As much as the wild cards allowed the Orioles to punch their ticket in 2012, I am firmly against the wild card, especially in its current coin-flip structure.

Marine here again. I can’t stand how conflated “the flag” has become with “the military.” I also can’t stand the knee-jerk “patriots” whose default position toward the military is genuflection, and anyone who fails to bend the knee is shunned. These are not the hallmarks of a free society.

A side question: At what point did “Support the Troops” morph into “Worship the Military?”

I’m just glad that his 45+ years of sports experience can be boiled down to the platitude of one’s needing to want it more, because for instance that’s what is standing in my way of taking down Usian Bolt in the 100m.