Really? I would’ve thought it had something to do with all the little kids running around those places.

I agree that the Royals were just a tenacious and better team, but a sincere part of this loss is on Collins. The last thing you want to do in the post season is take your managing cues from Grady Little. Pitchers’ egos don’t win titles.

Oh, I thought the zebras were just into watersports.

I’ve watched Star Trek Into Darkness three times in a row. It was one of the best series of consecutive naps I’ve ever had.

I admittedly tracked down this link from the citation in the M1 Garand Wikipedia article, but the NRA’s official magazine “American Rifleman” got this letter to the editor written by a Warrant Officer who’d come across some German WW2 vets about the ping noise. For those not interested in reading/loading the website,…

And I’m not suggesting it’s good fiction writing, I thought I was clear on that in my last paragraph. Disney is not the king of fiction, they’re the king of cliches. Likewise, at this point, Lucas proved pretty thoroughly he’s not a terribly good fiction writer either.

No, it’s not. It’s a twist to allow Luke to walk away with the win without having to kill his way to victory. It’s the Disney Rule: the hero can only kill his opponent if they’re fighting a vastly overpowered enemy, otherwise the enemy must die through their own means. Thus Simba doesn’t kill Scar in The Lion King,…

The reason the baseball choke is the worst is because it’s very rarely the end of things. If a pitcher gives up a grand slam, there can still be three outs left to just get out of the inning. In other sports, scoring means the other team gets possession.

It is fixed. Carcieri engineered the deal, but left office immediately after it went through due to term limits. Chafee (who’d opposed the deal from the start) came into office, looked at 38’s books, and promptly engaged in a lengthy battle to recoup at least some of the failed loan from 38 Studios. So he cleaned up…

Could you imagine how well watched a Game 7 WS on Veterans Day would be? You’d get jet flyovers, you’d trot out a bunch of local war heroes before the game and someone to throw the first pitch. It’d be like an annual event. “Oh, after the parade we’re all gonna go listen to gramps tell us how he and Ted Williams use…

So, Kraft, right? He owns the Patriots. BUT he’s also a cheese guy, makes those orange single slices and the mac and cheese with that jingle, you know, “Kraft macaroni and cheese, I got the bluuuuuues.” And his name rhymes with “draft,” so that’s another connection right there. I hope you’re taking notes.

Now,…

Um, can I ask what sort of crazy dysfunctional family dynamic you have that if you dealt weed to your sister you would be at risk of your parents and/or your sister ratting you out to the cops?

Oh, I’m not criticizing. A year ago maybe, there was archival footage of Babe Ruth hitting a pop-fly, and I commented then that he showed even less hustle to first than Big Papi. No one in the stands is expecting them to beat a throw to first or stretch a single for extra bases.

But if Jonathan Papelbon is (literally!)…

I’m a Sox fan and I 100% support any article that notes that David Ortiz runs from home to first slower than a person in an electric wheelchair perusing the aisles at Walmart. A pop-fly at home means he basically walks straight to the first base dugout.

I dunno, I thought it was neat that they got Brian McCann to do color commentary on this game.

Hey, that’s the same way Congress feels about it.

“I’ve reviewed it, and my judgement is that on the next play, the QB should throw the ball at the offending linebacker’s head.”

Both.

The East German Olympic Team would like a word with you.

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