Well at least they got the first half of his first name right. Do you get half credit for that? I mean, how many people in the NBA have a name that starts with these same five letters?

Knew the “Budweiser sucks worse” retort was coming. The difference here is that the Cards were owned by the Busch family for decades, so you can see why there is a strong influence on what is commonly drank at their home stadium. It would be akin to people chewing Wrigley gum at Cubs games back in the day. Cubs fans…

Classic Cubs fan response here. Completely misses the joke, takes offence, formulates a childish retort.

Good point on the live ball if an infield fly is dropped, somehow I spaced out on that. So ya, you’re right, it probably wouldn’t have mattered anyway. You could make the argument that if infield fly was called, no one would have advanced anyway, since they would have stayed home, but that’s a whole lot of conjecture.

My biggest surprise of the whole inning is that they didn’t call an infield fly on the Donaldson pop-up to Odor. Even after all of the errors, that may have been the biggest break, it completely changes the complexity of the Bautista AB. Instead of having him come up with the game tied and a fair bit of momentum, he’s…

It’s been done before...they seem to jump the gun a little quick in Texas.

I just came to Deadspin to see if there was any “Bob Costas is a blabbering dipshit” posts up yet, and what do I find? Thanks Tim, you fail to disappoint!

I think the best pitcher in a Buc’s uniform this evening has been the kid behind home plate. Kid has solid mechanics

I think what’s most frustrating about this call for me, and I’m guessing other folks that follow the NFL closely but are not a fan of either team involved, is that these types of ‘bad officiating’, game ending calls always seem to benefit the same set of teams, and even more cruelly, punish the same unlucky teams.

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I met Jay Cutler once, it was during his rookie year in Denver. My buddy owned a bar near the Broncos and Avalanche training facilities, so a lot of pro atheletes used to come in. They were always very nice, sign a few autographs, maybe a few beers for the crowd. Cutler came in, and being the first round draft pick,…

As everyone loves to say, Tim’s isn’t as good as it used to be. But you know, deep down, you can’t turn down a watered-down double double and some Timbits. Sour cream glazed Timbits.....mmm

I have found that bringing doughnuts on the Friday at the end of your first week seems to work out really well.

From the ESPN article:

The great pumpkin doesn’t have half of the balls to stick it to the NFL like his cryptkeeper father

So Chancellor comes back to “save” the Seahawks just in time for the shitty Bears and Lions at home, both of which are missing their starting QB right now.