I managed to throw 70 (once, on my only try that was measured) back in high school, and I wasn’t even on the baseball team. But I was in decent shape back then.

I hear you about the general mistrust. Once, I encountered a man outside a MacDonald begging for money to buy food. I refused, but felt bad as I walked in. After I placed my order I noticed that the same man was next in line, talking on his iPhone (which is nicer than the phone I have) and pulling a $20 out of his…

Isn’t the live ball era from 1920's on? As good as Kershaw has been, I have to think there are comparable pitchers in the past 100 years.

What qualifies as a “dominant” year? Unless we can agree on that, then we’re comparing apples and oranges. Kershaw is very good and very consistent, and if that’s the equation then he is the outlier; but he’s only at the halfway point of his career. My pick for the best pitcher of the past 25 years is Randy Johnson. …

Having a bit of work experience at both game development projects and IT projects, I have a fairly dim views on project managers’ ability to set project schedules and timelines. I had one project where the manager arbitrarily set a date for the first milestone without consulting ANYONE on the team, and had it blow up…

That second step didn’t look unnatural to me. Pachulia didn’t stick his foot out unnaturally, and considering the foot wasn’t even pointed toward Leonard, that’s what I expect from someone trying to stop and change direction. He did get too close to the shooter, hence the foul because the shooter in the air needs…

I had that same concern when I first read the article. However, we have to recognize that we will never be able to shield children completely from these subjects and themes. So if the parent acts responsibly and participates with the child in the game, she will probably have more control over the experience and can…

Considering how the blood are gushing out in most of those images, maybe anime characters just have a highly pressurized circulatory systems. Seriously though, it’s an established convention of anime / manga. Just as there are conventions in movies, theater and live-action television, it’s not meant to be realistic…

I had a suspicion that it might’ve been, but the woman in the quote called it a “ladies’ loo”.

Seems a bit odd that a woman is more horrified at finding people smoking in the women’s restroom than at finding men in the women’s restroom.

Here’s what I find alarming: McCullers probably didn’t intend to throw the ball a foot behind Napoli. He missed. With a 97mph fastball. Think about how dangerous that is. And consider this hypothetical: if a retaliating pitcher throwing at a batter actually connects and seriously injures the batter, will anyone be…

Excellent point. As long as you’re supplementing the patty with something extra, why wouldn’t you use something with flavor. I’ve heard of chefs who would make gelatinized stock (stock solidified with gelatin), cut it into small cubes, and mix them into the patty before grilling.

I remember a friend trying something like back in high school baseball —leaping over a fielder at second to avoid a tag— and breaking his wrist.

Here’s my story of one scary time I crossed some people like that.

Lots of interesting thoughts on the topics. Don’t think it’s fair or accurate to blame it on not practicing enough. The height issue is debatable, as Yao Ming shot 83% for his career. So I’ll side with the mental factor, with a bit of game-time fatigue and stress. I’ll also add that pride may have a role, as there are…

Figure I’ll give my two cents here since I’ve already commented on Machado’s slide. I think baseball seriously needs to find ways to discourage this sort of retaliation. Throwing a baseball 90+ mph at someone is dangerous. Pitchers don’t have pinpoint accuracy (especially when they’re trying to throw several feet away…

Here’s what I see. Machado overslid the bag by quite a bit, so he probably intended to go through the bag to get to Pedroia. Lifting the lead foot is what one has to do to slide through a bag. Contrast that with a proper slide where the lead foot hits the bag and helps the runner stop. So the remaining question is the…

Guess I’m not with “it”, but I’m not a fan of these types of unnatural over-reaction. Would people really act like that if they weren’t watched by other people? Because if they do, they’d be really annoying in real life. If they don’t, what’s the point of watching someone over-acting. If it were me, I’d just do a…

Off topic here. But on thinking about this article it suddenly occurs to me that Trump and Kim act alike at times... like to boast, make nonsensical statements, keep threatening people, crave public adulation, keep getting rid of people who upsets him. (obviously, Kim is much more extreme.)

At least with kids one’s more likely to be forgiving and lenient. My older brother had a habit of asking me whether I want to keep a saved game and deleting it before I can answer. Sometimes he doesn’t even bother finishing the question; just deletes the save mid-question. He did this even when there were open…