

Soon we’ll be hearing about the new Phillies Way

True, but one cool thing about there being so many games is that you don’t have to watch many, if not most. You can follow a team in the box scores and standings, then tune in when you’re free/if your team’s competitive at the end of the year

Because professional hitters practice a ton and get lots of instruction all the time. Pitchers practice pitching, not hitting. A better analogy is - take a top high school hitter, keep him from practicing hitting much for years, then match him up against Justin Verlander. Considered that way, it’s less surprising that…

Young, attractive girls coached by much older adults through incredibly difficult, stressful, and exhausting events with lots of fame and money on the line. What could possibly go wrong?

Maybe Emmitt mistook this poor girl for one of the girls he met on his Louisville recruiting visit

He was a wunderkind figure who got on the fast track. Very smart guy, Carolina boy, I think the plan was for him to be chancellor for 20+ years and probably to the board after that. Then life came at him fast. To some extent, I think he got dealt a bad hand. The AFAM stuff happened way before he ascended, but he…

Just out of curiosity, in your opinion which was dirtier? Or were they equivalently dirty? Obviously the result from Coughlan’s is worse, but Coughlan at least stopped at the base. He flared out his legs hard, but was always within reach of the base and stopped right around the base. Holliday seems to get to the base…