Still not over the 2000 series, huh? While you were typing that beauty up, another Met went on the DL.

No, I’ll stick with the same theory I’ve had all along: that a guy who didn’t seem to have control problems (3 walks over 6 IP) hit a guy who hit 4 HR in 3 games. The whole ‘shaking the arm’ thing is hilarious.

Sure. Guy gets hit the next AB after hitting his 4th HR in three games against the same team. It’s not a Scooby-Doo fuckin mystery my dude.

Stop. Mahtook and Kanle both said that was an accident, and in any case Ellsbury got plunked in the 7th in retaliation. The Tigers got tired of Sanchez giving away souvenirs and plunked him. It doesn’t make anything after ok, but maybe pitch a little better and he won’t hit 4 homeruns.

And also the Tigers started it by throwing at Sanchez just because he was legit tearing them a new one. I love baseball (and the Yanks), but it is the only sport where if a guys does his job too well, the other team feels like its ok to take his head off.

Not that legions are clamoring to drive my 2000 996, but hell to the nope. Launches, burnouts, trying to get to drift? Not for my baby.

As someone who owned an 82, I say go for it. But be prepared to work on it. Even the most diligently maintained cars are now 30 years old, and they are going to need things. Inhale the entire 928 forums on Rennlist and Pelican, buy the most expensive car you can afford, and set aside some budget for maintenance/fixes,…

As a season ticket holder, I have to buy them, so why not? I take the kids, who are too young to care about football too much but do care about screaming, yelling, ice cream, popcorn, cheeseburgers, being loud, yelling some more, jumping up and down, italian ices, and clapping.

Question, which leads to a theory I have: Who can prove Jon is a Targaryen? Three people, I think:

The DME stores incidences of revs past the limiter and redline, amongst a lot of other things. You have to buy a Durametric, which I haven’t done yet, which mimics the readout software Porsche uses.

I don’t see on this PPI the most important thing when looking for a 996: An analysis of the engine oil to find out if there is an overabundance of engine metal. It can be done very simply by cutting open the oil filter. This is a good way to tell if the IMS is on its way out. Additionally, if there is engine metal in…

Plus, some of this stuff is a walk away at any price. 187 type 2 over revs (which is a rev over 9K I believe. 7K is redline) is a lot. This thing was raced, or someone doesn’t know the difference between 1st gear and 3rd. When I bought my 2000 996 there were two type 2 over revs. In any case, type 2 over revs could…

I read and enjoyed this book, but its premise never made much sense to me. Why would anyone who has access to video games in the future care enough about video games from the 80s to get really good at them?

Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair is a horrifying shitshow. Drivers there are inattentive, ignorant of the rules of the road, and generally unaware that anyone else is on the road with them. One of the reasons I am glad we moved from that area was that I never have to drive on that stretch of Bloomfield Avenue again,…

For a couple summers I worked at the Seaside Heights boardwalk, running a wheel. That was the best job in the history of work, but ugh the people who bought some of these shirts. These were the people we were targeting when we nailed a quarter to the boards, or waited until they came down the boardwalk in bare feet…

Agreed. Cole or Archer would fit the bill, but let’s see where they are after the All Star break. Also, we have Gleybar Torres to look forward to. 

Do I care that Aaron Judge hasn’t said anything even approaching vanilla pudding? Hell no. Do I give a beer bottle flying across Billy’s Sports Bar about hype, overhype, too much personality or not enough? Hell goddamn no.

Counterpoint: when we bought our first house, we moved into a neighborhood where a lot of our neighbors were the same age/marital status/kid status. We all bonded over the same things, and as misanthropic as I thought I was, I got really close to some of these people. We rotate holiday parties (we always seemed to get…

Wait, no radon? The colorless, odorless gas coming to kill everyone you love that is probably not in your basement, but here’s a crappy cardboard tester just to make sure? 

No, because failure mode is pieces of the ball bearings rolling around the engine.