They’re not really mad about the same thing. Not sure this was caught on tv, but it caught my eye at the game, but when he was about to round third on the homer, he paused, did a quick little jiggly dance move, and then ran the rest of the way home.

You’ve chosen 1987, the most homer-friendly year of Goose’s career.

But you also have Eli and Payton Manning, Steph Curry, Barry Bonds, Griffey Jr, Clay Matthews, and on and on and on. Sometimes the kids of successful people truly are great. It’s just that only with athletes (the players, not the coaches) do we have a field that’s meritocratic enough to be able to rule out nepotism.

Just curious, does anyone know the reasoning behind the “shower after all workouts before eating” rule?

A few years ago I watched on ESPN Classic Roger Clemens’ 20 strike out game from 1986. At one point late in the game Baylor dropped an easy foul pop up next to first base, allowing Roger to eventually strike out the batter. I’ve since felt he deserved partial credit for the record. May this be remembered among his…

Small correction: When the Oilers decided to move to Nashville the plan was to play two seasons in Memphis, not in Houston. One season of Tennessee Oilers football was played in Memphis (at the Liberty Bowl) but the city was so pissed about the NFL having promised them a team and then delivering one to their…

Post-Vick Falcons have actually shown they’ll dump better players with off-field issues as well. See John Abraham. They’ve also employed what they call the “Falcons Filter” where they avoid acquiring guys with off-field problems. As a Falcons fan I’m not sure I agree them doing this, but this move today isn’t…

How much does race play into this? Seems like the players doing the whining in these cases are usually white and the players accused of not “playing the game the right way” are often Latino. As both whites and Latinos are seeing their numbers in the mlb increase (with the decline of African Americans) I wonder if both…