There are numerous examples of this kind of round-number-chasing in meaningless September/October games; leave it to the Red Sox to shit away a full season THEN get their sanctimonious panties in a bunch when the opposition reminds them they are playing in meaningless games.

No he made a stupid comment congratulating Minor and CB Bucknor on his 200th strikeout because every member of the Boston sports media deserves to be set on fire

No, it’s by design. Florida laws have been essentially written by the gun lobby and conservative think tanks for decades now, going back to before Jeb Bush.

Agreed. This just seems like such a weird hill to die on, even if it’s really more intended as a (very) ham-fisted way to talk about Bochy’s managerial greatness.

That’s actually pretty Machiavellian.  So it’s definitely not the plan of someone from Arizona.

Make the head football coach responsible for their losses, he’s more likely to get promoted from his assistant position to take his place. Make the boys bball team have a worse record than they would otherwise, his girls team will look better by comparison, and he might get named boys head coach.

See? Two discernible…

1. It would’ve been 2 innings for Lugo, not three.

My favorite thing is that this is the absurdity of ESPN, they won’t allow Dan LeBatard to talk about identity politics and how they relate to sports, but allowing their twitter team to run with a video of a child getting laid out just days after Andrew Luck’s early retirement due to injuries is just astonishing 

Why do you think Florida, Texas, and the rest of the South produce the most 5 star recruits? It ain’t genetics, it’s the culture.

They yelled at him to walk it off. FOOTBALL STYLE

including a disturbing, months-long courtship of one of his own players

As a Bears fan living in NJ, missing a Bears game is no big deal because I can just watch them all play again 4 years later as Jets.

Counterpoint: The Green New Deal is just a talking point, and not a real policy proposal.

Damn, son. That’s beautiful, and I’m stealing it.

Man only thing your mom had to do was swallow. We were so close man

So, if I have this right...Internet company with infamous history of financial issues fails in negotiations for coverage of baseball team with infamous history of financial issues.

I, for one, was looking forward to paying for fresh Mets coverage from The Pathetic

According to Elias, this is the first time the Mets have passed on an ill-advised, disastrous deal.

Yahoo famously didn't buy Google, then famously passed on Google a second time. They are the Mets of digital media.

Yeah, I know.  It’s nice to hope, though.